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1、Lesson14ArgentiaBayByHermanWoukBackgroundabouttheauthorHermanWouk(1915-)isanAmericannovelist.Heisbetterknownforhisepicwarnovels.AftergraduationfromColumbiaUniversity,hebecamearadioscriptwriter.Thoughheachievedconsiderablesocialandfinancialsuccessintheradios
2、howbusinessworld,hefoundboththeworkandenvironmentunsatisfying.HeenlistedinthenavyaftertheJapaneseattackonPearlHarborandspentthreeyearsasanofficeronadestroyer-minesweeperinthepacific.BackgroundabouttheauthorMuchofAuroraDawn(1947极光),thefirstnoveloftheNewYorka
3、dvertisingworld,waswrittenwhileWoukwasinservice.Withthepublicationofhisfirstnovelin1947,HermanWoukbeganacareerinletterswhichhasbroughthimrenown,thePulitzerPrizeandalonginternationalaudienceforhisbooksandplays.HislatestbookisWarandRemembrance(1978)whichisthe
4、sequeltoTheWindsofWar(1971),aworkofequalsizeandscope,picturingtheglobalconflictfromPearlHarbortothefallofNaziGermanyandtheJapanesesurrender.BackgroundabouttheauthorHehaspublishednineadditionalworksoffiction,nonfictionanddrama,includingTheCityBay(1948),TheCa
5、ineMutiny(1951,PulitzerPrize),MarjorieMorningstar(1955),ThisisMyGod(1959),YoungbloodHawke(1962),andDon’tStoptheCarnival(1965).PulitzerPrize:JosephPulitzerwasanAmericannewspaperpublisherandthefounderofthePulitzerPrize.TodaytherearePulitzerPrizesfordistinguis
6、hedworksinAmericanfiction,drama,history,biographyandautobiography,nonfiction,poetryandmusic.JosephPulitzerfoundedthePulitzerPrizein1903becausehebelievedinencouragingexcellenceintheartsandjournalism.HegaveColumbiaUniversity$2,000,000.PartofitwasforthePrizesa
7、ndpartforthecreationoftheColumbiaSchoolofJournalism.JosephPulitzerdiedonOct.29,1911.Aboutthebook:TheWindsofWarisfiction,andallthecharactersandadventuresinvolvingtheHenryfamilyareimaginary.Butthehistoryofthewarinthisromanceisofferedasaccurate;thestatistics,a
8、sreliable;thewordsandactsofthegreatpersonages,aseitherhistoricalorderivedfromaccountsoftheirwordsanddeedsinsimilarsituations.(fromHermanWouk’sForewordtoTheWindsofWar).Anoteonthestory:Thestorydescribest
