2015考研英语阅读加勒特菲茨傑拉德
<p> <span word="Garret">Garret</span> <span word="FitzGerald">FitzGerald</span></p><p> 加勒特菲茨傑拉德</p><p> <span word="Garret">Garret</span> <span word="FitzGerald">FitzGerald</span>, statesman, philosopher,journalist and lover of numbers, died on May 19th,aged 85;</p><p> 政治家，哲学家，记者，大众情人，于5月19日逝世，享年85岁;</p><p> <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="fortune">fortune</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sit">sit</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Garret">Garret</span> <span word="FitzGerald">FitzGerald</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="dinnerwrapped">dinnerwrapped</span> <span word="round">round</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="hisnatural">hisnatural</span> <span word="warmth">warmth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="curiosity">curiosity</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="numbed">numbed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sheer">sheer</span> <span word="volume">volume</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Dublin">Dublin</span>-<span word="tincturedwords">tincturedwords</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="tumbled">tumbled</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="himyou">himyou</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="dozens">dozens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>-<span word="bogglingly">bogglingly</span> <span word="arcanefacts">arcanefacts</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="quickest">quickest</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fly">fly</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Reykjavik">Reykjavik</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Vilnius">Vilnius</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1960, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="skill">skill</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="honed">honed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="hisfirst">hisfirst</span> <span word="proper">proper</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="analyst">analyst</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Aer">Aer</span> <span word="Lingus">Lingus</span>; <span word="the">the</span> <span word="route">route</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="now">now</span>-<span word="defunct">defunct</span> <span word="railway">railway</span> <span word="fromFarranfore">fromFarranfore</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Reenard">Reenard</span> <span word="via">via</span> <span word="Cahersiveen">Cahersiveen</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fruit">fruit</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="train">train</span> <span word="timetables">timetables</span>; <span word="therelative">therelative</span> <span word="popularity">popularity</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="Fine">Fine</span> <span word="Gael">Gael</span> <span word="party">party</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rival">rival</span> <span word="Fianna">Fianna</span> <span word="Fail">Fail</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="countycouncils">countycouncils</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="length">length</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="breadth">breadth</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Ireland">Ireland</span>, <span word="derived">derived</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="obsession">obsession</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="opinion">opinion</span> <span word="polls">polls</span> <span word="soimmense">soimmense</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="journalists">journalists</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="cautioned">cautioned</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mention">mention</span> <span word="them">them</span>; <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="precisegeographical">precisegeographical</span> <span word="pattern">pattern</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Irish">Irish</span> <span word="between">between</span> 1770 <span word="and">and</span> 1870, <span word="compiledfrom">compiledfrom</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="census">census</span> <span word="volumes">volumes</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="prop">prop</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="dashboard">dashboard</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="driven">driven</span>, <span word="onconstituency">onconstituency</span> <span word="visits">visits</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="place">place</span>.</p><p> 如果你有幸在晚餐时坐在<span word="Garret">Garret</span> <span word="FitzGerald">FitzGerald</span>旁边置身于他天生的热情与好奇中，谈定地听着他都柏林味十足的口音在那里滔滔不绝你也许能得知很多神秘的事实，开阔了眼界。 60年代从<span word="Reykjavik">Reykjavik</span>飞到<span word="Vilnius">Vilnius</span>最快的途径;他首次在一份体面的工作中习得的技能;那条已经不存在的铁路通过<span word="Cahersiveen">Cahersiveen</span> 从<span word="Farranfore">Farranfore</span>到<span word="Reenard">Reenard</span>;他最喜欢的列车时刻表;共和党对那段出风头的时光和统一党称霸爱尔兰各乡镇委的时候，民意调查里那些说不清道不明的事，有些就是记者也小心地不去提及;以及根据他拜访各选区时，从各地收集到的旧的人口普查宗卷中所得出的1770到1870间爱尔兰语的使用率，下降趋势，在地图板块上的精确表现。</p>
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