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1、听力课堂,开放式外语学习平台！TingClass.comEdithWharton,1862-1937:SheWroteAbouttheYoungandInnocentinaDishonestWorldPHOEBEZIMMERMANN:I'mPhoebeZimmermann.DOUGJOHNSON:AndI'mDougJohnsonwiththeVOASpecialEnglishprogramPEOPLEINAMERICA.Everyweekwetellaboutapersonwhowasimportantinthehistoryofth

2、eUnitedStates.Today,wetellaboutwriterEdithWharton.(MUSIC)PHOEBEZIMMERMANN:AcriticoncedescribedAmericanwriterEdithWhartonasa"self-mademan."Shelikedthecommentandrepeatedit.OtherssaidshewasaproductofNewYorkCity.ButtheNewYorkshewroteaboutwasdifferentfromtheNewYorkofthosewhoc

3、ameafterher.EdithWhartonwasborninNewYorkCityineighteensixty-two.NewYorkthenwasseveraldifferentcities.OneNewYorkwasmadeupofpeoplewhoworkedforaliving.Theotherwasmuchsmaller.Itwasmadeupoffamilieswhoweresorichtheydidnotneedtowork.EdithwasbornintothewealthyNewYork.Buttherewas

4、a"right"wealthyNewYorkanda"wrong"wealthyNewYork.Amongtherichtherewerethosewhohadbeengivenmoneybyparentsorgrandparents.Thentherewerethosewhoearnedtheirownmoney,thenewlyrich.Edith'sfamilywasfromthe"right"NewYorkers,peoplewhohad"old"money.Itwasagroupthatdidnotwantitswayofli

5、vingchanged.Italsowasagroupwithoutmanyideasofitsown.ItwasfromthisgroupthatEdithWhartoncreatedherself.声明：本资料由听力课堂网站收集整理，仅供英语爱好者学习使用，资料版权属于原作者。-7-听力课堂,开放式外语学习平台！TingClass.comedithwharton.orgEdithWhartonreceivedAmerica'stopwritingaward,thePulitzerPrize,for"TheAgeofInnocence

6、."DOUGJOHNSON:Likemanygirlsherage,Edithwrotestories.Inoneofherchildhoodstories,awomanapologizesfornothavingacompletelycleanhousewhenanotherwomanmakesanunexpectedvisit.Edith'smotherreadthestory.Heronlycommentwasthatone'shousewasalwayscleanandreadyforvisitors.Edith'shousea

7、lwayswas.EdithspentmuchofherchildhoodinEurope.Shewaseducatedbyspecialteachersandnotatschools.IfEdith'sfamilyfearedanything,itwassharpsocial,cultural,andeconomicchange.YetthesewerethethingsEdithwouldseeinherlifetime.TheendoftheCivilWarineighteensixty-fivemarkedthebeginnin

8、gofgreatchangesintheUnitedStates.Thecountrythathadbeenmostlyagriculturalwasbecoming?industrial.Business