18thcenturycourtship
<p> 2015复习正是强化复习阶段，在考研英语中占了40分，所以考研英语阅读是英语科目中重要的一项。名师老师曾建议过考研生需要坚持每天泛读10-15分钟的英文原刊。强烈推荐了杂志《经济学人》.杂志中的文章也是考研英语的主要材料来源.希望考研考生认真阅读，快速提高考研英语阅读水平。 18<span word="th">th</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="courtship">courtship</span> 18世纪的窈窕淑女，君子好逑 <span word="An">An</span> <span word="inept">inept</span> <span word="Pygmalion">Pygmalion</span> 笨手笨脚的皮格马利翁 <span word="A">A</span> <span word="darkly">darkly</span> <span word="amusing">amusing</span> <span word="tale">tale</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="struggle">struggle</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="createthe">createthe</span> <span word="perfect">perfect</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> 让人苦笑的故事：努力为自己打造一个完美妻子 <span word="How">How</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Create">Create</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Perfect">Perfect</span> <span word="Wife">Wife</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="Wendy">Wendy</span> <span word="Moore">Moore</span>. 《如何打造完美妻子》。作者：温蒂摩尔。 <span word="WENDY">WENDY</span> <span word="MOORE">MOORE</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="historian">historian</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nice">nice</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="fiction">fiction</span> 18<span word="th">th</span>-<span word="centurymarital">centurymarital</span> <span word="horror">horror</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>. <span word="Wedlock">Wedlock</span>, <span word="her">her</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="book">book</span>, <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="misfortunes">misfortunes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="certaincountess">certaincountess</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="abusive">abusive</span> <span word="husband">husband</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="comeuppance">comeuppance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cheers">cheers</span> <span word="ofevery">ofevery</span> <span word="reader">reader</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="How">How</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Create">Create</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Perfect">Perfect</span> <span word="Wife">Wife</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="soobviously">soobviously</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="villain">villain</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="becomes">becomes</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="wife">wife</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="certainly">certainly</span> <span word="comesclose">comesclose</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="escapes">escapes</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="skin">skin</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="teeth">teeth</span>. 英国历史家温蒂摩尔以十八世纪的婚姻故事为蓝本，写了一系列优秀的悲情纪实小说。她之前的小说《婚姻》，讲述的是某位公爵夫人受丈夫虐待折磨的悲惨人生。后来她丈夫得到了应有的报应，让每位读者都拍手称快。现在轮到了《如何打造完美妻子》，这位男主身上的恶人品性不是那么明显，事实上女主也没成为他的妻子。但他肯定和恶人差不多了，而她也差点儿陷入虎口。 <span word="Though">Though</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="ripping">ripping</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="Wedlock">Wedlock</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="gusto">gusto</span>. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="centre">centre</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="Thomas">Thomas</span> <span word="Day">Day</span>,<span word="a">a</span> <span word="complex">complex</span> <span word="man">man</span>. <span word="Heir">Heir</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="fortune">fortune</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="abhorred">abhorred</span> <span word="fashionable">fashionable</span> <span word="society">society</span>, <span word="denied">denied</span> <span word="himselfevery">himselfevery</span> <span word="luxury">luxury</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="poor">poor</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="belonged">belonged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Lichfield">Lichfield</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="LunarMen">LunarMen</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="reform">reform</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="man">man</span>. <span word="An">An</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="abolitionist">abolitionist</span>, <span word="in">in</span> 1773 <span word="hewrote">hewrote</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="poem">poem</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="friend">friend</span> <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Bicknell">Bicknell</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Dying">Dying</span> <span word="Negro">Negro</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="ananti">ananti</span>-<span word="slavery">slavery</span> <span word="sensation">sensation</span>. <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="socially">socially</span> <span word="inept">inept</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="uncouth">uncouth</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="hair">hair</span> <span word="unkempt">unkempt</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="wasgenerally">wasgenerally</span> <span word="admired">admired</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="honesty">honesty</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="idealism">idealism</span>. 尽管没有《婚姻》那么精彩，但人们却可以从故事的字里行间中感受到作者写作时的热情。故事的中心是一个性格复杂的人托马斯戴。虽然继承了一大笔遗产，但他憎恶上流社会，拒绝任何奢侈享受，还把钱财施舍给了穷人。他加入了利奇菲尔德一个叫月球人的组织。该组织支持政治改革、信仰人权。作为一名早期废奴主义者，他在1773年和朋友约翰比克内尔写了首诗，名为即将消亡的黑人奴隶，因此引发了一场反奴隶制的轰动。虽然在社交场合戴总是笨手笨脚、不懂礼数，头发也是乱蓬蓬的，但他却因刚正不阿、乐观理想受到众人的敬重。 <span word="Apart">Apart</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="hair">hair</span>, <span word="what">what</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="like">like</span>? <span word="Alas">Alas</span>, <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="women">women</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="courtedthem">courtedthem</span>, <span word="got">got</span> <span word="engaged">engaged</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="balked">balked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="altar">altar</span>, <span word="unable">unable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stomach">stomach</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="fierce">fierce</span> <span word="virtue">virtue</span>.<span word="Like">Like</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="favourite">favourite</span> <span word="philosopher">philosopher</span>, <span word="Jean">Jean</span>-<span word="Jacques">Jacques</span> <span word="Rousseau">Rousseau</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="blamed">blamed</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="corruptingman">corruptingman</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="innate">innate</span> <span word="goodness">goodness</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="unformed">unformed</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Galatea">Galatea</span> <span word="tohis">tohis</span> <span word="Pygmalion">Pygmalion</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="Bicknell">Bicknell</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="hatched">hatched</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="scheme">scheme</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="solve">solve</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="anorphanage">anorphanage</span>, <span word="pretended">pretended</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="apprentice">apprentice</span>, <span word="picked">picked</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prettiest">prettiest</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="withher">withher</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="orphanage">orphanage</span>. 除了糟糕的头发，还有什么理由不喜欢他呢?唉，他不太懂得如何与女人相处。他追求过几个，也订了婚，但一到神坛上她们就都退缩了，因为无法忍受他强烈的操守观。就像他最喜欢的哲学家让雅克卢梭一样，戴怨社会侵蚀了人善良的天性。戴需要的是一个未定型的年轻女性他这位皮革马利翁的伽拉特亚。在比克内尔的帮助下，他想出了一个解决自己问题的方案。他们去了一家孤儿院，假装是要收留一个女孩儿当学徒。两人选了最漂亮的一个，带着她跑了。然后他们在另一家孤儿院又故伎重演。 <span word="Ann">Ann</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Dorcas">Dorcas</span>, <span word="aged">aged</span> 12 <span word="and">and</span> 11, <span word="became">became</span> <span word="Sabrina">Sabrina</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Lucretia">Lucretia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="began">began</span>, <span word="without">without</span> <span word="realisingit">realisingit</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="educational">educational</span> <span word="programme">programme</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fit">fit</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Mrs">Mrs</span> <span word="Day">Day</span>. <span word="Unfortunately">Unfortunately</span> <span word="theprogramme">theprogramme</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="violence">violence</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Rousseau">Rousseau</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="teaching">teaching</span> <span word="fearlessness">fearlessness</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="wayof">wayof</span> <span word="pain">pain</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="terror">terror</span>. <span word="Having">Having</span> <span word="chosen">chosen</span> <span word="Sabrina">Sabrina</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="puberty">puberty</span>, <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="toughenher">toughenher</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="dripping">dripping</span> <span word="sealing">sealing</span> <span word="wax">wax</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="skin">skin</span>, <span word="standing">standing</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="neck">neck</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lake">lake</span> <span word="andshooting">andshooting</span> <span word="bullets">bullets</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="skirts">skirts</span>. 12岁的安和11岁的多尔卡斯分别改名为萨布丽娜和卢克缇娜，开始接受教育培训。但她们没意识到，这是为了日后能扮演好戴夫人这个角色而为之设计的。不幸的是，教育培训涉及一些暴力元素，这正是卢梭信仰的一套，通过肉体的疼痛和精神上的恫吓来传授无畏之道。两个女孩儿到了青春期后，他选了萨布丽娜做未来的戴夫人。戴努力训练她：在她的皮肤上滴密封用的蜡油，让她站在齐脖深的湖水中，向她的裙子开枪。 <span word="The">The</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="experiment">experiment</span> <span word="failed">failed</span>. <span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="rebelled">rebelled</span>. <span word="Lucretia">Lucretia</span> <span word="married">married</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="draper">draper</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Sabrinamarried">Sabrinamarried</span> <span word="Bicknell">Bicknell</span>. 整场实验失败了。两个女孩儿都反抗了。卢克缇娜嫁给了一个布商，萨布丽娜嫁给了比克内尔。 <span word="The">The</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="there">there</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="concerned">concerned</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="before">before</span>. <span word="Thereal">Thereal</span> <span word="discovery">discovery</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="Sabrina">Sabrina</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="background">background</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="fascinating">fascinating</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="ofthe">ofthe</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="foundling">foundling</span> <span word="hospitals">hospitals</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="orphanages">orphanages</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="period">period</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="unhappymothers">unhappymothers</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="babies">babies</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="Ms">Ms</span> <span word="Moore">Moore</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="combed">combed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="orphanage">orphanage</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="archives">archives</span>,<span word="read">read</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="forms">forms</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="baby">baby</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tokens">tokens</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="thema">thema</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="earring">earring</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="piece">piece</span> <span word="offabric">offabric</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="playing">playing</span> <span word="card">card</span> <span word="torn">torn</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="halfin">halfin</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="reunion">reunion</span>. <span word="Sadly">Sadly</span>, <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mothersrediscovering">mothersrediscovering</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="rare">rare</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stuff">stuff</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="plays">plays</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="novels">novels</span>. 故事到这里并没有结束，但就戴而言，他的结局之前已经提到了。此时真正浮出水面的却是萨布丽娜和她的身世。本书最精彩的一部分是关于育婴堂的剧情，以及那些伤心的母亲把孩子丢在这儿的描述。摩尔女士翻遍了孤儿院的档案记录，看了每个孤儿的资料以及家人留给他们的纪念物一个耳环，一块布，一个撕成两半的纸牌。令人悲伤的是，母亲找回失散多年孩子的故事少之又少，而且往往只出现在戏剧和小说里。 词语解释 1.<span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="in">in</span> 信赖;信仰 <span word="I">I</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="humor">humor</span>, <span word="courage">courage</span>, <span word="thinking">thinking</span>. 我相信幽默、勇气、思考。 <span word="I">I</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="things">things</span>. 我相信人类有面对各种事情的能力。 2.<span word="apart">apart</span> <span word="from">from</span> 脱离;除此之外 <span word="Ms">Ms</span>. <span word="mayer">mayer</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="plenty">plenty</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="management">management</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span> <span word="apart">apart</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pregnancy">pregnancy</span>. 除怀孕外，梅耶尔还在管理上面临很多挑战。 <span word="Apart">Apart</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="costs">costs</span>, <span word="loan">loan</span> <span word="guarantees">guarantees</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="damaging">damaging</span> <span word="effects">effects</span>. 除直接成本之外，贷款担保还有其他的不良影响。 3.<span word="pretend">pretend</span> <span word="to">to</span> 自称具有 <span word="The">The</span> <span word="nic">nic</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="pretend">pretend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="answers">answers</span>. 美国国家情报委员会没有假装知道所有的答案。 <span word="You">You</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="t">t</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="pretend">pretend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="listen">listen</span>? 你就不能装着听一下? 4.<span word="design">design</span> <span word="to">to</span> 用于设计 <span word="We">We</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="design">design</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="website">website</span> <span word="unique">unique</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="memorable">memorable</span>. 我们能用设计使一个网站独一无二且更易记住。 <span word="Note">Note</span>:<span word="marriott">marriott</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="design">design</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="westin">westin</span>. 注:<span word="marriott">marriott</span>近期将他们的设计改得更类似于<span word="westin">westin</span>的方式。</p>
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