英语六级考试备考阅读美文(十二)
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Satiric">Satiric</span> <span word="Literature">Literature</span></p><p> <span word="Perhaps">Perhaps</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="striking">striking</span> <span word="quality">quality</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="satiric">satiric</span> <span word="literature">literature</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="freshness">freshness</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="originality">originality</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="perspective">perspective</span>. <span word="Satire">Satire</span> <span word="rarely">rarely</span> <span word="offers">offers</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="ideas">ideas</span>. <span word="Instead">Instead</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="presents">presents</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="familiar">familiar</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="form">form</span>. <span word="Satirists">Satirists</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="philosophies">philosophies</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="familiar">familiar</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="perspective">perspective</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="foolish">foolish</span>, <span word="harmful">harmful</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="affected">affected</span>. <span word="Satire">Satire</span> <span word="jars">jars</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="complacence">complacence</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pleasantly">pleasantly</span> <span word="shocked">shocked</span> <span word="realization">realization</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="values">values</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="unquestioningly">unquestioningly</span> <span word="accept">accept</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="false">false</span>. <span word="Don">Don</span> <span word="Quixote">Quixote</span> <span word="derides">derides</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stupidity">stupidity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="knights">knights</span> <span word="Brave">Brave</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="ridicules">ridicules</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pretensions">pretensions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="science">science</span>; <span word="A">A</span> <span word="Modest">Modest</span> <span word="Proposal">Proposal</span> <span word="dramatizes">dramatizes</span> <span word="starvation">starvation</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="advocating">advocating</span> <span word="cannibalism">cannibalism</span>. <span word="None">None</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="ideas">ideas</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="original">original</span>. <span word="Chivalry">Chivalry</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="suspect">suspect</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="Cervantes">Cervantes</span>, <span word="humanists">humanists</span> <span word="objected">objected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="claims">claims</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pure">pure</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="Aldous">Aldous</span> <span word="Huxley">Huxley</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="aware">aware</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="famine">famine</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="Swift">Swift</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="originality">originality</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="satires">satires</span> <span word="popular">popular</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="manner">manner</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="expression">expression</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="satiric">satiric</span> <span word="method">method</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="interesting">interesting</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="entertaining">entertaining</span>. <span word="Satires">Satires</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="aesthetically">aesthetically</span> <span word="satisfying">satisfying</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="art">art</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="morally">morally</span> <span word="wholesome">wholesome</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="ethically">ethically</span> <span word="instructive">instructive</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="stimulating">stimulating</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="refreshing">refreshing</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="commonsense">commonsense</span> <span word="briskness">briskness</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="brush">brush</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="illusions">illusions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="secondhand">secondhand</span> <span word="opinions">opinions</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="spontaneous">spontaneous</span> <span word="irreverence">irreverence</span>, <span word="satire">satire</span> <span word="rearranges">rearranges</span> <span word="perspectives">perspectives</span>, <span word="scrambles">scrambles</span> <span word="familiar">familiar</span> <span word="objects">objects</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="incongruous">incongruous</span> <span word="juxtaposition">juxtaposition</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="speaks">speaks</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="idiom">idiom</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="abstract">abstract</span> <span word="platitude">platitude</span>. <span word="Satire">Satire</span> <span word="exists">exists</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="readers">readers</span> <span word="appreciate">appreciate</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="refreshing">refreshing</span> <span word="stimulus">stimulus</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="irreverent">irreverent</span> <span word="reminder">reminder</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="platitudinous">platitudinous</span> <span word="thinking">thinking</span>, <span word="cheap">cheap</span> <span word="moralizing">moralizing</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="foolish">foolish</span> <span word="philosophy">philosophy</span>. <span word="Satire">Satire</span> <span word="serves">serves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prod">prod</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="awareness">awareness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="truth">truth</span>, <span word="though">though</span> <span word="rarely">rarely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="action">action</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="behalf">behalf</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="truth">truth</span>. <span word="Satire">Satire</span> <span word="tends">tends</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="remind">remind</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="see">see</span>, <span word="hear">hear</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="sanctimonious">sanctimonious</span>, <span word="sentimental">sentimental</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="partially">partially</span> <span word="true">true</span>. <span word="Life">Life</span> <span word="resembles">resembles</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="slight">slight</span> <span word="degree">degree</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="image">image</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="Soldiers">Soldiers</span> <span word="rarely">rarely</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ideals">ideals</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="movies">movies</span> <span word="attribute">attribute</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="nor">nor</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="ordinary">ordinary</span> <span word="citizens">citizens</span> <span word="devote">devote</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="unselfish">unselfish</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="humanity">humanity</span>. <span word="Intelligent">Intelligent</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="tend">tend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forget">forget</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="expressed">expressed</span>.</p>
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