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《茶花女》Chapter 1
Camille [La Dame aux Camilias]
by Dumas
本文通过叙述者在玛格丽特·戈蒂埃小姐的房地产出售中的经历，反思了被视为妓女的女性的生活。叙
述者观察着留下的奢华财产，将社会迷恋与对这些女性的评判进行了对比。故事突出了路易丝，另一个被
剥削和悲伤塑造的女人，强调了社会虚伪的情感代价。通过这一探索，叙述者对这些女性表达了深切的同
情，敦促读者重新考虑她们的道德假设，并认识到她们内在的尊严。最终，它挑战了人们对美、恶和人类
经验复杂性的看法。
Guidance
Original Text
In my opinion, it is impossible to create characters until one has spent a long time in studying men, as it is
impossible to speak a language until it has been seriously acquired. Not being old enough to invent, I content
myself with narrating, and I beg the reader to assure himself of the truth of a story in which all the characters, with
the exception of the heroine, are still alive. Eye-witnesses of the greater part of the facts which I have collected
are to be found in Paris, and I might call upon them to confirm me if my testimony is not enough. And, thanks to a
particular circumstance, I alone can write these things, for I alone am able to give the final details, without which
it would have been impossible to make the story at once interesting and complete.
This is how these details came to my knowledge. On the 12th of March, 1847, I saw in the Rue Lafitte a great
yellow placard announcing a sale of furniture and curiosities. The sale was to take place on account of the death of
the owner. The owner's name was not mentioned, but the sale was to be held at 9, Rue d'Antin, on the 16th, from 12
to 5. The placard further announced that the rooms and furniture could be seen on the 13th and 14th.
I have always been very fond of curiosities, and I made up my mind not to miss the occasion, if not of buying
some, at all events of seeing them. Next day I called at 9, Rue d'Antin.
It was early in the day, and yet there were already a number of visitors, both men and women, and the women,
though they were dressed in cashmere and velvet, and had their carriages waiting for them at the door, gazed with
astonishment and admiration at the luxury which they saw before them.
I was not long in discovering the reason of this astonishment and admiration, for, having begun to examine
things a little carefully, I discovered without difficulty that I was in the house of a kept woman. Now, if there is one
thing which women in society would like to see (and there were society women there), it is the home of those
women whose carriages splash their own carriages day by day, who, like them, side by side with them, have their
boxes at the Opera and at the Italiens, and who parade in Paris the opulent insolence of their beauty, their
diamonds, and their scandal.
This one was dead, so the most virtuous of women could enter even her bedroom. Death had purified the air of
this abode of splendid foulness, and if more excuse were needed, they had the excuse that they had merely come
to a sale, they knew not whose. They had read the placards, they wished to see what the placards had announced,
and to make their choice beforehand. What could be more natural? Yet, all the same, in the midst of all these
beautiful things, they could not help looking about for some traces of this courtesan's life, of which they had heard,
no doubt, strange enough stories.
Unfortunately the mystery had vanished with the goddess, and, for all their endeavours, they discovered only
what was on sale since the owner's decease, and nothing of what had been on sale during her lifetime. For the rest,
there were plenty of things worth buying. The furniture was superb; there were rosewood and buhl cabinets and
tables, Sevres and Chinese vases, Sa xe statuettes, satin, velvet, lace; there was nothing lacking.
I sauntered through the rooms, following the inquisitive ladies of distinction. They entered a room with
Persian hangings, and I was just going to enter in turn, when they came out again almost immediately, smiling, and
as if ashamed of their own curiosity. I was all the more eager to see the room. It was the dressing-room, laid out
with all the articles of toilet, in which the dead woman's extravagance seemed to be seen at its height.
On a large table against the wall, a table three feet in width and six in length, glittered all the treasures of
Aucoc and Odiot. It was a magnificent collection, and there was not one of those thousand little things so necessary
to the toilet of a woman of the kind which was not in gold or silver. Such a collection could only have been got
together little by little, and the same lover had certainly not begun and ended it.
Not being shocked at the sight of a kept woman's dressing-room, I amused myself with examining every
detail, and I discovered that these magnificently chiselled objects bore different initials and different coronets. I
looked at one after another, each recalling a separate shame, and I said that God had been merciful to the poor
child, in not having left her to pay the ordinary penalty, but rather to die in the midst of her beauty and luxury,
before the coming of old age, the courtesan's first death.
Is there anything sadder in the world than the old age of vice, especially in woman? She preserves no
dignity, she inspires no interest. The everlasting repentance, not of the evil ways followed, but of the plans that
have miscarried, the money that has been spent in vain, is as saddening a thing as one can well meet with. I knew
an aged woman who had once been "gay," whose only link with the past was a daughter almost as beautiful as she
herself had been. This poor creature to whom her mother had never said, "You are my child," except to bid her
nourish her old age as she herself had nourished her youth, was called Louise, and, being obedient to her mother,
she abandoned herself without volition, without passion, without pleasure, as she would have worked at any other
profession that might have been taught her.
The constant sight of dissipation, precocious dissipation, in addition to her constant sickly state, had
extinguished in her mind all the knowledge of good and evil that God had perhaps given her, but that no one had
ever thought of developing. I shall always remember her, as she passed along the boulevards almost every day at
the same hour, accompanied by her mother as assiduously as a real mother might have accompanied her
daughter. I was very young then, and ready to accept for myself the easy morality of the age. I remember, however,
the contempt and disgust which awoke in me at the sight of this scandalous chaperoning. Her face, too, was
inexpressibly virginal in its expression of innocence and of melancholy suffering. She was like a figure of
Resignation.
One day the girl's face was transfigured. In the midst of all the debauches mapped out by her mother, it
seemed to her as if God had left over for her one happiness. And why indeed should God, who had made her
without strength, have left her without consolation, under the sorrowful burden of her life? One day, then, she
realized that she was to have a child, and all that remained to her of chastity leaped for joy. The soul has strange
refuges. Louise ran to tell the good news to her mother. It is a shameful thing to speak of, but we are not telling
tales of pleasant sins; we are telling of true facts, which it would be better, no doubt, to pass over in silence, if we
did not believe that it is needful from time to time to reveal the martyrdom of those who are condemned
without bearing, scorned without judging; shameful it is, but this mother answered the daughter that they had
already scarce enough for two, and would certainly not have enough for three; that such children are useless, and a
lying-in is so much time lost.
Next day a midwife, of whom all we will say is that she was a friend of the mother, visited Louise, who
remained in bed for a few days, and then got up paler and feebler than before.
Three months afterward a man took pity on her and tried to heal her, morally and physically; but the last
shock had been too violent, and Louise died of it. The mother still lives; how? God knows. This story returned to
my mind while I looked at the silver toilet things, and a certain space of time must have elapsed during these
reflections, for no one was left in the room but myself and an attendant, who, standing near the door, was carefully
watching me to see that I did not pocket anything.
I went up to the man, to whom I was causing so much anxiety. "Sir," I said, "can you tell me the name of the
person who formerly lived here?"
"Mademoiselle Marguerite Gautier."
I knew her by name and by sight.
"What!" I said to the attendant; "Marguerite Gautier is dead?"
"Yes, sir."
"When did she die?"
"Three weeks ago, I believe."
"And why are the rooms on view?"
"The creditors believe that it will send up the prices. People can see beforehand the effect of the things; you
see that induces them to buy."
"She was in debt, then?"
"To any extent, sir."
"But the sale will cover it?"
"And more too."
"Who will get what remains over?"
"Her family."
"She had a family?"
"It seems so."
"Thanks."
The attendant, reassured as to my intentions, touched his hat, and I went out.
"Poor girl!" I said to myself as I returned home; "she must have had a sad death, for, in her world, one has
friends only when one is perfectly well." And in spite of myself I began to feel melancholy over the fate of
Marguerite Gautier.
It will seem absurd to many people, but I have an unbounded sympathy for women of this kind, and I do not
think it necessary to apologize for such sympathy.
One day, as I was going to the Prefecture for a passport, I saw in one of the neighbouring streets a poor girl
who was being marched along by two policemen. I do not know what was the matter. All I know is that she was
weeping bitterly as she kissed an infant only a few months old, from whom her arrest was to separate her. Since
that day I have never dared to despise a woman at first sight.
1.What did the narrator discover about the home he visited?
A. It was an excellent museum.
B. It belonged to a famous artist.
C. It was the residence of a woman.
D. It was abandoned for many years.
【答案】C
【解析】 根据文本，叙述者在参观中发现他所处的地方是一个被抚养女性的家，这一点从他对房屋内部
的观察可以看出。
2.What was the main reason why society women were interested in visiting the late owner's home?
Reading Comprehension
A. To buy furniture at a low price.
B. To see a courtesan's life.
C. To attend social events.
D. To escape their own lives.
【答案】B
【解析】 女性们虽然打扮得体，但她们想要窥探抚养女性生活的痕迹，显示了对奢华和丑闻的好奇。
3.How did Marguerite Gautier’s lifestyle impact her daughter, Louise?
A. Louise became very wealthy.
B. Louise followed in her mother’s footsteps.
C. Louise faced a tragic outcome.
D. Louise moved away to live with relatives.
【答案】C
【解析】 文本提到，Louise 因母亲的影响而经历了一场悲剧性的经历，最终也未能幸免于死。
4.What underlying theme can be inferred from the narrator's feelings toward women like Marguerite Gautier?
A. He has contempt for their lifestyle.
B. He views them with sympathy.
C. He believes they deserve their fate.
D. He thinks society should ignore them.
【答案】B
【解析】 叙述者对这样的女性有无限的同情，他认为不应该轻易地评判她们的生活方式。
1．The police are working for the (preserve)of law and order in this area.
【答案】preservation
【详解】考查名词。句意：警察正在努力维护这个地区的法律和秩序。根据上文the 可知应填名词
preservation。
2．With a (sympathy) heart, the poet penned a poem about the homeless. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】sympathetic
【详解】考查形容词。句意：怀着一颗同情的心，诗人写了一首关于无家可归者的诗。此处用提示词的形
容词形式sympathetic 作定语修饰名词heart 表示“同情的心”。故填sympathetic。
Vocabulary
3．I’m too busy these days. Please remind me (attend) the meeting on Friday.
【答案】to attend
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：这些天我太忙了，请提醒我星期五去开会。remind sb. to do sth.意为“提
醒某人做某事”，故用to attend。
4．Lying and stealing are considered (moral) conducts in every human society. (所给词的适当形式填
空)
【答案】immoral
【详解】考查形容词。句意：说谎和偷窃在每个人类社会都被认为是不道德的行为。分析句子可知，空处
作修饰conducts 的定语，结合“Lying and stealing”可知，moral 的反义词immoral“不道德的”符合题意，为
形容词。故填immoral。
5．Roy told his (sorrow) tale with simple words anybody could understand. (所给词的适当形式
填空)
【答案】sorrowful
【详解】考查形容词。句意：罗伊用任何人都能理解的简单语言讲述了他的悲伤故事。空处应填形容词作
定语，修饰名词tale，sorrowful“悲伤的”，形容词，故填sorrowful。
6．As a child, she was starved of intellectual (nourish). (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】nourishment
【详解】考查名词。句意：作为一个孩子，她渴望吸取知识的养分。形容词修饰名词，此处应用名词
nourishment“营养”，不可数，作宾语。故填nourishment。
7．The boat comes out (magnificent), and its shape and features are distinctive of the north of Fujian
province. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】magnificently
【详解】考查副词。句意：这艘船出来时气势恢宏，其形状和特征具有闽北特色。提示词修饰动词短语
comes out，用副词magnificently 作状语，意为“壮丽地，宏伟地”。故填magnificently。
8．Although parks of all sizes and types exist at any level, the national parks, in particular, tend to catch our
attention because of their large size and variety. They are (treasure) of American heritage (遗产). (所
给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】treasures
【详解】考查名词。句意：尽管各级别、各种规模和类型的公园普遍存在，但国家公园尤其因其庞大的规
模和多样性而吸引我们的注意。它们是美国遗产的瑰宝。treasure“宝藏”为可数名词，前面没有限定词修
饰，应用复数形式表示泛指。故填treasures。
9．He spent a fortune on expensive wines and other (luxury). (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】luxuries
【详解】考查名词。句意：他花了一大笔钱购买昂贵的葡萄酒和其他奢侈品。other 为形容词，其后应为复
数名词或不可数名词，结合and 前的wines，空处应为名词复数形式，故填luxuries。
10．The company has shown (exception) growth over the past two years. (所给词的适当形式填
空)
【答案】exceptional
【详解】考查形容词。句意：该公司在过去两年中表现出了非凡的成长。分析句子可知，空处是修饰
growth 的定语，exception 的形容词形式exceptional 符合题意，意为“非凡的，卓越的”。故填
exceptional。
11．A survey(调查) showed that 56% of teens feel (anxiety) or lonely, when they don’t have their
cellphones. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】anxious
【详解】考查形容词。句意：一项调查显示，56%的青少年在没有手机的情况下感到焦虑或孤独。分析句
子可知，此空应填形容词作表语。故填anxious。
12．Unluckily, we were exposed to the strong winds (accompany) by heavy rain. (所给词的适当形式
填空)
【答案】accompanied
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：不幸的是，我们暴露在伴随着大雨的强风中。exposed 为谓语动词，空
格处在句中作后置定语，strong winds 和accompany 之间是动宾关系，应用过去分词形式。故填
accompanied。
13．What he did was (distinct) below the belt. （所给词的适当形式填空）
【答案】distinctly
【详解】考查副词。句意：他所做的明显是卑鄙的。分析句子结构可知，句子空白处需要副词修饰后面的
介词短语below the belt，distinct 是形容词，其副词形式为distinctly，意为“明显地”，符合句意，故填
distinctly。
14．He is a (splendid) talented writer, with more ranges than any other American novelist currently
working. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】splendidly
【详解】考查副词。句意：他是一位才华横溢的作家，涉猎范围比目前任何一位美国小说家都要广。修饰
形容词talented 应用副词splendidly，作状语。故填splendidly。
15．The public have an insatiable appetite scandal. (用适当的词填空)
【答案】for
【详解】考查介词。句意：公众对丑闻有着无法满足的胃口。have an appetite for sth.为固定动词短语，意
为“对…有胃口”。题干中的insatiable 作appetite 的定语。故填for。
16．Everybody were (curiosity) about the people who lived upstairs. （所给词的适当形式填空）
【答案】curious
【详解】考查形容词。句意：每个人都对住在楼上的人感到好奇。根据句意及英文提示可知，此处使用形
容词curious“好奇的”，作表语。be curious about“对……好奇”。故填curious。
17．The kind man gave me a (detail) instructions on how to get there. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】detailed
【详解】考查形容词。句意：那位好心的人给了我详细的说明如何到达那里。根据“The kind man”可知，
此处是指给了详细的说明，所以修饰名词instructions 应用形容词detailed 表示“详细的”作定语。故填
detailed。
18．Abstract art is an (acquire) taste. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】acquired
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：抽象艺术是一种逐渐养成的爱好。空处修饰taste，应用非谓语动词作定
语。acquire(得到)和taste 之间是动宾关系，应用过去分词作前置定语。an acquired taste 意为“逐渐养成的
爱好”。故填acquired。
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【参考答案】
The article reflects on the lives of women perceived as courtesans through the narrator's experience at the
Summary
estate sale of Mademoiselle Marguerite Gautier. Observing the luxurious possessions left behind, the narrator
contrasts societal fascination with judgment towards such women. The narrative highlights Louise, another woman
shaped by exploitation and sadness, underscoring the emotional toll of societal hypocrisy. Through this exploration,
the narrator expresses deep sympathy for these women, urging readers to reconsider their moral assumptions and
recognize the inherent dignity within them. Ultimately, it challenges perceptions surrounding beauty, vice, and the
complexities of human experience.
Please predict the next plot.
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