《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 5

词汇预习：

hither [ˈhɪðə(r)] adv. 到这里，向此地；adj. 位于这边的，近这边的
judicial [dʒuˈdɪʃl] adj. 公正的，明断的；法庭的；审判上的
majestic [məˈdʒestɪk] adj. 庄严的；宏伟的
murmur [ˈmɜːmə(r)] n. 低语；低语声；低声抱怨；潺潺声；vi. 低声说；私下抱怨；发出轻柔...
diligence [ˈdɪlɪdʒəns] n. 勤奋，勤勉；注意的程度
splutter [ˈsplʌtə(r)] v. 气急败坏地说，急促地说；发出呛咳声，发出噼啪声；n. 噼啪声，呛咳...
wads  abbr. 广域数据服务（Wide Area Data Service）
lovingly [ˈlʌvɪŋli] adv. 亲切地；钟爱地
sweetly [ˈswiːtli] adv. 甜美地；温柔地；惬意地；讨人喜欢地
thither [ˈðɪðə(r)] adv. 向那方；到那边；adj. 对岸的；那边的

"Look at him, Jim! He's a going up there. Say—look! he's a going to shake hands with him—he IS shaking hands with him! By jings, don't you wish you was Jeff?"

Mr. Walters fell to "showing off," with all sorts of official bustlings and activities, giving orders, delivering judgments, discharging directions here, there, everywhere that he could find a target. The librarian "showed off"—running _{到这里，向此地} and _{向那方；到那边} with his arms full of books and making a deal of the _{气急败坏地说，急促地说} and fuss that insect authority delights in. The young lady teachers "showed off" —bending _甜美地 over pupils that were lately being boxed, lifting pretty warning fingers at bad little boys and patting good ones _亲切地 . The young gentlemen teachers "showed off" with small scoldings and other little displays of authority and fine attention to discipline—and most of the teachers, of both sexes, found business up at the library, by the pulpit; and it was business that frequently had to be done over again two or three times (with much seeming vexation). The little girls "showed off" in various ways, and the little boys "showed off" with such _{勤奋，勤勉} that the air was thick with paper _{广域数据服务} and the _{低语；低语声；低声抱怨；潺潺声} of scufflings. And above it all the great man sat and beamed a _{庄严的 公正的，明断的} smile upon all the house, and warmed himself in the sun of his own grandeur—for he was "showing off," too.

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词汇预习：

amassed  积聚（amass的过去式）；积累（amass的过去式）
certified ['sɜːtɪfaɪd] adj. 被证明的；有保证的；具有证明文件的；v. 证明，证实；颁发合格...
despised [dɪ'spaɪzd] adj. 受轻视的；v. 轻视，看不起（despise 的过去式和过去分...
ecstasy [ˈekstəsi] n. 狂喜；入迷；忘形
elevated [ˈelɪveɪtɪd] adj. 提高的；高尚的；严肃的；欢欣的；v. 提高；抬起；振奋；提拔（...
marvels  奇迹（ marvel的名词复数 ）
prodigy [ˈprɒdədʒi] n. 奇迹，奇事；奇才；奇观；预兆
profound [prəˈfaʊnd] adj. 深厚的；意义深远的；渊博的
sensation [senˈseɪʃn] n. 感觉；轰动；感动
splendor ['splendə] n. 光彩；壮丽；显赫；n. (Splendor)人名；(瑞典)斯普伦多...
stunning [ˈstʌnɪŋ] adj. 极好的；使人晕倒的；震耳欲聋的；v. 把…打昏；使震耳欲聋；使...
dupes  n. 受骗的人（dupe的复数）；v. 欺骗（dupe的单三形式）；n....
whitewashing ['hwaɪt,wɒʃɪŋ] n. 刷大白浆；刷白；v. 粉饰（whitewash的ing形式）；粉刷
wily [ˈwaɪli] adj. 狡猾的；诡计多端的；n. (Wily)人名；(英)威利
guileful ['ɡaɪlfʊl] adj. 狡猾的；诡计多端的
Sawyer ['sɔːjə] n. 锯木匠；显赫天牛；漂流水中的树木；n. (Sawyer)人名；(英...
thunderbolt [ˈθʌndəbəʊlt] n. 霹雳；雷电；突发意外事件；大发雷霆

There was only one thing wanting to make Mr. Walters' _狂喜 complete, and that was a chance to deliver a Bible–prize and exhibit a _{奇迹，奇事} . Several pupils had a few yellow tickets, but none had enough —he had been around among the star pupils inquiring. He would have given worlds, now, to have that German lad back again with a sound mind.

And now at this moment, when hope was dead, Tom _{锯木匠；显赫天牛} came forward with nine yellow tickets, nine red tickets, and ten blue ones, and demanded a Bible. This was a _霹雳 out of a clear sky. Walters was not expecting an application from this source for the next ten years. But there was no getting around it—here were the _被证明的 checks, and they were good for their face. Tom was therefore _{提高的；高尚的；严肃的；欢欣的} to a place with the Judge and the other elect, and the great news was announced from headquarters. It was the most _{极好的；使人晕倒的；震耳欲聋的} surprise of the decade, and so _深厚的 was the _感觉 that it lifted the new hero up to the judicial one's altitude, and the school had two _{奇迹（ marvel的名词复数} to gaze upon in place of one. The boys were all eaten up with envy—but those that suffered the bitterest pangs were those who perceived too late that they themselves had contributed to this hated _{光彩；壮丽；显赫} by trading tickets to Tom for the wealth he had _积聚 in selling _{刷大白浆；刷白} privileges. These _受轻视的 themselves, as being the _受骗的人 of a _{狡猾的；诡计多端的} fraud, a _狡猾的 snake in the grass.

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词汇预习：

effusion [ɪˈfjuːʒn] n. 渗出；泻出；渗漏物
furtive [ˈfɜːtɪv] adj. 鬼鬼祟祟的，秘密的
preposterous [prɪˈpɒstərəs] adj. 荒谬的；可笑的
sheaves [ʃiːvz] n. 捆；束；扎（sheaf的复数形式）；滑车轮（sheave的复数形式...

The prize was delivered to Tom with as much _渗出 as the superintendent could pump up under the circumstances; but it lacked somewhat of the true gush, for the poor fellow's instinct taught him that there was a mystery here that could not well bear the light, perhaps; it was simply _荒谬的 that this boy had warehoused two thousand _{捆；束；扎} of Scriptural wisdom on his premises—a dozen would strain his capacity, without a doubt.

Amy Lawrence was proud and glad, and she tried to make Tom see it in her face—but he wouldn't look. She wondered; then she was just a grain troubled; next a dim suspicion came and went—came again; she watched; a _{鬼鬼祟祟的，秘密的} glance told her worlds—and then her heart broke, and she was jealous, and angry, and the tears came and she hated everybody. Tom most of all (she thought).