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英语故事‘睡谷传奇’华盛顿欧文,The Legendof Sleepy Hollow/by Washington Irvingi•Todays storyis calledThe Legendof Sleepy Hollow.2•It isabout somethingstrange thathappened longago inavalley calledSleepy Hollow.3•It waswritten byWashingtonIrving.4•The storyis toldby DougJohnson.5•The valleyknown asSleepyHollowhides fromthe worldinthe highhills ofNew Yorkstate.6•There aremany storiestold about the quietvalley.7•But thestory thatpeople believemost isabout aman whoridesa horseat night.8•The storysays the man diedmany years ago duringtheAmerican RevolutionaryWar.9•His headwas shotoff.10•Every nighthe risesfrom his burial placejumpson his horseand ridesthrough the valley looking for hislost head.•Ichabod kickedand hithis oldhorse with all hispower.103•Away theyrushed throughbushes andtrees acrossthe valleyofSleepyHollow.104•Up aheadwas theold churchbridge wherethe headlesshorsemanstops andreturns tohisburialplace.1051•If onlyI canget therefirst,I amsafe/thought Ichabod.106•He kickedhis horseagain.107•The horsejumped onto thebridge andraced overit likethesound ofthunder.108•Ichabod lookedback tosee ifthe headlessman hadstopped.109•He saw themanpick uphis headand throwit withapowerful force.110•The headhit Ichabodin theface andknocked himoff hishorseto thedirt below.in•They found Ichabods horsethe nextday peacefullyeatinggrass.•They couldnot find Ichabod.113•They walkedall acrossthe valley.114•They sawthe footmarks ofIchabods horseas ithad racedthroughthe valley.115•They evenfoundIchabods old hatin thedust nearthebridge.116•But theydid notfindIchabod.117•The onlyother thingthey foundwas lyingnear Ichabodshat.118•It wasthe brokenpieces ofa roundorange pumpkin.119•The town people talkedabout Ichabodfor manyweeks.120•They rememberedthe frighteningstories of thevalley.121•And finallythey cameto believethat the headless horsemanhadcarried Ichabodaway.122•Much lateran oldfarmer returnedfrom avisit toNew YorkCity.123•He saidhe wassure he saw Ichabodthere.•He thought Ichabod silentlyleft SleepyHollow because hehad lostKatrina.125•As forKatrina,her motherand fathergave hera bigweddingwhen shemarried Brom Van Brunt.126•Many peoplewho wentto thewedding sawthat Bromsmiledwhenever Ichabodsname wasspoken.127•And theywondered whyhe laughedout loudwhen anyonetalkedabout thebroken orangepumpkin foundlying nearIchabodsold dustyhat.•Near SleepyHollow isa villagecalled Tarry Town.12•It wassettled manyyears agoby peoplefrom Holland.13•The villagehad asmall school.14•And oneteacher,named Ichabod Crane.15•IchabodCranewas agood namefor him,becausehelookedlike atall bird,a crane.16•He wastall andthin like a crane.17•His shoulderswere small,joined twolong arms.18•His headwas small,too,and flaton top.19•He hadbig ears,large glassygreen eyesand along nose.20•Ichabod didnot makemuch moneyas ateacher.21•And althoughhe wastall andthin,he atelikeafat man.22•To helphim payfor hisfood heearned extramoney teachingyoung people to sing.23•Every Sundayafter churchIchabod taughtsinging.•Among the ladies Ichabodtaught wasone KatrinaVan Tassel.25•She wasthe onlydaughter ofa richDutch farmer.26•She was a girlin bloom…much likea roundred,rosy apple.27•Ichabod had a softand foolishheart fortheladies,and soonfoundhimself interestedin MissVan Tassel.28•Ichabods eyesopened widewhen he sawtheriches ofKatrinasfarm:the milesof appletrees andwheat fields,andhundreds offat farmanimals.29•He saw himself asmaster of the Van Tassel farmwith Katrinaashis wife.30f•But therewere manyproblems blockingthe roadto Katrinasheart31•One wasa strongyoung mannamed Brom Van Brunt32•Brom wasa heroto allthe young ladies.33•His shoulderswere big.34His backwas wide.•And hishair wasshort andcurly.36•He alwayswon the horse racesin TarryTown andearnedmany prizes.37•Brom was never seenwithout a horse.38•Sometimes lateat nightBrom and his friendswould rushthroughtown shoutingloudly fromthe backsof theirhorses.39•Tired oldladies wouldawaken fromtheir sleepand say:Why,there goesBromVanBrunt leadinghis wildgroup again!40•Such wasthe enemyIchabod hadto defeatfor Katrinasheart.41•Stronger andwiser menwould nothave tried.42•But Ichabodhad aplan.43•He couldnot fighthis enemyin theopen.44•So he did itsilently andsecretly.45•He mademany visitsto Katrinasfarm andmade herthink hewas helping hertosingbetter.•Time passed,and thetownpeoplethoughtIchabod waswinning.47•Broms horsewasneverseen atKatrinas houseon Sundaynightsanymore.48•One dayin autumnIchabod wasasked tocome toa bigpartyat theVanTasselhome.49•He dressedin hisbest clothes.50•A farmerloaned himan oldhorse forthe longtrip to theparty.51•The housewas filledwith farmersand theirwives,red-faceddaughters andclean,washed sons.52•The tableswere filledwith differentthings toeat.53•Wine filledmany glasses.54•BromVanBrunt rodeto the party on his fastesthorse calledDaredevil.55•All theyoungladiessmiled happilywhen theysawhim.•Soon musicfilled therooms andeveryone beganto danceandsing.57•Ichabodwashappy dancingwith Katrinaas Bromlooked atthemwithajealous heart58•The nightpassed.59•The musicstopped,and theyoungpeoplesat togetherto tellstoriesabouttherevolutionary war.60•Soon storiesabout SleepyHollow weretold.61•The mostfeared storywas aboutthe riderlookingforhis losthead.62•One farmertold howhe racedtheheadlessman ona horse.63•The farmerran his horse fasterand faster.64•The horsemanfollowed overbush andstone untilthey cametothe endofthevalley.65•There theheadless horsemansuddenly stopped.66•Gone werehis clothesandhisskin.•All thatwas leftwasaman withwhite bonesshining in themoonlight.68•The storiesended andtime cameto leavetheparty.69•Ichabod seemedvery happyuntil hesaid goodnighttoKatrina.70•Was sheending theirromance71•He leftfeeling verysad.72•Had Katrinabeen seeingIchabod justto makeBrom VanBruntjealous sohe wouldmarry her73•Well,Ichabod beganhis longride homeon thehills thatsurroundTarryTown.74•He hadnever feltso lonelyin hislife.75•He beganto whistleashecame closetothe tree whereaman hadbeen killedyearsagoby rebels.76•He thoughthesawsomething whitemove inthetree.77•But no,it wasonly themoonlight shiningand movingon thetree.Then heheard anoise.79•His bodyshook.80•He kickedhishorsefaster.81•The oldhorse triedto run,but almostfell inthe river,instead.82•Ichabod hitthe horseagain.83•The horseran fastand thensuddenly stopped,almostthrowing Ichabodforward tothe ground.84•There,inthe dark woodson theside ofthe riverwhere thebushesgrow low,stood anugly thing.85•Big andblack.86•It didnot movebut seemedready tojump likea giantzmonster.87•Ichabods hairstood straightup.88•It wastoo lateto run,and inhis fear,hedidthe onlything hecould.89•His shakingvoice brokethe silentvalley.H H•Who areyou Thething didnot answer.91•Ichabod askedagain.Still noanswer.92•Ichabodsoldhorse beganto moveforward.93•The blackthing beganto movealong theside ofIchabodshorse inthedark.94•Ichabod madehishorserun faster.95•The blackthing movedwith them.Side byside theymoved,slowly atfirst.96•And nota wordwas said.97•Ichabod felthis heartsink.Up ahill theymoved abovetheshadow ofthe trees.98•For amoment themoon showndown andto Ichabodshorrorhesawit wasahorse.99•And ithadarider.100•But theriders headwas notonhisbody.101It wasin frontoftherider,resting onthehorse.。