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1、RobertBurns(1759-1796)Zhengboren__________________________________________________INTRODUCTIONRobertBurns,Scottish poetandwriteroftraditionalScottishfolksongs,whoseworksareknownandlovedwherevertheEnglishlanguageisread.__________________________________________________LegacyThe19th-c
2、enturyscholarandeducationalistJ.S.BlackiesummedupBurns'simportancetoScotlandandtheScotswiththewords:'WhenScotlandforgetsBurns,thenhistorywillforgetScotland.'Today,Burnsisuniqueintheaffectionandfascinationthathismemoryinspires.ThefruitsofhislegacycanbeseennotonlyinScotlandbutaroundthe
3、world-onproductpackaging,inadvertisingandonawealthofmerchandise,aswellasthroughcontinuedscholarshipandacademicstudy.AuldLangSyne__________________________________________________RobertBurnsisthebestknownofthepoetswhohavewritteninScots.HispoemAuldLangSyneisoftensungatHogmanay.Hismemor
4、yiscelebratedbyBurnsclubsacrosstheworld;hisbirthdayisanunofficial"NationalDay"forScotsandthosewithScottishancestry,celebratedwithBurnssuppers.RobertBurnswasbornintoafarmingfamilyatAllowayinAyrshirein1759.HediedinDumfriesattheearlyageof37.YetinthatshorttimehehadtakentheScottishliterar
5、yworldbystorm,andhadsecuredaplaceforhimselfinhistoryandinlegend.__________________________________________________AllowayBirthplaceofRobertBurns__________________________________________________EARLYLIFE—“Averypoorman’sson”Burns was born onJanuary25,1759.Hewastheeldestofsevenchildren
6、borntoWilliamBurness,astrugglingtenantfarmer,andhiswife,AgnesBrown.Althoughpovertylimitedhisformaleducation,BurnsreadwidelyinEnglishliteratureandtheBibleandlearnedtoreadFrench.Hewasencouragedinhisself-educationbyhisfather,andhismotheracquaintedhimwithScottishfolksongs,legends,andprov
7、erbs.__________________________________________________AgnesBrown,Burns'motherBypermissionoftheNationalGalleriesofScotland__________________________________________________Arduousfarmworkandundernourishmentinhisyouthpermanentlyinjuredhishealth,leadingtotherheumaticheartdiseasefromwhi
8、chheeventual