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高中英语外研社选修六Module5课文+译文Frankenstein’sMonsterPart1thestoryofFrankensteinFrankensteinisthenameofayoungscientistfromGeneva,inSwitzerland.Whilestudyingatuniversity,hediscoversthesecretofhowtocreatelife.Usingbonesfromdeadbodies,hecreatesacreaturethatresemblesahumanbeingandgivesitlife.Thecreature,whichisverylargeandstrong,andisalsoextremelyugly,terrifiesanyonewhoseesit.However,themonster,whohaslearnttospeak,isintelligentandhashumanemotions.HebecomeslonelyandunhappywhenhecannotfindanyfriendsandsoonhebeginstohatehiscreatorFrankenstein.WhenFrankensteinrefusestocreateawifeforhim,themonstermurdersFrankenstein’sbrother,hisbestfriendClerval,andfinally,Frankenstein’snewwifeElizabeth.ThescientistchasesthecreaturetotheArcticinordertodestroyhim,buthediesthere.Attheendofthestory,themonsterdisappearsintotheiceandsnowtoendhisownlife.Part2ExtractfromFrankensteinItwasonacoldNovembernightthatIsawmycreationforthefirsttime.Feelingveryanxious,Ipreparedtheequipmentthatwouldgivelifetothethingthatlayatmyfeet.Itwasalreadyoneinthemorningandtherainfellagainstthewindow.Mycandlewasalmostburntoutwhen,byitstinylight,Isawtheyelloweyeofthecreatureopen.Itbreathedhard,andmoveditsarmsandlegs.HowcanIdescribemyemotionswhenIsawthishappen?HowcanIdescribethemonsterwhoIhadworkedsohardtocreate?Ihadtriedtomakehimbeautiful.Beautiful!HewastheugliestthingIhadeverseen!Youcouldseetheveinsbeneathhisyellowskin.Hishairwasblackandhisteethwerewhite.Butthesethingscontrastedhorriblywithhisyelloweyes,hiswrinkledyellowskinandblacklips.Ihadworkedfornearlytwoyearswithoneaimonly,togivelifetoalifelessbody.ForthisIhadnotslept,Ihaddestroyedmyhealth.Ihadwanteditmorethananythingintheworld.ButnowIhadfinished,thebeautyofthedreamvanished,andhorroranddisgustfilledmyheart.Nowmyonlythoughtswere,“IwishIhadnotcreatedthiscreature,IwishIwasontheothersideoftheworld,IwishIcoulddisappear!”Whenheturnedtolookatme,Ifeltunabletostayinthesameroomashim.Irushedout,andforalongtimeIwalkedupanddownmybedroom.AtlastIthrewmyselfonthebedinmyclothes,tryingtofindafewmomentsofsleep.ButalthoughIslept,Ihadterribledreams.IdreamtIsawmyfiancéewalkinginthestreetsofourtown.ShelookedwellandhappybutasIkissedherlips,theybecamepale,asifsheweredead.HerfacechangedandIthoughtIheldthebodyofmydeadmotherinmyarms.Iwoke,shakingwithfear.Atthatsamemoment,IsawthecreaturethatIhadcreated.Hewasstandingbymybedandwatchingme.Hismouthopenedandhemadeasound,thenseemedtosmile.Ithinkhewantedtospeak,butIdidnothear.Heputoutahand,asifhewantedtokeepmethere,butIranoutoftheroom.Ihidinthegardenandstayedtheretillmorning,terrifiedbywhatIhaddone.AgainandagainIthought,“IwishIhadnotdonethisterriblething,IwishIwasdead!”Youcannotimaginethehorrorofthatface!Ihadseenhimwhenhewasunfinished–hewasuglythen.Butwhenhestoodupandmoved,hebecameacreaturefrommyworstnightmares.弗兰肯斯坦的怪物第一部分《弗兰肯斯坦》的故事弗兰肯斯坦是瑞士日内瓦一位年轻科学家的名字。还在上大学时，他就发现了怎样创造生命的秘密。利用死人的骨头，他制造出一个像人的怪物，并赋予了它生命。那个怪物异乎寻常地高大、强壮，并且极其丑陋，所有的人见了它都感到害怕。但是，怪物却有着人类的智力和情感(emotion)，并学会了说话。由于找不到任何朋友，他感到非常孤独和难过，并开始憎恨创造他的那个人——弗兰肯斯坦。当弗兰肯斯坦拒绝(refuse)为他造一个妻子后，怪物杀害(murder)了弗兰肯斯坦的兄弟和他最好的朋友克莱瓦尔，最后，还杀死了弗兰肯斯坦的新婚妻子伊丽莎白。为了除掉怪物，弗兰肯斯坦追赶(chase)他到北极，但弗兰肯斯坦本人却死在了那儿。在故事的结尾部分，怪物在冰天雪地中结束了自己的生命。第二部分《弗兰肯斯坦》节选我在11月的一个寒冷的晚上首次看到我的创造物。它躺在我的脚边，我紧张不安地准备好了赋予它生命所需的设备。时间已是凌晨1点，雨点敲打着窗户。蜡烛即将燃尽(burnout)，就在此时，借着微弱的烛光，我看见怪物睁开了黄色的眼睛。它喘着粗气(breathe呼吸)，挪动着四肢。该怎样描述我看见这一切发生时内心的感受呢？该怎样描述我费尽心血创造出来的这个怪物的模样呢?我曾尽力想把他创造得好看一些。好看？他是我看到过的最丑陋的东西！他黄色皮肤下的血管(vein)依稀可见。他头发是黑色的，牙齿是白色的。但却与他的黄眼睛、皱巴巴的黄色皮肤以及黑嘴唇形成了骇人的对比(contrastwith)。我忙了近两年，目标只有一个，将生命注入一具尸体。为此，我放弃了睡眠，累坏了身体。它一度是这个世界上我最想要的东西。现在我已经完成了创作，但梦想中的美丽已荡然无存，恐怖和厌恶充斥着我的心灵。现在，我唯一的想法是：“但愿我没有制造出那个家伙，但愿我身处世界的另一边，但愿我可以消失无踪！”当他转过身来看着我时，我受不了和他呆在同一个房间里。我冲(rush)了出去,接下来的很长时间就在自己的卧室来回踱步。最后我和衣倒在床上(throwoneselfon),试图睡一会儿。尽管我睡着了，但是噩梦连连。我梦见我的未婚妻走在城镇的大街上。她看上去健康而快乐，但是，当我亲吻她时，她双唇失色，犹如死人。她的脸变了，我感觉拥抱着的是我死去的母亲。我浑身战粟着吓(fear害怕)醒了。就在那一刻，我看见了我创造出的怪物。他正站在我床边，看着我。他张开嘴,发出一种声音(makeasound)，然后像是笑了。我猜他想说什么，但我没听见。他伸出手来，好像是想拦住我，但我冲出了房间。由于害怕，我藏身花园，一直呆到天亮。我一遍又一遍(againandagain)地想：“但愿我没有做这可怕的一切，但愿我死了！”你无法想象那张脸有多可怕！当他还没有生命的时候，我看着他，只觉得他丑陋。当他站起来行走后，他就成了我最可怕的噩梦(nightmare)中的怪物。CloningandDNAManypeoplethinkthatthescienceofgeneticsandcloningisrecent.It’scertainlytruethatin1953，WatsonandCrick，twoscientistsatCambridgeUniversity，England，discoveredthestructureoftheacidDNA—atransparenttwistingladdermadeofthefundamentalcomponentsoflife.Butinfact，itwasin1866thatMendelfirstrecordedtheresultsofgrowingpeaplants.Heunderstoodthatboththeparentplantshadinfluencedthegeneticmake-upofthenewplant.In1973，biochemistsCohenandBoyerdiscoveredaproceduretouseenzymes—chemicalsformedinthebody—tounziptheDNA，tocutoutasequenceofgenes，andfinallytoinsertthemintothehostcellandcombinewithitsDNA.CloningtakestheDNAfromasinglecelltocreateawholenewindividual.Acloneisanorganismwhichisgeneticallyidenticaltoanotherone.Butit’snowcertainthatnocloneisanexactcopybecauseofdifferencesinexperiencesandupbringing.Thereareatleasttwoteamsofscientistswhicharetryingtoclonehumans.Althoughcontroversial,therearemanyvalidreasonstodoso.AnItaliandoctorwantstooffercloningasanoptionaltreatmentforcoupleswhofinditdifficulttohavechildren