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1、TheMostDangerousGameConnell,RichardPublished:1924Type(s):ShortFiction,Crime/Mystery,Adventure,ThrillerSource:Feedbooks1AboutConnell:RichardEdwardConnell,Jr.(October28,1893–November23,1949)wasanAmericanauthorandjournalist,bestknownforhisshortstory"TheMostDangero
2、usGame."Connellwasoneofthebest-knownAmer-icanshortstorywritersofhistimeandhisstoriesappearedintheSaturdayEveningPostandCollier'sWeekly.Connellhadequalsuccessasajournalistandscreenwriter.HewasnominatedforanAcademyAwardforbestoriginalstoryfor1941'sMeetJohnDoe.Hed
3、iedofaheartattackinBeverlyHills,CaliforniaonNovember22,1949attheageoffifty-six.2"Offtheretotheright—somewhere—isalargeisland,"saidWhitney."It'sratheramystery—""Whatislandisit?"Rainsfordasked."Theoldchartscallit`Ship-TrapIsland,"'Whitneyreplied."Asuggest-ivename
4、,isn'tit?Sailorshaveacuriousdreadoftheplace.Idon'tknowwhy.Somesuperstition—""Can'tseeit,"remarkedRainsford,tryingtopeerthroughthedanktropicalnightthatwaspalpableasitpresseditsthickwarmblacknessinupontheyacht."You'vegoodeyes,"saidWhitney,withalaugh,"andI'veseeny
5、oupickoffamoosemovinginthebrownfallbushatfourhundredyards,butevenyoucan'tseefourmilesorsothroughamoonlessCaribbeannight.""Norfouryards,"admittedRainsford."Ugh!It'slikemoistblackvelvet.""ItwillbelightenoughinRio,"promisedWhitney."Weshouldmakeitinafewdays.Ihopeth
6、ejaguargunshavecomefromPurdey's.WeshouldhavesomegoodhuntinguptheAmazon.Greatsport,hunting.""Thebestsportintheworld,"agreedRainsford."Forthehunter,"amendedWhitney."Notforthejaguar.""Don'ttalkrot,Whitney,"saidRainsford."You'reabig-gamehunter,notaphilosopher.Whoca
7、reshowajaguarfeels?""Perhapsthejaguardoes,"observedWhitney."Bah!They'venounderstanding.""Evenso,Iratherthinktheyunderstandonething—fear.Thefearofpainandthefearofdeath.""Nonsense,"laughedRainsford."Thishotweatherismakingyousoft,Whitney.Bearealist.Theworldismadeu
8、poftwoclasses—thehuntersandthehuntees.Luckily,youandIarehunters.Doyouthinkwe'vepassedthatislandyet?""Ican'ttellinthedark.Ihopeso.""Why?"askedRainsford."Theplacehasareputatio
