翻译练习-弗兰肯斯坦
弗兰肯斯坦
Reading Café 英式发音 适合泛读语速：145词/分钟听力难度⊙ By Mary Shelley翻译：刘新民提起玛丽·雪莱（1797—1851），人们首先留意到的常常是她的姓氏——她是英国伟大诗人珀西·雪莱的第二任妻子。
而大多数人并不知道的是，玛丽出身书香门第，父母声名显赫，却因为与珀西的爱情而一生饱受困苦煎熬；玛丽还是个具有极高文学素养的奇女子，要不是她在珀西去世后将其遗作整理出版，今天的我们就不能欣赏到诗人最后的优美诗篇了。
不过，玛丽之所以能在文学史上留下属于自己的独特印记，还得归功于《弗兰肯斯坦》（一译《科学怪人》）。
这本小说出版于1818年，全名为《弗兰肯斯坦：现代普罗米修斯的故事》（Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus ），讲的是科学家弗兰肯斯坦的故事。
他一直醉心于人工生命研究，有一天晚上，他用雷电将一个用尸块拼凑出来的人形怪物成功激活，岂料噩梦由此开始……作为世界上第一本科幻小说，《弗兰肯斯坦》对人类产生了极其深远的影响：Frankenstein 在英语中成了一个专门词汇，无名怪物成了最具代表性的文学形象之一，而玛丽在将近两百年前对人性、科学与伦理的探讨，至今依然是无数专家学者争论不休的课题。
本期节选出自小说第五章。
实验成功了，但是这个活过来的怪物让弗兰肯斯坦意识到自己做了一件多么可怕的事情。
他逃出自己的寓所，在院子里胆战心惊地熬过一夜，好不容易盼来了天亮……悦读时光Morning, 1)dismal and wet, at length dawned and discovered to my sleepless and 2)aching eyes the church of Ingolstadt, its white 3)steeple and clock, which indicated the sixth hour. The 4)porter opened the gates of the court, which had that night been my 5)asylum, and I 6)issued into the streets, pacing them with quick steps, as if I sought to avoid the 7)wretch whom I feared every turning of the street would present to my view.I did not dare return to the apartment which I 8)inhabited, but felt 9)impelled to hurry on, although 10)drenched by the rain which poured from a black and comfortless sky.I continued walking in this manner for some time, 11)endeavouring by bodily exercise to ease the load that weighed upon my mind.I 12)traversed the streets without any clear conception of where I was or what I was doing. My heart 13)palpitated in the sickness of fear, and I hurried on with 14)irregular steps, not daring to look about me.Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various 15)diligences and carriages usually stopped. Here I paused, I knew not why; but I remained some minutes with my eyes fixed on a 16)coach that was coming towards me from the other end of the street. As it drew nearer I observed that it was the Swiss diligence; it stopped just where I was standing, and on the door being opened, I 17)perceived Henry Clerval, who, on seeing me, instantly 18)sprung out. “My dear Frankenstein,” 19)exclaimed he, “how glad I am to see you! How fortunate that you should be here at the very moment of my 20)alighting!”Nothing could equal my delight on seeing Clerval; his presence brought back to my thoughts my father, Elizabeth, and all those scenes of home so dear to my 21)recollection. I 1) dismal [5dIzm(E)l] adj. 抑郁的，阴暗的2) aching [5eIkIN] adj. 痛的，疼痛的3) steeple [5sti:pl] n. [建]尖顶，尖塔4) porter [5pC:tE(r)] n. 守门人，门房5) asylum [E5saIlEm] n. 避难所，庇护所6) issue [5Isju:] v. 流出，排出7) wretch [retF] n. 不幸的人，此处指怪物。
新教材2023年高中英语Unit1SectionⅡ 课件新人教版选择性必修第四册
3．“半系动词＋形容词”结构，look，smell, taste, sound, feel， prove，turn out等。
The food in this restaurant tastes good. 这家餐馆的饭菜味道很好。 The news turned out (to be) true. 这消息原来是真的。
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He was very interested in science. 他对科学有极大的兴趣。(系表结构) I was so much surprised at the scene that I didn’t know what to do. 我被那种场面搞得大吃一惊，不知所措。(被动语态)
单句语法填空 ①I was pleased __t_o_h_e_a_r__(hear) you’ve been promoted. ②He was pleased __b_y__ his teacher’s praise. ③I was quite surprised __w__it_h__ the significance of the findings. ④Everyone was surprised __b_y__ the speed with which the dispute was settled.
Frankenstein弗兰肯斯坦
Frankenstein弗兰肯斯坦Frankenstein1.Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.我觉得对人来说，最痛苦的事情莫过于在经历了纷至沓来的一连串重大变故之后，灵魂突然陷入了一片死寂和沉默。
2.Yet my heart overflowed with kindness, and the love of virtue. I had begun life with benevolent intentions,and thirsted for the moment when i should put them in practice and make myself useful for my fellow beings.5然而我的心依旧充满仁慈和对美德的热爱，我从一开始就对生活满怀着善良的意愿，渴望自己有一天能够付诸实践，为人类作出贡献。
3.Now all was blasted: instead of that serenity of conscience which allowed me to look back upon the past with self-satisfaction, and from thence to gather promise of new hopes.I was sized by remorse and the sense of guilt, which hurried me away to a hell of intense tortures,such as no ...但是现在，一切都成为了泡影，我非但不能心安理得地回首往事，并从中获得新的希望，我现在简直就是被悔恨和负罪感压得喘不过气来，仿佛是身陷地狱，正承受着无法形容的恐怖折磨一般。
高级英语翻译
七On a Winter day some years ago, coming out of Pittsburgh on one of the expresses of the Pennsylvania Railroad, I rolled eastward for an hour through the coal and steel towns of Westmoreland county. It was familiar ground; boy and man, I had been through it often before. But somehow I had never quite sensed its appalling desolation. Here was the very heart of industrial America, the center of its most lucrative and characteristic activity, the boast and pride of the richest and grandest nation ever seen on earth--and here was a scene so dreadfully hideous , so intolerably bleak and forlorn that it reduced the whole aspiration of man to a macabre and depressing joke . Here was wealth beyond computation, almost beyond imagination--and here were human habitations so abominable that they would have disgraced a race of alley cats.数年前的一个冬日，我乘宾夕法尼亚铁路公司的一班快车离开匹兹堡，向东行驶了一个小时，穿越了威斯特莫兰县的煤都和钢都。
米英数羊翻译
4、那我就数了哟~
al：一只羊！两只羊！三只羊！四只羊！五只羊！六只羊！
arth：喂……
al：七只羊！八只羊！九只羊！
arth：喂——
al：十只羊！！
arth：喂！你没有让人睡觉的打算吧！
al：你生神马气啊，这么兴奋的话睡不着的哟~
arth:你数成这样睡得着你妹啊！
al：真是的~英/国你好任性哟~好啦知道啦~为了配合你我就装摸做样一下吧~
al：神马？真是失礼！那，你有神马其他的好提议么~
arth：哈？嗯，是啊。睡不着的时候，数数羊，神马？
al：哇，还真是老掉牙的东西。
arth：都说了，那是优良传统。
al：但是啊，说起来这个方法貌似很理所当然地听到过，为神马要数羊来着？数羊有神马深意么？
arth：啊，关于这个的确是有详细的解释，美/国，你说说羊的英语。
arth：装摸做样又是神马啊！
al：好好~要来了哟~
十一只羊、十二只羊、嗯~只是数羊一点都不好玩嘛~对了！来数一数我家特有的东西一定会很好玩！
arth：哈？
al：十三个爱死~十四个爱死~十五个爱死~十六个爱死~十七个憨巴嘎~十八个憨巴嘎~十九个憨巴嘎~二十个憨巴嘎~！
arth：停！
al：啊！神马啦！
al：sheep啊~
arth：睡觉呢？
al：当然是sleep~
arth：这两个词连起来说说看。
al：sheep、sleep、sheep、sleep、shreep，streep，streep……streep……哦！很像！（已经不知道吐神马槽好了这个巴嘎。。。）
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科学怪人 Frankenstein 全英讲解
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However, the people were so full of fear that they ran him out of town even though he had hurt no one.
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The monster hid in a cottage. And he built a good relationship with a blind old man. He helped him do the housework.
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Frankenstein promised the monster and started to make a female monster. However ,finally he destroyed the thing he had half-made because he feared that he created another killer..
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Background of Frankenstein The story of Frankenstein
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Background of Frankenstein
Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Shelley about a creature produced by scientific experiment.
Book6_Module5_Frankenstein's_Monster选修六五模块弗兰肯斯坦的怪物
Frankenstein creates a c_r_e_a_tu_r_e_by using dead bodies, but the monster becomes _l_o_n_e_ly__ and unhappy. When Frankenstein_r_e_fu_s_e_s_ to create a wife for him, the monster _m_u_r_d_e_rs_the scientist’s _b_r_o_th_e_r_, best friendneawndwi_fe______. Frankenstein _c_h_a_s_e_s_ the monster into the Arctic to destroy him, but he dies there. Finally, the monster_d_i_s_ap_p_e_a_r_s into the ice and snow.
Part 1 The story of Frankenstein
Part 1 The story of Frankenstein Fast reading:
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弗兰肯斯坦
CHAPTER ONEThe Man on the Frozen SeaIt was wintertime, in the middle of the wild, cold lands of the Arctic. In this land, the sea was frozen all year long. The large, floating pieces of ice were slowly freezing together. They could have crushed the small ship that was trying to sail in the waters. Almost all the water in the oceans was frozen.The ship‟s young English captain, Robert Walton, stood on the ship‟s deck and stared out at the frozen sea. He knew that all the men on the ship‟s lives were in danger. He had taken them here because of his own desires—to explore lands that had never been seen before. Walton had wanted to find a way through the oceans from Europe to the jewels and silks in Asia. He had believed that traveling through the North Pole‟s waters could show him the way to Asia. If he found a new path, all of Europe would become rich.Walton came from a wealthy family, and he did not have to work. But instead, he had chosen to live a hard life at sea, being an ordinary sailor. He had experienced thirst, cold, hunger, and terrible weather to prepare himself for this great journey.But now it seemed that the ice would destroy his ship. Walton did not know if any of his men would see their families in England again. In the afternoon, a thick mist that had covered the ship all morning began to disappear. When it did, the men saw something amazing. “Look, Captain!” shouted one of the men. He pointed to a dark object near the ship. “It‟s a sled!” he cried. “He is the biggest man I have ever seen. He can‟t be human! Why is he here, in the middle of a frozen sea, hundreds of miles away from civilization?”As the men watched, the strange person had disappeared into the distance. Walton and his crew did not know what to think or say. The next morning when Walton came onto the deck, he saw that his men were talking to someone on the ice below them. When he joined his men, he saw sled sitting on a large piece of ice. The ice was slowly coming towards the ship. On the ice were a sled, some dogs and a man. All the dogs were dead, but the man was alive. Slowly, he moved himself towards them, using a piece of wood. “Another man alone on the ice! What is happening? But this isn‟t the enormous person we saw yesterday,”Walton said to his men.“Hello, sir! Here is our captain,” said one of the sailors to the men below. “Can we help you? Will you come onto our ship?”“You look almost dead, friend!” said Walton. “Let us help you.”“Thank you, sir,”answered the man in a weak voice, “but first, I must know where you are going.”Walton did not understand why a man who was almost dead would ask these questions, when his life was in danger. But he said, “We‟re exploring the North Pole, sir.”The strange man smiled and said to himself, “North is good.”Then, he let Walton‟s men help him up to the ship. When the man was on the ship, the ship‟s doctor told Walton that the man‟s legs were almost frozen, and his body was extremely thin. Probably, he had not eaten for many days. “Give him some blankets, and put him near the fire,” said Walton. “Then when he is warm, give him some soupand put him in my room. He can sleep there. When he is better I will talk to him.”But for two days the man could not speak. Walton was afraid the man was insane, because of the wild look in his eyes. Often, his face looked terribly frightened by something. but there were many moments when the man‟s eyes showed kindness. Walton knew he was glad to have a little care in this wild land.Finally the man was strong enough to talk. Walton sat down in a chair and asked him, “Friend, what are you doing alone, out on the dangerous ice?” In a weak voice the man said, “I‟m looking for someone who is in a sled like mine.”“The day before we found you, we saw a strange, enormous person in a sled. Is that the man you want to find?” asked Walton. The stranger‟s eyes became very large. He tried to climb out of the bed. “Yes!” he cried. “Which way did the monster go? How many dogs did he have? How much food! I have to find him!” However, the man was so weak that he immediately fell back onto the bed in pain. “Stay calm!” said Walton. “You are still very sick, and you should not become upset.”“You are right,” said the stranger. “You have saved my life. You probably want to know why I am here, and who that other person is. The story is so terrible that I cannot talk about it now. but perhaps, I shall tell you the truth soon. I must tell someone this terrible secret before I die…” After some days the man got better and was able to walk again. He spent his time looking for the mysterious sled, but he also listened to Walton talk about his dreams of finding a sea path to Asia and exploring the world. One day when they were on the deck, Walton said, “Friend, I would give up the money and even my life in the search for knowledge. If Europe become strong because of my travels, my life would be a small price to pay!” the stranger stared at Walton. “Don‟t think this way. You‟ll only have a life of misery if you do,” he said. “I will tell you my story, and you will see how I spent all my life looking for knowledge, like you. I believed I was helping human beings through the study of science. But I only brought misery and death to everyone I loved, and I will die soon myself. Listen to my story, and don‟t let this happen to you.” Walton did not know what to think. “Perhaps if you tell me your story, I can help you, my friend.” The man almost laughed. “No one can help me. I thank you for your great kindness, but nothing can change my future now. I must do one more thing while I am alive. Then I will be happy to die and leave this terrible life.” The two men went to Walton‟s room, and the man began his story.CHAPTER TWOThe Story BeginsI am Victor Frankenstein. For many years, my family was one of the most respected in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. My life as a child was very happy. My parents treated me and my two young brothers, William and Ernest, with great care and love. One year, my father met a noble Italian couple named Lavenza, and become friends with them. When the Lavenzas died, he decided that our family would care for their daughter, Elizabeth Lavenza. Soon young Elizabeth came to Geneva to live with our happy family. Elizabeth was a year younger than I. Although we called her my cousin, Elizabeth was like a sister to me. We spent many happy hours together when we were young. Elizabeth loved to explore the mountains and lakes near Geneva. She loved nature, and did not ask questions about it. But I was interested in science: studying why things happened in nature. I felt that the earth and sky hid great and wonderful secrets from me, and I wanted to discover them. When I was young my best friend in the world was a boy named Henry Clerval. I felt that he would be my friend for life. Henry was a happy boy who enjoyed writing stories of brave soldiers. I always enjoyed listening to these adventures. Yes, what a happy childhood I had! It was too good to last forever. I had kind parents, a dear sister and friend in the world, Henry. I had everything in life…and then I destroyed it all! You see, Walton, my interest in science was too strong. I decided to find out the greatest secrets of nature. No one had ever studied these things before. But when I was thirteen years old, my only interest in science was very good. I wanted to find a way to cure sicknesses forever. I only wanted to help people, and stop them from dying. These childhood creams of mine were so good and brave!When I was fifteen, something happened that made me become even more interested in the world of nature. There was a terrible storm in Geneva, and suddenly lightning hit an old tree near our house. In moments, the tree was on fire, and after an hour there were only small pieces of wood on the ground. I had never before seen anything destroyed so quickly. That night, I began to think about the amazing powers of electricity. As the years went by, I began to wonder If there were other, even more amazing ways I could use electricity. When I was seventeen years old, I was getting ready to leave my home in Geneva to go to college. I was going to study at the University of Ingostadt, a small school in Germany. All my ideas about electricity, nature, and science were still in my head. I was excited to learn more about them all. But then, the first tragedy of my life happened. Elizabeth had become seriously sick with a fever, and her life was in danger. My mother wanted to care for Elizabeth herself, although we told her it was not safe to do this. Within a few days, my mother also had the fever, and on the fourth day she was almost dead. As she lay in her bed, she asked all he family to come to her. She placed Elizabeth‟s hand in mine and said, “Elizabeth and Victor, take care of your father and your brothers. I can die peacefully if I know that one day you two will get married. Promise me this.” Elizabeth and I looked at each other, and I promised to marry her in front of my mother. After mymother died, I didn‟t want to leave my family, but after a few weeks my father told me that I should go. Henry came to say goodbye to me. I was very sad to leave him. He wanted to go to college with, but his father wouldn‟t allow it. He wanted Henry to stay in Geneva, and join his business.As I told Henry and my family goodbye, I knew that for the first time in my life, I was going out to see the world---alone.CHAPTER THREEI Discover a Great SecretAt the university, I immediately began to study science. I still wanted to find ways to cure sicknesses, and make human lives better, just as I had when I was a boy. Professor Waldman, my favorite teacher, told me that I should study both modern and ancient science. “If you use your understanding of both kinds of science,”he said, “you can discover many things. You will understand how the human body works.”“You are right, Professor,” I said. “But I want to know more.”In that moment, I realized that I wanted to learn the great secrets of how the human body was created!Professor Waldman saw how excited I was, but he did not know what I really wanted to do. He told me, “Victor, I am happy with your ideas, and I believe that you will become a great scientist. I will give you all the help you need while you are here.” During the next two years, Professor Waldman became my friend as well as my teacher. I read many books on science, and went to many talks on the subject. I met with all the great scientists at my school. Soon, I created a workroom in my house and worked there every night until dawn. One day, Professor Waldman called me into his workroom. “Victor, your progress has been amazing these past two years,”he said proudly.“Thank you, sir. I spend many hours studying the subjects of anatomy and physiology, so that one day I will know how human life begins. But I must first learn how life ends---how the body dies.”“This will be very difficult for you, Victor. Scientists have been trying to learn these things for many hundreds of years. You are a good scientist, and I believe that one day you will be truly great. If anyone can learn these things, you can. But do not forget the people who love you. Do you realize that you have not gone home in two years?”“Well, Professor, my work is too important to me right now. I don‟t have time to go home,”I said. The professor looked serious, but did not say anything more. The next few months, I spent many nights in the church buildings where the dead bodies were kept, until they were put into the ground. I needed to know how death changed the human body, in the days, weeks, and years after a person died. To learn these things, I visited graveyards on dark nights. I dug up dead bodies and studied them. Finally, after many months of study, an amazing idea came to me. In one moment, I suddenly understood not only how life turned into death… but also how death could be beaten, ad turned back into life!My thoughts and ideas excited me, but also frightened me, because they were so strange and new. I asked myself, “Why didn‟t great scientists of the old days learn these things? Instead, it is I, Victor, who has found the secret of all death and life!”From that moment on, I began to work even harder. I slept and ate little. I had learned how life began, but now I was able to create life, from things that were already dead! The joy I felt made me forget how hard my life had been, and how much I missed my family. I could only think about my great discovery, which wouldmake me famous.At this point in Frankenstein‟s story, Robert Walton interrupted. “Amazing!” he said. “What is this great secret to creating life? A re you about to tell me?”Frankenstein shook his head. “I will not do that, Walton. Listen to the rest of my story. You have saved my life, and because of this, I can never share that knowledge with you. If you knew what I know, you would want to use the knowledge. Then you would destroy yourself, just like I have.”Walton said nothing more.The MonsterWhy do I tell you that I am destroyed, like a dead man? I say it because the power that my knowledge gave me was too much for me, or any man. Men are weak---we are not strong like the gods. I asked myself some questions. I knew how to create life, but what kind of monster should I make? Did I want to create a simple animal monster, or a person like myself?Soon, my head was full of wild dreams and ideas. I believed that nothing could stop me, and that I could do anything I wanted! Yes, I would build a monster that would be intelligent and wonderful, just like a human being! This monster would know that I had made it, and we would travel the world together. I knew that the monster could not be a normal size. This was because the human body is made up of so many parts. The monster would be extremely big, about eight feet tall. This way, I could put all the body parts together.In the next months, I found all the things I would need. I took bones from dead bodies, and found animal parts. Then I found whole bodies that I dug up, from the graveyard near the church! It was summer when I began my work on the monster. Night after night, for more than a year, I would not stop my work. I forgot to eat, and slept little. I did not think about my family at all, even though Elizabeth and my father wrote me many letters. I only thought about myself---and the monster. Of course, sometimes I hated that I was doing. But most of the time I truly wanted to finish making the monster. It was winter when I knew my work was almost done. But by this time, I was extremely sick and tired. My body burned with fever. I was terribly thin, nothing but skin and bones. I never spoke to anyone and was always alone. But I did not care about my health. I said to myself, “Once I have made this monster, I will become healthy again, and see my family, and all the other good things!” How wrong I was.One Incredible NightOn a dark and stormy night in November the work was finally done. There was so much lightning that the room was as light as day. There was terrible thunder. Wind screamed and howled outside. The wild weather made me excited. I stared down at the table in my workroom, and thought about what I was about to do. On the table was an enormous monster, waiting to be given life. I touched the monster with my special tools. Because of the lightning, there was much electricity in the air. This electricity brought the monster to life! As I used my tools, the thunder and lightning were terrible. I screamed, “I command you to live! Live! Live!”Slowly, the monster‟s eyes opened. They were ugly. And yellow, like a snake‟s eyes. His large, strong arms and legs moved in the air.I stared at this monster. I had spent two years of my life making him. Once, I had thought he was beautiful, because he had come from my life‟s dreams. But now, I only felt horror and fear. He was an ugly monster, mad from death!I saw huge, strong bones and muscles under his yellow skin. He had long, black hair, and an ugly face. His sharp, white teeth and thick black mouth were the most terrible! What had I done? I could not stand to look at the thing for another minute. I ran out of the workroom, and down to my bedroom. I hoped the monster would not follow me. I feel onto the bed, with all my clothes on. All I wanted to do was sleep. I hoped that when I woke up, I would find that everything had been a bad dream. When I finally fell asleep, I had terrible dreams about the monster, Elizabeth, and my mother. Suddenly I woke up. I woke up. I had the felling that something was watching me! The light of the moon came through the bedroom window. As my eyes opened, I saw the monster standing next to my bed. His black mouth moved and he gave me a terrible, ugly smile. He said some things that I did not understand in a voice like death. Then his hand moved to touch me! Screaming, I jumped out of my bed and ran out of the apartment. That night, I hid outside under a tree, weal, frightened, and terribly upset, for the rest of that dark night.Madness!At six o‟clock the next morning, my clothes wet with the rain, I walked slowly through the streets of the town. I did not know where to go or what to do. I was too afraid to go back to my house, and I thought that any minute I would see the monster on the streets, running towards me. I was standing on a street, watching a coach and horses come into the city. The door of the coach opened, and someone got out. When I saw him, I cried out in surprise. It was my best friend, Henry Clerval.“Victor!”he cried. “How wonderful to see you here!”Even though I was still thinking about the monster, I was so happy to see Henry that I began to feel a little better. “Somehow, I will make things better,” I said to myself as we walked down the street towards my house. Henry told me why he had come. “My father finally agreed that I should study and see the world, instead of just working for him all the time. So now I can go to the university.”“Henry, this is wonderful,”I told him. “It will be good to have you here with me. Do you have any news of my family? How are they?“Your father, Elizabeth, and your brothers are all well, but they have not heard from you in a long time. They are worried, Victor. You should write them!”He stopped walking and looked at me. “Now that I see you, I am worried too. You are too thin and pale----you look sick!”“Don‟t worry, I‟m not sick,”I said. “I have been working on something, but it‟s over now. I can finally rest.”When I saw my apartment, I felt terribly afraid again. What if the monster was still in my bedroom? What if it tried to hurt Henry and me? What would Henry think if he saw the monster?I ran up the stairs ahead of my friend. As I opened the door to my apartment, my heart stopped. But, thank God, the monster was not there. I let Henry come inside.My happiness that the monster was gone was so great, that I began to laugh loudly, jumping over chairs and shaking my hands like a wild man. Henry was frightened.Henry grabbed me and began to shake me. “Victor, stop it! What is wrong? You really are sick! What is it?”My body began to shake. My tired brain thought it saw the monster walking into the room. “He is the cause!” I shouted, pointing to the door. Of course, nothing was really there. “Henry, save me!” Henry tried to throw me onto the bed, but I thought it was the monster trying to hurt me. I fought Henry, hitting him until I fell down on the floor, screaming. I do not remember anything more after that. How frightened Henry was to see me acting this way. But I did not know this, because for many months I was terribly sick. Henry never told my family, because he knew my father and Elizabeth would worry. My friend took care of me himself for many days, and no one has ever done anything more kind and brave. During my sickness, I talked in my sleep many times. I would talk about the monster, and how much I hated and reared it. Henry did not pay attention when I said these things; he thought it was only my sick mind that caused me to talk in this way. After more than five months, I truly felt better.My body was healed, and my mind was better. Slowly, I was becoming the same person Henry had always known. Of course, he still did not know what I had done. I knew that I owed him my life and health, and I cold not believe what a wonderful friend he was. “Dear Henry, how can I ever thank you? You have spent so many months taking care of me, when you might have been going to school. Your dream has been to study for many years now. how can I repay you?”“Victor, just take care of your health, and get well. And will you please go and see your family!” one day, I took Henry to my school, where he met my professors and some of the other students. When we met my favorite teacher, Professor Waldman, he told Henry, “Victor is the best student at this university. What a wonderful scientist he is! We are very proud of him!”The professor meant to make me happy after my long sickness, but I felt miserable. Because I, the university‟s “best student,” had created a terrible monster! Henry saw the look on my face when the Professor talked about me. He did not ask me what was wrong, but instead began to talk of other thing. I felt a little better. I loved Henry like a brother, and I deeply wanted to ask someone what to do. But I knew I could never tell him what I had done. If I did so, he would feel the pain and fear that I felt.Soon, I decided to stop my study of science. It had brought too much struggle and horror into my life. I could not even go into my workroom and use my tools. Henry saw my pain, but, like a good friend, he never asked me questions. However, I decided to stay in school and study Oriental languages with Henry, because I did not want to go home and do nothing. Together, we spent a happy year studying new languages. We read the beautiful, strange books of Persian writers. We took long walks in the forests around the town of Ingolstadt. Often, we would leave school for many days, sleeping in strange houses and towns. With me, I became a happy person again. I was able to forget the monster, and my sickness, as if it had all been a bad dream.A Murder OccursIt was a beautiful morning in May. Henry and I had just come back from a long walk in the country. On the table in our house, there was a letter from my father. I wondered what he was writing about, because I was going to visit my family soon, after many years away. “Can‟t he wait until he sees me, to talk to me about it?”I thought.Quickly, I opened the letter and read these words.Geneva, May 12 My son,It is with great sadness and pain that I tell you: you must come home now. but first, I must tell you what has happened here. Sit down in a chair before you read my next words. Your little brother, William, is dead. My happy young boy has been murdered. Victor, I will not try to comfort you. I will only tell you what happened.Last Thursday in the evening, your two brothers, Elizabeth, and I went for a walk in the forest of Plainpalais. You loved to run and play here when you were a child. On that evening, William and Ernest were far away from Elizabeth and I, playing games. It began to get dark, and Elizabeth and I sat down to wait for the boys. Soon, Ernest told us what William had gone to hide, but he had not returned. Immediately, Elizabeth and I began to look for William. But we had not found him after three hours of searching. Elizabeth ran home to tell the servants to look for William around the house. At five o’clock in the morning, if finally found him. His cold, dead body was lying on the grass, and there were black finger marks on his throat! I carried him home and put him on his bed. When Elizabeth ran into the room and saw him, she screamed out, “Oh, my God! I have killed my darling William …” and she told me that yesterday, William had asked to wear Elizabeth’s necklace. The necklace was a beautiful gold one. Elizabeth couldn’t say no to William. But when saw William’s body, there was no necklace around his neck. Elizabeth thought someone had killed William because they wanted the necklace.We have not found the murderer yet. Elizabeth blames herself for William’s death, and cannot stop crying. We need you to come home, Victor. Not to find the killer, but to comfort our sad hearts.Your loving fatherAlphonse Frankens teinI threw the letter across the room, covered my face with my hands, and began to cry.Henry ran into the room and asked me, “My dear friend, what has happened?” I couldn‟t speak; I could only point to the letter lying on the floor. As Henry read the letter, he cried out in pain, and tears fell from his eyes.The Figure in the WoodsI left for Geneva that day. It was a sad, horrible journey. All I thought about was my sweet little brother, and the pain my family must be feeling. They had lost my mother, and now William, so soon! But as I came near to Geneva, I became afraid. When I arrived at the gates of the city it was very late. In my sadness, I had forgotten that people could not enter the gates after ten o‟clock at night. I decided to find a room for the night at an inn on Lake Geneva. I could not sleep, so I found a boat and sailed across the lake. The Plainpalais forest, where William had died, was on the other side of the lake. For some reason, I wanted to see the place where my brother had been killed. “Maybe there will be a clue there,” I thought. Close by, I could see a storm in the mountains. By the time I had reached the forest, rain had begun to fall. There was loud thunder, and so much lightning in the sky that it seemed like daytime. When I stepped out of my boat onto the ground, I saw the figure of a man near me. As the figure stepped out from behind a tree, I stood still, trying to see whom it was.The next flash of lightning lit up the sky. Then I saw him. It wasn‟t man----it was the monster I had created! After one year, what was he doing here? Then I had a horrible thought. Suddenly, I knew the answer to my question. The monster had killed my brother, an innocent little boy! I was so upset that I had to lean against a tree so that I would not fall down. When I looked up, I saw the monster running away. I tried to follow him, but he moved extremely fast. I saw hi begin to climb a mountain. Then he was gone, into the darkness.I stood against the tree, remembering the night I had given the monster life. I was filled with pain as I thought, “Did I create this thing so that it could kill? What other terrible thing has it done? Oh, my God!” I ran through the forest all night looking for the creature. When morning came, I went to my father‟s house. I thought about telling the police my story. Perhaps they could find the monster. But what story would I tell them? Could I really say that I, I young student, had created a horrible monster from dead human bodies? Could I tell them I had seen that same monster in the woods last night? The police would never believe me. Besides, who would believe such a strange tale from a man who had spent many months sick and almost insane?I knew that if someone tried to tell me this kind of story, I would not have believed it. I would think he was sick. And no one would stop or kill a monster what was as large and strong as this one. I had no answers, so I said nothing.Searching for a KillerWhen I arrived at my father‟s house it was early in the morning. Quietly I told the servants not to wake my family, because they needed to rest. I went to the library and looked at the painting of my dear mother on the wall. A painting of William was next to it. I held my sweet brother‟s picture to my heart and began to cry. At that moment, my brother Ernest ran into the library. We threw our arms around each other and began to cry.After a little while, I asked how Elizabeth and my father were feeling. I asked how my father and Elizabeth were bearing up.“Father is hiding his sadness and anger from us. But Elizabeth has been miserable. She had blamed herself for William‟s death, but now we have found the real killer!” before I had time to think, I cried out, “You have found the killer! That is impossible! I saw him last night on the mountain, and he was still free!”Luckily for me, my brother only said, “I don‟t know what you mean, Victor. We have found the killer, and it has only made us unhappier. It was our servant girl, Justine, who killed William.”“Justine?” I gasped. “But…”“I know what you are thinking. We didn‟t believe it, at first. Elizabeth still doesn‟t believe Justine is the killer. And truthfully, the facts are very strange. Another servant found Elizabeth‟s necklace in Justin‟s pocket. The servant did not talk to us first, but went to the police immediately. Then the police came and arrested Justine. Her trial is tomorrow.”“Ernest, I know she‟s innocent!”I cried. “I promise you, I know who the real killer is!”Ernest could not ask me any more questions because at that moment, my father and Elizabeth came into the room. My father told me the rest of the story. “We don‟t want to believe that Justine is the killer, because she has worked for our family for many years. She loved your mother and William. I hope that this terrible thing is not true. But we can do nothing. We must wait and see what the judges say.” Elizabeth waited until my father had finished speaking, and the she said to me, “darling, you must find a way to prove that Justine is not the killer! Justine could never kill anyone. And she has cared for William since he was a baby!”。
Fankenstein《弗兰肯斯坦》
Fankenstein《弗兰肯斯坦》Elizabeth was a year younger than L and I truly loved her as my sister, even though we called her my cousin・ We spent many happy hours together as we grew up. Elizabeth loved the wonderful sights of nature, while I was more interested in investigating why things in nature happened..・ When I started school, I formed a lifelong friendship with Henry Clerval. He enjoyed writing adventure stories of heroic knights, then getting me to act them out with him・ What a happy childhood I had! Kind parents, a loving sister, two happy brothers and a fun-loving friend・ All this..・ before my life was mined..・ before my wild ambition drove me to unlocking the secrets of nature that had been hidden from man since life on Earth began.At the age of thirteen, my only interest in science was to discover a way to cure disease, to stop people from dying. My boyhood dreams for studying science continued at the university. My aim was still to find ways to cure disease and prolong3 human life.I was encouraged to study both modern and ancient scientists by Professor Waldman, my favorite teacher ・"By combinuig knowledge from both/' he told me, "you' 11 have unlimited powers・ You *II be able to discover the secrets of the earth, along with the secrets of man' s body and how it works."'But, sir/1 I protested, 1 want to discover more than just the secrets of how the human body works/' And it was that moment that I knew I had to discover the secrets of how die human body was created!I set up a laboratory on the top floor of my apartment house and worked most night straight through until dawn. For the next months, I spent days and nights in charne!4 houses, the church buildings where corpses5 were kept until they were buried. I learned what happened to people J s bodies right after death ・ but I needed to know more—I needed to know how death changed the human body as weeks. inonths. and even years passed. To learn this, I secretly visited cemeteries on dark nights and dug up bodies to study them.Months of studying and experimenting led to one memorable night when a wondrous light turned on in my brain. In that one astonishing moment, I suddenly understood not only how life turned into death..・ but how death could be turned back into life!The realization made me so dizzy, all I could do was ask myself "Why didn' t the great scientists who came before me discover this secret? Why have I been blessed with unlocking the mysteries of creation9" What followed next were weeks and months of incredible work and fatigue. Not only had I discovered the origin of life, but I continued experimenting until I was actually able to create life from lifeless matter!The joy I felt made me forget the painful weeks and months I had spent on my work. All I knew was that I had discovered something that men of science had been trying to discover since the world began! Why do I say that V ve been destroyed? I say it because the knowledge and power that the secret gave me was more than L or any man for that matter, could handle・At first, I spent a great deal of time wondering how to use that knowledge・ I knew how to create life, but what should I put that life into? I would need some sort of form in which to put muscles, bones, organs, arteries6, veins, and other body parts・ Yes, I would give life to a creature as complex and as wonderful asa human being!Because of all the intricate? parts that make up a human body, I decided that the creature would have to be gigantic, about eight feet tall, for me to be able to attach all the body parts, inside and outside・I spent the next several months collecting all the materials I would need: bones from bodies in charnel houses, animal parts from slaughters houses where meat was prepared for market, live animals I trapped or bought, body parts and instruments from the dissecting room9 at the university, and. yes, whole bodies which I dug up from graveyards!我叫维克多•弗兰肯斯坦，祖辈差不多上日内瓦的名门望族。
高中英语 Module 7 Revision 外研版选修6
2. When Frankenstein studied at university, he ( C)
3. The monster terrifies people because of ___i_ts__u_g_l_y_a_p__p_e_a_r_a_n_c_e___. 4. Frankenstein tries to destroy the monster because__it__k_il_l_s_t_h_r_e_e_p_e_o_p__le_.
Work in group of two. One will be Frankenstein and the other will be the monster.
Frankenstein
The monster
How can I describe I had tried to I wish I wish I can’t stand
Frankenstein’s Monster
Can you describe it using the words below?
huge ugly wrinkled monster
terrifying eyes skin lip
human being
It is a cloned monster. And it is a creation or creature created by a creator called Frankenstein.
Frankenstein (Excerpt)-《弗兰肯斯坦》(节选)
Frankenstein (Excerpt)|《弗兰肯斯坦》(节选) II. Creating the MonsterIt was a dreary night in November when my work was finally finished. I looked down at the lifeless creature that lay on the table before me and knew I was ready to give him life. The candle that lit my laboratory was nearly burned out, but it gave me enough light to touch the creature with my instruments. That touch created the spark that brought him to life!Slowly, the dull yellow eyes of the creature opened. A hard, raspy2 breath lifted his huge chest at the same time that his gigantic arms and legs began to jerk with convulsive movements.I stared hard at this creature I had spent two years forming. Once, I had considered this a beautiful piece of workthe result of my lifes dream, but now it filled me with horror and disgust!His yellow skin was stretched over bones and muscles, barely covering them. His long, black hair flowed down over the shriveled3 skin on his grotesque4 face and thick neck, and his pearly white teeth contrasted with the straight, black lips surrounding them.What had I done?... I couldnt bear looking at the horrible creatureanother minute, and I rushed out of the laboratory and down to my apartment.Throwing myself on my bed, still with my clothes on, I hoped that sleep would erase5 from my brain the ugly picture I had just seen.Sleep finally came, but it brought wild dreams of death and Elizabeth and my mother. When I suddenly awoke in a panic, my teeth were chattering, and my arms and legs were convulsing6.The dim light of the moon shone through the window into my bedroom. As my eyes flew open, the moonlight revealed the huge figure of the monster as he lifted up the curtains around my bed. He stared down at me with a horrible grin7 that forced wrinkles in his cheeks and stretched his ugly, black lips.His jaws moved and he muttered some sounds that had no meaning. As he reached out to touch me, I jumped from my bed and rushed out the door of my apartment.I fled down the stairs and into the courtyard. I hid there, weak, horrified, and bitterly disillusioned, for the rest of that dismal, rainy night.III. Face to Face with the Monster“How can I appeal to you, Victor Frankenstein? How can I convince you that I, too, have suffered? I have been miserable and alone, hated and scorned by all humans, adults and children, all because of you.”“And I hate and scorn myself for having created you!”“Then you have a duty to hear what I have to say. Then if you still want to kill me, and if you can, then do it. Just remember it was you who created me.”I dont know if it was curiosity or fear or even pity that made me agree to listen to him. But whatever the reason, I decided I would. I turned to him and nodded my head.The monsters story begins...When you first brought me to life, I was as helpless as a newborn baby, except that I could see, smell, hear, feel, and taste. These sensations frightened me, so I came to your room, as a child would come to a father. But you ran away and left me, and I didnt know what to do.I felt cold, so I covered myself with your cloak8 and went out into the night. By the time I reached a forest outside the city, I was very tired and lay down on the damp ground near a brook. I slept for several hours and awoke hungry and thirsty. I drank some water from the brook and ate a few berries I had found on the ground.I spent a month in that forest and watched the sun and moon changing in the sky. I got to know the pleasant sounds that birds made as they flew over my head. I tried making those sounds myself, but I couldnt.And I began to explore outside the forest, I discovered a fire, I enjoyed the feeling of warmth and light it gave me, so I thrust9 my handinto the glowing coals. I quickly pulled it back with a cry of pain, puzzled why something that felt good could also give pain.After several hours of walking, I came to a village. I entered one of the houses, only to horrify everyone there. Children ran from me screaming and women fainted. The screams alerted everyone in the village and people began coming at me from all sides throwing rocks, and shouting horrible threats. I fled from the village and ran across the open fields until I had lost my pursuers.Many hours later, I came upon a wooden shed that was attached to a neat cottage. I didnt dare enter the cottage, but I did crawl into the shed. I was grateful to have a place to sleep, one which would also give me protection from the snow and rain... and from attacks by people! I decided to make the shed my home.As the days passed, I learned that three people named De Lacey lived in the cottage: a young woman called Agatha, her brother Felix, and their old, blind father.The family was very poor, and the two young people worked hard to feed and care for their beloved father, often going without food themselves so that the old man could eat. The kindness and love these people showed each other moved me deeply, and rather than steal any more food from them, I went out at night in search of berries and nuts in the forest. I also borrowed the young mans tools at night and cut woodfor them. I left it at their door as a surprise and enjoyed their pleasure at their good fortune when they found it there each morning.I was amazed to discover that they could bring fire into their cottage to cook their food and light up the room. At night, the young man and woman used this fire on a candle to read to the old man. The words they read were like those they spoke, and they read them from things called books.As the days, weeks, and months went by, I taught myself to speak words. I hoped that one day I would be able to speak to them in their words. Perhaps that way they would overlook my ugliness... Oh, yes, I had learned just how ugly I was when I saw my reflection in the water in the pond.On one of my trips into the forest, I had found a suitcase containing some clothing and several books. I used those books to teach myself to read. I spent the winter and spring enjoying my simple life. I was proud of the progress I was making in speaking all the words the family spoke and in reading them as well.But what good were words when I had no one to speak them to? Would I ever be able to face people and not have them run from my ugliness?Another event strengthened my bitter feelings against you. When I first came to my shed, I found your notebook in the pocket of the cloak I hadtaken from your bedroom when I ran from there years ago. At first, it had no meaning for me, but once I could read, I learned of your work and your thoughts before you began creating me and while you were doing it.How I curse the day you gave me life! How I curse you! But my bitterness was softened when I thought of the kindly De Lacys, who, I was certain, would befriend me and overlook my ugliness when I told them my story and when they came to know me as a good person.By the time I had been in my shed for a year, I started planning how to introduce myself to the family. One morning, after the young people had left, I saw my chance. I went to the front door and knocked.When De Lacey called, “Come in,” I took a deep breath and opened the door. I introduced myself as a traveler in need of some rest, and the old man welcomed me. We spent several hours talking about many things. I truly believed that the old man had become my friend, and I was on my knees, grasping his hand in gratitude when the cottage door opened.I cant begin to describe the horror of the young people at seeing me. Agatha ran out and fainted. Felix lunged at me and, with superhuman strength, pulled me away from his father. I fell to the floor, and Felix began beating me with a stick. I could have torn him apart with my bare hands, but I didnt. I just ran from the cottage in despair.I was alone in the world again, with no human beings to talk to. Myrage knew no limits! My brain wanted only revenge... against the world... and revenge against you, my creator!IV. A Confession of MurderIt was early evening two months later when I reached the woods outside Geneva. I was tired and hungry as I sat down under a tree, trying to decide just how I would find you and confront you. I had just begun to doze when a beautiful young child came running toward me. A glimmer of hope flickered10 in my heart. Here was an innocent boy who probably hadnt learned to be horrified at ugliness like grown-ups were. Perhaps he could become my friend.I reached out and grabbed the boy as he run by. As soon as he saw me, he covered his eyes and began to scream. I pulled his hands away from his face and said gently, “Im not going to hurt you.”“Let me go, you ugly monster!” he cried. “Let me go or Ill call my father. Hes an important man and hell punish you. His name is Alphonse Frankenstein.”“Frankenstein!” I shrieked. “You belong to my enemy. Now Ill have my revenge.”The child continued to struggle and scream terrible words at me. I grabbed his throat to quiet him, but the next moment he lay dead at my feet. I realized then that this would bring misery to you, and I was glad!As I gazed down at the boy, I spotted a locket around his neck. Ipicked up and stared at a picture of a beautiful woman. I knew that a woman of such beauty would never look at me... and my rage at you returned once more.I left the murder spot then, still holding the locket, and went on towards Geneva. I soon came to a barn, where I found a young woman asleep on some straw. For a moment, I was terrified that she would waken and see me, and surely be horrified at my ugliness too. And later, she could probably identify me as the boys murderer.Even though I had no way of knowing for certain she would do that, I decided to make her suffer anyway. So, I put the locket in the pocket of her apron11, knowing that when it was found, it would point to her as the murderer.Once that was done, I hid and waited until the boys body was discovered and followed everyone into the city. Later, I learned the girl had been arrested for the murder.Then I began wandering through Geneva and through these mountains, waiting for the moment when I would come face to face with you. And now, at last, that moment is here!（The End）怪物的诞生我从夏天开始工作，日夜不息，闭门不出，谁都不见。
高中英语外研社选修六模块五课文原文译文
When he turned to look at me, I felt unable to stay
in the same room as him. I rushed out, and for a
long time I walked up and down my bedroom. At
Nicole Y
我忙了近两年，目标只有一个，将生命注入一具尸 体。为此，我放弃了睡眠，累坏了身体。它一度是 这个世界上我最想要的东西。现在我已经完成了创 作，但梦想中的美丽已荡然无存，恐怖和厌恶充斥 着我的心灵。现在，我唯一的想法是：“但愿我没 有制造出那个家伙，但愿我身处世界的另一边，但 愿我可以消失无踪！”当他转过身来看着我时，我 受不了和他呆在同一个房间里。我冲(rush)了出去, 接下来的很长时间就在自己的卧室来回踱步。最后 我和衣倒在床上(throw oneself on),试图睡一会儿。 尽管我睡着了，但是噩梦连连。我梦见我的未婚妻
Nicole Y
I had worked for nearly two years with one aim only, to give life to a lifeless body. For this I had not slept, I had destroyed my health. I had wanted it more than anything in the world. But now I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and horror and disgust filled my heart. Now my only thoughts were, “I wish I had not created this creature, I wish I was on the other side of the world, I wish I could disappear!”
Frankstein科学怪人英语展示手稿
注意英语发音语气It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love．我给了他生命却没有给他爱，这是事实。
There I was safe，and could escape from the cold，andhide from people who wished to hurt me．我在那儿是安全的，并且可以避寒，还可以逃避那些想要伤害我的人。
Isaw the two young people put extra food on the blind man's plate，althoughthey were hungry themselves．When I saw that，Istopped stealing their food．Their lifewas already hard enough，so I went backto the wild fruit in the woods．I triedto help them in other ways，too．Duringthe night I cut firewood for them，andadded it secretly to the wood which the young man had cut during the day．I was very happy to see how much this pleased theyoung man．我见到那两个年轻人常给那个老盲人的盘子里多放些食物，尽管他们自己在挨饿。
看到这些后，我就不再偷他们的食物了。
他们的生活已经够艰苦的了，于是我便重新靠树林里的野果为生。
我还尽力想一些其他办法帮助他们。
晚上我为他们砍柴火，还暗中把它们添在那个年轻小伙子白天砍的柴火中。
我很高兴看到这能如此取悦于那个年轻人。
andI wished I could make them happy．Ilooked forward to the time when I could speak well enough to talk to them．And I was happy because I was sure I would soonhave three good friends．我期盼着我能学会说话而同他们交谈的那一时刻。
翻译练习——弗兰肯斯坦
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein still stokes our fear of apocalypse, bad science and corruption. As a new documentary looks at its cultural legacy, Philip Hoare explains why gothic remains a perennial theme.玛丽·雪莱所著的《弗兰肯斯坦》一书至今仍能引发我们心中对于世界末日，科学灾难以及腐败的恐惧。
通过新式纪实视角来看待文化遗产，菲利普·霍尔对哥特体为何能成为经久不息的话题作出解释。
Gothic remains a perennial theme but never more so than today. Why so? For one thing, the gothic imagination of writers such as Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoke is so vividly visual that it is eminently adaptable into 21st-century media – from cinema to TV to video games. Also it reflects teenage angst – Shelley was just 17 when she wrote Frankenstein.哥特体确实仍然流行，尤其是在当今时代。
为何？首先，像玛丽·雪莱，埃德加·爱伦·坡，布莱姆·斯托克这些作家凝聚了哥特式想象力的作品都具有生动的画面感，而21世纪的媒体能完美地将之展示出来，如电影，电视及游戏。
再者，哥特式文体能宣泄青少年的焦虑——雪莱创作《弗兰克斯坦》时年仅17岁。
高二英语选修六第五单元第二篇课文翻译
高二英语选修六第五单元第二篇课文翻译第一部分：《科学怪人》的故事弗兰肯斯坦是来自瑞典日内瓦的一位年轻的科学家，当他在读大学的时候，他发现了如何给无生命的物质以生命的秘密。
他用死人的骨头，创造了一个像人的生灵，并给了他生命。
这个生物是不同学唱的大‘丑，并且常常吓到看见他的人们。
然而怪物已经学会了说话，是智能的，有着人类的感情。
孤单~不开心，令他开始讨厌他的创造者，科学怪人。
当科学怪人拒绝为他创造一个妻子，这个怪物就杀害了科学怪人的哥哥，她最好的朋友克莱瓦勒，最终还杀了弗兰肯斯坦的妻子伊莉莎白。
可学家为了毁掉这个怪物追着怪物去了北极，但自己却死在了那里。
最后怪物消失在了冰雪里，结束了自己的生命。
第二部分：《科学怪人》摘选这是一个寒冷的11月的一天夜晚，我第一次看到了我的创作。
感觉非常紧张，我准备好了将会给躺在我脚下事物以生命的设备。
（在一天阴雨的早晨。
）我手里的蜡烛快燃尽了，突然借着它微弱的光，我看到这个生物的黄色眼睛睁开了。
我艰难的呼吸着，移开他的胳膊和腿。
当我看到这种情况的时候我不知道怎么形容我的心情。
我怎么来描述这个我费尽心思所创造的怪物呢？我设法是她美丽。
漂亮！她是我所见过的最丑的东西。
你可以透过他黄色的皮肤看到他的静脉。
他的头发是黑的，牙齿是白的。
但是这与他黄色的眼睛，布满皱纹的皮肤，黑色的嘴唇对比起来，相当恐怖。
我花了近两年的时间，仅仅给他的一个没有生命的胳膊以生命。
为此我都没有休息过，一直摧毁了我的身体。
我曾把它当做世界上最重要的东西。
但是现在，一切都结束了，我的美梦破灭了。
恐惧厌恶充满了身心。
现在我唯一的想法就是，“我希望自己从来没有创造这个生物，我希望我在世界的另一边，我希望往自己可以消失”当他转过头看我的时候，我感觉不能在跟他呆在同一个房间里面。
我冲了出去，在我的卧室里面走来走去呆了好长时间。
最后，我穿着衣服猛地躺在了床上，使者可以睡一会。
尽管睡着额，却做了可怕的梦。
我梦到了我的未婚妻，在我们镇上的街道上漫步。
外研社选6-M5-Frankenstein27s-monster
Reading and Vocabulary
Frankenstein’s Monster
Frankenstein is one of the famous early horror films.It is still the most famous film of all horror films.
I wish I had not created .. I wish I was on the.. I wish I could…
I wisWhhI ahtadhenotht oduongeh…t
I wish I was …
rushed out walked up and down threw myself on the bed …had nWighhatmt haeredsid woke up, shaking with fear hid in the garden
2.lonely 1.smile
Find the words
connected with the monster’s feelings.
4.Wants love 5.hate
Discussion: Why does its feeling change from being kind to being evil ?
So many wrinkles on the old man’s forehead.
It is a winkled face.
Discussion : What causes him to be ugly? Limited technology causes him to be ugly .
Para3-4 The monster became a nightmare
Frankenstein 文学练习
Exercises for FrankensteinName ______________ Class___________ A Choose the best answer( ) 1 When Frankenstein studied at university, he _____________A learned how to create the ugly monsterB refused to create his own wifeC discovered the secret of how to give life to lifeless matterD taught the clever monster to speak( ) 2 Frankenstein was disgusted when he first saw the monster, because _______________A he had wanted to create something beautiful, but it was very ugly.B he ate something wrongC he created creature to do some harm to human beings.D he did wrong things to human beings.( ) 3 Frankenstein saw this monster move as human being, he felt ___________A happyB excitedC worriedD frightened( ) 4 The monster began to hate his creator because ______________A he felt lonely and unhappyB his creator gave him an ugly faceC his creator refused to create a wife for himD he wanted to become clever( ) 5 Frankenstein wished he had not created the monster because he thought ____________A the monster looked very uglyB he would bring people nightmaresC he would bring the world disasterD the monster would kill himB Write down T of F( ) 1 Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley.( ) 2 It was raining outside when he gave life to the creature.( ) 3 He had intended to make his creation beautiful but failed.( ) 4 The monster killed Frankenstein’s brother, friend, wife and his father,( ) 5 Frankenstein wanted everyone to know the secret of his machine.C Answer the questions.1 What does the monster look like? ( please use at least three adjectives to describe )_________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 What does the monster ask Frankenstein to do?_________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Why did Frankenstein try to destroy the monster?_________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 What happened at the end of the story?_________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Please write down three characters’ names except Frankenstein and the monster._________________________________________________________________________________________。
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein still stokes our fear of apocalypse, bad science and corruption. As a new documentary looks at its cultural legacy, Philip Hoare explains why gothic remains a perennial theme.
玛丽·雪莱所著的《弗兰肯斯坦》一书至今仍能引发我们心中对于世界末日，科学灾难以及腐败的恐惧。
通过新式纪实视角来看待文化遗产，菲利普·霍尔对哥特体为何能成为经久不息的话题作出解释。
Gothic remains a perennial theme but never more so than today. Why so? For one thing, the gothic imagination of writers such as Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoke is so vividly visual that it is eminently adaptable into 21st-century media – from cinema to TV to video games. Also it reflects teenage angst – Shelley was just 17 when she wrote Frankenstein.
哥特体确实仍然流行，尤其是在当今时代。
为何？首先，像玛丽·雪莱，埃德加·爱伦·坡，布莱姆·斯托克这些作家凝聚了哥特式想象力的作品都具有生动的画面感，而21世纪的媒体能完美地将之展示出来，如电影，电视及游戏。
再者，哥特式文体能宣泄青少年的焦虑——雪莱创作《弗兰克斯坦》时年仅17岁。
But it also reflects deeper contemporary fears of the apocalyptic and the macabre: of bad science and corrupt power. It reflects dark times, too, and offers escapism from austerity or insecurity – a safe, containable way to be scared.
哥特体也反映了更深层次上当代人对于末日与死亡的恐惧，恐惧感来自科学灾难或是腐败势力；同时重现了黑暗艰辛的年代，并让人暂时忘记现实的苦难与不安——人们得以在哥特式作品营造的虚假的灾难中，安全且舒适地体验恐惧感，而不必真正对事实感到担忧。
Like Moby-Dick and Wuthering Heights, Frankenstein is a unique, sui generis work, born of obsession. It feeds on sensational, science-fiction elements to make subtler points about our essential disconnect with nature. It's why Shelley's image of the Creature – as much pathetic as it is terrifying – is invoked ever more often in contemporary culture and a world in which science and technology appear to be stealing a march on the species that created them. Commentators evoked Frankenstein when the Japanese tsunami broke open the Fukushima nuclear reactors.
像《白鲸》和《呼啸山庄》，《弗兰克斯坦》是一部独特而自成一格的作品，创作灵感产生于妄想，依靠感性、科幻的元素从更加细腻的角度叙述出我们与大自然的背离。
这也是为什么，雪莱笔下描绘的这个令人既同情又恐惧的生物，在当今时代中可以引发更多共鸣。
因为当今世界的科学与技术也有逐渐“反哺”它们的创造者的趋势。
当日本海啸引发福岛核电站爆炸时，时事评论员便联想到了《弗兰克斯坦》。
What is extraordinary is that all this was the product of the mind of a woman barely out of girlhood. Storms attended her life: from her illicit start as the bastard child of the revolutionary writers William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, to the climatic catastrophes in the year of her birth and that of her novel, which coincided with a volcanic eruption that darkened the skies of Europe and America. "She entered the world like the heroine of a gothic tale," Shelley's biographer, Emily Sunstein has written, "conceived in a secret amour, her birth heralded by storms and portents, attended by tragic drama, and known to thousands through Godwin's memoirs".
更值得注意的是，《弗兰克斯坦》全部来自于一个女人在少女时代的想象。
雪莱的生命一直伴随着灾难：首先，雪莱是两位伟大的作家威廉·戈德温与玛丽·渥斯顿克雷福二人见不得人的私生子；再者，雪莱出生的那一年发生了气候突变，她的小说发布的那年恰巧还碰上一场造成欧美两大洲上空黑云笼罩的火山爆发。
“她就像哥特式故事中的女英雄一般降临人世。
”雪莱的自传作者，艾米丽·桑斯坦曾写道，“雪莱的出身隐藏于一段秘密的奸情，出生伴随着灾祸与凶兆，成长过程时有悲剧情节，而这一切还是通过戈德温的回忆录为世人
所知。
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Somewhere between these wild extremes lies the essential strangeness of Mary Shelley's legacy. Her novel, which emerged from a dream, is an expression of defiance, a blasphemous book that almost accidentally had huge reverberations into the future. Other dystopian visions have faded with time. But Shelley's prophetic and often violent fantasy, written almost 200 years ago, remains as powerful as ever – if not more so.
玛丽·雪莱的著作就特殊在这些巨大的极端之中。
她的小说诞生于一个梦境，其实表达了一种反抗，一种对上帝的亵渎，几乎在未来掀起巨大反响。
其他反面乌托邦的作品都随着时间消逝失去色彩。
只有玛丽·雪莱这带着预示性又时常充满暴力的幻想作品历经200多年仍存留着毫不褪色的影响力，甚至可能更胜于过去。