《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。
第八章 勇当海盗，预演绿林
汤姆离开平常走的那些小道，到了一个茂密偏僻的森林里，幻想着自己的未来，想着将来去做强盗，酋长，海盗，当了名人后重返故里后的情形，然后他和哈泼一起扮演古代的绿林英雄相互打着玩，他扮演的是罗宾汉。
CHAPTER EIGHT
Tom Makes a Decision
Tom walked far into the forest. He was even further than Mrs Douglas' house on Cardiff Hill. He decided to rest under a tree and think for a bit. He again wished that he could die. But this idea was soon replaced with the desire to live. There were so many places he could travel to in the world, so many things he could do. He could be a soldier, he could join the Indians, or even better, he could become a pirate and steal money and treasure from people traveling on the sea. He'd be good at that. He'd probably become famous for it too. Then how would Becky feel about him? She would wish that she had been nicer to him when she had the chance.
He decided that he would leave the next morning to begin his life as Tom Sawyer the pirate!
Suddenly he heard someone calling out in the forest. He quickly ran to his secret hiding place where he kept a lot of toys hidden. He found his wooden knife and put it between his pants and his belt. He was now the famous Robin Hood, friend of the poor and enemy of the rich, who had lived over one hundred years ago with his army of robbers.
Moving quietly and carefully from tree to tree, he told his "men" to stay where they were. And then his friend Joe Harper came from behind another tree. Tom shouted to him: "Stop there, stranger! Why have you entered my forest without permission?"
"I am Guy of Guisborne," replied Joe. "I go wherever I want to go. Who do you think you are?"
"I am the famous, Robin Hood, who shall kill you if you don't start behaving friendlier."
"If you really are Robin Hood, I'll gladly fight you, so that I may become famous for killing you."
They started to pretend to fight. But after a while, Tom became tired and shouted to Joe: "Let me kill you! You have to!"
"I don't want to die! And I'm stronger than you. Let me kill you!"
"But that's not in the story. Robin Hood never dies in the story."
"OK, fine." Joe turned around and let Tom kill him.
"Now you can be Robin Hood for a while, Joe. Then you can kill me."
Joe liked this idea and happily started to fight Tom again. Soon Tom was on the ground, pretending to bleed terribly. Joe told him he'd done a good job at dying and that he should be an actor when he grew up. Tom said: "No, I'm not a good actor, I just believe in dying honorably. And you should always do a good job of dying under the knife of great men such as Robin Hood."
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1. He quickly ran to his secret hiding place where he kept a lot of toys hidden.
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2.He was now the famous Robin Hood, friend of the poor and enemy of the rich, who had lived over one hundred years ago with his army of robbers.定语从句
3.Moving quietly and carefully from tree to tree, he told his "men" to stay where
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4.Robin Hood, who shall kill you if you don't start behaving friendlier.定语从句
5.Joe turned around and let Tom kill him.动作描述
6.Soon Tom was on the ground, pretending to bleed terribly.分词分词做伴随状语
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