Text A One Incredible Night（第2页）

[25]“poseyourself，”saidClerval，whoobservedmygeofcolour，“Iwill，ifitagitatesyou;butyourfatherandwouldbeveryhappyiftheyreceivedaletterfromyouinyour。Theyhardlyknowhowillyouhavebeen，aysilence。”

[26]“Isthatall，mydearHenry?Howcouldyousupposethatmyfirstthoughtswouldnotflytowardsthosedear，dearfriendswhomIlove，andwhoaresofmylove。”

[27]“Ifthisisyourpresenttemper，myfriend，yousbegladtoseealetterthathasbeenlyingheresomedaysforyou;itisfromyour，Ibelieve。”

AfterYouRead

KnowledgeFocus

1。Pairwork:Discussthefollowiionswithyourpartner。

1）HowhasShelleyoverturheusualgothichorrorofavioleoeerieortemosphere?

2）HowelsedoesShelleyeerieandghostlyatmosphereatthebeginningofthischapter?

3）WhatisVictor’sattitudetowardshis?

4）HowdoesShelleyprovokefearandrevulsioninthereaderbyuseofdes?

5）HowdoesShelleyuseajuxtapositioodescribethemoeffectiscreated?

6）WhydoesVictorfeelsretfuloverhis?

7）WhatdoesViof?Howisthisahichorror?

8）oemisquotediion?Whatisthefunofthequote?

9）Whitaorsee?HowdoesVictor’sfriendhelphim?

10）WhoseletterdoesVictorreceive?Whatistheirrelationship?

2。Sethefolloeningsinaologicalorderagt。Thengiveyoursummarytoyourclass。

____（a）Visfromtheroomaosleep，buthandtombswakehim，andheopeoseethemonsterbyhisbed，reag。

____（b）WhenVictorrecovers，ClervalasksVictortoseohisfatherandfamily，andgiveshimaletterfromElizabeth。

____（c）Aftermo，Victorissucbringiolife。

____（d）Stillavoidinghisapartment，VidersIngolstadt，andrunsintoHenryClerval，whohasetouoembarkon“avoyageofdiscoverytothelandofknowledge”。

____（e）HeinvitesClervalup，butoherefallsillwitha“nervousfever”，whichlastsformonths。

____（f）Butohecreature’sappearancehorrifieshim。

____（g）Heruns，ahenightoutside。

____（h）urseshim，heilloanyone。

____（i）Victorcheckstoseeifthemoillinhisapartment，aofindthatitisn’t。

LanguageFocus

1。Fillintheblankswiththefollowingwordsyouhavelearhetext。

incredulous　inarticulate　hideous　agitate　revive

endeavor

traverse

exceed

prise