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1、ToBuildaFire大学英语作文DAYhadbrokencoldandgray,exceedinglycoldandgray,anturnedasidefromthemainYukontrailandclimbedthehighearth-bank,andlittletraveledtrailledeastberland.Itselfbylookingathisedanintangiblepalloverthefaceofthings,asubtlegloomthatmadethedaydark,andthatan.Heore-daysmustpa
2、ssbeforethatcheerfulorb,duesouth,mediatelyfromvieanflungalookbackalongtheileanyfeetofsnosofthefreeze-uphadformed.Northandsouth,asfarashiseyecouldsee,itaroundthespruce-coveredislandtothesouth,andthatcurvedandtaintrail--thatledsouthfivehundredmilestotheChilcootPass,Dyea,andsaltile
3、stoDailestoNulato,andfinallytoSt.MichaelonBeringSea,athousandmilesandhalfathousandmore.Butallthis--themysterious,far-reachinghair-linetrail.theabsenceofsunfromthesky,thetremendouscold,andthestrangenessandadenoimpressionontheman.Itagination.Heeanteighty-odddegreesoffrost.Suchfact
4、impressedhimasbeingcoldandunfortable,andthattomeditateuponhisfrailtyasacreatureoftemperature,anduponman'sfrailtyingeneral,ableonlytoliveitsofheatandcold;andfromthereonitdidnotleadhimtotheconjecturalfieldofimmortalityandman'splaceintheuniverse.Fiftydegreesbeloustbeguardedagainstb
5、ytheuseofmittens,ear-flaps,moccasins,andthicksocks.Fiftydegreesbelojustpreciselyfiftydegreesbelooretoitthanthat.Hespatagain.Andagain,intheair,beforeitcouldfalltothesnouchcolderhedidnotknoperaturedidnotmatter.HeontheleftforkofHendersonCreek,theIndianCreekcountry,theislandsintheYu
6、kon.Hepbysixo'clock;abitafterdark,itfreezing.Hesmiledagreeablytohimselfashethoughtofthosebiscuits,eachcutopenandsoppedinbacongrease,andeachenclosingageneroussliceoffriedbacon.Heplungedinamongthebigsprucetrees.Thetrailbnoseandcheek-bonesittenedhand.He-an,butthehaironhisfacedidnot
7、protectthehighcheek-bonesandtheeagernosethatthrustitselfaggressivelyintothefrostyair.Attheman'sheelstrottedadog,abignativehusky,theproperperamentaldifferencefromitsbrother,thealendouscold.Itkneefortraveling.Itsinstincttolditatruertalethananbytheman'sjudgment.Inreality,iterelycol
8、derthanfiftybeloeantthatonehundredandsevendegre
