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1、大学英语四六级考试精读荟萃100篇(8)Passage Eight (Wakefield Masters Realism)Moreover, insofar as any interpretation of its author can be made from the five or six plays attributed to him, the Wake field Master is uniformly considered to be a man of sharp contemporary observation. He was, formally, perhaps clerical
2、ly educated, as his Latin and music, his Biblical and patristic lore indicate. He is, still, celebrated mainly for his quick sympathy for the oppressed and forgotten man, his sharp eye for character, a ready ear for colloquial vernacular turns of speech and a humor alternately rude and boisterous, c
3、oarse and happy. Hence despite his conscious artistry as manifest in his feeling for intricate metrical and stanza forms, he is looked upon as a kind of medieval Steinbeck, indignantly angry at, uncompromisingly and even brutally realistic in presenting the plight of the agricultural poor.Thus takin
4、g the play and the author together, it is mow fairly conventional to regard the former as a kind of ultimate point in the secularization of the medieval drama. Hence much emphasis on it as depicting realistically humble manners and pastoral life in the bleak hills of the West Riding of Yorkshire on
5、a typically cold bight of December 24th. After what are often regarded as almost “documentaries” given in the three successive monologues of the three shepherds, critics go on to affirm that the realism is then intensified into a burlesque mock-treatment of the Nativity. Finally as a sort of epilogu
6、e or after-thought in deference to the Biblical origins of the materials, the play slides back into an atavistic mood of early innocent reverence. Actually, as we shall see, the final scene is not only the culminating scene but perhaps the raison detre of introductory “realism.”There is much on the
7、surface of the present play to support the conventional view of its mood of secular realism. All the same, the “realism” of the Wakefield Master is of a paradoxical turn. His wide knowledge of people, as well as books indicates no cloistered contemplative but one in close relation to his times. Stil
8、l, that life was after all a predominantly religious one, a time which never neglected the belief that man was a rebellious and sinful creature in need of redemption, So deeply (one can hardly say “naively” of so sophisticated a writer) and implicitly religious is the Master that he is less able (or
9、 less willing) to present actual history realistically than is the author of the Brome “Abraham and Isaac”. His historical sense is even less realistic than that of Chaucer who just a few years before had done for his own time costume romances, such as The Knights Tale, Troilus and Cressida, etc. Mo
10、reover Chaucer had the excuse of highly romantic materials for taking liberties with history.1. Which of the following statements about the Wakefield Master is NOT True?A. He was Chaucers contemporary.采集者退散B. He is remembered as the author of five or six realistic plays.C. He write like John Steinbe
11、ck.D. HE was an accomplished artist.2. By “patristic”, the author meansA. realistic. B. patrioticC. superstitious. C. pertaining to the Christian Fathers.3. The statement about the “secularization of the medieval drama” refers to theA. introduction of mundane matters in religious plays.B. presentati
12、on of erudite material.C. use of contemporary introduction of religious themes in the early days.4. In subsequent paragraphs, we may expect the writer of this passage toA. justify his comparison with Steinbeck.B. present a point of view which attack the thought of the second paragraph.C. point out t
13、he anachronisms in the play.D. discuss the works of Chaucer.Vocabulary1. clerically educated 受过教会教育的2. lore 口头传说，口头文字3. patristic 有关早期基督教领袖的4. vernacular 方言5. boisterous 喧闹的6. metrical 韵律的7. stanza 诗节8. medieval 中世纪的9. plight 悲惨的命运10. secularization 世俗化，脱离教会11. pastoral 乡村的12. bleak 荒凉的13. documenta
14、ry 记录文献的14. monologue 独白15. burlesque 诙谐或游戏诗文的，讽刺或滑稽的16. Nativity 基督的诞生17. epilogue 收场白18. deference 敬意，尊重19. atavistic 返祖的，隔代遗传的20. slide back to 滑回，这里指返回21. raison detre 存在的理由22. all the same 即便如此23. paradoxical turn 自相矛盾的说法24. cloistered 隐居的25. contemplative 好冥想的人(如僧侣)26. the contemplative life 宗
15、教上冥想的生涯27. redemption 赎罪28. mundane 世俗的，现世的29. erudite 博学的，饱学之士30. anachronism 时代错误，与时代不合的事物难句译注1. Moreover, insofar as any interpretation of its author can be made from the five or six plays attributed to him, the Wake field Master is uniformly considered to be a man of sharp contemporary observati
16、on.结构简析 insofar 义：只能，在范围，常和as 连用。Attributed 过去分词，这里指属于韦克菲尔德大师写的剧本。参考译文 再则，就以五六本，被认为是韦克菲尔德马斯脱所写的剧本为依据来分析说明这位，他是一位公认为对时代具有敏锐洞察力的戏剧作家。写作方法和文章大意这是一篇文学评论，评韦克菲尔德马斯脱的戏剧。他是乔叟的同时代人，采用对比手法，对比了他和别的批评家对韦评价之差异来论证韦克菲尔德本人的观点，立场和作品的文体，语言，内容等各个方面。然后把他跟同时代人乔叟作比较，指出他的不足。答案祥解1. C. 他象斯坦贝克一样写。第一段说他是一位公认的对当时代具有敏锐洞察力的作家。现在仍然享有盛名。主要在于“他对被压迫和被遗忘的人民的同情，有着对人物性格了解
