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1、-【导读】《嘉莉妹妹》是美国作家西奥多·德莱塞创作的第一部小说,反映了十九世纪末期美国资本主义社会表面繁荣下,失业、贫困、饥饿的阴暗面,是美国文学史上最著名的作品之一。SisterCarrie(excerpt)WhenCarolineMeeberboardedtheafternoontrainforChicago,hertotaloutfitconsistedofasmalltrunk,acheapimitativealligator-skinsatchel,asmalllunchinapaperbox,andayellowleathersn
2、appurse,containingherticket,ascrapofpaperwithhersister'saddressinVanBurenStreet,andfourdollarsinmoney.ItwasinAugust,1889.Shewaseighteenyearsofage,bright,timid,andfulloftheillusionsofignoranceandyouth.Whatevertouchofregretatpartingcharacterizedherthoughts,itwascertainlynotfo
3、radvantagesnowbeinggivenup.Agushoftearsathermother'sfarewellkiss,atouchinherthroatwhenthecarsclackedbytheflourmillwhereherfatherworkedbytheday,apatheticsighasthefamiliargreenenvironsofthevillagepassedinreview,andthethreadswhichboundhersolightlytogirlhoodandhomewereirretriev
4、ablybroken.Tobesuretherewasalwaysthenextstation,whereonemightdescendandreturn.Therewasthegreatcity,boundmorecloselybytheseverytrainswhichcameupdaily.ColumbiaCitywasnotsoveryfaraway,evenonceshewasinChicago.What,pray,isafewhours—afewhundredmiles?Shelookedatthelittleslipbearin
5、ghersister'saddressandwondered.Shegazedatthegreenlandscape,nowpassinginswiftreview,untilherswifterthoughtsreplaceditsimpressionwithvagueconjecturesofwhatChicagomightbe.Whenagirlleavesherhomeateighteen,shedoesoneoftwothings.Eithershefallsintosavinghandsandbecomesbetter,or--s
6、herapidlyassumesthecosmopolitanstandardofvirtueandbecomesworse.Ofanintermediatebalance,underthecircumstances,thereisnopossibility.Thecityhasitscunningwiles,nolessthantheinfinitelysmallerandmorehumantempter.Therearelargeforceswhichallurewithallthesoulfulnessofexpressionpossi
7、bleinthemostculturedhuman.--1/3--嘉莉妹妹(节选)当嘉洛林·米贝登上下午开往芝加哥的火车时,她的全部行装包括一个小箱子,一个廉价的仿鳄鱼皮挎包,一小纸盒午餐和一个黄皮弹簧钱包,里面装着她的车票,一张写有她姐姐在凡·布仑街地址的小纸条,还有四美元现钱。那是1889年8月。她才18岁,聪明,胆怯,由于无知和年轻,充满着种种幻想。尽管她在离家时依依不舍,家乡可没有什么好处让她难以割舍。母亲和她吻别时,她不禁热泪盈眶;火车喀嚓喀嚓驶过她父亲上白班的面粉厂,她喉头又一阵哽咽;而当她熟悉的绿色村庄在车窗外向后退去时,她发出
8、了一声哀叹。不过,那些把她和故乡和少女时代联系在一起的缕缕细丝却是永久地割断了。当然了,前面总有站台,只要她想回家,随时可以下车往回走。芝加哥就在前面,眼下她乘坐的
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