選擇作品：Once More to the Lake by Elwyn Brooks White

????????“二十世紀(jì)最偉大的美國隨筆作家”、“《紐約客》主要撰稿人”、《夏洛的網(wǎng)》作者E.B.White的另一名作！

? ? ? ?“年幼的我們曾經(jīng)為小豬威爾伯和蜘蛛夏洛真摯的友情所打動，在《重游緬湖》中我們依然為其的直白、美麗、空靈所傾倒！”

? ? ? ?“生存與死亡的哲學(xué)思考，人性美與自然的水乳交融?！?/p>

? ? ? ?懷特講述了他和兒子在緬因州的一次度假?；氐綄庫o的湖畔，他現(xiàn)在與兒子之間的許多細(xì)節(jié)和上一代人的經(jīng)歷是那樣相似。他的心靈又回到了他的童年時(shí)代。夏季、湖上的小屋和家庭聚會、正在玩耍的美國人，聚集了我們生活中美好、和平和快樂的東西。最后，當(dāng)他看到兒子沖進(jìn)暴雨中去游泳時(shí)，他突然感到了死亡的寒意......

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1. 作者簡介，本文概要

???????作者簡介：?Elwyn Brooks White, 1899—1985, American essayist, author, and literary stylist, whose eloquent, unaffected prose appealed to readers of all ages. He worked as a reporter and freelance writer before joining?The New Yorker?magazine?as a writer and contributing editor in 1927. White’s essays for The New Yorker quickly garnered critical praise. Written in a personal, direct style that showcased an?affable?sense of humour, his witty pieces contained musings about city life, politics, and?literature, among other subjects.

????????Notable Works:“Charlotte’s Web”?“Harper’s Magazine”?“Is Sex Necessary?”

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????????作品梗概：Recounting a visit he takes with his son in Maine, White recalls?how so many of the details he now experiences with his son are the same as those he experienced with his father a generation ago. In effect, his mindset transforms to go back to his childhood. Later, White suggests that in particular, the combination of summertime, lake cabins, and family get-togethers describes Americans at play and this represents much that is good, peaceful, and joyful in our lives. In the end, when he saw his son dash into the rain for a swim, he felt the chill of death......

2. 單詞詞組，地道表達(dá)

????（1）revisit old haunts，在遠(yuǎn)離塵囂的林中湖泊邊上釣魚，會看到什么東西？

????（2）湖水永遠(yuǎn)保持placidity, felt thin and clear and unsubstantial, 水中有著游動的bass。高舉起魚竿，掛上spinner ，beyond any doubt，一切都美好的像mirage. There are days when return into the grooves which lead back, 時(shí)間好像沒有流逝，這種感覺is cropping up. 每年總有一些老派的cultists，用舊時(shí)的a cake of soap洗滌靈魂，泡沫在陽光下閃閃發(fā)亮。一切都沉溺于安靜，但a lull in everything that had made life tick. 你坐在椅子上，languidly，看著一個(gè)孩子穿著soggy的短褲，把腳伸進(jìn)冽涼的水里，輕輕wince了一下。 你呢，一個(gè)父親？不知怎么，你看著他，自己的groin突然感覺到the chill of death.

3. 散文佳句，沉浸賞析

????????當(dāng)散文遇上文藝片，潮濕的霧氣，影影綽綽漏下神明的聲音。

?????????I felt the same damp moss covering the worms in the bait can, and saw the dragonfly alight on the tip of my rod as it hovered a few inches from the surface of the water.

????????童年的蜻蜓顫動透明的翅膀，透過它你看到了什么？

?????????Summertime, oh summertime, pattern of life indelible, the fade-proof lake, the woods unshatterable, the pasture with the sweetfern and the juniper forever and ever, summer without end.

????????無盡夏，無盡夏，幾個(gè)特寫鏡頭里，想象力無限綿延。

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4. 主旨哲思，流連賞玩

?????????歲月流逝，回憶不朽

????????“The lake was exactly where we had left it, the same number of inches from the dock, and there was only the merest suggestion of a breeze.”

????????“The only thing that was wrong now, really, was the sound of the place, an unfamiliar nervous sound of the outboard motors.”

? ? ? ?世界上沒有什么是恒定的。只是有些事情是不會輕易改變，比如一個(gè)人的想法，一個(gè)人對別人的感受，對某事的渴望......

?????????代際更迭，輪回不休。

????????“I began to sustain the illusion that he was I, and therefore, by simple transposition, that I was my father.”

? ? ? ? “As he buckled the swollen belt suddenly my groin felt the chill of death.”

????????從兒子到父親，人們成長又消逝，生命節(jié)律的潮汐永恒拍打著月光海岸......

? ? ? ?山陵浸遠(yuǎn)，歲月馳騖，記憶頑固。夏日是把腳趾伸進(jìn)清冽的溪水，還是剖開一個(gè)沙沙甜甜的西瓜，或是送上一個(gè)冰淇淋味黏黏糊糊的吻？

? ? ? ?你可曾有過這樣一段夏日呢?