matter是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 物质， 物体； 毛病， 麻烦； 事情v. 有关系， 要紧，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- These feeble and broken sounds were, however, too familiar to the foresters to draw their at-tention from the more interesting matter of their dialogue.
-- 'Your fathers came from the setting sun, crossed the big river*, fought the people of the country, and took the land; and mine came from the red sky of the morning, over the salt lake, and did their work much after the fashion that had been set them by yours; then let God judge the matter be-tween us, and friends spare their words!'
-- William Henry, man!if you are friends to the king and have business with the army, your way would be to follow the river down to Edward, and lay the matter before Webb, who tarries there, instead of pushing into the defiles, and driv-ing this saucy Frenchman back across Champlain, into his den again.'
-- With an Indian 'tis a matter of conscience; what he calls himself, he gener-ally is not that Chingachgook, which signifies Big Sarpent, is really a snake, big or little; but that he understands the windings and turnings of human natur', and is silent, and strikes his enemies when they least expect him.
-- 'What, then, have I do to, or say, in the matter of your misfortunes, not to say of your errors?'
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was a matter of no little vanity to him on Sundays, to take his station in front of the church gallery, with a band of cho-sen singers; where, in his own mind, he completely carried away the palm from the parson.
-- In this enterprise, however, he had more real difficulties than generally fell to the lot of a knight-errant of yore, who seldom had anything but giants, enchanters, fiery dragons, and such like easily conquered adversaries, to contend with and had to make his way mere-ly through gates of iron and brass, and walls of adamant to the castle keep, where the lady of his heart was confined; all which he achieved as easily as a man would carve his way to the centre of a Christmas pie; and then the lady gave him her hand as a matter of course.
-- Brom Bones, too, who, shortly after his rival's dis-appearance conducted the blooming Katrina in triumph to the altar, was observed to look exceedingly knowing when-ever the story of Ichabod was related, and always burst into a hearty laugh at the mention of the pumpkin; which led some to suspect that he knew more about the matter than he chose to tell.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "What's the matter with you?"
-- Now that I was free from the spectacle of Mrs. Strickland's distress I could consider the matter more calmly.
-- The matter was immensely serious for all the parties concerned, but there was in the manner of his answer such a cheerful effrontery that I had to bite my lips in order not to laugh.
-- It doesn't matter a twopenny damn to me one way or the other."
-- After all, in any other walk in life it doesn't matter if you're not very good; you can get along quite comfortably if you're just adequate; but it's different with an artist."
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was the rugged mouth of the crater, by which the eruptive liquid matter had escaped at the periods when the volcano was still in activity.
-- Below the chasm, large thick streaks of lava wound over the sides of the mountain, and thus marked the course of the eruptive matter to the lower valleys which furrowed the northern part of the island.
-- It was of little importance whether it was horizontal or not, and it did not matter much whether the stick six feet high, which was planted there, rose perpendicularly.
-- "Yes, my friend; but before coming to any decision we must consider the matter thoroughly.
-- the matter is that I have just broken a tooth!"
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Moved by these considerations, a stout lady opened the proceedings by inquiring, with an air of great concern and sympathy, how Mr Quilp was; whereunto Mr Quilp's wife's mother replied sharply, 'Oh!He was well enough nothing much was every the matter with him and ill weeds were sure to thrive.'
-- What's the matter now?'
-- And if it was dark and rather dull, we used to say, what did it matter to us, for it only made us remember our last walk with greater pleasure, and look forward to our next one.
-- So let me hear no more about this matter now or at any other time, and don't get anything too nice for dinner, for I shan't be home to it.'
-- At length, he gave the matter up, as hopeless for that night, and suddenly breaking into a run as though to force himself away, scampered off at his utmost speed, nor once ventured to look behind him lest he should be tempted back again.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- If Nekhludoff were clearly conscious of his love for Katiousha; especially if it were sought to persuade him that he could and must not link his fate to that of the girl, he would very likely have decided in his plumb-line mind that there was no reason why he should not marry her, no matter who she was, provided he loved her.
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