书城英文图书英国学生文学读本(套装共6册)
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第38章 WHAT IS FEAR?

1.Many years ago a little boy,who was about fiveyears old,went to stay with his grandmamma .

2.He was a bold and brave little lad,and

often went out by himself for hours at a time.He used to wander about looking for flowers in the fields,or picking berries in the woods.

3.Sometimes he went so far from the house that his grandmamma was afraid that thegipsieswould take him away,or that he wouldfall into the brook.

4.One day he went out,and did not come back for dinner.No one knew where he hadgone.About four o‘clocka storm came on,with thunder and lightning and heavy rain.

5.The little boy’s grandmamma was now in a great fright about him.She sent out the gardenerand the stable-boyto look for the child.

6.Just as it was growing dark the little fellow⑤was brought back safe and sound They had found him in an old hut far away on the hill-side.

He had crept into it for shelter from the rain;and there he was sitting quite happy,watching a noisy brook splashing down over the stones.

7.His grandmamma scolded him a little for staying away so long.“But I wonder,child,”she said,“that fear did not drive you home.”

“Fear?”said he,“I never saw Fear!I do not know what it is.”

8.Who do you think that little boy was?He was Horatio Nelson,who afterwards becamethe famousLord Nelson,and won many great sea-fights for our country.

I.Write the first six nouns in the lesson.

2.Make sentences with these nouns as subject.