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1、Gulliver'sTravelsByJonathanSwiftGulliver'sTravelsJonathanSwiftJonathanSwift,amastersatirist,wasborninDublin,Ireland.HewasfamousforTaleofaTub,Gulliver'sTravels,TheBattleoftheBooks,andsoon.Gulliver'sTravelsGulliver'sTravelsLiteraryPositionandinfluenceSwiftisoneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishpros
2、e.Swiftisamastersatirist.Swiftwasamanofgreatmoralintegrityandsocialcharm.Swift’sgreatestsatirework,Gulliver'sTravels,iswrittenin1726.IntroductionGulliver’sTravelsservesasabitingsatire,andSwiftensuresthatitisbothhumorousandcritical,constantlyattackingBritishandEuropeansocietythroughitsdescrip
3、tionsofimaginarycountries.Gulliver'sTravelsWrittenintheformofatraveljournal,Gulliver'sTravelsisthefictionalaccountoffourextraordinaryvoyagesmadebyLemuelGulliver,aphysicianwhosignsontoserveasaship'ssurgeonwhenheisunabletoprovidehisfamilywithasufficientincomeinLondon.PlotandMajorCharactersTheb
4、ookbeginswithaveryshortpreambleinwhichGulliver,inthestyleofbooksofthetime,givesabriefoutlineofhislifeandhistorypriortohisvoyages.Heenjoystravelling,althoughitisthatloveoftravelthatishisdownfall.Gulliver'sTravelsGullivermakesourdeep-seavoyages,whicharedescribedinthefourpartsofthebook.Lilliput
5、LaputaBrobdingnagHouyhnhnmsFirstvoyage---LilliputOntheveryfirstvoyage,Gulliverisshipwrecked.Lilliputians(利立浦特人),thetallestofwhomissixincheshigh.Thepictureshowsthatarrivingattheisland,GulliverwascatchedbytheLilliputians,andthensenttotheemperor.Littlebylittlehegetsusedtotheirlifeandgetslicens
6、etoseeMildendo(密尔敦多),themetropolis.AboutthecityThecityisanexactsquare,eachsideofthewallbeingfivehundredfeetlong.Thetwogreatstreetsrunacrossanddivideitintofourquarters.也就是说密尔敦多这个城市是一个正方形,它的大小大概就是两个足球场。同时它被两条主要街道分为田字形。Abouttheemperor’spalaceThepalaceisinthecenterofthecityandisenclosedbyawallof
7、twofeethigh.Gulliverdiscovereditthemostsplendidapartmentsthatcanbeimagined.Principlesecretarytelltwomightyevils(内战和侵略)thatMildendohastomeet.Thefirstevilsisaviolentfaction(内战)athomebetweenTRAMECKSAN(特莱姆克三)andSLAMECKSAN(斯莱姆克三)Thesecondevilisthedanger