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1、settingSettingin“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”Time:inabout1790Place:intheDutchsettlementofTarryTown,NewYork,inasecludedglencalledSleepyHollowsetintheDutchcultureofPre-RevolutionaryWarinNewYorkStateHistoricalContextInitsearliestdays,NewYorkwassettledbytheDutch,orpeoplefromtheKingdomoft
2、heNetherlands.Theyweresaidtobejolly,prosperous,well-fed,andfoolish.AlthoughtheterritoryeventuallycameunderBritishandthenAmericancontrol,theDutchpeoplewerestillnumerousandinfluentialthroughoutNewYorkinIrving’sday.Asmallbrook（小溪）glidesthrough（流过）it,withjustmurmurenoughtolullonetore
3、pose;andtheoccasionalwhistleofaquail,ortappingofawoodpecker（啄木鸟）,isalmosttheonlysoundthateverbreaksinupontheuniformtranquillity（宁静）.quietNaturalSwallowsandmartinsskimmedtwitteringabouttheeaves;androwsofpigeons,somewithoneeyeturnedup,asifwatchingtheweather,somewiththeirheadsundert
4、heirwings,orburiedintheirbosoms,andothersswelling,andcooing,andbowingabouttheirdames,wereenjoyingthesunshineontheroof.peacefulWhenheenteredthehousetheconquestofhisheartwascomplete.Itwasoneofthosespaciousfarmhouses…adoorleftajargavehimapeepintothebestparlor,wheretheclaw-footedchai
5、rs,anddarkmahoganytables,shonelikemirrors;andirons,withtheiraccompanyingshovelandtongs,glistened(闪闪发亮)fromtheircovertofasparagustops…andacornercupboard,knowinglyleftopen,displayedimmensetreasuresofoldsilverandwell-mendedchina.greedyManufacturedTorevealthecharacterItwasafineautumn
6、alday,theskywasclearandserene,andnatureworethatrichandgoldenliverywhichwealwaysassociatewiththeideaofabundance…Thesmallbirdsweretakingtheirfarewellbanquets.Inthefulnessoftheirrevelry（狂欢）,theyfluttered,chirpingandfrolicking,frombushtobush,andtreetotree,capriciousfromtheveryprofusi
7、onandvarietyaroundthem…happySettingasabackgroundforactionFromthelistlessreposeoftheplace,andthepeculiarcharacterofitsinhabitants,whoare,thissequesteredglenhaslongbeenknownbythenameofSLEEPYHOLLOW…Adrowsy,dreamyinfluenceseemstohangovertheland,andtopervadetheveryatmosphere.Tocreatea
8、ppropriateatmosphereThehourwasdismalashi
