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1、大学英语精读第3册第2课课文及课后答案UNIT2AuntBettieisfacedwithadifficultdecision.AwoundedUnionsoldierisfoundhidinginafarmhousenearherhome.Shehastodecidewhethertohelphimorlethimbecaptured.Whatwillshechoosetodo?TheWomanWhoWouldNotTellJaniceKeyserLester"IneverdidhatetheYankees.AllthatIhatedwasthewar....
2、"That'showmygreat-auntBettiebeganherstory.Ihearditmanytimesasachild,whenevermyfamilyvisitedAuntBettieintheoldhouseinBerryville,Virginia.AuntBettiewasalmost80yearsoldthen.ButIcouldpictureherasshewasinthestoryshetoldme-barely20,pretty,withbrightblueeyes.BettieVanMetrehadgoodreasontohat
3、etheCivilWar.OneofherbrotherswaskilledatGettysburg,anothertakenprisoner.Thenheryounghusband,James,aConfederateofficer,wascapturedandsenttoanunknownprisoncampsomewhere.OnehotdayinlateSeptemberDickRunner,aformerslave,cametoBettiewithastrangereport.Hehadbeencheckingafarmhousehalfamileaw
4、ayfromtheVanMetrehome,afarmhousehethoughtwasempty.Butinside,heheardlowgroans.Followingthemtotheattic,hefoundawoundedUnionsoldier,witharifleathisside.WhenAuntBettietoldmeaboutherfirstsightofthebeardedmaninthestainedblueuniform,shealwaysusedthesamewords."Itwaslikewalkingintoanightmare:
5、thoseawfulbandages,thatdreadfulsmell.That'swhatwarisreallylike,child:nobuglesandbanners.Justpainandfilth,futilityanddeath."ToBettieVanMetrethismanwasnotanenemybutratherasufferinghumanbeing.Shegavehimwaterandtriedtocleanhisterriblewounds.Thenshewentoutintothecoolairandleanedagainstthe
6、house,tryingnottobesickasshethoughtofwhatshehadseen-thatsmashedrighthand,thatmissingleftleg.Theman'spapersBettiefoundintheatticestablishedhisidentity:Lt.HenryBedell,CompanyD,11thVermontVolunteers,30yearsold.SheknewthatsheshouldreportthepresenceofthisUnionofficertotheConfederatearmy.B
7、utshealsoknewthatshewouldnotdoit.Thisishowsheexplainedittome:"Ikeptwonderingifhehadawifesomewhere,waiting,andhoping,andnotknowing-justasIwas.Itseemedtomethattheonlythingthatmatteredwastogetherhusbandbacktoher."Slowly,patiently,skillfully,JamesVanMetre'swifefannedthesparkoflifethatfli
8、ckeredinHenr
