《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。

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CHAPTER 5 Part 1

词汇预习：

accidentally [ˌæksɪˈdentəli] adv. 意外地；偶然地
aisle [aɪl] n. 通道，走道；侧廊
hospitable [hɒˈspɪtəbl; ˈhɒspɪtəbl] adj. 热情友好的；（环境）舒适的
lavish [ˈlævɪʃ] adj. 浪费的；丰富的；大方的；vt. 浪费；慷慨给予；滥用
mansion [ˈmænʃn] n. 大厦；宅邸；n. (Mansion)人名；(法)芒雄
needy [ˈniːdi] adj. 贫困的；贫穷的；生活艰苦的；n. (Needy)人名；(英)尼...
notable [ˈnəʊtəbl] adj. 值得注意的，显著的；著名的；n. 名人，显要人物
seductive [sɪˈdʌktɪv] adj. 有魅力的；性感的；引人注意的
sermon [ˈsɜːmən] n. 布道；训诫；启示；冗长的讲话；vt. 对…布道；对…说教；vi. ...
supervision [ˌsuːpəˈvɪʒn; ˌsjuːpəˈvɪʒn] n. 监督，管理
unnecessaries  n. 非必需品
venerable [ˈvenərəbl] adj. 庄严的，值得尊敬的；珍贵的
belle [bel] n. （尤指某活动或某场合的）美女；n. (Belle) （美、法）贝莱...
breakers ['brekɚ] n. 爆烈人（一款街机游戏的名称）；碎浪区；碎浪
clad [klæd] adj. 穿衣的；覆盖的；vt. 在金属外覆以另一种金属；v. 穿衣（c...
distributed [dɪ'strɪbjʊtɪd] adj. 分布式的，分散式的
heedful [ˈhiːdfl] adj. 注意的；深切注意的；深切留心的
simpering ['simpɝriŋ] adj. 傻笑的；皮笑肉不笑的；v. 傻笑；假笑（simper的ing形...
gantlet ['ɡɔ:ntlit] n. 长手套；夹笞刑；手腕；vt. 使轨道套叠；铺设套式轨道
Mrs [ˈmɪsɪz] n. 太太；夫人（用于已婚妇女姓名前的尊称）
Petersburg ['pi:təzbə:ɡ] n. 彼得堡（苏联城市列宁格勒旧称）；彼得斯堡（美国城市）
Polly [ˈpɒlɪ] n. （非正式）政客；鹦鹉（同 poll parrot）；n. (Pol...
vestibule [ˈvestɪbjuːl] n. 前厅；门廊；vt. 为…设门廊；n. (Vestibule)人名；...
Willie [ˈwɪli] n. 威利（男子名， William的昵称）

ABOUT half–past ten the cracked bell of the small church began to ring, and presently the people began to gather for the morning _{布道；训诫；启示；冗长的讲话} . The Sunday–school children _{分布式的，分散式的} themselves about the house and occupied pews with their parents, so as to be under _{监督，管理} . Aunt _政客 came, and Tom and Sid and Mary sat with her—Tom being placed next the _{通道，走道} , in order that he might be as far away from the open window and the _有魅力的 outside summer scenes as possible. The crowd filed up the aisles: the aged and _{贫困的；贫穷的；生活艰苦的} postmaster, who had seen better days; the mayor and his wife—for they had a mayor there, among other _非必需品 ; the justice of the peace; the widow Douglass, fair, smart, and forty, a generous, good–hearted soul and well–to–do, her hill _{大厦；宅邸} the only palace in the town, and the most _{热情友好的} and much the most _{浪费的；丰富的；大方的} in the matter of festivities that St. _彼得堡 could boast; the bent and _{庄严的，值得尊敬的} Major and _太太 . Ward; lawyer Riverson, the new _{值得注意的，显著的；著名的} from a distance; next the _美女 of the village, followed by a troop of lawn– _{穿衣的；覆盖的} and ribbon–decked young heart– _爆烈人 ; then all the young clerks in town in a body—for they had stood in the _{前厅；门廊} sucking their cane–heads, a circling wall of oiled and _{傻笑的；皮笑肉不笑的} admirers, till the last girl had run their _{长手套；夹笞刑；手腕} ; and last of all came the Model Boy, _{威利（男子名} Mufferson, taking as _注意的 care of his mother as if she were cut glass. He always brought his mother to church, and was the pride of all the matrons. The boys all hated him, he was so good. And besides, he had been "thrown up to them" so much. His white handkerchief was hanging out of his pocket behind, as usual on Sundays— _意外地 . Tom had no handkerchief, and he looked upon boys who had as snobs.

congregation [ˌkɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn] n. 集会；集合；圣会
fully [ˈfʊli] adv. 充分地；完全地；彻底地；n. (Fully)人名；(法)菲利
hush [hʌʃ] v. 安静；（使）安静，停止说话；用水清洗矿石；n. 寂静，安静；（人造...
laggards  n. 落后者；迟滞者（laggard的复数）

The _集会 being _{充分地；完全地；彻底地} assembled, now, the bell rang once more, to warn _落后者 and stragglers, and then a solemn _{安静；安静，停止说话} fell upon the church which was only broken by the tittering and whispering of the choir in the gallery. The choir always tittered and whispered all through service. There was once a church choir that was not ill–bred, but I have forgotten where it was, now. It was a great many years ago, and I can scarcely remember anything about it, but I think it was in some foreign country.

hymn [hɪm] n. 赞美诗；圣歌；欢乐的歌；vt. 唱赞美歌；vi. 唱赞歌
steadily [ˈstedəli] adv. 稳定地；稳固地；有规则地
topmost [ˈtɒpməʊst] adj. 最高的；顶端的

The minister gave out the _{赞美诗；圣歌；欢乐的歌} , and read it through with a relish, in a peculiar style which was much admired in that part of the country. His voice began on a medium key and climbed _稳定地 up till it reached a certain point, where it bore with strong emphasis upon the _最高的 word and then plunged down as if from a spring–board:

Shall I be car–ri–ed toe the skies, on flow'ry BEDS of ease,

Whilst others fight to win the prize, and sail thro' BLOODY seas?

Rev [rev] n. 发动机的旋转；vt. 使加速；增加；vi. 加快转速；增长；n. ...
cannot [ˈkænɒt] v. 不能；无法
harder [hɑ:də(r)] adj. 更难的；更努力的；更坚固的（hard的比较级）；n. (Har...
helplessly [ˈhelpləsli] adv. 无助地；无能为力地

He was regarded as a wonderful reader. At church "sociables" he was always called upon to read poetry; and when he was through, the ladies would lift up their hands and let them fall _无助地 in their laps, and "wall" their eyes, and shake their heads, as much as to say, "Words _不能 express it; it is too beautiful, TOO beautiful for this mortal earth."

After the hymn had been sung, the _{发动机的旋转} . Mr. Sprague turned himself into a bulletin–board, and read off "notices" of meetings and societies and things till it seemed that the list would stretch out to the crack of doom—a queer custom which is still kept up in America, even in cities, away here in this age of abundant newspapers. Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the _{更难的；更努力的} it is to get rid of it.