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1、探访英国文学之勃朗特姐妹：Readingsisters'imagination“TheYoungMen’sMagazine”MCT品读勃朗特姐妹的想象世界。词数499建议阅读时间8分钟Imaginefourlittlechildren:threesistersandabrother.Theyarealoneinalargeoldhouse,milesfromanywhere.Theweatheroutsideisstormy,or“wuthering”(呼啸的)aslocalpeoplecallit.There’
2、snoonehomebutaservantinthekitchenbelow.Theirmotherisdeadandtheirfather,apriest(牧师),isoutseeingthepeoplewhogotohischurch.Butevenwhenheisathome,heisdistantandserious.Theyplay,likeallchildrenplay,butwithapassion(热情)andimaginationthatisrareandremarkable.Thechildr
3、en’snameswereCharlotte,EmilyandAnne;theirbrotherwascalledBranwell.Theylived200yearsagoinalittleplacecalledHaworthinWestYorkshireinthenorthofEngland.Threeofthembecamefamousasadults,andevenmoreaftertheir(sadlyearly)deaths.TheBrontesisters,astheyareknown,madeama
4、rkontheliteratureoftheircountry.Theirtwomostfamousnovels,Charlotte’sJaneEyreandEmily’sWutheringHeights,havebeencopiedbyathousandotherwritersandreadbymillionsinalmosteverylanguagethatpeoplespeak.April21markedthe200thanniversaryofCharlotte’sbirth.In2011,anamazi
5、ngdiscoverywasmadethattakesusbacktothelargecreaky(破旧的)housethatstood200yearsago.Itisaverysmallnotebookcalled“TheYoungMen’sMagazine”.Theauctioneer(拍卖商)whosolditsaidthatitwashalfthesizeofacreditcard(信用卡).Onits19pagestherearethousandsofwords–4,000ofthemtobeexact
6、.The“magazine”hasmade-upadvertisements(广告),newsitems,poemsandstoriesinit.Itshowstheimaginationofthosechildrenwho,cutofffromtheworld,wereforcedtoinventtheirown.Whentheygettogether,allyoungchildrenplayatinventingtheirownworlds.Formost,theseworldsarerathernormal
7、:doctorsandnurses,soldiersandthelike.This200-year-olddocument(文件)showsthatthiswasnotthecasewiththeBrontes.TheimaginationsoftheBronteswerefarlargerthanthoseoftheaveragechild.“TheYoungMen’sMagazine”,asthenotebookiscalled,hasstories,newsandpoems,even6探访英国文学之勃朗特姐
8、妹：made-upadvertisements,whichshowthegreatcreativitythesistershadasadults.IfwethinkabouthowEmily,CharlotteandAnnlived,wecanimaginetheforcesthatpushedthemtobecreative.Theylivedawayfromother
