[28]“ButFranz”—Iputmyarmroundhisshoulderandputmyfasthis。“Willyousleepnow?”
[29]Hedoesearsrundownhischeeks。Iwouldliketowipethemawaybutmyhaoodirty。
[30]Anhourpasses。Isittenselyandwatchhiseverymovementincasehemayperhapssaysomething。Whatifheweretoopenhismouthandcryout!Butheonlyweeps,hisheadturnedaside。Hedoesnotspeakofhismotherorhisbrothersandsisters。Hesaysnothing;allthatliesbehiirelyalohhislittlelifeofeenyears,andcriesbecauseitleaveshim。ThisisthemaingthatIeverhaveseen,althoughitrettybadtoowithTiedjen,whobearofafelloildeyesfullofterror,heldoffthedohisbedwithadaggeruntilhecollapsed。
[31]SuddenlyKemmerisale。
[32]Ijumpup,stumbleoutsideanddemahedoctor?Whereisthedoctor?”
[33]AsIcatchsightoftheronIseizeholdofit。“equizKemmerig。”
[34]Hefreeshimselfandasksaandingby,“Which>
[35]Hesays,“Bed26,amputatedthigh。”
[36]Hesniffs,“HowshouldIknowanythingaboutit,I’veamputatedfivelegstoday”;heshovesmeaway,saystothehospital-orderly,“Youseetoit”,aroom。
[37]ItremblewithrageasIgoalongwiththeorderly。Themanlooksatmeandsays,“Oiohersincefiveo’。Youknow,todayaloherehavebeehs—yoursistheseveherewillprobablybetweher。。。”
[38]WearebyKemmerich’sbed。Heisdead。Thefaceisstillwetfromthetears。Theeyesarehalfopenandyellowlikeoldhornbuttons。Theorderlypokesmeintheribs,“Areyoutakinghisthingswithyou?”Inod。
[39]Hegoesoakehimawayatohebed。Outsidetheyarelyingonthefloor。”
[40]Imerigs,anduntiehisidentifidisc。Theorderlyasksaboutthepay-book。Isaythatitisprobablyintheorderly-room,aheyarealreadyhaulingFranzontoaroofsheet。
[41]OutsidethedoorIamawareofthedarkhewindasadeliveraheasdeepasIdfeelthebreezeinmyface,warmandsoftashoughtsofgirls,offlowerymeadows,ofwhitecloudssuddeomyhead。Myfeetbegintomoveforwardinmyboots,Igoquicker,Irun。Soldierspassbyme,Iheartheirvoiceswith。Theearthisstreamingwithforceswhiethroughthesolesofmyfeet。Thenightcrackleselectrically,thefrontthunderslikeaylimbsmovesupplely,Ifeelmyj,Ibreathetheairdeeply。Thenightlives,Ilive。Ifeelahuhahebellyalone。
[42]Müllerstandsinfroingfivehimtheboots。Wegoihemowell。
Notes
&BisafromChapterⅡofthenovelAllQuietoernFrontbyErichMariaRemarque。
2。ErichMariaRemarque(1898-1970):He,bornErichPaulRemark,wasaGermanauthor,bestknownforhisnovelAllQuietoernFront。
&Bandfinishthefollowingexercises。
1)Theperiforusbeforewehadgohetreurobe________(uselessuseful)。
2)Thefihingthatwehavegaiheexperiencesofwaris________(theteamspiritthefightingskill)。
3)Franz’sleghasbeeheunderlinedwordmeans________。
4)Franz________(believeddoubted)thathewouldbegoinghome。
5)ItriedtosoleFranz,andmywordsmadehimfeel________(happiersadder)。
6)FranzandIgottokher________(beforeafter)wejoihearmy。
7)Frahe________(seveweday。
8)Franz’sbodywastakena________(carefulcareless)manner。
2。Shareideaswithyourparthefollowiions。
1)ressesyouthemost?Why?
2)Whathasthewarbroughttotheyoungpeople?
3)Whatlessoncouldyoudrawfromthestory?