名人轶事:作家海明威的一生(2)

VOICE ONE:

I'M Shirley Griffith

VOICE TWO:

AND I'M Doug Johnson with people in America, a program about people who are

important in the history of the United States. Today we present the second

part of the story of Ernest Hemingway's life and writings.

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voice one:

At twenty-five, Hemingway was living in Paris. He was a famous writer. But

the end of his first marriage made him want to leave the place where he had

first become famous

Years later he said, "the city was never to be the same again. When I

returned to it, I found it had changed as I had changed. Paris was never the

same as when I was poor and very happy."

voice two:

Hemingway and his new wife returned to the United States in nineteen-twenty-

eight. They settled in Key West, an island with a fishing port near the

southern coast of Florida.

Before leaving Paris, Hemingway sent a collection of his stories to New York

to be published. The book of stories, called "men without women," was

published soon after Hemingway arrived in Key west.

One of the stories was called "the killers¹." in it, Hemingway used a

discussion² between two men to create a feeling of tension³ and coming

violence. This was a new method of telling a story:

storyteller:

Nick opened the door and went into the room. Ole Andreson was lying on the

bed with all his clothes on. He had been a heavyweight Prizefighter and he

was too long for the bed. He lay with his head on two Pillows. He did not

look at nick.

"What was it?" he asked.

"I was up at Henry's," nick said, "and two fellows came in and tied me up and

the cook, and they said they were going to kill you."

It sounded silly when he said it. Ole Andreson said nothing.

"They put us out in the kitchen," nick went on. "They were going to shoot you

when you came in to supper."

Ole Andreson looked at the wall and did not say anything. "George thought i

ought to come and tell you about it."

"There isn't anything i can do about it," ole Andreson said.

Voice one:

Any new book by Hemingway was an important event for readers. But stories

like "the killers" shocked many people. Some thought there was too much

violence in his stories. Others said he only wrote about Gunmen, Soldiers,

Fighters, and Drinkers.

This kind of criticism⁴ made Hemingway angry. He felt that writers should not

be judged by those who could not write a story.
Voice two:

Hemingway was happy in Key west. In the morning he wrote, in the afternoon he

fished, and at night he went to a public house and drank. One old fisherman

said: "Hemingway was a man who talked slowly and very carefully. He asked a

lot of questions. And he always wanted to get his information exactly right."

Hemingway and his wife Pauline had a child in Key west. Soon afterward⁵ he

heard that his father had killed himself. Hemingway was shocked. He said, "my

father taught me so much. He was the only one i really cared about."

When Hemingway returned to work there was a sadness about his writing that

was not there before.

His new book told about an American soldier who served with the italian army

during world war one. He meets an English nurse, and they fall in love. They

flee from the army, but she dies during childbirth. Some of the events are

taken from Hemingway's service in Italy. The book is called a Farewell to

arms.

1 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

2 discussion   

n.讨论，谈论；论述

参考例句：

• It is certain he will come to the discussion.他肯定会来参加讨论。
• After months of discussion,a peace agreement is gradually taking shape.经过几个月的商讨，和平协议渐渐有了眉目。

3 tension   

n.(紧张)状态；拉(绷)紧；张力，拉力

参考例句：

• I could feel the tension in the room. 我可以感觉到房间里的紧张气氛。
• Relaxaion is better than tension. 缓和比紧张好。

4 criticism   

n.批评，批判，指责；评论，评论文章

参考例句：

• Some youth today do not allow any criticism at all.现在有些年轻人根本指责不得。
• It is wrong to turn a deaf ear to other's criticism.对别人的批评充耳不闻是错误的。

5 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

6 overhead   

adj.在头顶上的，悬空的；n.间接开支

参考例句：

• A number of birds are circling overhead.很多鸟在头顶上空盘旋。
• Many stars overhead are invisible to the naked eye.天上的许多星星是肉眼看不到的。

7 arch   

n.拱门，桥洞；v.拱起，成为弓形

参考例句：

• Dip your head under the low arch.在低矮的门拱下要低头。
• The trees arch overhead.树木在头顶上弯成拱形。

8 bull   

n.公牛，买进证券投机图利者，看涨的人

参考例句：

• It's only a hair off a bull's back to them.这对他们来说，不过九牛一毛。
• Many dogs closed around the bull.很多狗渐渐地把那只牛围了起来。

9 betrays   

对…不忠( betray的第三人称单数 )； 背叛； 出卖； 泄露

参考例句：

• Her accent betrays her a Londoner. 她的口音说明她是伦敦人。
• The smoke betrays where the dwelling lies. 炊烟起处有人家。

10 rebel   

n.叛徒，起义者；vi.造反，反抗，反感；adj.造反的，反抗的，反叛者的

参考例句：

• The rebel army is attempting to subvert the government.反叛军队企图颠覆政府统治。
• The rebel army has readjusted its strategy.叛军已经重新调整了策略。

11 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

12 column   

n.列，柱形图；专栏；圆柱；纵队

参考例句：

• I often read his column in the local paper.我经常在当地的报纸上看到他的专栏文章。
• A column of soldiers marched down the highway.一个士兵纵队沿着公路行进。

13 tolls   

（缓慢而有规律的）钟声( toll的名词复数 )； 通行费； 损耗； （战争、灾难等造成的）毁坏

参考例句：

• A man collected tolls at the gateway. 一个人在大门口收通行费。
• The long-distance call tolls amount to quite a sum. 长途电话费数目相当可观。

14 fascists   

n.法西斯主义的支持者( fascist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists. 老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

16 divorced   

adj.离婚的；分开的；不相干的；脱离的v.与…离婚(divorce的过去式和过去分词)；分离；与某人离婚，判某人离婚

参考例句：

• Apparently they are getting divorced soon. 看样子，他们很快就要离婚。
• Many divorced men remarry and have second families. 许多离婚的男子再婚组成了新的家庭。

17 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

18 invasion   

n.入侵，侵略，侵犯

参考例句：

• They are ready against the possible invasion.他们防备可能的入侵。
• It is our duty to shield our country from invasion.保卫祖国不受侵犯是我们的责任。