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1、AGeneralReviewOfSelectedReadingsfromEnglishLiterature[Note:ThesehandoutsareapplicableexclusivelytostudentsofGroups1,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14and16ofClass2013,fortheirpreparationfortheupcomingEnd-of-TermExaminSelectedReadingsfromEnglishLiterature.Theyaretoserveonlyasadditionalaidstowhateverthe
2、reisintheTextbook,whichremainstheprimarysourceofinformationtowardsasuccessfulTermFinalinthecourse.]UnitOne:GeoffreyChaucer(1340/1343?一1400)1.ModernText,inProse,ofTheGeneralProloguetotheTales:Peoplewanttogoonreligiouspilgrimagestospiritualplacesinthespringtime,whentheAprilrainshavesoakeddeepi
3、ntothedrygroundtowatertheflowers*roots;andwhenZephyrus,thegodofthewestwind,hashelpednewflowerstogroweverywhere;andwhenyoucanseetheconstellationAriesinthesky;andwhenthebirdssingallthetime.Somepeoplegotoothercountries,butmanypeopleinEnglandchoosetogotothecityofCanterburyinsoutheasternEnglandto
4、visittheremainsofThomasBecket,theChristianmartyrwhohadthepowerofhealingpeople・Onespring,whenIwasmakingmyownhumblepilgrimagetoCanterbury,IstayedattheTabardInninthecityofSouthwark.WhileIwasthere,agroupoftwenty-ninepeoplewhowerealsomakingthesamepilgrimagearrivedatthehotel.Noneofthemhadreallykno
5、wneachotherbefore,buttheyhadmetalongtheway.Itwasaprettydiversegroupofpeoplefromdifferentwalksoflife.Thehotelwasspaciousandhadplentyofroomforallofus.Istartedtalkingwiththesepeopleandprettysoonfitrightintotheirgroup・WemadeplanstogetupearlyandcontinueonthejourneytoCanterburytogether.ButbeforeIb
6、eginmystory,Ishouldprobablytellyouallaboutthetwenty・ninepeopleinthisgroup—whotheywere,whattheydidforaliving,andwhattheywereallwearing.I'llstartbytellingyouabouttheknight.TherewasanhonorableKNIGHT,whohaddevotedhislifetochivalry,truth,andjustice.HehadfoughtforhiskinginmanywarsthroughoutEuropea
7、ndtheMiddleEastandhadwonmanyawardsforhisbravery.Thisknighthadbeenthereanddoneitall.HehadhelpedconquerthecityofAlexandriainEgyptin1365andhaddinedwithroyaltyinPrussiaonmanyoccasions.He'dfoughtinLithuaniaandRussiamoretimesthananyotherChristianknight.H
