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1、TheGeese-E.B.White16UnitFourTheGeeseAbouttheauthorE.B.White(1899-1985)wasborninMountVernon,NewYork,onJuly11,1899.Afterserviceasanarmyprivatein1918,hegraduatedfromCornellUniversityin1926.HeworkedasareporterontheSeattleTimesandasanadvertisingcopywriter
2、beforejoiningTheNewYorkermagazinein1926,ayearafteritsfounding.For12yearshewrotetheeditorialessaysinthemagazine’s“NotesandComments”andcontributedverseadotherpieces.In1937hemovetoafarminNorthBrooklyn,Ma.,andfromthisretreatcontinuedwriting,includingacol
3、umn“OneMan’sMeat”inHarper’s(1938-1943)andfreelancepiecesforTheNewYorker.Whitehasafacilemind,apenetratingwit,anindividualwayoflookingatthings,andyetallwithoutostentationoraffectation.Thetechniqueobservableinhisproseincludetheconcreteimage,thestrikinga
4、ndyetappropriatecomparison,theprecisewordwithjusttherightconnotation,theuseoffamiliarwordsinanunfamiliarfashion,parallelism,thevariedlengthofthesentencesandthephrasingwithinthesentences.White’scrisp,graceful,andhighlyindividualstyle,aswellashisindepe
5、ndenceofthoughtmadehimoneofAmerica’sleadingessayists.IdiomaticExpressionspitchout---getridof(theobjectcanbesomethingorsomebody)Iknewtheyweregoodeggsanddidnotliketopitchthemout.(para.3)You’dbetterpitchouttheoldfurnitureandrefurnishyourrooms.Theclubpit
6、chedouttwomembersforfailingtopaythemoneytheyowed.We’llpitchyouifyougoonhinderingourwork.scoopup---raisesth.inadeeproundedimplement(theobjectbeliquid,dust,fillings,shavings,ect.)Wescoopedupthreegoslingsandtossedthemintoabox.(para.6)Hecuppedhishandsand
7、scoopedupalittlewaterfromthestream.Hetookaspoonandscoopedupafewgrainsofthegolddust.Thechildrenscoopedupthesnowwiththeirhandsandbuiltasnowman.Hescoopedupsomesoilforanalysis.abundleof---fullof,amassof(followedbyacountableoranuncountablenoun)I’vehadenou
8、ghexperiencewithdomesticatedanimalsandbirdstoknowthattheyareabundleofeccentricitiesandcrotchets.(para.7)Thefirmisabundleofproblems.Hisheadwasabundleofthoughts.I’mjustabundleofnervesthismorning.Thechildisabundleofmischief.TheGeese-E.B.White16Sheisabun
