英语听力：弗兰肯斯坦.Frankenstein 02

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　　I was¹ born³ in Switzerland⁴， in the town of Geneva． My parents loved each other very much， and I learnt from the example of their love．I learnt that to love and to be patient⁵ are the most important⁶ things in the world．

　　My mother hoped⁷ to have a daughter after I was born， but for five years I was the only child． And then my mother found⁸ a sister for me．She was helping⁹ a family in which there were five children． They were very poor，and the children were thin and hungry． One of the children was a little girl， with golden¹⁰ hair and blue eyes Her name was Elizabeth． My mother took¹¹ the little girl into our family，and Elizabeth became¹² the daughter that my mother had¹⁴ always wanted． As² I grew older， my love for Elizabeth became stronger all the time．

　　Later¹⁵ my mother had two other sons， Ernest and William．A young woman called Justine came¹³ to live in the house to help my mother with the children． We loved her as much as she loved us．

　　The years passed happily¹⁶， and we had everything that we needed． At school I met another very fine person¹⁸． His name was Henry Clerval， and he was very clever． My family also liked him very much， so he was a welcome visitor¹⁹ to our house．

　　I studied very hard at school．I wanted to know the secrets²⁰ of life²¹， and， most of all， I wanted to know how to make living²² things．I read all the books that I could²³ find．One day，some－thing happened that added²⁴ a new idea to the ideas that I al－ready had．I was fifteen at the time， and we were on holiday in the mountains． There was a wild²⁵ storm²⁶， and with it came the most frightening²⁷ thunder²⁸ and lightning²⁹ that I had ever¹⁷ seen³⁰ in my life． About twenty metres³¹ in front of our house was a great tree．Suddenly³² a huge³³ fork of lightning hit the tree．After a few³⁴ seconds， there was nothing left of it except³⁵ a black piece of wood two metres high． The lightning had destroyed³⁶ it．

　　I saw³⁷ how strong electricity³⁸ was． I began to read all the books that I could find about electricity and its terrible³⁹ power⁴⁰．

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　　我出生在瑞士的日内瓦城。我父母彼此相爱至深，而且我以他们的爱心为榜样。我懂得了去爱他人和富有耐心是世界上最重要的事情。

　　在生下我后，我母亲希望再生一个女儿，但在五年之中我都是唯一的孩子。后来我母亲给我找了一个妹妹。她那时在一个有五个孩子的家庭里帮忙。他们非常穷，孩子们都又瘦又饿。其中一个孩子是一个头发金黄、有一对蓝色的眼睛的小女孩。她名叫伊丽莎白。我母亲把那个小女孩带到了我家，于是伊丽莎白便成了我母亲盼望已久的女儿。随着年龄的增长，我对伊丽莎白的爱与日俱增。

　　后来我母亲又生了两个儿子：欧内斯特和威廉。有个名叫贾斯汀的年轻女子来我家帮我母亲照看孩子们。我们像她爱我们一样地爱她。

　　岁月快乐地流逝着，我们拥有所需要的一切。在学校里我遇见了另外一个非常好的人，他的名字叫亨利·克勒沃，人非常聪明。我的家人也非常喜欢他，所以他是我们家受欢迎的客人。

　　我在学校学得很刻苦。我想要知道生命的奥秘，而且我最想知道的便是如何制造有生命的东西。我阅读了我能找到的一切书籍。有一天发生了一件事情，它给我新的启发。我那时15岁，我们正在山中度假。那天有一场暴风雨，夹杂其间的是我平生见过的最为吓人的雷霆和闪电。在我们的房子前面约二十米处有一棵大树。突然间一个叉状闪电击中了大树。 几秒钟之后，那棵大树便只剩下两米高的一块黑木头。闪电摧毁了它。

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