闪电战下的生活
<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。 <span word="Life">Life</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Blitz">Blitz</span> 闪电战下的生活 <span word="Death">Death</span> <span word="threats">threats</span> 死亡威胁 <span word="Love">Love</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="literature">literature</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bombs">bombs</span> 战乱中的爱与文学 <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Love">Love</span>-<span word="charmof">charmof</span> <span word="Bombs">Bombs</span>: <span word="Restless">Restless</span> <span word="Lives">Lives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="theSecond">theSecond</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="Lara">Lara</span> <span word="Feigel">Feigel</span>. 《战乱情迷》，<span word="Lara">Lara</span> <span word="Feigel">Feigel</span>著。 <span word="FEW">FEW</span> <span word="histories">histories</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="warreally">warreally</span> <span word="capture">capture</span> <span word="themood">themood</span>, <span word="temper">temper</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="climate">climate</span>, <span word="lamented">lamented</span> <span word="Elizabeth">Elizabeth</span> <span word="Bowen">Bowen</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="London">London</span> <span word="atthe">atthe</span> <span word="time">time</span>. <span word="Death">Death</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="constant">constant</span> <span word="threat">threat</span> <span word="fuelled">fuelled</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="apocalyptichedonism">apocalyptichedonism</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Blitz">Blitz</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="grim">grim</span>, <span word="butglorious">butglorious</span> <span word="too">too</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="way">way</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="addition">addition</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="distinct">distinct</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="enduring">enduring</span> <span word="literarylegacy">literarylegacy</span>, <span word="writes">writes</span> <span word="Lara">Lara</span> <span word="Feigel">Feigel</span>,<span word="an">an</span> <span word="academic">academic</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="King">King</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="College">College</span> <span word="London">London</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="book">book</span>, <span word="TheLove">TheLove</span>-<span word="charm">charm</span> <span word="ofBombs">ofBombs</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="February">February</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="inAmerica">inAmerica</span>. 鲜有讲述二战期间英国大后方的故事能真正体现当时的心境、性情、风气，当年生活在伦敦的小说家<span word="Elizabeth">Elizabeth</span> <span word="Bowen">Bowen</span>哀叹道。持续的死亡威胁燃起了享乐主义热潮。闪电战残酷无情，但另一方面，这也是场荣耀之战。此外，这次经历也带来了非同凡响不可磨灭的文化遗产，伦敦国王学院的学者<span word="Lara">Lara</span> <span word="Feigel">Feigel</span>在她的新书《战乱情迷》中写道。该作品已于2月在英国面市，现于美国出版发行。 <span word="A">A</span> <span word="fast">fast</span>-<span word="livingwriting">livingwriting</span> <span word="trio">trio</span> <span word="Bowen">Bowen</span>, <span word="Graham">Graham</span> <span word="Greene">Greene</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Henry">Henry</span> <span word="Yorke">Yorke</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="protagonists">protagonists</span>.<span word="They">They</span> <span word="mucked">mucked</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wareffort">wareffort</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="Blitz">Blitz</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="unique">unique</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span>. <span word="Thepassions">Thepassions</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="aroused">aroused</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="timelessness">timelessness</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="ensued">ensued</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="suspended">suspended</span> <span word="present">present</span>, <span word="MsFeigel">MsFeigel</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="fertile">fertile</span> <span word="muses">muses</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="writers">writers</span>,<span word="firefighting">firefighting</span>, <span word="ambulance">ambulance</span>-<span word="driving">driving</span>, <span word="patrollingthe">patrollingthe</span> <span word="streets">streets</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="successors">successors</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="soldier">soldier</span> <span word="poets">poets</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="firstworld">firstworld</span> <span word="war">war</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="arguesin">arguesin</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="introduction">introduction</span>. 三剑客 <span word="Bowen">Bowen</span>, <span word="Graham">Graham</span> <span word="Greene">Greene</span> 和<span word="Henry">Henry</span> <span word="Yorke">Yorke</span>即是描写这段放纵生活的主要代表。他们分享各自在战时取得的成果，笔下的那些风流韵事也让他们的闪电战与众不同。被唤醒的热情以及时间的永恒性引发了一种 现实静止，<span word="Ms">Ms</span> <span word="Feigel">Feigel</span>形容为 灵感的源泉。这些作家，当过消防员，开过救护车，在街上巡逻，是一战时期士兵诗人的继任者作者在引言中陈述道。 <span word="Bomb">Bomb</span>-<span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="London">London</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="surely">surely</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="peerless">peerless</span> <span word="carnage">carnage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Flanders">Flanders</span> <span word="fields">fields</span>, <span word="butthe">butthe</span> <span word="literary">literary</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="war">war</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="convincingly">convincingly</span> <span word="shows">shows</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="comparable">comparable</span>. <span word="Yorke">Yorke</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="hismost">hismost</span> <span word="prolific">prolific</span> <span word="then">then</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="bore">bore</span> <span word="fruit">fruit</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="slowly">slowly</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Blitz">Blitz</span> <span word="wouldprovide">wouldprovide</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="setting">setting</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Bowen">Bowen</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Heat">Heat</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Day">Day</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Greene">Greene</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="mostpassionate">mostpassionate</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="The">The</span> <span word="End">End</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Affair">Affair</span>. 轰炸伦敦造成的伤亡虽没有血流成河的佛兰德战役惨烈，但战争带来的文学冲击，却不相上下，<span word="Feigel">Feigel</span>在书中有力地证明了这点。<span word="Yorke">Yorke</span>当时文思泉涌，而其他作家的产量相对偏少。闪电战为<span word="Bowen">Bowen</span>的《炎日》，<span word="Greene">Greene</span>最激情的作品《恋情的终结》提供了创作背景。 <span word="Peace">Peace</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="disappointment">disappointment</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="democratic">democratic</span> <span word="spirit">spirit</span> <span word="ebbed">ebbed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="intensity">intensity</span>.<span word="Bowen">Bowen</span>, <span word="repelled">repelled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Labour">Labour</span> <span word="Party">Party</span> <span word="s">s</span> 1945 <span word="electionvictory">electionvictory</span>, <span word="retreated">retreated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Ireland">Ireland</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="hersexless">hersexless</span> <span word="husband">husband</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="letters">letters</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Canadian">Canadian</span> <span word="lover">lover</span>. <span word="Yorke">Yorke</span>, <span word="whowould">whowould</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="writer">writer</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="writer">writer</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="writer">writer</span>, <span word="became">became</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drunk">drunk</span>. <span word="Greene">Greene</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="newlove">newlove</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="fame">fame</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="others">others</span>, <span word="Ms">Ms</span> <span word="Feigel">Feigel</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="valuethe">valuethe</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="heartedly">heartedly</span>. 和平令人沮丧。民主精神衰退，生活失去张力。1945年工党赢得选举，<span word="Bowen">Bowen</span>就此退出政治舞台，与她性冷淡的丈夫一同移居爱尔兰，但实际上她沉浸在与加拿大情人构筑起的情信世界。<span word="York">York</span>，本可以超越作家的作家的作家，却成了酒鬼。<span word="Greene">Greene</span>有了新欢，声名鹊起，但<span word="Feigel">Feigel</span>认为，就像其他人一样，他再也无法全心全意地珍视当下。 <span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="strikingly">strikingly</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="book">book</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="succeeds">succeeds</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="itsambitious">itsambitious</span> <span word="combination">combination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="groupbiography">groupbiography</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="literary">literary</span> <span word="criticism">criticism</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="notflawless">notflawless</span>. <span word="Ms">Ms</span> <span word="Feigel">Feigel</span> <span word="focuses">focuses</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="widely">widely</span> <span word="onobscure">onobscure</span> <span word="novelists">novelists</span>,<span word="in">in</span> <span word="particular">particular</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="melancholy">melancholy</span> <span word="Austrian">Austrian</span> <span word="emigre">emigre</span>, <span word="Hilde">Hilde</span> <span word="Spiel">Spiel</span>,<span word="while">while</span> <span word="moreillustrious">moreillustrious</span> <span word="contemporaries">contemporaries</span> <span word="Virginia">Virginia</span> <span word="Woolf">Woolf</span>, <span word="Anthony">Anthony</span> <span word="Powell">Powell</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="EvelynWaugh">EvelynWaugh</span> <span word="haunt">haunt</span> <span word="thebackground">thebackground</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="ghosts">ghosts</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="feast">feast</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="tooreadily">tooreadily</span> <span word="believed">believed</span>. <span word="Yorke">Yorke</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="hisfellow">hisfellow</span> <span word="firefighters">firefighters</span> <span word="absolute">absolute</span> <span word="heroes">heroes</span>, <span word="butWaugh">butWaugh</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="marine">marine</span>, <span word="doubted">doubted</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="courage">courage</span>. <span word="Did">Did</span> <span word="Waughhave">Waughhave</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="point">point</span>? <span word="The">The</span> <span word="questiongoes">questiongoes</span> <span word="unasked">unasked</span>. 这是本非常具有创建性的作品。它成功地完成了集体传记与文学评论的宏伟结合。但也并非十全十美。<span word="Feigel">Feigel</span>过于专注冷门小说家，特别是忧郁的奥地利移民<span word="Hilde">Hilde</span> <span word="Spiel">Spiel</span>，而那些杰出的同代作家 <span word="VirginiaWoolf">VirginiaWoolf</span>, <span word="Anthony">Anthony</span> <span word="Powell">Powell</span>和<span word="Evelyn">Evelyn</span> <span word="Waugh">Waugh</span> 却像鬼魂般游离在盛宴之下。同时，作者对一些史料过于轻信。<span word="Yorke">Yorke</span>称他的消防伙伴绝对是英雄人物，但身为海军的<span word="Waugh">Waugh</span>却怀疑他们的勇气。<span word="Waugh">Waugh</span>的话是否中肯，我们也不得而知。 <span word="But">But</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="minor">minor</span> <span word="complaints">complaints</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ageing">ageing</span> <span word="Rose">Rose</span> <span word="Macaulay">Macaulay</span>, <span word="another">another</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="ofthe">ofthe</span> <span word="period">period</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="shattering">shattering</span>. <span word="Shelost">Shelost</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="secret">secret</span> <span word="lover">lover</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="letters">letters</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="abomb">abomb</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="conceal">conceal</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mourning">mourning</span> <span word="deepened">deepened</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grief">grief</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Love">Love</span>-<span word="charm">charm</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Bombsexcels">Bombsexcels</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="demonstrating">demonstrating</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bleakness">bleakness</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="loss">loss</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="also">also</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fortunatefew">fortunatefew</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="extraordinary">extraordinary</span> <span word="excitement">excitement</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="literary">literary</span> <span word="inspiration">inspiration</span>. 但这些都是小瑕疵。对于另一位英国小说家，当时年迈的<span word="Rose">Rose</span> <span word="Macaulay">Macaulay</span>来说，战争粉碎了一切。她失去了身患癌症的秘密情人，炸弹摧毁了他们所有的情信。她必须隐藏这份悲伤，这反而加深了心中的痛楚。《战乱情迷》极力证明了那个不断失去的阴郁年代也是激情荡漾，充满文学启发的时代，多么难能可贵。 词语解释 1.<span word="come">come</span> <span word="out">out</span> 出来;出现 <span word="These">These</span> <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="way">way</span>, <span word="butthey">butthey</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="favourably">favourably</span>. 这些测试本应该呈现出各种不同的结果，但是得出的结果总是有利于假说成立的。 <span word="New">New</span> <span word="viruses">viruses</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="daily">daily</span>. 新的病毒每天都会出现。 2.<span word="love">love</span> <span word="affair">affair</span> 风流韵事;恋爱关系 <span word="Wow">Wow</span>, <span word="what">what</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="affair">affair</span>. 哇，真是场了不起的爱情。 <span word="Too">Too</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="relocate">relocate</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nice">nice</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="affair">affair</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="considering">considering</span> <span word="thesignificance">thesignificance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="geographical">geographical</span> <span word="decision">decision</span>. 太多人根据好的工作机会和爱情安排生活，却没有考虑地理位置决策的重要性。 3.<span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="for">for</span> 为提供 <span word="It">It</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="for">for</span> 7 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="humans">humans</span>. 地球为了供养70亿人口付出了很多代价。 <span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="evolutionary">evolutionary</span> <span word="theories">theories</span> <span word="suggest">suggest</span> <span word="females">females</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="attracted">attracted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="displays">displays</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pridebecause">pridebecause</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="imply">imply</span> <span word="status">status</span>, <span word="competence">competence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="partner">partner</span> <span word="andoffspring">andoffspring</span>. 例如，进化理论认为女性更易被具有骄傲表情的男性吸引，是因为这些男性表现了地位、才干和供养伴侣和后代的能力。 4.<span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="on">on</span> 集中 <span word="That">That</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="on">on</span>. 你只需将你的注意力集中于此。 <span word="The">The</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="key">key</span> <span word="secreted">secreted</span> <span word="pathogenic">pathogenic</span> <span word="proteins">proteins</span>. 该项目也将集中于主要分泌性致病蛋白质。</p>
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