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1、Americanshortstorymasterpieces—passage1PassageOneKateChopin(1851-1904)Chopinwrote"TheStoryofanHour"inthespringof1894,butitwasrejectedbymanymagazineeditors,atleastonceforbeing"unethical."Finally,VoguepublisheditinDecember,payingChopintendollarsandalsothecomplimentofpresentinghe
2、rtothepublicasadaringwriter.Chopin'sworkhelpedenergizefeministsinherowndayandcontinuestodosotoday.Thethemeofthisstoryisautobiographical,thoughthedetailsarenot.Chopin,themotherofsix,waswidowedattheageofthirty-two.Amonthafterfinishingthisstory,shewroteinherdiarythatifherhusbandh
3、adlived,she"wouldhavetoforgetthepasttenyearsofmygrowth—myrealgrowth."Nevertheless,shedoesnotdismissmarriageasmerelyaprisonforwomen.Asentencelatersheadmitsthatshewouldhavegivenuphertenyearsofgrowthin"thespiritofperfectacquiescence(默许)."TheStoryofanHour1.KnowingthatMrs.Mallardwa
4、safflictedwithahearttrouble,greatcarewastakentobreaktoherasgentlyaspossiblethenewsofherhusband'sdeath.2.ItwashersisterJosephinewhotoldher,inbrokensentences;veiledhintsthatrevealedinhalfconcealing.Herhusband'sfriendRichardswasthere,too,nearher.Itwashewhohadbeeninthenewspaperoff
5、icewhenintelligenceoftherailroaddisasterwasreceivedwithBrentlyMallard’snameleadingthelistof"killed."Hehadonlytakenthetimetoassurehimselfofitstruthbyasecondtelegraph,andhadhastenedtoforestall(抢先行动)anylesscareful,lesstenderfriendinbreathingthesadmessage.3.Shedidnothearthestoryas
6、manywomenhaveheardthesame,withaparalyzedinabilitytoacceptitssignificance.Sheweptatonce,withsudden,wildabandonment,inhersistersarms.Whenthestormofgriefhadspentitselfshewentawaytoherroomalone.Shewouldhavenoonefollowher.4.Therestood,facingtheopenwindow,acomfortable,roomy(宽敞的)armc
7、hair.Intothisshesank,presseddownbyaphysicalexhaustionthathauntedherbodyandseemedtoreachintohersoul.5.Shecouldseeintheopensquarebeforeherhousethetopsoftreesthatwereallaquiver(quiveringslightly)withthenewspringlife.Thedeliciousbreathofrainwasintheair.Inthestreetbelowapeddlerwasc
8、ryinghiswares.Thenotesofadistantsongwhichsomeonewassingingrea
