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1、OldPossum'sBookofPracticalCatsByThomasStearnsEliot(1886-1965)NobelPrizeWinnerforLiterature-1948TheNamingofCatsTheNamingofCatsisadifficultmatter,Itisn'tjustoneofyourholidaygames;YoumaythinkatfirstI'masmadasahatterWhenItellyou,acatmusthaveTHREEDIFFERENTNAMES.Firstofall
2、,there'sthenamethatthefamilyusedaily,SuchasPeter,Augustus,AlonzoorJames,SuchasVictororJonathan,GeorgeorBillBailey--Allofthemsensibleeverydaynames.Therearefanciernamesifyouthinktheysoundsweeter,Someforthegentlemen,someforthedames:SuchasPlato,Admetus,Electra,Demeter--B
3、utallofthemsensibleeverydaynames.ButItellyou,acatneedsanamethat'sparticular,Anamethat'speculiar,andmoredignified,Elsehowcanhekeepuphistailperpendicular,Orspreadouthiswhiskers,orcherishhispride?Ofnamesofthiskind,Icangiveyouaquorum,SuchasMunkustrap,Quaxo,orCoricopat,Su
4、chasBombalurina,orelseJellylorum-Namesthatneverbelongtomorethanonecat.Butaboveandbeyondthere'sstillonenameleftover,Andthatisthenamethatyouneverwillguess;Thenamethatnohumanresearchcandiscover--ButTHECATHIMSELFKNOWS,andwillneverconfess.Whenyounoticeacatinprofoundmedita
5、tion,Thereason,Itellyou,isalwaysthesame:HismindisengagedinaraptcontemplationOfthethought,ofthethought,ofthethoughtofhisname:HisineffableeffableEffanineffableDeepandinscrutablesingularName.TheOldGumbieCatIhaveaGumbieCatinmind,hernameisJennyanydots;Hercoatisofthetabbyk
6、ind,withtigerstripesandleopardspots.Alldayshesitsuponthestairoronthestepsoronthemat;Shesitsandsitsandsitsandsits--andthat'swhatmakesaGumbieCat!Butwhentheday'shustleandbustleisdone,ThentheGumbieCat'sworkisbuthardlybegun.Andwhenallthefamily'sinbedandasleep,Shetucksuphe
7、rskirtstothebasementtocreep.Sheisdeeplyconcernedwiththewaysofthemice--Theirbehaviour'snotgoodandtheirmannersnotnice;Sowhenshehasgotthemlineduponthematting,Sheteachsthemmusic,crochetingandtatting.IhaveaGumbieCatinmind,hernameisJennyanydots;Herequalwouldbehardtofind,sh
8、elikesthewarmandsunnyspots.Alldayshesitsbesidethehearthoronthebedoronmyhat:Shesitsandsitsandsitsandsits--andthat'swhatmakesaGumbieC
