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1、2015年职称英语综合A级原文出处(完形填空) 第四十九篇TheBeginningofAmericanLiterature Americanhasalwaysbeenalandofbeginnings.AfterEuropeans“discovered”Americainthefifteenthcentury,themysteriousNewWorldbecameformanypeopleagenuinehopeofanewlife,anescapefrompovertyandpersecution,achancetostartagain.Wecansaythat,as
2、nation,Americabeginswiththathope.When,however,doesAmericanliteraturebegin? AmericanliteraturebeginswithAmericanexperiences.Longbeforethefirstcolonistsarrived,beforeChristopherColumbus,beforetheNorthmenwho“found”Americaabouttheyear1,000,NativeAmericanslivedhere.Eachtribe’sliteraturewastigh
3、tlywovenintothefabricofdailylifeandreflectedtheunmistakablyAmericanexperienceofliningwiththeland.Anotherkindofexperience,onefilledwithfearandexcitement,founditsexpressioninthereportsthatColumbusandotherexplorerssenthomeinSpain,FrenchandEnglish.Inaddition,thejournalsofthepeoplewholivedanddi
4、edintheNewEnglandwildernesstellunforgettabletalesofhardandsometimesheartbreakingexperiencesofthoseearlyyears. Experience,then,isthekeytoearlyAmericanliterature.TheNewWorldprovidedagreatvarietyofexperiences,andtheseexperiencesdemandedawidevarietyofexpressionsbyanevenwidervarietyofearlyAmer
5、icanwriters.Thesewriters,includedJohnSmith,whospentonlytwo-and-a-halfyearsontheAmericancontinent.TheyincludedJonathanEdwardsandWilliamByrd,whothoughtofthemselvesasBritishsubjects,neversuspectingarevolutionthatwouldcreateaUnitedStatesofAmericawithaliteratureofitsown.AmericanIndians,explorer
6、s,Puritanministers,frontierwives,plantationowner—theyareallthecreatorsofthefirstAmericanliterature.更多职称英语考试免费资料请访问“新东方在线职称英语频道”
