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1、Text1GeniusandtheCraftsmanI.InformationRelatedtotheText1.RobertFrostRobertFrostwasbornonMarch26,1874inSanFranciscoanddiedonJanuary29,1963inBoston.FrostwasanAmericanpoetandpoet-in-residenceatanumberofcollegesanduniversities.Hewasbestknownforhisuseofcolloquiallanguage,familia
2、rrhythms,andsymbolstakenfromcommonlifetoexpressthequietvaluesofNewEnglandlife.HismajorworksincludethebooksofpoemsABoy'sWill(1913),NorthofBoston(1914),MountainInterval(1916)NewHampshire(1923),SteepleBush(1947),IntheClearing(1962),justmentionafew.HealsowroteversePlays,suchasA
3、MasqueofReason(1945),andAMasqueofMercy(1947),etc.2.sputnikaRussianword,man-madesatellitelaunchedbytheformerSovietUnion.II.LanguageNotes1.Soitiswiththereaderwhocomesuponanoutstandingstory:spellbound,hetakesittohisheart,noquestionasked. (当读者读到一部杰出的小说时，他也会这样如痴如狂，欲将小说字字句句刻骨铭心，绝
4、不会提出任何问题。)soitiswith:thesameistruewithe.g.SanFransiscoisabigcity,soitiswithShanghai. 2. …thereismoretoastory'slifethanthebodyofwordswhichcarriesitintotheworld.(除那将小说带到世上的文字主体之外还有更多的因素才能构成小说的生命。)thebodyofwords:thewordsthatastoryiscomposedof3.…itdoesnotbeginwithwriting,butwi
5、thconceptioninthedarkofthemind.(小说并不始于写作，而始于在隐密的内心深处的构思。)Thesecretconstructionofastoryintheinnermostpartofone'smind,ratherthanthewritingofit,istheverybeginningofthewholecreatingprocessofastory.Thepronounitreferstoastory'slife. inthedark:insecrecy.e.g.Thetransactionismadeint
6、hedark.4.geniusisnottheexclusivepropertyofthemastercraftsman(天赋并非艺术家独有的特性）property:acharacteristictraitorpeculiarity.e.g.Cheerfulnessisapropertyofherpersonality.5.Masteryisgeniusafoot.(高超的技艺是天赋的显现。）afoot:inoperation. e.g.Thereisaprojectafoottoimprovetheroads.6.Whilegeniusis
7、anaturalpartofourmentalequipment,likeperception,memory,andimagination,craftsmanshipisnot.（天赋正如理解力、记忆力和想象力一样是我们的精神禀赋中天然的一部分，而技艺却不是。）equipment:thequalitiesortraitsthatmakeupthementalandemotionalresourcesofanindividuale.g.Youhavethenecessaryequipmentforleadership.7.Ifthestorie
8、sthatrisewithinusaretoemergeandflourish,eachmustbeprovidedwithastrong,handsomebody
