《汤姆·索亚历险记》（The Adventures of Tom Sawyer）是美国小说家马克·吐温1876年发表的长篇小说。

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

CHAPTER 1 Part 5

词汇预习：

threatening [ˈθretnɪŋ] adj. 危险的；胁迫的；凶兆的；v. 威胁；恐吓；迫近（threate...
vulgar [ˈvʌlɡə(r)] adj. 粗俗的；通俗的；本土的；n. 平民，百姓
antelope [ˈæntɪləʊp] n. 羚羊；羚羊皮革

The boy only struggled to free himself. He was crying—mainly from rage.

"Holler 'nuff!"—and the pounding went on.

At last the stranger got out a smothered "'Nuff!" and Tom let him up and said:

"Now that'll learn you. Better look out who you're fooling with next time."

The new boy went off brushing the dust from his clothes, sobbing, snuffling, and occasionally looking back and shaking his head and _{危险的；胁迫的；凶兆的} what he would do to Tom the "next time he caught him out." To which Tom responded with jeers, and started off in high feather, and as soon as his back was turned the new boy snatched up a stone, threw it and hit him between the shoulders and then turned tail and ran like an _羚羊 . Tom chased the traitor home, and thus found out where he lived. He then held a position at the gate for some time, daring the enemy to come outside, but the enemy only made faces at him through the window and declined. At last the enemy's mother appeared, and called Tom a bad, vicious, _{粗俗的；通俗的；本土的} child, and ordered him away. So he went away; but he said he "'lowed" to "lay" for that boy.

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词汇预习：

captivity [kæpˈtɪvəti] n. 囚禁；被关
adamantine [ˌædəˈmæntaɪn] adj. 坚定不移的；非常坚硬的；n. 冷铸钢粒
cautiously [ˈkɔːʃəsli] adv. 慎重地，谨慎地
firmness [ˈfɜːmnəs] n. 坚定；坚固；坚度

He got home pretty late that night, and when he climbed _{慎重地，谨慎地} in at the window, he uncovered an ambuscade, in the person of his aunt; and when she saw the state his clothes were in her resolution to turn his Saturday holiday into _囚禁 at hard labor became _{坚定不移的；非常坚硬的} in its _坚定 .