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1、“SpeakingofCourage”Takenfromthebook"TheThingsTheyCarried"By:TimO'BrienThewarwasoverandtherewasnoplaceinparticulartogo.NormanBowkerfollowedthepavedroadonitsseven-milelooparoundthelake,thenhestartedalloveragain,drivingslowly,feelingsafeinsidehisfather'sbigChevy.Now
2、andthenhewouldlookoutontothelaketowatchtheboatsandwaterskiersandthescenery.ItwasSundayanditwassummer,andthewholetownseemedprettymuchthesame.Thelakelayflatandsilveryagainsttthesun.Alongtheroad,houseswerelow-slungandsplit-levelandmodern,withbigporchesandpicturewind
3、owsfacingthewater.Thelawnswerespacious.Onthelakesideoftheroad,whererealestatewasmostvaluable,thehouseswerehandsomeandsetindeep,wellkeptandbrightlypainted,withdocksjuttingoutintothelake,andboatsmooredandcoveredwithcanvas,andstonepatioswithbarbecuepits,andwoodenshi
4、nglessayingwholivedwhere.Ontheothersideoftheroad,tohisleft,thehouseswerealsohandsome,thoughlessexpensiveandonasmallerscale,withnodocksorboatsorgardeners.Theroadwassortofaboundarybetweentheaffluentandthealmostaffluent.Toliveonthelakesidewasoneofthefewnaturalprivil
5、egesinatownonprairie--thedifferencebetweenwatchingthesunsetovercornfieldsoroverwater.Itwasagraceful,good-sizedlake.Backinhighschool,atnight,hehaddrivenaroundthelakewithSallyKramer,wonderingifshe'dwanttopullintotheshelterofSunsetPark.Othertimes,withfriends,hewould
6、talkabouturgentmatters,worryingabouttheexistenceofGodandthetheoriesofcausation.Then,therehadnotbeenawar.Buttherehadalwaysbeenthelake,whichwasthetown'sfirstcauseofexistence.BeforethesettlersweretheSioux,andbeforetheSiouxwerethevastopenprairies,andbeforetheprairies
7、therewasonlyice.ThelakebedhadbeendugoutbythesouthernmostadvanceoftheWisconsinglacier.Fedbyneitherspringsnorstreams,thelakewasoftenfilthyandalgaed,relyingonfickleprairierainsforreplenishment.Still,itwastheonlyimportantbodyofwaterfor40miles,asourceofpride,nicetoloo
8、katonbrightsummerdays.Laterthateveningitwouldcolorupwithfireworks.Now,inthelateafternoon,itlaycalmandsmooth,agoodaudienceforsilence,aseven-milecircumferencetha
