英语文摘

这个故事就是一段充满戏剧性的独白，展现了巴塞尔姆标志性的幽默和在文体形式上的出色尝试。在这个看似荒诞的故事里，橘树、小动物、收养的孩子都接二连三死了，学校里的孩子们感到困惑，不停地追问老师，就此展开对死亡、对生活意义的讨论……

你可能读过或者至少听说过《白象似的群山》，那是发生在一男一女之间的一段晦涩对白。而《一个干净明亮的地方》则是另一个经典，讲述了两个男服务生准备结束一个夜晚的故事。

There was a town down there, as flat as a flannel-cake, and called Summit, of course. It contained inhabitants of as undeleterious and self-satisfied a class of peasantry as ever clustered around a Maypole.

There had to be a king and queen, of course. The king was a terrible old man who wore six-shooters and spurs, and shouted in such a tremendous voice that the rattlers on the prairie would run into their holes under the prickly pear.

在《窥镜》中，一个女人疯狂地为她患了斑疹伤寒的丈夫寻求帮助，最终收获了一个大“惊喜”。这部作品刚好与契诃夫医生的职业相呼应。

I said nothing about my own engagement that night.

A few months ago I was nominated for Governor of the great State of New York, to run against Stewart L.

本篇小说讲述一个女孩独自在家，却没有把门锁上，晚上有一个男人入侵，她想方设法想逃走，但是最终被枪杀的故事。

电影《白日梦想家》原著英文小说。

But in the corner, at the cold hour of dawn, sat the poor girl, with rosy cheeks and with a smiling mouth, leaning against the wall--frozen to death on the last evening of the old year.

《麦琪的礼物》是曼哈顿桂冠散文作家、美国现代短篇小说之父欧·亨利的经典杰作，讲述了一对穷困的年轻夫妇忍痛割爱互赠圣诞礼物的故事，反映了美国下层人民生活的艰难，赞美了主人公善良的心地和纯真爱情。这篇文章相信很多人中学语文课本里面都学过它的中文版，下面不妨再以英文版的视角细细品味。

D.H.劳伦斯是二十世纪英国著名的文学家，《狐狸》是劳伦斯的一部中篇杰作，该书延续了他一贯的写作主旨，依然是探讨人与自然，男人与女人之间的关系。