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[星际动物园 / 哈里·吉尔伯特 著]
The Star Zoo by Harry Gilbert
■ 简介
人类是地球这颗行星上最成功的动物。所谓成功，是指在与其他动物的斗争中取得的成功。在争夺食物或土地的问题上，我们人类战无不胜。我们砍伐树木，修建房屋或工厂，自己种植粮食。其他动物不得不去另找其他的地方生活——如果它们能找着的话。
我们人类战无不胜是因为我们智力发达。我们会思想，会说话，会使用工具，会制造精妙的机器。我们是再聪明不过的动物……
也许聪明过头了。也许将来的人们会有不同的想法。蜂鸟（简称蜂儿）是一个生活在公元22500年的16岁姑娘，她住在离地球很远很远的一颗行星上。她喜欢漂亮的衣服，喜欢跳舞，还为自己将嫁给谁而忐忑不安。她从来没有见过树。什么动物啊、鸟啊她从来没有见过。当然，她知道什么是动物，因为在《往事追忆》这本书中有动物的故事。但谁会相信那种老掉牙的故事呢？
本书的作者，哈里·吉尔伯特，是住在伦敦的一位教师。这是他的第八本书，也是他为学习英语的学生写的第一本
■ 1 You must marry me
Nothing ever happens on Just Like Home—that's the name of the planet I live on．I get so bored！
But tonight was Remembering Night and that's exciting．There's the big fire where everybody must put on something that they love and watch it burn．Then there's the dancing round the fire．
But what I like best about Remembering Night are the clothes．We usually wear what we like on Just Like Home—but the clothes must have the name of our name-animal on them．For example，I always have the word'Hummingbird'on my clothes，which means my name is Hummingbird—Hummy for short．
Nobody knows what a hummingbird looks like，but we know what birds are．Birds are animals that fly．The Book of Remembering tells us that．
I don't always believe what the Book of Remembering says．
Nobody knows who you are on Remembering Night because you wear black clothes that cover you from head to foot，and there is no name of your name-animal．You can only see people's eyes looking out of the eye-holes in the clothes．
It was dark outside．The only light came from the big fire．I beld my father's hand at first and we danced together．My mother danced away and I couldn't see her．Soon I lost my father．I didn't know where they were．
It didn't matter．I was dancing in the middle of the crowd．Our family would meet together in the robot plane afterwards．
There were about a thousand people round the fire．Too many people to count．Nearly everybody on Just Like Home was there．
Everybody，on planets all over the Galaxy，was dancing round fires at the same time．What a wonderful thing！
The last dance began．You hold hands in a big circle round the fire—everybody together．You dance round and round in a circle until…
Well，everybody knows what happens in the end．
I was holding hands with someone on my right and someone on my left．We were all shouting，'BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN…'
The last dance went on for a long time．In the end somebody fell down．He pulled down the people on both sides of him．Then people on both sides of them fell down．Everybody was too tired to stay on their feet．
People fell down all round the circle．Falling．Dying．
We wear black clothes to remember．We remember the Burning．
We remember that we have a Galaxy，but we are alone．We are empty in our hearts．We are the only living things in the Galaxy．
Sad．Lonely and sad．
I lay on the ground，very，very tired．I was happy and sad at the same time．Happy to be with everybody，sad that we were alone．
Then the worst thing in my life happened．Somebody came up to me and said，'Hello．'I didn't know who it was．I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire．But it was the voice of a man who was much older than me．
'Hello？'I answered．I didn't want to talk to him．
'I saw you in the dance，'he said．'I know you're a young girl because you were dancing like a young girl．I think you're seventeen years old．'
'No，I'm only sixteen，'I said．
'Wonderful．Just what I want，'said the man．'I will marry you．You must marry me．'
I couldn't believe what he was saying．This was terrible．And very bad luck．
Yes，it was true a woman must marry any man who asks her on Remembering Night—by order of the Star Council．I'm sixteen so I'm a woman，not a child．I couldn't say no to this man．I was sick in my heart．
'My name's Buff，'the man said．'What's your name，sweetheart？'
'Er，my name's，er…Caterpillar，'I lied．'I'm usually called Kate．'
'Well，Kate，'Buff said，'will you marry me？'
'I'm sorry，Buff．I know I'm sixteen and old enough to get married but my parents don't want me to get married yet
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[星际动物园 / 哈里·吉尔伯特 著]
The Star Zoo by Harry Gilbert
■ 简介
人类是地球这颗行星上最成功的动物。所谓成功，是指在与其他动物的斗争中取得的成功。在争夺食物或土地的问题上，我们人类战无不胜。我们砍伐树木，修建房屋或工厂，自己种植粮食。其他动物不得不去另找其他的地方生活——如果它们能找着的话。
我们人类战无不胜是因为我们智力发达。我们会思想，会说话，会使用工具，会制造精妙的机器。我们是再聪明不过的动物……
也许聪明过头了。也许将来的人们会有不同的想法。蜂鸟（简称蜂儿）是一个生活在公元22500年的16岁姑娘，她住在离地球很远很远的一颗行星上。她喜欢漂亮的衣服，喜欢跳舞，还为自己将嫁给谁而忐忑不安。她从来没有见过树。什么动物啊、鸟啊她从来没有见过。当然，她知道什么是动物，因为在《往事追忆》这本书中有动物的故事。但谁会相信那种老掉牙的故事呢？
本书的作者，哈里·吉尔伯特，是住在伦敦的一位教师。这是他的第八本书，也是他为学习英语的学生写的第一本
■ 1 You must marry me
Nothing ever happens on Just Like Home—that's the name of the planet I live on．I get so bored！
But tonight was Remembering Night and that's exciting．There's the big fire where everybody must put on something that they love and watch it burn．Then there's the dancing round the fire．
But what I like best about Remembering Night are the clothes．We usually wear what we like on Just Like Home—but the clothes must have the name of our name-animal on them．For example，I always have the word'Hummingbird'on my clothes，which means my name is Hummingbird—Hummy for short．
Nobody knows what a hummingbird looks like，but we know what birds are．Birds are animals that fly．The Book of Remembering tells us that．
I don't always believe what the Book of Remembering says．
Nobody knows who you are on Remembering Night because you wear black clothes that cover you from head to foot，and there is no name of your name-animal．You can only see people's eyes looking out of the eye-holes in the clothes．
It was dark outside．The only light came from the big fire．I beld my father's hand at first and we danced together．My mother danced away and I couldn't see her．Soon I lost my father．I didn't know where they were．
It didn't matter．I was dancing in the middle of the crowd．Our family would meet together in the robot plane afterwards．
There were about a thousand people round the fire．Too many people to count．Nearly everybody on Just Like Home was there．
Everybody，on planets all over the Galaxy，was dancing round fires at the same time．What a wonderful thing！
The last dance began．You hold hands in a big circle round the fire—everybody together．You dance round and round in a circle until…
Well，everybody knows what happens in the end．
I was holding hands with someone on my right and someone on my left．We were all shouting，'BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN…'
The last dance went on for a long time．In the end somebody fell down．He pulled down the people on both sides of him．Then people on both sides of them fell down．Everybody was too tired to stay on their feet．
People fell down all round the circle．Falling．Dying．
We wear black clothes to remember．We remember the Burning．
We remember that we have a Galaxy，but we are alone．We are empty in our hearts．We are the only living things in the Galaxy．
Sad．Lonely and sad．
I lay on the ground，very，very tired．I was happy and sad at the same time．Happy to be with everybody，sad that we were alone．
Then the worst thing in my life happened．Somebody came up to me and said，'Hello．'I didn't know who it was．I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire．But it was the voice of a man who was much older than me．
'Hello？'I answered．I didn't want to talk to him．
'I saw you in the dance，'he said．'I know you're a young girl because you were dancing like a young girl．I think you're seventeen years old．'
'No，I'm only sixteen，'I said．
'Wonderful．Just what I want，'said the man．'I will marry you．You must marry me．'
I couldn't believe what he was saying．This was terrible．And very bad luck．
Yes，it was true a woman must marry any man who asks her on Remembering Night—by order of the Star Council．I'm sixteen so I'm a woman，not a child．I couldn't say no to this man．I was sick in my heart．
'My name's Buff，'the man said．'What's your name，sweetheart？'
'Er，my name's，er…Caterpillar，'I lied．'I'm usually called Kate．'
'Well，Kate，'Buff said，'will you marry me？'
'I'm sorry，Buff．I know I'm sixteen and old enough to get married but my parents don't want me to get married yet