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Chapter 1 ↵ Once when I was six years old I saw a

magnificent picture in a book, called True

Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest.

It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act

of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the

drawing. ↵ In the book it said: “Boa

constrictors swallow their prey whole, without

chewing it. After that they are not able to move,

and they sleep through the six months that they

need for digestion. ↵ I pondered deeply, then,

over the adventures of the jungle. And after some

work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making

my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. It

looked like this: ↵ I showed my masterpiece to

the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing

frightened them. ↵ But they answered: “Frighten?

Why should any one be frightened by a hat? ↵ My

drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a

picture of a boa constrictor digesting an

elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able

to understand it, I made another drawing: I drew

the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the

grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need

to have things explained. My Drawing Number Two

looked like this: ↵ The grown-ups' response,

this time, was to advise me to lay aside my

drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the

inside or the outside, and devote myself instead

to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar.

That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what

might have been a magnificent career as a

painter. I had been disheartened by the failure

of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number

Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by

themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be

always and forever explaining things to them. ↵

So then I chose another profession, and learned

to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over

all parts of the world; and it is true that

geography has been very useful to me. At a glance

I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets

lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable. ↵

In the course of this life, I have had a great

many encounters with a great many people who have

been concerned with matters of consequence. I

have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have

seen them intimately, close at hand. And that

hasn't much improved my opinion of them. ↵

Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at

all clear-sighted, I tried the experiment of

showing him my Drawing Number One, which I have

always kept. I would try to find out, so, if this

was a person of true understanding. But, whoever

it was, he, or she, would always say: ↵ That is

a hat. ↵ Then I would never talk to that person

about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or

stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I

would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and

politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be

greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.

↵


知识点

重点词汇
prey [preɪ] n. 捕食；牺牲者；被捕食的动物 vi. 捕食；掠夺；折磨 n. (Prey)人名；(英、法)普雷；(德)普赖 {cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :4181}

whoever [hu:ˈevə(r)] pron. 无论谁；任何人 n. 《爱谁谁》（电影名） {cet4 cet6 ky :4240}

elephant [ˈelɪfənt] n. 象；大号图画纸 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky :4323}

pencil [ˈpensl] n. 铅笔；笔状物 vt. 用铅笔写；用眉笔涂 vi. 成铅笔状 {zk gk :4410}

jungle [ˈdʒʌŋgl] n. 丛林，密林；危险地带 adj. 丛林的；蛮荒的 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :4507}

chewing [t'ʃu:ɪŋ] n. 嚼 v. 咀嚼（chew的ing形式） { :4631}

frighten [ˈfraɪtn] vt. 使惊吓；吓唬… vi. 害怕，惊恐 {gk cet4 cet6 ky :5047}

colored ['kʌləd] adj. 有色的；着色的；有色人种的 v. 把...染色，粉饰，脸红（color的过去时和过去分词形式） { :5142}

pondered ['pɒndəd] v. 考虑( ponder的过去式和过去分词 ); 深思熟虑; 沉思; 琢磨 { :5982}

digesting [daɪdʒestɪŋ] n. 蒸煮 v. 消化；吸收；接受，领会（digest的ing形式） { :7573}

masterpiece [ˈmɑ:stəpi:s] n. 杰作；绝无仅有的人 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :7685}

arithmetic [əˈrɪθmətɪk] n. 算术，算法 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :8791}

digestion [daɪˈdʒestʃən] n. 消化；领悟 {toefl gre :9262}

intimately ['ɪntɪmɪtlɪ] adv. 熟悉地；亲切地；私下地 { :9539}


难点词汇
tiresome [ˈtaɪəsəm] adj. 烦人的，无聊的；令人讨厌的 {cet6 ky :13772}

Arizona [æri'zәunә] n. 美国亚利桑那州 { :14980}

primeval [praɪ'mi:vl] adj. 原始的；初期的（等于primaeval） { :15652}

disheartened [dɪsˈhɑ:tnd] v. 使沮丧；使泄气；使失去勇气（dishearten的过去式和过去分词） adj. 沮丧的；灰心的 { :18344}

boa [ˈbəʊə] n. [脊椎] 蟒蛇；女用围巾；蟒形联合浮动汇率 n. (Boa)人名；(葡)博阿；(缅)波 { :19765}

constrictors [ ] (constrictor 的复数) n. 使压缩的东西, 缩肌, 大蟒 [医] 缩窄器; 缩肌 { :28586}

constrictor [kən'strɪktə] n. 大蟒；括约肌；使压缩之物 { :28586}


生僻词
clear-sighted [ˈklɪəˈsaɪtɪd] adj. 聪明的；视力好的；目明的

grown-up [ɡrəʊn ʌp] n. 成年人 adj. 成熟的

grown-ups [ɡ'rəʊn'ʌps] n. 成人

neckties [ˈnekˌtaɪz] n. 领带，领结( necktie的名词复数 )


词组
a glance [ ] [网络] 一瞥；一眼；一个眼神

a hat [ ] [网络] 帽子；一顶帽子；有沿的帽

always and forever [ ] [网络] 永永远远；一直到永远；永远与永恒

at a glance [æt ə ɡlɑ:ns] na. 一看就；初看 [网络] 一瞥；一眼；一眼就

boa constrictor [ˈbəʊə kənstrɪktə(r)] n. 巨蚺（南美蟒，捕食时把猎物缢死） [网络] 红尾蚺；蟒蛇；大蟒蛇

boa constrictors [ ] n. 王蛇 [网络] 红尾蟒

colored pencil [ ] 颜色(铅)笔

dishearten by [ ] 因…而沮丧，因…而泄气

drawing number [ ] un. 图纸编号；圆号 [网络] 图号；图纸号；蓝图图号

encounter with [ ] 偶然遇见，偶然碰到(朋友等)；遭逢(敌人等)；遭遇(危险等)；与…冲突

frighten by [ ] 由于〔通过〕…而惊吓〔吓倒〕

lay aside [lei əˈsaid] na. 保存；放在一边；丢弃；留着 [网络] 储蓄；搁置；把…放在一边

primeval forest [ ] un. 原始森林；原始林；原生林 [网络] 处女林

primeval forests [ ] [网络] 原始森林

succeed in [səkˈsi:d in] v. 成功于 [网络] 在…成功；成功地做；取得成功

the drawing [ ] [网络] 图纸；提款权

the experiment [ ] [网络] 死亡实验；实验囚室；叛狱风云



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