英语故事 拉巴契尼的女儿（2） 霍桑

英语故事拉巴契尼的女儿

（2）霍桑Rappaccinis Daughterby NathanielHawthorne,Part TwoToday,we completethe storyRappaccinis Daughter.n It was writtenby NathanielHawthorne.Here isKay Gallantwith thesecond andfinal part of Rappaccinis Daughter.Many yearsago,a young man namedGiovanni Guascontileft his home inNaples tostudy innorthern Italy.He took a roomin anold housenext toa magnificentgarden filledwith strangeflowersand otherplants.The gardenbelonged toa doctor,Giacomo Rappaccini.He livedwith hisdaughter,Beatrice,in asmallbrown housein the garden.From awindow of his room,Giovanni hadseen that Rappaccinisdaughter wasvery beautiful.But everyonein Paduawas afraidof her father.Pietro Baglioni,a professorat the university,warned Giovanniabout themysterious DoctorRappaccini.He isa greatscientist/Professor Baglioni told the youngman.But heis alsodangerous.Rappaccini caresmore aboutscience thanhe doesabout people.He hascreated manyterriblepoisons fromthe plantsin hisgarden.z,One day,Giovanni founda secretentrance toRappaccinis garden.He wentin.The plantsallseemed wildand unnatural.Giovanni realizedthatRappaccinimust havecreated thesestrangeand terribleflowers through his experiments.Suddenly,Rappaccinis daughtercame into the garden.She movedquickly amongthe flowersuntilshe reachedhim.Giovanni apologizedfor cominginto the garden withoutan invitation.ButBeatrice smiledat himand madehim feelwelcome.I seeyou loveflowers/she said.And soyou havecome totake acloser lookat myfathers rarecollection/7While shespoke,Giovanni noticed a perfumein theair aroundher.He wasntsure ifthis wonderfulsmellcame fromthe flowersor fromher breath.She askedhim abouthishomeand hisfamily.She toldhim shehad spenther lifein this garden.Giovanni feltas ifhe weretalking toa verysmall child.Her spiritsparkled likeclear water.They walked slowly thoughthe gardenas theytalked.At lastthey reacheda beautifulplant thatwascovered withlarge purpleflowers.He realizedthat theperfume fromthose flowerswas liketheperfume of Beatrices breath,but muchstronger.The youngman reachedout tobreak offone of the purpleflowers.But Beatricegavea screamthat went throughhis heart likea knife.She caughthis handand pulledit awayfrom theplantwith allher strength.Dont evertouch thoseflowers!,z she cried.They willtake youCife!”Hiding herface,she ranintothe house.Then,Giovanni sawDoctor Rappaccinistanding inthe garden.That night,Giovanni couldnot stopthinking abouthow sweetand beautifulBeatrice was.Finally,he fellasleep.But whenthe morningcame,he wokeup ingreat pain.He feltas ifone ofhis handswason fire.It wasthe handthat Beatricehad grabbedin herswhen hereached forone ofthepurple flowers.Giovanni lookeddown athis hand.There wasa purplemark onit thatlooked likefour smallfingersand alittle thumb.But becausehis heartwas fullofBeatrice,Giovanni forgotabout thepain in hishand.He beganto meether inthegardenevery day.At last,she toldhim thatshe lovedhim.But shewouldnever lethim kissher oreven holdher hand.One morning,several weekslater,Professor Baglionivisited Giovanni.I wasworried aboutyou,the olderman said.You havenot cometo yourclasses at theuniversityfor morethan amonth.Is somethingwrongGiovanni wasnot pleasedto seehis oldfriend.No,nothing iswrong.I amfine,thank you.Hewanted Professor Baglionitoleave.But the old mantook offhis hatand satdown.My dearGiovanni,“he said.You muststay awayfrom Rappacciniand hisdaughter.Her fatherhasgiven her poison fromthe timeshe wasa baby.The poisonis inher bloodand onher breath.If Rappaccinidid thisto hisown daughter,what ishe planningto doto youGiovannicovered hisface withhis hands.Oh myGod!”hecried.Dont worry,theoldmancontinued.It is not toolate tosave you.And wemay succeedin helpingBeatrice,too.Do youseethis little silver bottleIt holdsa medicinethat willdestroy eventhe mostpowerful poison.Give itto your Beatriceto drink.”ProfessorBaglioniput thelittle bottleon thetable andleft Giovannisroom.The youngman wantedto believe thatBeatrice wasa sweetand innocentgirl.And yet,Professor Baglioniswords hadputdoubts inhisheart.Itwasnearly timefor hisdaily meetingwith Beatrice.As Giovannicombed hishair,he lookedathimself in a mirrornear hisbed.He couldnot helpnoticing howhandsome hewas.His eyeslookedparticularly bright.And hisface hada healthywarm glow.He saidto himself,At leastherpoisonhas notgotten intomy bodyyet.As hespoke hehappenedto lookat someflowers hehad justbought thatmorning.A shockof horrorwentthroughhis body.The flowerswere turningbrown!Giovannis facebecame verywhite as he staredat himselfin themirror.Then henoticedaspider crawlingnear hiswindow.He bentover theinsect andblew abreath ofairat it.The spidertrembled,and felldead.VI amcursed/7Giovanni whisperedto himself.uMy ownbreathis poison.At thatmoment,a rich,sweet voicecame floatingup fromthegarden.Giovanni!You arelate.Come down.You area monster!”Giovanni shoutedas soonashereached her.And with your poisonyou havemademe intoa monster,too.I ama prisonerof thisgarden//“Giovanni!Beatrice cried,looking athim withher largebright eyes.Why areyou sayingtheseterrible thingsIt istrue thatI cannever leavethisgarden.But you are freeto gowherever youwish.”Giovanni lookedat herwith hateinhiseyes.Dont pretendthat you dont knowwhat you have〃done tome.A groupof insectshad flowninto thegarden.They cametoward Giovanniand flewaround hishead.He blewhis breathat them.The insectsfell tothe ground,dead.Beatrice screamed.UI seeit!I seeit!My fathersscience hasdone thisto us.Believe me,Giovanni,I didnot askhim todo thisto you.I onlywanted tolove you.”Giovannis angerchanged tosadness.Then,he rememberedthe medicinethat ProfessorBaglionihad givenhim.Perhaps the medicine woulddestroy the poison intheir bodiesand helpthem tobecomenormal again.Dear Beatrice/he said,our fateisnotso terrible.He showedher thelittlesilverbottle andtoldher whatthemedicineinside itmight do.I willdrink first,she said.You mustwait tosee what〃happens tome beforeyou drinkit.She putBaglionis medicineto herlips andtookasmall sip.At thesame moment,Rappaccini cameoutofhishouse andwalkedslowlytoward thetwo youngpeople.He spreadhis handsout tothemas ifhe weregiving thema blessing.My daughter/he said,youareno longeralone inthe world.Give Giovannione ofthe purpleflowersfrom yourfavorite plant.It willnot hurthim now.My scienceand yourlove havemade himdifferentfrom ordinarymen.My father/Beatrice saidweakly,why didyoudothis terriblethingto yourown childRappaccinilooked surprised.What doyou mean,my daughterhe asked.You havepower nootherwoman has.You candefeat yourstrongest enemywith onlyyour breath.Would youratherbe aweak womanIwant tobe loved,not feared/Beatrice replied.But now,it doesnot matter.I amleaving you,father.I amgoing wherethe poisonyouhavegiven mewill dono harm.Good byetoyou,Giovanni.Beatrice droppedtotheground.She diedatthefeet ofherfatherand Giovanni.The poisonhadbeen toomuch apartoftheyoungwoman.The medicinethat destroyedthepoison,destroyed her,as well.You havejust heardthe storyRappaccinisDaughter.nItwas writtenby NathanielHawthorne andadaptedfor SpecialEnglish byDona deSanctis.Your storytellerwas KayGallant.This isShepONeal.Words inThis Storysparkle-v.tobeor becomebright andlivelyscream-v.to suddenlycry outinaloud andhigh voicebecause ofpain,surprise,etc.handsome-adj.pleasing tolook atglow-n.a pinkcolor inyour facefrom exercising,being excited,etc.grab-v.to quicklytake andhold someoneor somethingwithyourhand orarmscrawl-v.to movewith thebody closeto oron thegroundNow itsyour turn.In thecomment section,use oneofthewords ina sentenceand wewill giveyoufeedback onyour grammar.。