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1、ADillPickle文字资料来源：龚丽勇图片资料来源：寇茜策划人：王燕燕制作人：李洪堃AbouttheauthorKatherineMansfield(1888-1923)-PseudonymofKathleenMurry,originalnameKathleenMansfieldBeauchampNewZealand'smostfamouswriter,whowascloselyassociatedwithD.H.LawrenceandsomethingofarivalofVirginiaWo
2、olf.Mansfield'screativeyearswereburdenedwithloneliness,illness,jealousy,alienation-allthisreflectedinherworkwiththebitterdepictionofmaritalandfamilyrelationshipsofhermiddle-classcharacters.Hershortstoriesarealsonotablefortheiruseofstreamofconsciousnes
3、s.LiketheRussianwriterAntonChekhov,Mansfielddepictedtrivialeventsandsubtlechangesinhumanbehavior.BackgroundinformationAbout“VolgaRiver”TheVolgaRiveristhelongestriverinEurope,about2,300miles(3,700km).Itoriginatesatanelevationofonly740feet(225m)intheVal
4、dayHillsnorthwestofMoscow,connectswiththeRybinskReservoir.TheriverheadseastpastYaroslavl,NizhnyNovgorodandKazan.FromthereitturnssouthpastSamaraandVolgograd.Sincetheinitialelevationissolow,theriverflowsslowly,andfinallyenterstheCaspianSea,belowsealevel
5、inawidedeltanearAstrakhan.CanalsconnecttheriverwiththeBalticSeaviatheRybinskReservoir.TheMoscowCanalconnectsitwiththeMoscowRiverandtheOkaRiver.AtVolgograd,itlinks,throughcanals,withtheDonRiverandBlackSea.TheVolgacarriesabouthalfofallriverfreightinRuss
6、ia.Numerousdams(bypassedbylocks)providehydroelectricityandwaterforirrigation.Theriver,knowninRussianfolkloreasMotherVolga,hasplayedanincalculablepartinthelifeoftheRussianpeople.WordStudygrimacen.anuglytwistedexpressiononthefacetocauselaughterortoshowp
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