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1、【新东方】2012年职称英语考试补全短文专项辅导训练精选LittleLadyStartsBigWarHarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook"UncleTom'sCabin."(46)Thepublisherwassodoubtfulthathewantedhertosplitthepublishingcostswithhim,andallshehopedwasthatitwouldmakeenoughmoneyforhe
2、rtobuyanewsilkdress.Butwhenthefirst5,000copieswereprintedin1852.Theysoldoutintwodays.Inayearthebookhadsold300,000copiesintheUnitedStatesand150,000inEngland.(47)Withinsixmonthsofitsrelease,aplaywasmadefromthebookwhichran350performancesinNewYorkandremain
3、edAmerica'smostpopularplayfor80years.Itmightappearthat"UncleTom'sCabinswasuniversallypopular,butthiswascertainlynottrue.Manypeopleduringthosepre-CivilWardays--particularlydefendersoftheslaverysystem--condemneditasfalsepropagandaandpoorlywrittenmelodram
4、a(传奇剧作品).Harrietdidhavestrongreligiousviewsagainstslavery(Whenaskedhowshecametowritethebook,shereplied:"Godwroteit."),andshetriedtoconvincepeopleslaverywaswrong,soperhapsthebookcouldbeconsideredpropaganda.(48)ThoughshewasborninConnecticutin1832,asayoun
5、gwomanshemovedtoCincinnati,Ohio,whenherfatheracceptedthepresidencyofnewlyfoundedLaneTheologicalSeminary(神学院).Ohiowasafreestate,butjustacrosstheOhioRiverinKentucky,Harrietsawslaveryinaction.(49)In1851,HarrietBeecherStowebeganherbook.Itsvastinfluencestre
6、ngthenedtheanti-slaverymovementandangereddefendersoftheslavesystem.(50)Infact,whenAbrahamLincolnmetHarrietattheWhiteHouseduringtheCivilWar,hesaid,"So,thisisthelittleladywhostartedthisbigwar."AShehadreadalotabouttheslaverysystem.BTodaysomehistoriansthin
7、kthatithelpedbringontheAmericanCivilWar.CButifso,itwastruepropaganda,becauseitaccuratelydescribedtheevilsofslavery.DForawhileitoutsoldeverybookintheworld,excepttheBible.EButneithershenorherfirstpublisherthoughtitwouldbeabigsuccess.FShelived18yearsinCin
8、cinnati,marryingCalvinStowe,professorofacollege.TheRoleofPressureGroupsinBritainGeneralElectionsinBritainareusuallyheldonlyonceeveryfiveyears.Governmentscanseemtoberemotefromthepeopletheyrepresent.Theprocessofprotestingaboutgovernmentac
