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1、Unit7TheMonsterDeemsTaylor1Hewasanundersizedlittleman,withaheadtoobigforhisbody―asicklylittleman.Hisnerveswerebad.Hehadskintrouble.Itwasagonyforhimtowearanythingnexttohisskincoarserthansilk.Andhehaddelusionsofgrandeur.2Hewasamonsterofconceit.Neverforoneminutedidhelookattheworldoratpeople,excep
2、tinrelationtohimself.Hebelievedhimselftobeoneofthegreatestdramatistsintheworld,oneofthegreatestthinkers,andoneofthegreatestcomposers.Tohearhimtalk,hewasShakespeare,andBeethoven,andPlato,rolledintoone.Hewasoneofthemostexhaustingconversationaliststhateverlived.Sometimeshewasbrilliant;sometimeshe
3、wasmaddeninglytiresome.Butwhetherhewasbeingbrilliantordull,hehadonesoletopicofconversation:himself.Whathethoughtandwhathedid.3Hehadamaniaforbeingintheright.Theslightesthintofdisagreement,fromanyone,onthemosttrivialpoint,wasenoughtosethimoffonaharanguethatmightlastforhours,inwhichheprovedhimsel
4、frightinsomanyways,andwithsuchexhaustingvolubility,thatintheendhishearer,stunnedanddeafened,wouldagreewithhim,forthesakeofpeace.4Itneveroccurredtohimthatheandhisdoingwerenotofthemostintenseandfascinatinginteresttoanyonewithwhomhecameincontact.Hehadtheoriesaboutalmostanysubjectunderthesun,inclu
5、dingvegetarianism,thedrama,politics,andmusic;andinsupportofthesetheorieshewrotepamphlets,letters,books...thousandsuponthousandsofwords,hundredsandhundredsofpages.Henotonlywrotethesethings,andpublishedthem―usuallyatsomebodyelse’sexpense―buthewouldsitandreadthemaloud,forhours,tohisfriends,andhis
6、family.5Hehadtheemotionalstabilityofasix-year-oldchild.Whenhefeltoutofsorts,hewouldraveandstamp,orsinkintosuicidalgloomandtalkdarklyofgoingtotheEasttoendhisdaysasaBuddhistmonk.Tenminuteslater,whensomethingpleasedhimhewouldrushoutofdoorsandrunaroundthegarden,orjumpupanddownoffthesofa,orstandonh
7、ishead.Hecouldbegrief-strickenoverthedeathofapetdog,andcouldbecallousandheartlesstoadegreethatwouldhavemadeaRomanemperorshudder.6Hewasalmostinnocentofanysenseofresponsibility.Hewasconvincedthattheworldowedhimaliving.Insupportofthisbelie
