, the comradeships, the gallant undertakings; or he searched islands for treasure, fished in still lagoons and dozed day-long on warm white sand. Of deep-sea fishings he heard tell, and mighty silver gatherings of the mile-long net; of sudden perils, noise of breakers on a moonless night, or the tall bows of the great liner taking shape overhead through the fog; of the merry home-coming, the headland rounded, the harbour lights opened out; the groups seen dimly on the quay, the cheery hail, the splash of the hawser; the trudge up the steep little street towards the comforting glow of red-curtained windows.

以上节选自《柳林风声》
。本来选了与前面两段相当长度的选段 ，但因为这本书偏散文偏描写一些
，很明显地能够看出词汇量的增加以及句型的复杂化，所以为了大家不要太纠结就选了一小段 ，这段能够很好地理解意思，雅思托福水平的原版阅读就基本无障碍了。

He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative