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发表于 2007-10-4 13:06
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Homework He called to the dog, the dog heard danger in the man’s voice, it backed away, the man called again, this time the dog came closer, the man reached for his knife, but he had forgotten that he could not bend his fingers, he could not kill the dog because he could not hold his knife, the feel of death came over the man, he jumped up and began to run, the running began to make him feel better, maybe running would make his feet warm, if he ran far enough he would reach his friends at Henderson Creek, they would take care of him, he felt strange to run not feel his feet when they hit the ground, he fell several times, he decided to rest a while, as he lay in the snow, he noticed that he was not shaking, he could not feel his nose or fingers or feet, yet he was feeling quite warm and comfortable, he realized he was going to die.
Well he decided he might as well take it as a man , there were worse ways to die, the man closed his eyes, and float into the most comfortable sleep he had ever know, the dog sat facing him waiting, finally the dog moved closer to the man, and caught the smell of death, the animal threw back its head, it let out a long soft cry to the cold stars in the black sky ,and then it turned, and ran toward Henderson Creek, where it knew there was food and fire.
You have just heard the American story called "To Build A Fire". It was written by Jack London and adapted for Special English by Donna D. The storyteller was Harry Monroe. For VOA Special English, this is Shop O'Neal.
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