2015考研英语阅读19世纪英国政坛
<p> <span word="Book">Book</span> <span word="Review">Review</span>;19<span word="th">th</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="Britishpolitics">Britishpolitics</span>;<span word="Third">Third</span> <span word="man">man</span></p><p> 书评;19世纪英国政坛;第三人;</p><p> <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Bright">Bright</span>: <span word="Statesman">Statesman</span>, <span word="Orator">Orator</span>, <span word="Agitator">Agitator</span>.<span word="By">By</span> <span word="BillCash">BillCash</span>.</p><p> 《约翰布莱特：政治家, 演说家, 改革推动者》;比尔凯西。</p><p> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="Cash">Cash</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Conservative">Conservative</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="backbenchpolitician">backbenchpolitician</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="anotherbackbench">anotherbackbench</span> <span word="politician">politician</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="happens">happens</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="anancestor">anancestor</span>. <span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Cash">Cash</span> <span word="frets">frets</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="great">great</span>-<span word="grandfather">grandfather</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="cousin">cousin</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="forgotten">forgotten</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="hasn">hasn</span> <span word="t">t</span> <span word="really">really</span>. <span word="No">No</span> <span word="historian">historian</span> <span word="doubts">doubts</span> <span word="theimportance">theimportance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Bright">Bright</span>; <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="slipped">slipped</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="consciousness">consciousness</span>.</p><p> 比尔卡什, 这个英国保守党普通议员为另一位普通议员写了一本书, 而其撰写的这个人物恰好是他的一位先人。卡什议员对于人们已经忘却了他的曾祖父的这位表兄感到不快, 但是其实他没有被忘记。 没有任何历史学家会怀疑约翰。布莱特的重要历史地位; 现今他只是从公众的视野中淡出了。</p><p> <span word="So">So</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="layman">layman</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="he">he</span>? <span word="The">The</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="question">question</span>, <span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Cash">Cash</span> <span word="tells">tells</span> <span word="us">us</span>, <span word="would">would</span> <span word="haveflabbergasted">haveflabbergasted</span> <span word="anyone">anyone</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 19<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 1878 <span word="Punch">Punch</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="series">series</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cartoons">cartoons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thethree">thethree</span> <span word="Britons">Britons</span> <span word="whom">whom</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="deemed">deemed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="greatest">greatest</span> <span word="statesmen">statesmen</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ageBenjaminDisraeli">ageBenjaminDisraeli</span>, <span word="William">William</span> <span word="Gladstone">Gladstone</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Bright">Bright</span>. <span word="Born">Born</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1811 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="career">career</span> <span word="spanningnearly">spanningnearly</span> 50 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="parliament">parliament</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Durham">Durham</span>, <span word="Manchester">Manchester</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Birmingham">Birmingham</span>, <span word="Brightwould">Brightwould</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="contemporary">contemporary</span> <span word="statesman">statesman</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="fame">fame</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="accomplishments">accomplishments</span> <span word="transcendedthe">transcendedthe</span> <span word="age">age</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Walter">Walter</span> <span word="Bagehot">Bagehot</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="editor">editor</span> <span word="from">from</span> 1860-77. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="biographyby">biographyby</span> <span word="G">G</span>.<span word="M">M</span>. <span word="Trevelyan">Trevelyan</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1913, <span word="described">described</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rare">rare</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hero">hero</span> <span word="aspolitician">aspolitician</span>.</p>
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