Hemingway1 House　试听

Ernest Hemingway was one of America's most famous writers. He wrote many of his best known books and stories in the little city of Key West2, Florida3. Visitors today can see Hemingway's house and the creatures4 that live there.

The Hemingway house on Whitehead Street5 in Key West is across the street from a tall lighthouse6. The powerful7 light in the tower warns ships at sea that they are approaching8 land. Friends of Ernest Hemingway liked to say the light also helped him find his way home at night after he left his favorite9 drinking place.

Hemingway's house was built in Eighteen-Fifty-One. Its walls are made of coral10 rocks found on the grounds. The rooms have many high windows and doors. These could be opened during the extremely11 hot summer days.

A smaller house is just behind the main house. This is where Ernest Hemingway worked, in a small room on the second floor filled with pictures and books. He wrote more than half of his most famous books and stories here. These include the books “For Whom the Bell Tolls12,” and “To Have And Have Not13,” and short stories like “The Snows of Kilimanjaro14.”

Ernest Hemingway would begin work each day in the little room at about six in the morning. He would write for about six hours. Then he might go deep-sea fishing. Or he might go to his favorite drinking place with his friends.

Ernest Hemingway loved cats. About fifty of them lived in his house in Key West. He left the house in Nineteen-Forty. No one lives there now -- except about sixty cats. Many of these animals are related15 to an unusual16 cat given to Hemingway by a ship's captain. That cat had six toes17 on each of its paws18. Many of the cats living there now also have six toes.

Ernest Hemingway named his cats after19 famous writers and movie actors. That tradition is still alive. If you visit Hemingway's house you can meet cats named William Shakespeare20, Charlie Chaplin21 and many others.

People who visit the house usually want to know why Hemingway had so many cats. Hemingway answered the question many years ago. He said, “One cat leads to22 another.”

　　　海明威故居

厄内斯特·海明威是美国最著名的作家之一。他的许多最有名的书和故事都写于佛罗里达的基韦斯特小城。今天参观者可以看到海明威的故居和生活在那里的动物。
基韦斯特市海明威故居位于怀特黒德街，街对面是一个高高的灯塔。塔上的强光提醒海里的船只已接近陆地。欧内斯特·海明威的朋友喜欢说海明威从喜爱的饮酒处回来时，灯塔灯光还帮他找到回家的路。
海明威的故居海明威的故居建于1851年。它的墙是用周围地面上找到的珊瑚石筑成的。屋里面有很多很高的门窗。在特别炎热的夏日可以打开它们。
在主房屋后面有一个小一些的房屋。它的二楼有一个充满绘画和书籍的小房间，这就是海明威工作的地方。他最有名的书和故事中，有一多半就是在这里创作的，其中包括“丧钟为谁而鸣”、“有的和无的”和象“乞力马扎罗的雪”这样的短篇小说。
海明威喜欢每天早晨6点在这个小屋子里开始工作。他写作6个小时左右。然后他可能去深海钓鱼，或者和朋友去喜爱的饮酒处饮酒。
欧内斯特·海明威喜爱猫。他在基韦斯特的住所养了大约50只猫。他在1940年离开此住所。现在没人在那里居住棗除了大约60只猫。这些动物中许多和一只不寻常的猫有血缘关系。那是一个船长送给海明威的猫，那只脚爪上有6只脚趾。现在许多生活在那里的猫也有6只脚趾。
欧内斯特·海明威用著名作家和影星们的名字为他的猫起名字。这个传统还保留着。如果你参观海明威的故居，你会遇到名叫威廉·莎士比亚、查理·卓别林和许多其它名字的猫。
参观这所故居的人们通常想知道海明威为什么有这么多猫。海明威在多年前回答了这个问题。他说，“有一只猫就会带来另一只猫”。