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1、Morning.WeareGroup2.Todaywearegoingtoappreciateunit6--AShooter,andfirstwe'llshowyousomeinformation.Threeaspects.abouttheauthor--WilliamCobbettbackgroundthemeabouttheauthorWilliamCobbettwasbornin1763,thesonofafarmerandinnkeeper(客栈老板).Hewasinthearmybetween178
2、4and1791,butblowingthewhistleonmilitarycorruptionforcedhimtofleetoAmerica.Therehebeganhiscareerasajournalist,publishing12volumesofattacks(抨击)onAmericandemocracyandbecomingknownasPeterPorcupine.HereturnedtoEnglandin1800andbeganpublishingaweeklynewsletter,the
3、PoliticalRegister(《政治纪事报》)in1802.HesawhimselfasachampionoftraditionalruralsocietyagainstthetransformationduetotheIndustrialRevolution.Philosophicallydeeplyconservative,hewasactiveingrassrootsradicalismandsupportedlabourers'riots(暴动)in1830,leadingtohimbeingt
4、riedforsedition(煽动叛乱)butaquitted.HewaselectedtoParliamentin1832butdiedin1835.Theauthorwasatypicalleftwing(激进派)ofpettybourgeoisie(小资产阶级).HewasinfavorofreformandatthesametimefundofmedievalEnglishsociety.Hewasaquitecontrarymaninthecomplexsocialcondition.Willia
5、m'swritingsareeasytounderstandandwithoutcomplexskills.Wecantellartful(巧妙的)sarcasmfromhiswords.backgroundWilliamCobbettdislikedMethodists(卫理公会派教徒)andmiddlemen;hethoughtthattheeatingofpotatoeswasunhealthy,and,thatthepeopleofLondonwereparasitic(寄生的),livingatth
6、eexpenseoftheimpoverished(穷困的)countrypeople.StrangeweresomeofCobbett'sthoughts;buthisprinciplepurposeinlife,the"diggingandrootingupofallcorruptions,"especiallyinpublicaffairs,laidthegroundworkforthepoliticalreformthatunfoldedinEnglandduringthe19thcentury.In
7、theearly1800's,whentheIndustrialRevolutionwasprocessing,theworldwitnessedgreatchangesineveryaspect.WilliamreturnedtoBritainandrecalledtheescapingexperienceinAmerica,especiallythathewasframed(诬陷).Atthattime,WilliamparticipatedinpoliticswaselectedtoParliament
8、.thethemeBydescribinghismemorywhentravelinginAmerica,theauthorrevealedhowbeggary(卑劣的)peoplecanbeinfollowingtheirvanity(虚荣心).That'sallforourpart.Thankyouforyourattention.Let'swelcomethenextgroup.
