03. The Chronicles of Narnia The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

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1、THEVOYAGEOFTHEDAWNTREADERBYC.S.LEWISCHAPTERONETHEPICTUREINTHEBEDROOMTHEREwasaboycalledEustaceClarenceScrubb,andhealmostdeservedit.HisparentscalledhimEustaceClarenceandmasterscalledhimScrubb.Ican'ttellyouhowhisfriendsspoketohim,forhehadnone.Hedidn'tcallhisFatherandMother"Father"and"Mother",

2、butHaroldandAlberta.Theywereveryup-to-dateandadvancedpeople.Theywerevegetarians,non-smokersandteetotallersandworeaspecialkindofunderclothes.Intheirhousetherewasverylittlefurnitureandveryfewclothesonbedsandthewindowswerealwaysopen.EustaceClarencelikedanimals,especiallybeetles,iftheyweredead

3、andpinnedonacard.Helikedbooksiftheywerebooksofinformationandhadpicturesofgrainelevatorsoroffatforeignchildrendoingexercisesinmodelschools.EustaceClarencedislikedhiscousinsthefourPevensies,Peter,Susan,EdmundandLucy.ButhewasquitegladwhenheheardthatEdmundandLucywerecomingtostay.Fordeepdownins

4、idehimhelikedbossingandbullying;and,thoughhewasapunylittlepersonwhocouldn'thavestoodupeventoLucy,letaloneEdmund,inafight,heknewthattherearedozensofwaystogivepeopleabadtimeifyouareinyourownhomeandtheyareonlyvisitors.EdmundandLucydidnotatallwanttocomeandstaywithUncleHaroldandAuntAlberta.Buti

5、treallycouldn'tbehelped.FatherhadgotajoblecturinginAmericaforsixteenweeksthatsummer,andMotherwastogowithhimbecauseshehadn'thadarealholidayfortenyears.PeterwasworkingveryhardforanexamandhewastospendtheholidaysbeingcoachedbyoldProfessorKirkeinwhosehousethesefourchildrenhadhadwonderfuladventu

6、reslongagointhewaryears.Ifhehadstillbeeninthathousehewouldhavehadthemalltostay.Buthehadsomehowbecomepoorsincetheolddaysandwaslivinginasmallcottagewithonlyonebedroomtospare.ItwouldhavecosttoomuchmoneytotaketheotherthreealltoAmerica,andSusanhadgone.Grown-upsthoughthertheprettyoneofthefamilya

7、ndshewasnogoodatschoolwork(thoughotherwiseveryoldforherage)andMothersaidshe"wouldgetfarmoreoutofatriptoAmericathantheyoungsters".EdmundandLucytriednottogrudgeSusanherluck,butitwasdreadfulhavingtospendthesummerholidaysattheirAunt's."Butit'sfarworseforme,"saidEd