《汤姆·索亚历险记》（The Adventures of Tom Sawyer）是美国小说家马克·吐温1876年发表的长篇小说。

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

CHAPTER 4 Part 2

词汇预习：

bitterness [ˈbɪtənəs] n. 苦味；苦难；怨恨
blighted ['blaɪtɪd] adj. 枯萎的；摧残的；v. 使染上枯萎病；毁坏（blight的过去式...
brushed [brʌʃt] adj. 拉过绒的；v. 刷（brush的过去式和过去分词）
cleanliness [ˈklenlinəs] n. 清洁
expanse [ɪkˈspæns] n. 宽阔；广阔的区域；苍天；膨胀扩张
fully [ˈfʊli] adv. 充分地；完全地；彻底地；n. (Fully)人名；(法)菲利
groping ['ɡrɒpɪŋ] v. 摸索（grope 的现在分词）
plastered [ˈplɑːstəd] adj. 醉醺醺的；涂得厚厚的；v. 使平；涂以灰泥；粘贴；掩饰（pla...
saturated [ˈsætʃəreɪtɪd] adj. 饱和的；渗透的；深颜色的；v. 使渗透，使饱和（saturat...
speckled [ˈspekld] adj. 有斑点的；如斑点般散布的；v. 点缀（speckle的过去式和...
symmetrical [sɪˈmetrɪkl] adj. 匀称的，对称的
testimony [ˈtestɪməni] n. [法] 证词，证言；证据
wardrobe [ˈwɔːdrəʊb] n. 衣柜；行头；全部戏装
wrought [rɔːt] adj. 锻造的；有特定风格的；加工的；精细的；v. 使发生；工作（wo...
dainty [ˈdeɪnti] adj. 美味的；讲究的；秀丽的；挑剔的；n. 美味
disconcerted [ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪd] adj. 不安的；惊慌的；v. 使困惑；使仓皇失措（disconcert...
dripping [ˈdrɪpɪŋ] n. 滴下的液体；烤肉上滴的汁液；adj. 湿淋淋的；adv. 湿淋淋地...
galled  v. （使）恼怒；擦痛；（因摩擦而）痛；抓住（gall 的过去式及过去分...
privately [ˈpraɪvətli] adv. 私下地；秘密地
thoroughly [ˈθʌrəli] adv. 彻底地，完全地
diligently [ˈdɪlɪdʒəntli] adv. 勤奋地；勤勉地
neatly [ˈniːtli] adv. 整洁地；熟练地；灵巧地
suds [sʌdz] n. 肥皂水；泡沫；vt. 用肥皂水洗；vi. 形成起泡肥皂水

Mary gave him a tin basin of water and a piece of soap, and he went outside the door and set the basin on a little bench there; then he dipped the soap in the water and laid it down; turned up his sleeves; poured out the water on the ground, gently, and then entered the kitchen and began to wipe his face _勤奋地 on the towel behind the door. But Mary removed the towel and said:

"Now ain't you ashamed, Tom. You mustn't be so bad. Water won't hurt you."

Tom was a trifle _{不安的；惊慌的} . The basin was refilled, and this time he stood over it a little while, gathering resolution; took in a big breath and began. When he entered the kitchen presently, with both eyes shut and _摸索 for the towel with his hands, an honorable _{[法] 证词，证言} of _{肥皂水；泡沫} and water was _{滴下的液体；烤肉上滴的汁液} from his face. But when he emerged from the towel, he was not yet satisfactory, for the clean territory stopped short at his chin and his jaws, like a mask; below and beyond this line there was a dark _宽阔 of unirrigated soil that spread downward in front and backward around his neck. Mary took him in hand, and when she was done with him he was a man and a brother, without distinction of color, and his _{饱和的；渗透的；深颜色的} hair was _{整洁地 拉过绒的} , and its short curls _{锻造的；有特定风格的} into a _{美味的；讲究的；秀丽的；挑剔的} and _{匀称的，对称的} general effect. [He _私下地 smoothed out the curls, with labor and difficulty, and _{醉醺醺的；涂得厚厚的} his hair close down to his head; for he held curls to be effeminate, and his own filled his life with _苦味 .] Then Mary got out a suit of his clothing that had been used only on Sundays during two years—they were simply called his "other clothes"—and so by that we know the size of his _衣柜 . The girl "put him to rights" after he had dressed himself; she buttoned his neat roundabout up to his chin, turned his vast shirt collar down over his shoulders, brushed him off and crowned him with his _{有斑点的；如斑点般散布的} straw hat. He now looked exceedingly improved and uncomfortable. He was _{充分地；完全地；彻底地} as uncomfortable as he looked; for there was a restraint about whole clothes and _清洁 that _恼怒 him. He hoped that Mary would forget his shoes, but the hope was _{枯萎的；摧残的} ; she coated them _{彻底地，完全地} with tallow, as was the custom, and brought them out. He lost his temper and said he was always being made to do everything he didn't want to do. But Mary said, persuasively:

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词汇预习：

edifice [ˈedɪfɪs] n. 大厦；大建筑物
sermon [ˈsɜːmən] n. 布道；训诫；启示；冗长的讲话；vt. 对…布道；对…说教；vi. ...
snarling  纱线扭结；缠结
steeple [ˈstiːpl] n. 尖塔；尖顶；vt. 把…建成尖塔

"Please, Tom—that's a good boy."

So he got into the shoes _纱线扭结 . Mary was soon ready, and the three children set out for Sunday–school—a place that Tom hated with his whole heart; but Sid and Mary were fond of it.

Sabbath–school hours were from nine to half–past ten; and then church service. Two of the children always remained for the _{布道；训诫；启示；冗长的讲话} voluntarily, and the other always remained too—for stronger reasons. The church's high–backed, uncushioned pews would seat about three hundred persons; the _大厦 was but a small, plain affair, with a sort of pine board tree–box on top of it for a _{尖塔；尖顶} . At the door Tom dropped back a step and accosted a Sunday–dressed comrade: