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1、THEWRECKOFTHEGOLDENMARYTHEWRECKOFTHEGOLDENMARYCharlesDickens1THEWRECKOFTHEGOLDENMARYTHEWRECKIwasapprenticedtotheSeawhenIwastwelveyearsold,andIhaveencounteredagreatdealofroughweather,bothliteralandmetaphorical.IthasalwaysbeenmyopinionsinceIfirstpossessedsuchathingasanopinion,thattheman
2、whoknowsonlyonesubjectisnexttiresometothemanwhoknowsnosubject.Therefore,inthecourseofmylifeIhavetaughtmyselfwhateverIcould,andalthoughIamnotaneducatedman,Iamable,Iamthankfultosay,tohaveanintelligentinterestinmostthings.Apersonmightsuppose,fromreadingtheabove,thatIaminthehabitofholding
3、forthaboutnumberone.Thatisnotthecase.JustasifIwastocomeintoaroomamongstrangers,andmusteitherbeintroducedorintroducemyself,soIhavetakenthelibertyofpassingthesefewremarks,simplyandplainlythatitmaybeknownwhoandwhatIam.IwilladdnomoreofthesortthanthatmynameisWilliamGeorgeRavender,thatIwasb
4、ornatPenrithhalfayearaftermyownfatherwasdrowned,andthatIamontheseconddayofthispresentblessedChristmasweekofonethousandeighthundredandfifty-six,fifty-sixyearsofage.WhentherumourfirstwentflyingupanddownthattherewasgoldinCalifornia--which,asmostpeopleknow,wasbeforeitwasdiscoveredintheBri
5、tishcolonyofAustralia--IwasintheWestIndies,tradingamongtheIslands.Beingincommandandlikewisepart-ownerofasmartschooner,Ihadmyworkcutoutforme,andIwasdoingit.Consequently,goldinCaliforniawasnobusinessofmine.But,bythetimewhenIcamehometoEnglandagain,thethingwasasclearasyourhandheldupbefore
6、youatnoon-day.TherewasCaliforniangoldinthemuseumsandinthegoldsmiths'shops,andtheveryfirsttimeIwentupon'Change,Imetafriendofmine(aseafaringmanlikemyself),withaCaliforniannuggethangingtohiswatch-chain.Ihandledit.Itwasaslikeapeeledwalnutwithbitsunevenlybrokenoffhereandthere,andthenelectr
7、otypedallover,aseverIsawanythinginmylife.Iamasingleman(shewastoogoodforthisworldandforme,andshediedsixweeksbeforeourmarriage-day),sowhenIamashore,IliveinmyhouseatPoplar.MyhouseatPoplaristakencareofandkeptship-2THEWRECKOFTHEGOLDENMARYshapebyanoldladywhowasmymother'smaidbeforeIwasborn.S
8、heisa
