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1、Introduction'Myfathermadehimanofferhecouldn'trefuse.Lucaheldaguntohisheadandmyfathertoldhimthatifhedidn'tagreetoletJohnnygo,Lucawouldblowhisbrainsout.'SoMichael,youngestsonofDonVitoCorleone,introduceshisgirlfriendKaytohisfather'sbusinesspractice.Hisfatherisagangster,averyimportan
2、tgangster.HeistheGodfatherofoneofthemostpowerfulandrichestfamiliesinNewYork.Hisbusinessisfearandmurder.Michael,aninnocentcollegeboy,doesn'twantanythingtodowithhisfather.He'sdifferentfromtheothersinhisfamily.Allhewantsisaquiet,peaceful,honestlifewithKay.Butthisisn'taseasyashethink
3、s.Thingshappen,andMichaelbeginstochange.Heslowlyrealizesthat,atheart,he'saCorleonetoo.And,ifhemust,hecanbeasdeadlyastherest...MarioPuzowasborninNewYorkin1920.HehaswrittenmanybooksbutTheGodfather,whichhewrotein1969,ishismostfamous.In1972,itwasmadeintoafilmbyFrancisFordCoppola.Marl
4、onBrandowonanOscarforhisperformanceasDonVitoCorleone.CoppolaandPuzowonanOscarforthebestwritingofafilm.Coppola,bornin1939,wasoneofHollywood'smostimportantfilm-makersinthe1970s.AswellasTheGodfatherandTheGodfather2(1974),hemadeApocalypseNow(1979),alsostarringMarlonBrando.Hisfilmsdur
5、ingthe1980swerenotsopopularbut,morerecently,hehasmadetwosuccessfulfilms:TheGodfather3(1990)andBramStoker'sDracula(1992).MarioPuzohaswrittenseveralfilmsaswellasbooks.Hisbest-knownfilmsareSuperman(1978)andSuperman2(1980).1Chapter1WeddingonLongIslandOnthelastSaturdayinAugust,1945,Mi
6、ssConstanziaCorleone,daughterofDonVitoCorleone,marriedCarloRizzi.HerfatherhadinvitedhundredsofpeopletotheweddingathishugehouseonLongIsland,justoutsideNewYork.Astheguestsarrived,DonCorleonewelcomedthemall,richandpoor,withanequalshowoflove.ManyoftheguestshadreasontobegratefultoDonC
7、orleonefortheirgoodluckinlife,andtheycalledhim'Godfather'*tohisface.Standingnexttohimashewelcomedtheguestsweretwoofhisthreesons,Santino-orSonny,ashewascalled—wastheeldest.Hewasatall,strong,good-lookingmanwiththickbrownhair.Helookeduncomfortableinhiswhiteshirtandblacksuit.Thesecon
8、dson,Fredo,wascompletelydifferent.Hewasw
