CHAPTER 8 · 全书共 18 章
The Foxes Begin to Starve 狐狸们开始挨饿
第七章结尾，三个农场主在洞口扎营发誓：绝不放过狐狸。这一章，围困升级了——108 个男人手持武器把整座山围得水泄不通；洞里，小狐狸们饿得直叫，狐狸爸爸却在一片沉默里，悄悄地闻、悄悄地想……
One Hundred and Eight Men Surround the Hill —— 108 个人把山围住
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第七章结尾，三个农场主在洞口扎营发誓：绝不放过狐狸。这一章，围困升级了——108 个男人手持武器把整座山围得水泄不通；洞里，小狐狸们饿得直叫，狐狸爸爸却在一片沉默里，悄悄地闻、悄悄地想……
The farmers have camped around Mr Fox’s hole and sworn to catch him. Now the siege tightens: one hundred and eight men surround the whole hill. Down in the tunnel, the fox family grows hungrier and hungrier. Now read “The Foxes Begin to Starve” and feel the silence inside the hole.农场主在狐狸洞口扎营，发誓要抓到狐狸。现在围困升级：一百零八个人把整座山团团围住。隧道深处，狐狸一家越来越饿。现在来读《狐狸们开始挨饿》，感受洞口里那片沉默。
Roald Dahl loves a feast — and he loves to tease his readers with it. In Chapter 8 the farmers eat a huge supper right above the hungry foxes: three boiled chickens, six doughnuts, two gallons of cider. Dahl piles up the food, then piles up the danger: one hundred and eight men, guns and flashlights, surround the hill. He also builds the suspense (悬念): the cubs cry “We’re so hungry!” — and their parents say nothing at all.罗尔德·达尔爱写「盛宴」——也爱拿盛宴逗读者。第八章里，农场主就在挨饿的狐狸头顶上大吃大喝：三只白煮鸡、六个甜甜圈、两加仑苹果酒。达尔先堆食物，再堆危险：一百零八个人、枪和手电筒，围住整座山。他还在造「悬念」：小狐狸喊“我们好饿！”——而爸爸妈妈一句话也不说。
Bean tried to send Bunce down the hole to fetch the fox, but Bunce screamed “Not me!” and ran away. So Bean decided to starve the fox out: “We camp here day and night watching the hole.” The three men shook hands and swore a solemn oath — they would not go home until the fox was caught.比恩想让邦斯下洞抓狐狸，邦斯却尖叫“不，我不去！”跑开了。于是比恩决定把狐狸饿出来：“我们日夜扎营守着洞口。”三人握手发下毒誓——不抓到狐狸绝不回家。
The foxes are trapped and starving. What do you think will happen next?第八章叫《The Foxes Begin to Starve 狐狸们开始挨饿》。洞里没有食物，外面全是枪，狐狸一家会怎么办？
Pick one to remember your prediction — come back after reading to check!
点一个选项记住你的预测，读完全章后回来揭晓答案。
Two more questions after reading · 还有两个小问题：
1. What did Boggis tempt the fox with?
博吉斯拿什么引诱狐狸？
2. How many men surrounded the hill?
多少人包围了这座山？
跟着原文读一遍。橙色单词先别查——根据上下文猜一猜。点击任意单词弹出词典卡片（中英释义 · 发音 · 例句）；点段落开头的 ▶ 听朗读（英式男声）。
That evening three tents were put up in the crater on the hill — one for Boggis, one for Bunce and one for Bean. The tents surrounded Mr Fox’s hole. And the three farmers sat outside their tents eating their supper. Boggis had three boiled chickens smothered in dumplings, Bunce had six doughnuts filled with disgusting goose-liver paste, and Bean had two gallons of cider. All three of them kept their guns beside them.
Boggis picked up a steaming chicken and held it close to the fox’s hole. “Can you smell this, Mr Fox?” he shouted. “Lovely tender chicken! Why don’t you come up and get it?” The rich scent of chicken wafted down the tunnel to where the foxes were crouching.
“Oh, Dad,” said one of the Small Foxes, “couldn’t we just sneak up and snatch it out of his hand?” “Don’t you dare!” said Mrs Fox. “That’s just what they want you to do.” “But we’re so hungry!” they cried. “How long will it be till we get something to eat?” Their mother didn’t answer them. Nor did their father. There was no answer to give.
As darkness fell, Bunce and Bean switched on the powerful headlamps of the two tractors and shone them on to the hole. “Now,” said Bean, “we’ll take it in turn to keep watch. One watches while two sleep, and so on all through the night.” Boggis said, “What if the fox digs a hole right through the hill and comes out on the other side? You didn’t think of that one, did you?” “Of course I did,” said Bean, pretending he had. “Go on, then, tell us the answer,” said Boggis.
Bean picked something small and black out of his ear and flicked it away. “How many men have you got working on your farm?” he asked. “Thirty-five,” Boggis said. “I’ve got thirty-six,” Bunce said. “And I’ve got thirty-seven,” Bean said. “That makes one hundred and eight men altogether. We must order them to surround the hill. Each man will have a gun and a flashlight. There will be no escape then for Mr Fox.” So the order went down to the farms, and that night one hundred and eight men formed a tight ring around the bottom of the hill. They were armed with sticks and guns and hatchets and pistols and all sorts of other horrible weapons. This made it quite impossible for a fox or indeed for any other animal to escape from the hill. The next day, the watching and waiting went on. Boggis and Bunce and Bean sat upon small stools, staring at the fox’s hole. They didn’t talk much. They just sat there with their guns on their laps. Every so often, Mr Fox would creep a little closer towards the mouth of the tunnel and take a sniff. Then he would creep back again and say, “They’re still there.” “Are you quite sure?” Mrs Fox would ask. “Positive,” said Mr Fox. “I can smell that man Bean a mile away. He stinks.”
这一章：外面是丰盛的晚餐、刺眼的车灯、108 个拿枪的男人；里面是饿着肚子的小狐狸、拦着孩子的妈妈，和一位悄悄闻风、一声不响的狐狸爸爸。
这一章写围困与引诱。记叙文写「对峙」，可以写食物的香气、写安静的等待，让空气都紧张起来。
Boggis had three boiled chickens smothered in dumplings, Bunce had six doughnuts filled with disgusting goose-liver paste, and Bean had two gallons of cider.
Each farmer's supper matches his body: huge Boggis eats huge food, tiny Bunce eats sweet junk, clever Bean drinks cider. Food describes character.
每个农场主的晚餐都配得上体型：胖博吉斯吃大份鸡肉，矮邦斯吃甜点，精明的比恩喝苹果酒。吃什么，也写什么人。
"Can you smell this, Mr Fox?" he shouted. "Lovely tender chicken! Why don't you come up and get it?"
Boggis uses food as a weapon, pretending to be friendly. Speech that sounds kind but is a trap shows a sly side of the farmer.
博吉斯拿食物当武器，假装热情。听上去友善、其实是陷阱的台词，写出农场主的狡猾一面。
Boggis picked up a steaming chicken and held it close to the fox's hole.
One deliberate action — holding the hot chicken at the hole — makes the temptation almost real. We can smell it with the foxes.
一个刻意的动作——把热腾腾的鸡举到洞口——让诱惑几乎成真。我们仿佛和狐狸一起闻到了香味。
There was no answer to give.
The parents' silence says everything: hungry, but no safe answer exists. Five words of inner emptiness are heavier than any speech.
父母的沉默说明一切：饿，但没有任何安全的答案。五个字里的内心空茫，比任何台词都重。
Boggis and Bunce and Bean sat upon small stools, staring at the fox's hole. They didn't talk much. They just sat there with their guns on their laps.
Expression through stillness: staring, not talking, guns on laps. Silence is the farmers' mood — patient, stubborn and a little absurd.
用静止写神情：盯着洞口、不说话、枪搁在腿上。沉默就是农场主的心情——耐心、固执，还有一点滑稽。
That evening three tents were put up in the crater on the hill — one for Boggis, one for Bunce and one for Bean. The tents surrounded Mr Fox's hole.
Tents in a crater: home comforts brought into a battlefield. The image of the three tents surrounding the tiny hole shows the siege — many against one.
火山口里搭起三顶帐篷：把家常搬进战场。三顶帐篷围住小小的洞口，一图写尽围困——以多对一。
这一章是「围困加深」：大餐与挨饿（反差）→ 香鸡诱饵 → 孩子喊饿（考验）→ 守夜与漏洞 → 108 人铁桶阵（升级）。地面上的包围圈越缩越紧，地下的一家人越来越饿。
Boggis ate three boiled chickens ... Bunce ate six doughnuts ... Bean drank two gallons of cider. ... All three had their guns beside them.
三个农场主在洞口大吃大喝，枪就放在手边。
How it expands · 怎么展开：用「反差」展开：丰盛的三餐（排比句式）对地下的饥饿——再补一句「枪在手边」，饱足与危险同框，围困的基调立刻立住。
“Mr Fox! Just smell this! A lovely tender chicken! Won’t you come up and get it?”
博吉斯举着热鸡引诱：香喷喷的嫩鸡，你上来拿呀？
How it expands · 怎么展开：围绕 smell / come up 展开：先给声音（甜言蜜语），再给气味（香飘入洞）。用「闻得到、够不着」把诱饵的残忍写具体。
“But we are so hungry!” ... Mother did not answer. Father did not answer. There was no answer to give.
小狐狸喊饿，妈妈爸爸都没有回答。
How it expands · 怎么展开：用「沉默」展开：孩子的计划被妈妈拦住（那是诱饵），可饥饿没有答案——三句短句写沉默，沉默写绝望。
“What if the fox digs through the hill and comes out the other side?” ... “I did think of that,” Bean said, pretending that he had.
比恩安排轮流守夜；博吉斯问挖穿山怎么办，比恩假装想过了。
How it expands · 怎么展开：用「漏洞与补救」展开：新计谋（守夜）刚立，新漏洞（挖穿山）立刻被戳——比恩的假装让农场主的聪明减了几分可信。
“We will order them to surround the hill! Every man with a gun and a flashlight!” ... “I can smell that Bean fellow from a mile away!”
108 人包围整座山；狐狸爸爸靠鼻子探哨：他们还在。
How it expands · 怎么展开：用「数字」收尾：108 人、每人一枪一手电，包围圈成形；再落回狐狸的鼻子（呼应第 3 章）——一边是钢铁的人数，一边是感官的机警。
这是「围困」结构，复述时沿着包围圈收紧：大餐 → 诱饵 → 喊饿 → 守夜 → 铁桶阵。
小提示：与「思维导图」搭配用——把导图的枝条按 大餐 → 诱饵 → 喊饿 → 守夜 → 铁桶阵 排好，先看导图复述一遍，再合上导图凭记忆复述一遍。
示意图：外面越热闹，里面越安静——这就是围困。
把第八章的信息装进这张「思维导图」，再沿着复述支架讲一遍——你也能当小老师！
把句子补充完整，就完成了第八章的复述。
复述加分：用 First / Then / Next / Also / Finally 把六句话串起来；讲到帐篷里的三份大餐（three boiled chickens / six doughnuts / two gallons of cider）时放慢，报菜名一样报出来；讲到 108 这个数字时拖长、加重：one hundred and eight——数字越大，危险越大！
5 张图卡按情节顺序排好。看着图片，用英文把第八章讲出来——点击图片可以放大，每张图点开都有一句「提示句」帮你起头。
提示：图卡可左右滑动查看全部 5 张；点「看看提示句」展开英文句子；点图片放大全屏。
小挑战：先看着图讲一遍，再合上图卡，只凭记忆讲一遍——能做到，第八章就真正属于你了！
这一章，Dahl 不写打斗，写「等待」：一顿大餐、一根鸡腿、一句悄悄话，就写出了围困的紧张。秘密武器是这六招：
Dahl 不直接说「108 个人来了」。他先让三个人一个一个报数：35、36、37——像在往上堆砖头，最后 “That makes one hundred and eight” 一句收口，数字一落地，包围圈就合拢了。读者跟着数，越数越怕。
数字从小到大一步步堆上去——中文叫「层递」；35、36、37 再到 108，就像古书里“一传十、十传百”，数字越滚越大，气势越来越压人。
waft 是「（气味）飘送」。Dahl 不用鼻子说「闻到了」，而用 waft 写出香味自己会走路：从博吉斯的手上，一路飘进隧道，飘到狐狸们蹲着的地方。只写香味，读者就闻到了鸡肉——也闻到了饥饿。
用嗅觉写场面——中文叫「通感」或「以味传情」；“香味飘进隧道”，就像古诗里“暗香浮动月黄昏”，一个味道，勾出整段心情。
博吉斯连用三个问句当诱饵（Can you...? Why don’t you...?）——像钓鱼下钩；狐狸太太只用一句 Don’t you dare! 喝住孩子——像一把剪刀剪断鱼线。一问一喝，两句对话就把「诱惑 vs 清醒」写得明明白白。
用两句相反的话对撞——中文叫「对话对比」或「以言衬心」；一边甜言蜜语、一边厉声喝止，像京剧里“一个唱红脸、一个唱白脸”，张力就出来了。
孩子喊饿，妈妈不答，爸爸也不答——然后补了一句：There was no answer to give. 前两句用 Nor 连接（否定递进），最后用 there be 句型收束（没有答案可给）。三个短句，一句比一句安静，读者的心却越来越沉。有时候，沉默比大喊大叫更有力量。
同样的句式叠三遍、一句比一句静——中文叫「递进反复」；“妈妈没答，爸爸也没答，没有答案可给”，正是“此时无声胜有声”——沉默本身就是回答。
小狐狸想的是「快跑上去抢鸡」——天真、冲动、只看得到吃的；妈妈想的是「那是圈套」——清醒、警觉、看得到三步之后。同样是饥饿，孩子的反应是行动，妈妈的反应是忍住。对比之下，妈妈的冷静更让人心疼。
用一方的特点衬出另一方——中文叫「反衬」；孩子的天真反衬妈妈的清醒，就像“初生牛犊不怕虎”反衬“老马识途”，性格一下子立起来了。
全家快饿死了，狐狸爸爸还不忘幽默：我能在一里外闻到比恩——他臭得很。a mile away 是夸张，stinks 是双关（又指「臭」又指「讨厌」）。Dahl 让英雄在绝境里还能开玩笑——越苦的处境，这句俏皮话越显得了不起。抄进你的好句本吧。
“一里外都能闻到”是「夸张」；“他臭得很”是「谐谑」——中文里这叫“苦中作乐”；绝境里的一句玩笑，比十句豪言更见英雄本色。
中西对照小发现：英文 number progression 就是中文「层递」，sensory detail 就是「通感/以味传情」，dialogue of temptation 就是「对话对比」，silence as power 就是「此时无声胜有声」，character contrast 就是「反衬」，hyperbole + wit 就是「夸张 + 苦中作乐」。给小朋友讲的时候，中英文术语可以互相借用，哪边熟讲哪边。
三个难度层级：先找细节，再推原因，最后谈看法。点「提示」给一点帮助，点「答案」对照想法。
1. What did Boggis have for supper? 博吉斯的晚餐是什么？
2. Who had two gallons of cider? 谁喝了两加仑苹果酒？
3. How many men surrounded the hill? 多少人包围了这座山？
4. Why did Boggis hold the chicken close to the fox’s hole? 博吉斯为什么把鸡凑到洞口？
5. Why did Mrs Fox say “Don’t you dare!”? 狐狸太太为什么说“你敢！”？
6. Why did Bean want 108 men to surround the hill? 比恩为什么让 108 个人包围这座山？
7. Do you think the foxes will come out for the chicken? Why or why not? 你觉得狐狸们会为了鸡出去吗？为什么？
8. Why did the parents say nothing when the cubs cried “We’re so hungry!”? 小狐狸喊饿时，爸爸妈妈为什么不回答？
9. The next chapter is called “Mr Fox Has a Plan”. What do you think the plan will be? 下一章叫《狐狸先生有办法》，你觉得会是什么办法？
Chapter 8 is a siege of temptation: instead of digging, the farmers use food as bait, tractor beams as night watch, and one hundred and eight men to ring the hill. The cubs rush, the mother holds them back; the children cry with hunger, the parents answer in silence. The harder the trap, the more patience it takes — and when Mr Fox creeps to the mouth of the tunnel again and again, he is not going for the chicken. He is scouting.
第八章是「围困与诱惑」：农场主不再硬挖，改用美食当饵、用车灯守夜、用 108 个人围山——要让狐狸一家又饿又急，自己犯错。Dahl 真正要写的是忍耐：小狐狸冲动，妈妈拦住；孩子喊饿，父母沉默。越是绝境，越不能乱动——而狐狸爸爸在黑暗里一次次爬近洞口，不是去偷鸡，是去侦察。他沉默，是因为他已经在想办法了。
每张词卡正面是原文句子——先根据上下文猜意思，再点击翻面验证。学完 12 个核心词，别忘了下面的「拓展好词」。
“three tents were put up in the crater on the hill”
猜一猜：山坡 / 大坑 / 树林？
“three boiled chickens smothered in dumplings”
猜一猜：裹满 / 切开 / 烤焦的？
“six doughnuts filled with disgusting goose-liver paste”
猜一猜：美味的 / 恶心的 / 甜甜的？
“Bean had two gallons of cider”
猜一猜：白开水 / 苹果酒 / 牛奶？
“The rich scent of chicken wafted down the tunnel.”
猜一猜：坠落 / 飘送 / 凝结？
“the foxes were crouching”
猜一猜：奔跑 / 蹲伏 / 睡觉？
“couldn’t we just sneak up and snatch it?”
猜一猜：大摇大摆 / 偷偷溜 / 跳起来？
“sneak up and snatch it out of his hand”
猜一猜：轻轻拿 / 一把抢走 / 慢慢放？
“Don’t you dare!” said Mrs Fox.
猜一猜：你敢 / 你快点 / 你试试？
“switched on the powerful headlamps”
猜一猜：微弱的 / 强力的 / 彩色的？
“We must order them to surround the hill.”
猜一猜：挖开 / 包围 / 爬过？
“Mr Fox would creep a little closer… and take a sniff.”
猜一猜：看一眼 / 闻一下 / 听一声？
| Word | Meaning 释义 | From the text 原文 |
|---|---|---|
| weapons | n. 武器（weapon 的复数） | “all sorts of other horrible weapons” |
| gallons | n. 加仑（容量单位） | “two gallons of cider” |
| dumplings | n. 团子；饺子 | “chickens smothered in dumplings” |
| paste | n. 糊；酱 | “goose-liver paste 鹅肝酱” |
| crept | v. 悄悄爬（creep 的过去式） | “Mr Fox would creep a little closer” |
| stinks | v. 发臭（stink 的三单） | “He stinks.” |
| stools / headlamps | n. 小凳 / 车头灯 | “sat upon small stools” · “powerful headlamps” |
本章的 4 个语法点都藏在课文句子里：每个点按「规则 → 原文例句 → 即时练习」三步走，最后做综合小测检验。先找否定祈使句和反意疑问句，再看 would 表示过去习惯和 there be 存在句。
规则：Don’t + 动词原形 构成否定祈使句，用来命令别人别做某事。语气越短越有力：Don’t you dare! 你敢！Don’t talk! 别说话！
P3Don’t you dare! said Mrs Fox. P2Why don’t you come up and get it?（don’t 在一般疑问句里是助动词，不是祈使句）
Don't you dare! 是「否定祈使句 + 主语加强」——比 Don't do it! 更凶、更短。妈妈只说三个词，就把小狐狸镇住了。
1___ (not, run) in the corridor!
2Don’t ___ (touch) that hot pan!
3翻译：你们别动！
1. Don't run——否定祈使句 = Don't + 动词原形。
2. touch——Don't 后用动词原形 touch。
3. Don't move! / Don't you dare move!——祈使句省略主语 you，直接 Don't + 动词原形。
规则：陈述句 + 逗号 + 简短问句＝反意疑问句，用来求证或逗人。前肯定后否定，前否定后肯定。动词时态要保持一致：didn’t you? / is it? / aren’t they?
P4You didn’t think of that one, did you? P3couldn’t we just sneak up…?（couldn’t 开头的问句是委婉请求，不是反意疑问句）
Boggis 说 “You didn't think of that one, did you?”——前否定、后肯定，是拿话激 Bean：你没想到吧？句尾语调上扬，等着看对方怎么接。
1You are hungry, ___ (aren’t / are) you?
2She didn’t see us, ___ (didn’t / did) she?
3翻译：你没想到吧？
1. aren't——前肯定 are，后否定 aren't you?
2. did——前否定 didn't，后肯定 did she?
3. You didn't think of that, did you?——前否定后肯定，句尾用 did you。
规则：would + 动词原形 表示过去反复发生的动作或习惯，翻译成「（那时）常常……；总是……」。和 used to 意思相近，但 would 更强调“每次都会这样”。
P5Mr Fox would creep a little closer… Then he would creep back again and say, “They’re still there.” “Are you quite sure?” Mrs Fox would ask.
would creep / would ask 不是「将来会」，而是「过去每次都这样」：狐狸爸爸一次次爬过去闻，妈妈一次次问“你确定？”——重复动作写出了守望的漫长。
1When I was little, I ___ (play) in the park every day.
2Grandpa would ___ (tell) us stories at night.
3翻译：他那时常常爬到洞口闻一闻。
1. would play——would + 动词原形，表示过去的习惯。
2. tell——would 后用动词原形。
3. He would creep to the mouth of the hole and take a sniff.——would creep 表示反复做的动作。
规则：There is / are / was / were + 名词 表示「某处存在某物」。名词是单数/不可数用 is / was，复数用 are / were。There was no answer to give.＝没有答案可给。
P3There was no answer to give. P5There will be no escape then for Mr Fox.
there be 用来宣布「存在/不存在」：没有答案、没有出路——两个否定句一内一外，把“里面没得吃、外面跑不掉”写绝了。
1There ___ (is / are) two tractors in the field.
2There ___ (was / were) no water in the tunnel.
3翻译：这里没有食物。
1. are——two tractors 是复数，用 are。
2. was——water 不可数，用 was。
3. There is no food here.——there be + no + 不可数名词。
5 道选择题 + 1 个配对游戏。先做选择题，再做配对，看看你能得几分！
1What was put up in the crater that evening?
2What did Boggis use to tempt the fox?
3What did Mrs Fox say when a cub wanted to snatch the chicken?
4How many men surrounded the hill?
5What did Mr Fox say about Bean?
先点左边的角色，再点右边他说的话。
还有 3 对要配对。
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