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1、WaldenMainTextHi,thisisAJagain.Welcometothenextlesson.Thisweek’slessoniscalled“Walden.”Andwe’regoingtotalkaboutabookwiththesamename,Walden,byawriternamedHenryDavidThoreau.NowThoreauisprobablymyfavoriteAmericanwriter,Iguessmaybemyfavoritewriteringeneral.Hewr
2、otebackduringtheAmericanCivilWar,priortotheAmericanCivilWar,andhisbookWaldenishismostfamousbook.Nowit’squitedifficult.There’salotofbigvocabularyinthisbook.Andalsothewritingstyleiskindofold,very,very,veryformalEnglishandalittlebitofanoldstyleofEnglish.SoI’mg
3、oingtoreadoneparagraphfromthebookandthenI’lltalkaboutitmore.Andthatparagraphmaybequitedifficultforyou,butdon’tworry.I’llexplainitafter.Now,Walden,thebook,isaboutanexperiment,anexperiencethatHenryDavidThoreauhad.Hedecidedtogoandliveinthewoods.Goawayfromtheto
4、wnwherehewasintothewoods,intotheforest,andthenbuildaverysmalllittlesimplehouseandliveinitbyhimself.Andjustthinkandrelaxandliveaverysimplelife.Andthenhewroteabookaboutthisexperience.Now,ofcourse,thisissomethingthatpeoplehavedoneforcenturiesandcenturies,holyp
5、eople,religiouspeople,spiritualpeople,philosophers.Inmanydifferentperiodsofhistory,inmanydifferentlocationsintheworld,they’vegoneoffbythemselvestosomesmallremoteplaceawayfromotherpeopletothink,tolivesimply.Andofcoursewehavealotofgreatintellectualbreakthroug
6、hsfromthesepeople.Soit’salongtraditiontodothisandHenryDavidThoreauwasfollowingthesametradition.Andit’snotausualthingforAmericans,Iwouldsay.HewasmaybeoneofthefirstAmericanstodothisandwriteaboutit.I’msuremanydiditbuthewroteabouthisexperience.Andthisbookisaboo
7、kabouthisexperience,hisexperiment,butmoresoit’sabookabouthisphilosophy,aphilosophyoflifethathedevelopedwhilelivinginthewoodsalone.Andthemainpartofthisphilosophyistolivesimply.Thatinfactwedon’tneedsomuchintermsofthings,buyingthings,gettinglotsofthings.Soeven
8、atthattimeintheUnitedStatespeoplewerealwaystryingtogetmore,more,more…bigger,bigger,biggerhouse…more,more,moremoney…more,more,morenicefurniture.Justalwaysbuyingthingsandofcoursetodaywehavemore,more,more
