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THEOPENWINDOWAfterSaki HectorHughMunro赫克托 门罗 1870 1916 Penname SakiOccupation Author PlaywrightNationality British Masterofshortstories writingstyle shortbutmemorable withdelicatelydrawncharactersandfinelyjudgednarratives OftenbecomparedtoOHenry themaididea TheOpenWindowdescribesthatafifteen year oldgirlVeramakesupahorriblestoryforastrangerwiththetopicoftheopenwindow Thatday heruncleandhistwobrothersgoshootingbycoincidence AndVeratellsthestrangerthatheruncleandhistwobrothersdiedfouryearsago whichisaterribleshockforheraunt Afterthattragedy herauntwillalwaysleavethewindowopenandbelievesthatherhusbandandbrotherswillcomebackoneday Therefore whenthemenreallycomeback thepooryoungmancannotsayawordbutescaperudely Toexplainthestrangeactionoftheman Veramakesupanotherstorythatheisafraidofthedog whichshowsherwisdom newwordsandphrases 1 annoy使生气 使烦恼2 affect影响3 tremble颤抖4 relief缓解 救助5 scarcity短缺 不足6 muddy泥泞的 粘满了泥巴的7 sympathetic同情的 怜悯的8 extraordinary不一般的 非凡的9 graveyard墓地10 creature生物 通常指动物 1 gothrough经历 经受 2 anumberof许多 大量 3 makeastatement叙述 声名 4 apologizefor因 道歉 就 道歉 5 onthematterof就 来说 在 方面 6 loseone snerve失去勇气 吓倒了 7 makeup虚构 杜撰 TheOpenWindow exercise p19 1 Mr NettlecametoMrs Appleton shousetotakeacompleteresttohelpthenervecure 2 WhilewaitingwiththechildforMrs Sappleton Framptondoubtedifhisvisitstothesestrangerswoulddomuchtowardshelpingthenervecure 3 ThechildaskedNettlealotofquestionsabouthisknowledgeofMrs Sappleton becauseshewantedtoknowifhewasarealmentalpatient 4 Accordingtothechild Mr Sappletonandhistwobrothers in lawalwaysreturnedfromhunting muddyandexhausted 5 Mrs Sappletonwaslateinmakingherappearance becausesheknewthatherniecewasoldenoughtolookafterthepatient T T F F F 6 Framptonwastryingtoturnthetalkontoalessembarrassingtopic buthewasignoredbythehostess 7 Framptonturnedtowardsthechildwithalookintendedtoconveysympatheticcomprehension whichsuggeststhathestartedtobeconsciousthateverythingthechildsaidtohimwastrue 8 ThechildpretendedtobestaringoutthroughtheopenwindowwithhorrorinhereyesinordertoattractFrampton sattention 9 Mrs Sappletonwasnotunhappy thoughFramptondashedoffwithoutawordofgood byeorapologywhenherhusbandarrivedback 10 Fromthestory sending itcouldbeconcludedthatthechildwasgoodatinventingfrighteningstories T T T T T textstudy Myauntwillcomedownverysoon Mr Nettle saidaverycalmyoungladyoffifteenyearsofage meanwhileyoumusttrytobearmycompany FramptonNettletriedtosaysomethingwhichwouldpleasetheniecenowpresent withoutannoyingtheauntthatwasabouttocome Hewassupposedtobegoingthroughacureforhisnerves buthedoubtedwhetherthesepolitevisitstoanumberoftotalstrangerswouldhelpmuch Iknowhowitwillbe hissisterhadsaidwhenhewaspreparingtogoawayintothecountry youwillloseyourselfdownthereandnotspeaktoalivingsoul andyournerveswillbeworsethaneverthroughloneliness IshalljustgiveyoulettersofintroductiontoallthepeopleIknowthere Someofthem asfarasIcanremember werequitenice FramptonwonderedwhetherMrs Sappleton theladytowhomhewasbringingoneofthelettersofintroduction oneoftheniceones 1 WhatwastheproblemwithMr FramtonNuttel Whyishisproblemimportanttothisstory WhywashevulnerabletosomeonelikeVera Hewasundergoingmentalillness sohewasnervous dullandsensitive whichformsastrongcomparisontoVera scharacteristic calm wittyandself possessd Doyouknowmanyofthepeopleroundhere askedtheniece whenshethoughtthattheyhadsatlongenoughinsilence Hardlyone saidFrampton Mysisterwasstayinghere youknow aboutfouryearsago andshegavemelettersofintroductiontosomeofthepeoplehere Hemadethelaststatementinasadvoice Thenyouknowalmostnothingaboutmyaunt continuedthecalmyounglady Onlyhernameandaddress Framptonadmitted HewaswonderingwhetherMrs Sappletonwasmarriedperhapsshehadbeenmarriedandherhusbandwasdead Buttherewassomethingofamanintheroom whydidVeraaskMr Nuttelabouthisacquiantancewithheraunt ShewantedtocheckwhetherMr Nuttelkewherauntwellornot Ifheknewheraunt shewouldnotsucceedinherplantoplaythetrickonhim Hergreatsorrowcamejustthreeyearsago saidthechild Thatwouldbeafteryoursister stime Hersorrow askedFrampton Somehow inthisrestfulcountryplace sorrowsseemedfaraway YoumaywonderwhywekeepthatwindowwideopenonanOctoberafternoon saidtheniece pointingtoalongwindowthatopenedlikeadoorontothegrassoutside Itisquitewarmforthetimeoftheyear saidFrampton buthasthatwindowgotanythingtodowithyouraunt ssorrow 不知为什么他觉得在这样的安静的乡村是不会发生什么悲剧的 thestory Agreattragedy Aftersomesmalltalks VeracallsFramton sattentiontothelarge windowintheroom whichisopendespitethefactthatitisOctober Andthenshebegantotellheraunt s tragicstory Whatisherstory Outthroughthatwindow exactlythreeyearsago herhusbandandhertwoyoungbrotherswentofffortheirday sshooting Theynevercameback Incrossingthecountrytotheshooting groundtheywereallthreeswallowedinabog Ithadbeenthatterriblewetsummer youknow andplacesthatweresafeinotheryearsbecamesuddenlydangerous Theirbodieswereneverfound Thatwastheworstpartofit Herethechild svoicelostitscalmsoundandbecamealmosthuman Poorauntalwaysthinksthattheywillcomebacksomeday theyandthelittlebrowndogthatwaslostwiththem andwalkinatthatwindowjustastheyusedtodo Thatiswhythewindowiskeptopeneveryeveningtillitisquitedark Poordearaunt shehasoftentoldmehowtheywentout herhusbandwithhiswhitecoatoverhisarm andRonnie heryoungestbrother singingasong ashealwaysdidtoannoyher becauseshesaiditaffectedhernerves Doyouknow sometimesonquieteveningslikethis Ialmostgetastrangefeelingthattheywillallwalkinthroughthewindow Thetragicstory Threeyearsago Heraunt shusbandandtwobrothers Theywenthuntingwithalittledog Theyleftthroughthatverywindow buttheyneverreturnedbecausetheywereengulfedbyapieceofbog 沼泽 Theirbodieswereneverfound Vera sauntbelievesthatthemenwillreturnoneday thattheywillenterthehousethewaytheyleft throughtheopenwindow Thatiswhythewindowiskeptopeneveryeveninguntildark Doyouknow sometimesonquieteveningslikethis Ialmostgetastrongfeelingthattheywillallwalkinthroughthatwindow 你知道吗 有时候像今天这样寂静无声的傍晚 我总会有一种奇怪的感觉 那就是他们会从那个窗子里走进来 Shestoppedandtrembled ItwasarelieftoFramptonwhentheauntcamebusilyintotheroomandapologizedforbeinglate IhopeVerahasbeenamusingyou shesaid Shehasbeenveryinteresting saidFrampton Ihopeyoudon tmindtheopenwindow saidMrs Sappletonbrightly myhusbandandbrotherswillbehomesoonfromshooting andtheyalwayscomeinthisway They vebeenshootingbirdstodaynearthebog sothey llmakemypoorcarpetsdirty Allyoumendothatsortofthing don tyou Shetalkedoncheerfullyabouttheshootingandthescarcityofbirds andthehopesofshootinginthewinter ToFramptonitwasallquiteterrible Hemadeagreateffort whichwasonlypartlysuccessful toturnthetalkontoamorecheerfulsubject Hewasconsciousthathishostesswasgivinghimonlyapartofherattention andhereyeswerefrequentlylookingpasthimtotheopenwindowandthegrassbeyond Itwascertainlyunfortunatethatheshouldhavepaidhisvisitonthissorrowfulday Thegirltoldthisentirestorywithnerves soMr Nuttelbelievesthestorywithnodoubt thegirl sauntcomesback shesaystoMr Nuttel Ihopeyoudon tmindtheopenwindow whichnodoubtmakeshimtothinkaboutthegirl sstory Thedoctorsagreeinorderingmecompleterest noexcitementandnobodilyexercise saidFrampton whohadthecommonideathattotalstrangerswanttoknowtheleastdetailofone sillnesses theircauseandcure Onthematteroffood theyarenotsomuchinagreement hecontinued No saidMrs Sappletoninatiredvoice Thenshesuddenlybrightenedintoattention butnottowhatFramptonwassaying Heretheyareatlast shecried Justintimefortea anddon ttheylookasiftheyweremuddyuptotheeyes findoutthedifferentresponse Mrs Sappletonrattledcheerfullyaboutherhusbandsandbrothersasiftheywerealive buttoFramtonitwasallpurelyhorrible Hemadeadesparatebutonlypartiallysuccessfulattempttoturntotalkontoalessghastlytopic likehisillness however Mrs Sappletonshowedlittleinterstinthistopic whichconvincedMr Nuttelthatthepoorauntmusthavesufferedfromthementaldisordersduetothetragedyandsorrow fromherewecanseeMrs Sappletoniskind politebutquiteabsorbedinherownconcerns Sheisn interestedinhervisitor sstorybuttriedtobekindtohim climax Framptontrembledslightlyandturnedtowardstheniecewithalookintendedtoshowsympatheticunderstanding Thechildwaslookingoutthroughtheopenwindowwithfearinhereyes WithashockFramptonturnedroundinhisseatandlookedinthesamedirection Intheincreasingdarknessthreefigureswerewalkingacrossthegrasstowardsthewindowtheyallcarriedgunsundertheirarms andoneofthemhadalsoawhitecoathungoverhisshoulders Atiredbrowndogkeptcloseattheirheels Noiselesslytheydrewneartothehouse andthenayoungvoicestartedtosinginthedarkness Framptonwildlyseizedhishatandstick heranoutthroughthefrontdoorandthroughthegate Henearlyranintoamanonabicycle 弗雷顿微微打了个颤 他带着同情而理解的表情转向年轻小姐 而那小姐却是目不转睛的望着窗口 眼睛里满是害怕 不知名的恐惧如寒冰般向弗雷顿涌来 他跌坐在椅子上 目光也望向同一个地方 Hereweare mydear saidthebearerofthewhitecoat cominginthroughthewindow fairlymuddy butmostofit sdry Whowasthatwhoranoutaswecameup Amostextraordinaryman aMr Nettle saidMrs Sappleton hecouldonlytalkabouthisillnesses andranoffwithoutawordofgood byeorapologywhenyouarrived Onewouldthinkhehadseenaghost Iexpectitwasthedog saidtheniececalmly hetoldmehehadaterriblefearofdogs HewasoncehuntedintoagraveyardsomewhereinIndiabyalotofwilddogs andhadtospendthenightinanewly duggravewiththecreaturesjustabovehim Enoughtomakeanyonelosetheirnerve Shewasverycleveratmakingupstoriesquickly 毫不费劲的随口编个故事是她的拿手好戏 HowdidVeraexplainMr Nuttel shurryandhorror WhenMrs Sappeltonandherhusbandwonderwhyheleftinsuchahurry VerabeginstoexplainthatFramtonwasscarredofthehuntingdogs whichwasactuallyanotherlie untilnowdothereadersrealizethatthewholestorywasjustthegirl strick Sheisclever quick witted inventiveandhasacruel ironicalsenseofhumor meanwhilesheisagoodactress Whatdifferentthingsdoestheopenwindowinthestorysymbolizetothecharacters ToVera theopenwindowwasjustaclueinhermake upstory whichsheusedtointensifytheterror ToMr Nuttel theopenwindowwasasymbolofsorrowanddeath Becaus