初中英語課外閱讀美文

　　發揮經典美文的魅力,對提升英語課堂教學效果有著重要促進作用。下面是小編帶來的，歡迎閱讀!

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　　Sir Galahad

　　Sir Galahad was the noblest and purest of the Knights of the Round Table. Because he is entirely free of sin, Galahad succeeded in finding the Holy Grail while many other knight of King Arthur failed.

　　Galahad was the son of the knight Lancelot and the lady Elaine. He was brought up by a nun until, at age 15, he was introduced to his father, who made him a knight and accompanied him to Arthur’s court. There Galahad went directly to the seat called the Siege Perilous, which was reserved for the knight so pure that he would someday find the Holy Grail. All others who had tried to take the seat had been swallowed up by the earth. At the time the knights there found a great stone with a sword stuck in it. On the sword were these words:“No one shall draw me out of this stone except the Knight at whose side I am to hang. And he must be the best knight in the world.” Many of the knights tried, but none could draw out the sword. But Sir Galahad drew it easily from the stone.

　　During the search for the Grail, Galahad showed himself to be a superb knight. He succeeded in finding the holy object not because he was strong or skillful in fighting, but because he was pure in heart. After finding the Grail with two other knights, Percival and Bors, Galahad became King of Sarras. He died one year later.

　　加拉哈德爵士

　　加拉哈德爵士是圓桌騎士中最純潔高尚的一個。由於他清白無瑕，最終找到了聖盃。而其他大多數騎士則無功而返。

　　加拉哈德是朗斯洛與伊蓮的兒子，由一個修女撫養大，15歲時時見到朗斯洛，朗斯洛把他訓練成騎士，帶到亞瑟王的宮廷裡。加拉哈德見到圓桌旁的“危座”，徑直走過去坐下來。“危座”是留給能找到聖盃的最聖潔騎士的，以前曾有人嘗試入座，都被大地吞了下去。此時，騎士們發現一塊巨石，巨石中插有一把寶劍，劍上刻有銘文：“此劍屬於世上的最佳騎士，只有他才能拔出此劍，佩帶身邊。”很多人試過，但只有加拉哈德一人不費吹灰之力就拔出了寶劍。

　　在尋找聖盃的過程中，加拉哈德做的每一件事都使他無愧於最佳騎士的名聲。他的成功並非因為他有過人的力量和武藝，而是因為他的聖潔。與另外兩位騎士博斯和珀西瓦爾找到聖盃後，加拉哈德當上了薩拉斯的國王，一年後死去。

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　　The Holy Grail

　　The Holy Grail is the cup that Jesus Christ used at the Last Supper. Joseph of Arimathea, theman who gave up his own tomb so that Jesus could be buried in it, kept the Grail and collectedJesus’ blood in it when Jesus was put to death on a cross. Joseph was wupposed to have takenit to Britain, where the cup was passed down from generation to generation in his family.Because the Holy Grail had belonged to Jesus, it had magic powers. It could supply food forthose without sin, and make people who were not pure enough blind or mute when they cameclose to it. Later, however, when the Grail fell into the hands of a man who was evil andunworthy of owning it, it disappeared.

　　One day, when the Round Table Knights gathered in a hall in Arthur’s castle, the Grail appearedfor a moment in the air accompanied with lightning, though most of the knights could not seeit. Then 150 knights decided to sarch throughout Britain for the Grail. The knights wentthrough many dangerous adventures during their search. Lancelot failed in the search, becauseof the sin of his love affair with Guenevere; Gawain gave up the search. Only three knights---Bors, Galahad, and Perceval---were pure enough in life to find the Grail in the castle ofCorbenic. They took the Grail to the distant city of Sarras. There, after Galahad died, Bors andPerceval saw the Grail rise into heaven. According to the legend, no one has been seen theHoly Grail since that time.

　　聖盃的故事

　　傳說聖盃是耶穌在最後的晚餐上使用過的杯子。聖經裡講，亞利馬太的約瑟領取了耶穌的遺體，將他葬在自己的墓穴裡。據說就是這個約瑟儲存了耶穌的杯子，並在耶穌被釘上十字架時用杯子承接了耶穌的血液。約瑟把杯子帶到了不列顛，當做家中的傳世之寶。由於杯子是耶穌的，所以有神力，可以為清白人提供無窮無盡的食糧，但若是無德的人接近它，不是變成瞎子就是變成啞巴。後來，由於聖盃落入惡人之手，便消失得無影無蹤了。

　　有一天，眾騎士在亞瑟的宮廷中聚會時，聖盃伴隨著雷霆出現在空中，雖然大多數騎士無法看見它。此後150名騎士出發到不列顛各地去尋找聖盃，歷盡千辛萬苦。朗斯洛未能找到聖盃，因為他與圭內維爾有曖昧關係;高文也中途作罷，只有三個騎士——博斯、珀西瓦爾和加拉哈德由於純潔無暇在戈比尼克城堡見到了聖盃。他們把聖盃帶到薩拉斯城。加拉哈德死後，聖盃昇天，以後再沒有人見過它。

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　　朗斯洛爵士

　　Sir Lancelot was the finest knight in the court of King Arthur, a bravest and most skillfulfighter. He often fought in disguise, but he was always recognized because no other knighthad as much courage and skill as he. Lancelot was brought up by the Lady of the Lake, awoman with magic powers, who took him as an infant to her castle at the bottom of a lake.After he reached manhood, the Lady of the Lake brought him to Arthur’s court, where heproved is courage and was made one of te Knight of the Round Table. Lancelot and Guenevere,the queen, fell in love at Arthur’s court. Lancelot was also loved by Elanine, a beautiful girl, buthe soon deserted her and she died of a broken heart. After Arthur discovered the love affairbetween Lancelot and his wife, the lovers fled to Lancelot’s castle. Lancelot killed several of hisfellow knights after they found him with the queen. Later, Lancelot returned Guenevere toArthur and left Britain. Arthur pursued Lancelot to France but went back to Britain after learningthat Modred had seized his kingdom. Lancelot returned to Britain after Arthur’s death andlearned that Guenevere had become a nun. He became a religious hermit and died shortly afterGuenevere did. Lancelot and Elaine had an illegitimate son, Galahad, who became a famousknight of the Round Table.

　　Along with many other knights, Lancelot searched for the Holy Grail, the cup that Jesus Christused at the Last Supper. Because he had moral defects, he did not find the Holy Grail. But hisson, Sir Galahad, did.

　　朗斯洛爵士是亞瑟王朝廷中最驍勇善戰的圓桌騎士。他常常化裝出戰，但總能讓人識破，因為他的膽量和武藝無人能比。朗斯洛是仙女湖夫人養大的。他出生時，湖夫人將他偷去，帶到湖底的宮殿裡。朗斯洛成人後，湖夫人把他送到亞瑟的宮廷，由於他的勇敢而被封為圓桌騎士。在亞瑟的宮廷裡，朗斯洛開始與王后圭內維爾相愛。一個叫做伊蓮的美麗姑娘也愛上了朗斯洛，但朗斯洛很快拋棄了她。伊蓮由於失戀，鬱鬱而終。亞瑟王發現朗斯洛與妻子私通後，這對情人倉皇逃到朗斯洛的城堡。朗斯洛還殺死了幾個反對他誘拐王后的騎士。後來朗斯洛被迫交還圭內維爾，離開不列顛。亞瑟一直追到法國，但聽到莫德雷德反叛的訊息，匆忙返回。亞瑟死後，朗斯洛去找圭內維爾，得知她已經進了修道院。朗斯洛心灰意冷，做了隱士。不久，圭內維爾與他先後死去。朗斯洛與伊蓮有一私生子名叫加拉哈德，後來成了最著名的圓桌騎士之一。

　　朗斯洛也曾參與尋找聖盃的歷險，但由於本身的道德缺陷，未能成功。但這一偉業由他的兒子加拉哈德完成了。