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1、AboutMelville:HermanMelville(August1,1819–September28,1891)wasanAmer-icannovelist,shortstorywriter,essayist,andpoet.Hisearliestnovelswerebestsellers,buthispopularitydeclinedlaterinhislife.Bythetimeofhisdeathhehadvirtuallybeenforgotten,buthislongestnovel,Moby-Dick—largelyconsideredafailureduringhisli
2、fetime,andresponsibleforMelville'sdropinpopularity—wasrediscoveredinthe20thcenturyasaliterarymasterpiece.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1LoomingsCallmeIshmael.Someyearsago—nevermindhowlongpre-cisely—havinglittleornomoneyinmypurse,andnothingparticulartointerestmeonshore,IthoughtIwouldsailaboutalittleandseet
3、hewa-terypartoftheworld.ItisawayIhaveofdrivingoffthespleenandreg-ulatingthecirculation.WheneverIfindmyselfgrowinggrimaboutthemouth;wheneveritisadamp,drizzlyNovemberinmysoul;wheneverIfindmyselfinvoluntarilypausingbeforecoffinwarehouses,andbring-inguptherearofeveryfuneralImeet;andespeciallywhenevermyh
4、y-posgetsuchanupperhandofme,thatitrequiresastrongmoralprin-cipletopreventmefromdeliberatelysteppingintothestreet,andmeth-odicallyknockingpeople’shatsoff—then,IaccountithightimetogettoseaassoonasIcan.Thisismysubstituteforpistolandball.WithaphilosophicalflourishCatothrowshimselfuponhissword;Iquietlyta
5、ketotheship.Thereisnothingsurprisinginthis.Iftheybutknewit,almostallmenintheirdegree,sometimeorother,cherishverynearlythesamefeelingstowardstheoceanwithme.TherenowisyourinsularcityoftheManhattoes,beltedroundbywharvesasIndianislesbycoralreefs—commercesurroundsitwithhersurf.Rightandleft,thestreetstake
6、youwaterward.Itsextremedown-townisthebattery,wherethatnoblemoleiswashedbywaves,andcooledbybreezes,whichafewhourspreviouswereoutofsightofland.Lookatthecrowdsofwater-gazersthere.CircumambulatethecityofadreamySabbathafternoon.GofromCor-learsHooktoCoentiesSlip,andfromthence,byWhitehall,northward.Whatdoy
7、ousee?—Postedlikesilentsentinelsallaroundthetown,standthousandsuponthousandsofmortalmenfixedinoceanreveries.Someleaningagainstthespiles;someseateduponthepier-heads;somelookingoverthebulwarksglasses!of
