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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’snoonehomebutaservantinthekitchenbelow.Theirmotherisdeadandtheirfather,apriest(牧师),isoutseeingthepeoplewhogotohischurch.Butevenwhenheisathome,heisdistantandserious.Theyplay,likeallchildrenplay,butwithapassion(热情)andimaginationthatisrareandremarkable.Thechildren’snameswereCharlotte,EmilyandAnne;theirbrotherwascalledBranwell.Theylived200yearsagoinalittleplacecalledHaworthinWestYorkshireinthenorthofEngland.Threeofthembecamefamousasadults,andevenmoreaftertheir(sadlyearly)deaths.TheBrontesisters,astheyareknown,madeamarkontheliteratureoftheircountry.Theirtwomostfamousnovels,Charlotte’sJaneEyreandEmily’sWutheringHeights,havebeencopiedbyathousandotherwritersandreadbymillionsinalmosteverylanguagethatpeoplespeak.April21markedthe200thanniversaryofCharlotte’sbirth.In2011,anamazingdiscoverywasmadethattakesusbacktothelargecreaky(破旧的)housethatstood200yearsago.Itisaverysmallnotebookcalled“TheYoungMen’sMagazine”.Theauctioneer(拍卖商)whosolditsaidthatitwashalfthesizeofacreditcard(信用卡).Onits19pagestherearethousandsofwords–4,000ofthemtobeexact.The“magazine”hasmade-upadvertisements(广告),newsitems,poemsandstoriesinit.Itshowstheimaginationofthosechildrenwho,cutofffromtheworld,wereforcedtoinventtheirown.Whentheygettogether,allyoungchildrenplayatinventingtheirownworlds.Formost,theseworldsarerathernormal:doctorsandnurses,soldiersandthelike.This200-year-olddocument(文件)showsthatthiswasnotthecasewiththeBrontes.TheimaginationsoftheBronteswerefarlargerthanthoseoftheaveragechild.“TheYoungMen’sMagazine”,asthenotebookiscalled,hasstories,newsandpoems,evenmade-upadvertisements,whichshowthegreatcreativitythesistershadasadults.IfwethinkabouthowEmily,CharlotteandAnnlived,wecanimaginetheforcesthatpushedthemtobecreative.TheylivedawayfromothersinalonelypartofYorkshireinthenorthofEngland.Withnomotherandafatherwhowasn’twiththem,whocouldtheyturntobuteachother?Whatelsedidtheyhaveotherthantheirimaginations?Thechildhoodtheyspentlearningandplayingtogetherledtotheirfamousnovelsandpoems.ThatiswhereTheTenantofWildfellHall,JaneEyreandWutheringHeightswereborn.1探访英国文学之勃朗特姐妹：Questionstoreflecton:HowdidtheBrontessistersandbrotherspendtheirchildren?Inwhatwhydidtheyoungagesrelatetotheworksofthesisters?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Whatcanwefindfromtheso-called“TheYoungMen’sMagazine”?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Novelshowspassion《呼啸山庄》：情感浓烈的杰作。词数406建议阅读时间6分钟HeathcliffandCatherine’sloveispassionatebutdoomed.TheoneandonlynovelbyEmilyBronteisoneofthestrangestandmostdisturbinginthehistoryofEnglishliterature.Indeed,WutheringHeights(1847)wastoomuchforthebook’sfirstreaders.Onereviewerdidn’tholdbackonhisfeelings:“Weknownothinginourfictitiousliterature…whichpresentssuchshockingpicturesoftheworstformsofhumanity(人性).”Todaywemaynotagreewiththesethoughtson...