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1、GREATEXPECTATIONSbyCharlesDickensChapter1Myfather'sfamilynamebeingPirrip,andmyChristiannamePhilip,myinfanttonguecouldmakeofbothnamesnothinglongerormoreexplicitthanPip.So,IcalledmyselfPip,andcametobecalledPip.IgivePirripasmyfather'sfamilyname,ontheauthorityofhistombstoneandm
2、ysister-Mrs.JoeGargery,whomarriedtheblacksmith.AsIneversawmyfatherormymother,andneversawanylikenessofeitherofthem(fortheirdayswerelongbeforethedaysofphotographs),myfirstfanciesregardingwhattheywerelike,wereunreasonablyderivedfromtheirtombstones.Theshapeofthelettersonmyfathe
3、r's,gavemeanoddideathathewasasquare,stout,darkman,withcurlyblackhair.Fromthecharacterandturnoftheinscription,"AlsoGeorgianaWifeoftheAbove,"Idrewachildishconclusionthatmymotherwasfreckledandsickly.Tofivelittlestonelozenges,eachaboutafootandahalflong,whichwerearrangedinaneatr
4、owbesidetheirgrave,andweresacredtothememoryoffivelittlebrothersofmine-whogaveuptryingtogetaliving,exceedinglyearlyinthatuniversalstruggle-IamindebtedforabeliefIreligiouslyentertainedthattheyhadallbeenbornontheirbackswiththeirhandsintheirtrousers-pockets,andhadnevertakenthem
5、outinthisstateofexistence.Ourswasthemarshcountry,downbytheriver,within,astheriverwound,twentymilesofthesea.Myfirstmostvividandbroadimpressionoftheidentityofthings,seemstometohavebeengainedonamemorablerawafternoontowardsevening.AtsuchatimeIfoundoutforcertain,thatthisbleakpla
6、ceovergrownwithnettleswasthechurchyard;andthatPhilipPirrip,lateofthisparish,andalsoGeorgianawifeoftheabove,weredeadandburied;andthatAlexander,Bartholomew,Abraham,Tobias,andRoger,infantchildrenoftheaforesaid,werealsodeadandburied;andthatthedarkflatwildernessbeyondthechurchya
7、rd,intersectedwithdykesandmoundsandgates,withscatteredcattlefeedingonit,wasthemarshes;andthatthelowleadenlinebeyond,wastheriver;andthatthedistantsavagelairfromwhichthewindwasrushing,wasthesea;andthatthesmallbundleofshiversgrowingafraidofitallandbeginningtocry,wasPip."Holdyo
8、urnoise!"criedaterriblevoice,asamanstartedupfromamongthegravesatthesideofthechurch