《汤姆·索亚历险记》（The Adventures of Tom Sawyer）是美国小说家马克·吐温1876年发表的长篇小说。
小说的故事发生在19世纪上半世纪美国密西西比河畔的一个普通小镇上。主人公汤姆·索亚天真活泼、敢于探险、追求自由，不堪忍受束缚个性、枯燥乏味的生活，幻想干一番英雄事业。
小说的时代在南北战争前，写的虽是圣彼得堡小镇，但该镇某种程度上可以说是当时美国社会的缩影。小说通过主人公的冒险经历，对美国虚伪庸俗的社会习俗、伪善的宗教仪式和刻板陈腐的学校教育进行了讽刺和批判，以欢快的笔调描写了少年儿童自由活泼的心灵。
第十章 狗吠不祥，雪上加霜
汤姆和哈克贝利没命似的跑到了皮厂，他们写了血书，发誓誓死保守秘密。狗吠声让他们又紧张起来，他们又出发冒险。第二天， 汤姆黯然无神，内心痛苦不堪的来到了学校，却看见了他送给的蓓姬的铜把手放在桌上，他彻底失去了信心。
CHAPTER TEN
The Agreement
Tom and Huck didn't look back the whole time they ran. And they didn't stop running until they reached the village. Then they went into an old empty building to hide for a while.
"I can't believe what we just saw. Do you think the doctor's dead, Huck?"
"If he is, then Indian Joe will be hanged."
Tom thought for a moment and said: "But we're the only people who know he did it."
"Oh. You're right. I didn't think about that."
"If we tell, Indian Joe may kill us."
"Well, maybe we won't have to tell. Maybe Muff Potter will."
"But Huck, Muff Potter didn't see what happened after the doctor hit him."
"Tom, we must agree never to tell anyone. Let's write our agreement in blood."
Tom agreed and with his knife he cut both his and Huckleberry's hands and wrote their agreement on a piece of wood:
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer promise they will never tell about what they saw, and if they ever tell, they will die immediately.
Then each boy signed in blood, TS and HF. Tom wrote the H and F, since Huckleberry couldn't read or write. They then put the wood in a hole in the wall of the building and said goodbye to each other for the night.
The sun was just about to rise when Tom finally arrived home. He had entered through the window as usual, and felt safe that his aunt hadn't heard him, but Sid heard him, and, as always, he couldn't wait to tell Aunt Polly at breakfast.
When Tom joined Sid and his aunt at the breakfast table, Aunt Polly began to cry and complained that he was always making her sad: "No matter how hard I try to make you a good boy, you always do bad things!"
Tom hated to see his aunt cry. It made him feel terrible about himself. He promised her that he would be good from now on, but his aunt didn't seem to believe him.
His day only went worse when he went to school, for the teacher used his stick on both Tom and Joe for missing school the day before.
And when Tom sat down in his classroom chair he found a piece of paper with something wrapped in it waiting for him. He opened it and found the little gold ball he'd given Becky the other day. This was becoming one of the worst days in Tom's life.
好句整理：
1. I can't believe what we just saw. 宾语从句
2. we're the only people who know he did it.定语从句
3. Muff Potter didn't see what happened after the doctor hit him. 宾语从句
4. They will never tell about what they saw. 宾语从句
5. They then put the wood in a hole in the wall of the building and said goodbye to each other for the night.动作描写
6. The sun was just about to rise when Tom finally arrived home.时间状语从句
注：When 常用于下列句式：意为“就在那时”。如：
……was doing something…when
……was about to do…when
…..was on the point of doing sth... when…
……had done…when
7. he couldn't wait to tell Aunt Polly at breakfast.
Can/couldn't wait to do sth 迫不及待想做某事。
8. Aunt Polly began to cry and complained that he was always making her sad. 动作 描写
9. No matter how hard I try to make you a good boy, you always do bad things!"让步 状语从句
10. with something wrapped in it waiting for him. With 的复合结构
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