注：本文于2017年2月4日首发于其他平台。
在新年计划中，我的首要任务就是写公众号，结果这次更新距离上次更新已经超过20天了。虽然春节家里忙是一个原因，但也不能松懈呀。今天正月初八，按常理我的前同事们今天就要开工了，那我的公众号也要开始持续更新了。
这一次，向大家推荐的是荔枝fm上的一个有声书栏目：英语原版小说有声读物。去年在公交车上听完外研社的《萤火虫世界经典童话故事》后，我开始找稍微难一点的故事。这个栏目就满足了我的需求：故事够曲折有趣，在公交车上不用非常集中精力就可以跟得上。
这个栏目更新的故事有马克•吐温的《百万英镑》、杰克•伦敦的《野性的呼唤》、J.K.罗琳的《哈利波特与魔法石》等等。大家可以通过如下链接查看该栏目更新的故事/专辑：http://www.lizhi.fm/1604015/albumlist。
大部分故事都是改编过的，比如《百万英镑》和《圣诞颂歌》，比较易懂。不过也有一些是原版的，未经改编，比如《饥饿游戏》，这些对我来说就比较难。
作为成年人，听这些经典作品会比听童话更有趣。我在公交车上听完了四部作品，现在就与大家分享下《百万英镑》和《野性的呼唤》吧。
《百万英镑》（Million PoundNote）
难度：一颗星，改编过，带英文文本。
链接：http://www.lizhi.fm/1604015/album/28046421263132059
故事梗概：27岁的年轻人亨利•亚当斯（HenryAdams）在旧金山一家公司工作。有次驾驶帆船出海时，他遇上了暴风雨，被人营救带到了英国。在伦敦街头，两位老绅士选中身无分文的他作为打赌对象，看他能否携带一张一百万英镑的钞票在伦敦度过一个月。亨利拿着这张大额钞票，住进了高级酒店，穿上了定制的西服，交到了一个情投意合的漂亮女友，帮助朋友脱困的同时还挣到了一百五十万。
可能要注意的英文词汇：
• Stormy: 有暴风雨的。The voyage was long and stormy.
• Stare: 盯着看。I was very hungry and I stared at their breakfast.
• Make a bet: 打赌。I want to tell the reader that the two gentlemen had made a bet several days before.
• Banknote: 钞票。The Bank of England issued two banknotes of a million pounds each for a public transaction with a foreign country.
• Intelligent: 有头脑的。If an honest and intelligent stranger arrives in London without afriend and without money, except for the ￡1,000,000 banknote,he will starve to death.
• Faint: 晕倒。I looked at the banknote and almost fainted
• Fog: 雾；困惑。I was confused. My head was in a fog.
• Asylum: 收容所; 精神病院。 They will put me in an asylum.
• Celebrity: 名人。Now you're a millionaire, a celebrity here in London.
• Marvelous: 美妙的。Let me just stand here and look at this marvelous hotel.
• Amazed: 吃惊的。I was amazed. What was happening?
《野性的呼唤》（The Callof the Wild）
难度：三颗星，改编过，有文本。
链接：http://www.lizhi.fm/1604015/album/28046461788857243
故事梗概：巴克（Buck）是一只狗，自小在米勒法官家长大，生活舒适优越。淘金热的到来改编了很多狗的命运，包括巴克。他被米勒法官的仆人卖到了北方，给人拉雪橇。虽然生活对巴克而言变得残酷而艰难，他却逐步喜欢上了拉雪橇的工作，适应了雪橇犬之间弱肉强食的竞争，并成为了领队。几经辗转，因过度劳累而变得虚弱的巴克被友善的主人约翰•桑顿（John Thornton）收留，度过了一段非常快乐的日子。后来，桑顿被印第安人杀死，巴克为桑顿复了仇，回应来自旷野的呼唤，成为了狼群的领袖。
可能要注意的英文词汇：
• Saloon: 酒馆。That evening the man took Buck to the backroom of a saloon in San Francisco.
• Crate: 大货箱。The men took off the rope and threw him into a crate.
• Growl: 低沉地吼叫。He growled and barked at the men.
• Hatchet: 短柄小斧。The man brought a hatchet and a club.
• Agony: 极大的痛苦。The pain was terrible. It was agony.
• Fang: （动物的）尖牙。There was danger everywhere because these dogs and men were not city dogs and men.They only knew the law of club and fang.
• Harness: 马具。Francois put a harness on him.
• Sled: 雪橇。He must pull the sled to the forest to get firewood.
• Hostile:（环境和条件等）不利的。Buck was learning to live in the hostile Northland.
• Furious: 狂怒的。Hal was furious and took the club. He hit Buck again and again. But Buck did not want to stand up.
• Adore: 爱慕。He adored Thornton. When Thornton touched him or spoke to him, he was wild with happiness.
这两个故事都有文本，而且经过了改编，前者四级优秀后者六级优秀基本上都可以听懂。不过，原版小说则要难很多。拿《野性的呼唤》来说，原版小说的开头是这样的：
Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego. Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland. These men wanted dogs,and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil,and furry coats to protect them from the frost.
而改编过的有声书的开头，则是这样的：
Buck did not read the newspapers. He did not know that there was trouble for every big, strong dog in California. Men found a yellow metal called gold in the Klondike. They needed big, strong dogs with furry coats to work in the north.
难易一看便知。
希望自己有一天也能自如地阅读原版小说。现在么，就从听改编过的故事开始吧。
但愿这篇文章能让你上下班的旅途变得更加有趣和充实。
最后，祝大家新春愉快，新年更有爱，更有钱，更有自由^_^
