A Horman in the Sky
孕妇可以吃桔子吗 By Ambro Bierce推手游戏
简介：《空中骑士》(A Horman in the Sky) 是美国南北战争时期，士兵、新闻记者出身的小说家安布罗斯•比尔斯(Ambro Bierce)（1842-1914？）最著名的短篇小说之一，也是美国许多大学英文系教材的经典保留篇目。
小说的梗概：
美国南北战争时期，弗吉尼亚州一名出身种植园主的青年卡特·德鲁斯和他的父亲分别加入了南军和北军，父子刀枪相向，面临你死我活：北军五个团潜伏到离德鲁斯家仅三公里的一个四面悬崖绝壁的山谷，谷口只有一条小路。一旦被南军堵住谷口，北军将全军覆没。德鲁斯被委以保卫全军的重任，守卫在谷口；被南军派来做骑探的父亲，从悬崖上对潜伏的北军一览无余。德鲁斯知道必须杀死南军探子。但他突然发现：枪口下的敌人竟是自己的父亲！德鲁斯“脸色苍白，四肢颤抖”“几乎昏了过去”。在痛苦的思想斗争中，父亲的临别赠言“无论发生什么事，做你认为应该做的事。”鼓励他坚定地扣动了扳机，一枪把父亲连人带马打下悬崖……
1.Carter Dru was born in Virginia. He loved his parents, his home and the south. But he loved his country, too. And in the autumn of eighteen sixty-one, when the United States was divided by a terrible civil war, Carter Dru, a southerner, decided to join the Union Army of the north.
2.He told his father about his decision one morning at breakfast.黑桃七
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3.The older man looked at his only son for a moment, too shocked to speak. Then he said, "As of this moment you are a traitor to the south. Plea don't tell your mother about your decision. She is sick, and we both know she has only a few weeks to live."
4.gre作文Carter's father paud, again looking deep into his son's eyes. "Carter," he said, "No matter what happens -- be sure you always do what you think is your duty."
5.Both Carter Dru and his father left the table that morning with broken hearts. And Carter soon left his home, and everyone he loved to wear the blue uniform of the Union soldier.
6.One sunny afternoon, a few weeks later, Carter Dru lay with his face in the dirt by the side of a road. He was on his stomach, his arms still holding his gun. Carter would not receive a medal for his actions. In fact, if his commanding officer were to e him, he would order Carter shot immediately.
7.For Carter was not dead or wounded. He was sleeping while on duty. Fortunately, no one could e him. He was hidden by some bushes, growing by the side of the road.
8.浮躁是什么意思The road Carter Dru had been nt to guard was only a few miles from his father's hou.
9.It began in a forest, down in the valley, and climbed up the side of a huge rock. Anyone standing on the top of this high rock would be able to e down into the valley. And that person would feel very dizzy, looking down. If he dropped a stone from the edge of this cliff, it would fall for six hundred meters before disappearing into the forest in the valley below.
10.Giant cliffs, like the one Carter lay on, surrounded the valley.
11.Hidden in the valley's forest were five union regiments -- thousands of Carter's fellow soldiers. They had marched for thirty-six hours. Now they were resting. But at midnight they would climb that road up the rocky cliff.
12.Their plan was to attack by surpri an army of southerners, camped on the other side of the cliff. But if their enemy learned about the Union Army hiding in the forest, the soldiers would find themlves in a trap with no escape. That was why Carter Dru had been nt to guard the road.
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13.It was his duty to be sure that no enemy soldier, dresd in gray, spied on the valley, where the union army was hiding.
14.But Carter Dru had fallen asleep. Suddenly, as if a mesnger of fate came to touch him on the shoulder, the young man opened his eyes. As he lifted his head, he saw a man on horback standing on the huge rocky cliff that looked down into the valley.
问的歌词15.The rider and his hor stood so still that they emed made of stone. The man's gray
uniform blended with the blue sky and the white clouds behind him. He held a gun in his right hand, and the hor's reins in the other.
16.Carter could not e the man's face, becau the rider was looking down into the valley. But the man and his hor emed to be of heroic, almost gigantic size, standing there motionless against the sky. Carter discovered he was very much afraid, even though he knew the enemy soldier could not e him hiding in the bushes.
17.Suddenly the hor moved, pulling back its head from the edge of the cliff. Carter was completely awake now. He raid his gun, pushing its barrel through the bushes. And he aimed for the horman's heart. A small squeeze of the trigger, and Carter Dru would have done his duty.
18.At that instant, the horman turned his head and looked in Carter's direction. He emed to look at Carter's face, into his eyes, and deep into his brave, generous heart.
19.Carter's face became very white. His entire body began shaking. His mind began to ra
ce, and in his fantasy, the hor and rider became black figures, rising and falling in slow circles against a fiery red sky.
