经典名著《飘》英语段落摘抄《飘》英语段落摘抄一：IftheeducationalequipmentwhichGeraldbroughttoAmericawasscant,hedidnotevenknowit.Norwouldhehavecaredifhehadbeentold.Hismotherhadtaughthimtoreadandtowriteaclearhand.Hewasadeptatciphering.Andtherehisbookknowledgestopped.TheonlyLatinheknewwastheresponsesoftheMassandtheonlyhistorythemanifoldwrongsofIreland.HeknewnopoetrysavethatofMooreandnomusicexceptthesongsofIrelandthathadcomedownthroughtheyears.Whileheentertainedtheliveliestrespectforthosewhohadmorebooklearningthanhe,heneverfelthisownlack.Andwhatneedhadheofthesethingsinanewcountrywherethemostignorantofbogtrottershadmadegreatfortunes?inthiscountrywhichaskedonlythatamanbestrongandunafraidofwork?到美国来之前，杰拉尔德没有受过多少教育，可是他对此并不怎么有自知之明。其实，即使别人给他指出，他也不会在意。他母亲教过他读书写字。他很善于作算术题。他的书本知识就只这些。他唯一懂得的拉丁文是作弥撒时应答牧师的用语，唯一的历史知识则是爱尔兰的种种冤屈。他在诗歌方面，只知道穆尔的作品，音乐则限于历代流传下来的爱尔兰歌曲。他尽管对那些比他较有学问的人怀有敬意，可是从来也不感觉到自己的缺陷。而且，在一个新的国家，在一个连那些最愚昧的爱尔兰人也在此发了大财的国家，在一个只要求你强壮不怕干活的国家，他需要这些东西干什么呢?《飘》英语段落摘抄二：HelikedtheSouth,andhesoonbecame,inhisownopinion,aSoutherner.TherewasmuchabouttheSouth—andSoutherners—thathewouldnevercomprehend;but,withthewholeheartednessthatwashisnature,headopteditsideasandcustoms,asheunderstoodthem,forhisown—pokerandhorseracing,red-hotpoliticsandthecodeduello,States’RightsanddamnationtoallYankees,slaveryandKingCotton,contemptforwhitetrashandexaggeratedcourtesytowomen.Heevenlearnedtochewtobacco.Therewasnoneedforhimtoacquireagoodheadforwhisky,hehadbeenbornwithone.他喜欢南方，并且自己以为很快就成了南方人。的确，关于南方和南方人，有许多东西是他永远也不会理解的，不过，南方人的有些思想习惯，如玩扑克，赛马，争论政治和举行决斗，争取州权和咒骂北方佬，维护奴隶制和棉花至上主义，轻视下流白人和过分讨好妇女，等等，他一旦理解便全心全意地接受，并成为他自己的了。他甚至学会了咀嚼烟叶。至于喝威士忌的本领，他生来就已经具备，那是不用学的。《飘》英语段落摘抄三：ButGeraldremainedGerald.Hishabitsoflivingandhisideaschanged,buthismannershewouldnotchange,evenhadhebeenabletochangethem.Headmiredthedrawlingeleganceofthewealthyriceandcottonplanters,whorodeintoSavannahfromtheirmoss-hungkingdoms,mountedonthoroughbredhorsesandfollowedbythecarriagesoftheirequallyelegantladiesandthewagonsoftheirslaves.ButGeraldcouldneverattainelegance.Theirlazy