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1、大学英语精读：第六册 UNIT 211400字 There is something fascinating about reading other peoples mail if you are allowed to. Here is your chance to read the letters of American writer Sylvia Plath, which she wrote home to her mother from a hotel where she had a summer job as a waitress. At the time, she was a col

2、lege student and was still at the start of her writing career. Through the letter we learn of her changing thoughts and moods concerning, boys and writing. 毕业 THE BEGINNING OF A CARREER 毕业 Sylvia PlathThe Belmont Hotel, cape CodJune 11, 1952 简历大全 /html/jianli/ Dear Mother, 作文 /zuowen/Your amazing te

3、legram telegram announcing $500 Mademoiselle prize for Sunday at the Mintons, which I forwarded came just as I was scrubbing tables in the shady interior of The Belmont dining room. I was so excited that I screamed and actually threw my arms around the head waitress who no doubt thinks I am rather i

4、nsane! Anyhow, psychologically, the moment couldnt have been better. I felt tired ones first nights sleep in a new place never is peaceful and I didnt get much! To top it off, I was the only girl waitress here, and had been scrubbing furniture, washing dishes and silver, lifting tables, etc. since 8

5、 a.m. Also, I just learned since I am completely inexperienced, I am not going to be working in the main dining room, but in the side hall where the managers and top hotel brass eat. So, tips will no doubt net much less during the summer and the company be less interesting. So I was beginning to wor

6、ry about money when your telegram came. God! To think Sunday at the Mintons is one of two prize stories to be put in a big national slick! Frankly, I cant believe it!The first thing I though of was: Mother can keep her intersession money and buy some pretty clothes and a special trip or something! A

7、t least I get a winter coat and extra special suit out of the Mintons. I think the prize is $500!ME! Of all people! 毕业So its really looking up around here, now that I dont have to be scared stiff about money Oh, I say, even if my feet kill me after this first week, and I drop 20 trays, I will have t

8、he beach, boys to bring me beer, sun, and young gay companions. What a life.Love, your crazy old daughter. Sivvy 简历大全 /html/jianli/June 12. 1952 论文代写 No doubt after I catch up on sleep, and learn to balance trays high on my left hand, Ill feel much happier. As it is now, I feel stuck in the midst of

9、 a lot of loud, brassy Irish Catholics, and the only way I can jolly myself is to say, Oh, well, its only for a summer, and I can maybe write about them all. At least Ive got a new name for my next protagonist Marley, a gabby girl who knows her way around but good. The ration of boys to girls has go

10、tten less and less, so Ill be lucky if I get tagged by the youngest kid here. Lots of the girls are really wise, drinking flirts. As for me, being the conservative, quiet, gracious type, I dont stand much chance of dating some of the cutest ones If I can only get in as a pal with these girls, and ne

11、ver for a minute let them know Im the gentle intellectual type, itll be O.K. 论文代写As for the Mlle news, I dont think its really sunk in yet. I felt sure they made a mistake, or that youd made it up to cheer me. The big advantage will be that I wont have to worry about earning barely $300 this summer.

12、 I would really have been sick otherwise. I cant wait till August when I can go casually down to the drug store and pick up a slick copy of Mlle, flip to the index, and see ME, one of two college girls in the U.S.! 简历大全 /html/jianli/Really, when I think of how I started it over spring vacation, poli

13、shed it at school, and sat up till midnight in the Haven House kitchen typing it amidst noise and chatter, I cant get over how the story soared to were it did 总结大全 /html/zongjie/I get great pleasure out of sharing it her feeling about the story with you, who really understand how terribly much it me

14、ans as a tangible testimony that I have got a germ of writing ability. The only thing, I probably wont have a chance to win Mlle again, so Ill try for a guest editorship maybe next or my senior year, and set my sights for the Atlantic. God, Im glad I can talk about it with you probably youre the onl

15、y outlet that Ill have that wont get tired of my talking about writing 毕业 Speaking again of Henry and Liz, it was a step for me to a story where the protagonist isnt always ME, and proved that I am beginning to use imagination to transform the actual incident. I was scared that would never happen, b

16、ut I think its an indication that my perspective is broadening.Sometime I think heck, I dont know why I didnt stay home all summer, writing, doing physical science, and having a small part-time job. I could afford to now, but it doesnt do much good to yearn about that, I guess. Although it would hav

17、e been nice. Oh well, Ill cheer up. I love you. 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/Your own Sivvy 简历大全 /html/jianli/June 15, 1952 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/Dear Mother. Do write me letters, Mommy, because I am in a very dangerous of feeling sorry for myself Just at present, life is awful. Mademoiselle se

18、ems quite unreal, and I am exhausted, scared, incompetent, unenergetic and generally low is spirits Working in side hall puts me part, and I feel completely uprooted and clumsy. The more I see the main hall girls expertly getting special dishes, fixing shaved ice and fruit, etc., the more I get an i

19、nferiority complex and feel that each day in side hall leaves me further behind But as tempted as I am to be a coward and escape by crawling back home, I have resolved to give it a good months trial till July 10 Dont worry about me, but do send me little pellets of advice now and then. 开题报告 /html/lu

20、nwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/June 24, 1952 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ Last night I went on a gang birthday party at the Sand Bar where we sang and talked for a few hours. There were about forty of us kids from the hotel. I managed by some magic to get myself seated next to a fellow in his first

21、year at Harvard Law and he was just a dear The best part was when we came back. It was a beautiful clear starry night, and Clark went in to get me two of his sweaters to wear because it was cold, and brought out a book of T.S. Eliots poems. So we sat on a bench where I could just barely read the pri

22、nt, and he put his head in my lap and I read aloud to him for a wile. Most nice. The only thing is I am so inclined to get fond of someone who will do things with me like that always inclined to be too metaphysical and serious conversationally thats my main trouble So glad to hear the check from Mll

23、e is real. I hardly could believe it. Just now I am mentally so disorganized that I cant retain knowledge or think at all. The work is still new enough to be tiring, what with three changes a day into uniforms, and I am so preoccupied by mechanics of living and people that I cant yet organize and as

24、similate all the chaos of experience pouring in on me. In spite of everything, I still have my good old sense of humor and manage to laugh a good deal of the time Ill make the best of whatever comes my way. 毕业论文 Much love to you,SivvyNew Words 作文 /zuowen/mademoiselle 作文 /zuowen/n. French title equiv

25、alent to Miss, abbr. Mlle 总结大全 /html/zongjie/shady 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ a. full of or providing shad; dark 毕业论文 interior 毕业论文n. the inner part of sth; inside 总结大全 /html/zongjie/insanea. seriously ill in the mind; mad 毕业论文anyhow 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ ad. in any case; an

26、yway 论文代写brass 作文 /zuowen/n. （sl.） high officials, executives, 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/ vt. gain as profit 净赚 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/slickn. a popular magazine printed on heavy, glassy paper（用油光纸印制的）通俗杂志 作文 /zuowen/frankly 毕业论文ad. in an open, honest and straightforward way 思想汇报 /sixianghui

27、bao/frank 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/a. 毕业论文intersession 总结大全 /html/zongjie/ n. a period between two academic terms, sometime utilized for brief concentrated courses 简历大全 /html/jianli/beer 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ n. a bitter alcoholic drink made from grain 啤酒 简历大全 /html/jianli/ companionn. one

28、 who is often with another person; friend 同伴 brassy 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/a. loud and daring in a tasteless manner 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/jolly 作文 /zuowen/vt. make （sb.） feel good or agreeable, esp. to gain and end 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ protagonist 简历大全 /html/jianli/n. the

29、chief character in a play or novel 简历大全 /html/jianli/ gabbya. very talkative 总结大全 /html/zongjie/ratio 总结大全 /html/zongjie/n. the relationship in number, quantity or size between two different things 比率 简历大全 /html/jianli/ tag 总结大全 /html/zongjie/vt. follow closely 毕业flirt 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitib

30、aogao/n. a person who behaves with a member of the opposite sex in a way that attracts interest and attention 论文代写gracious 论文代写 a. very well-mannered and pleasant 作文 /zuowen/cute a. sharp-witted, clever, charmingly attractive 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/pal 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/n. （infml） fri

31、end 简历大全 /html/jianli/ flip 毕业vi. turn over quickly 总结大全 /html/zongjie/ index 作文 /zuowen/n. an alphabetical list of the names and subjects in a printed work 索引 毕业论文polish 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/vt. improve; perfect 润色 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/soar 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/vi. fly high into the air; rise beyond w

32、hat is common and ordinary 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/tangible 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/a. real; clear or definite enough to be easily seen, felt or noticed 简历大全 /html/jianli/testimony 毕业n. proof; evidence 毕业论文germ 论文代写n. the beginning of anything; origin 萌芽，起源 毕业论文editorship 毕业论文n. the position

33、 of an editor seniora. of the final year at high school or college 简历大全 /html/jianli/n. student in the senior class 作文 /zuowen/outletn. a way of releasing sth. 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/perspective 总结大全 /html/zongjie/n. view; outlook; way of thinking about things 观点，看法 毕业论文broadenv. make or become broader

34、 毕业heck 论文代写 int. （used mainly as a mild curse） hell 论文代写 yearn vi. have a strong desire; long 总结大全 /html/zongjie/ uproot 论文代写vt. tear up by the roots 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ inferiority 毕业论文 n. the state or condition of being not good or less good in quality or value 论文代写inferiority co

35、mplex 毕业论文an abnormal feeling not as good as other people, sometimes resulting in avoidance of others or overly aggressive behavior 自卑情结 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/inferiora. 总结大全 /html/zongjie/coward 毕业n. a person who is afraid to face danger, pain or hardship 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/pellet 简历大全 /html/jianli/

36、n. a little ball or similarly shaped object; piece 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/gang 毕业n. a group of friends who frequently meet 简历大全 /html/jianli/starry 论文代写a. filled with stars that are visible 总结大全 /html/zongjie/ sweatern. a warm knitted piece of clothing, which covers the upper part of ones body and arms

37、 毛线衫，厚运动衫 简历大全 /html/jianli/fond 毕业论文a. having a great liking or love for sb. or sth. 作文 /zuowen/metaphysical 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/ a. highly abstract; philosophical 高度抽象的，哲理的disorganized 毕业 a. in a confused state; badly planned or managed 作文 /zuowen/ preoccupyvt. fill the thoughts of sb. almost comp

38、letely, esp. so that not enough attention is given to other thingsmechanics n. the way in which sth. works or is done 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/mechanics of living 毕业simple routine matters of lifeassimilate 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/vt. take into the body and digest; understand completely and be

39、 able to use properly 作文 /zuowen/ chaos 论文代写 n. a state of complete and thorough disorder and confusion 总结大全 /html/zongjie/Phrases & Expressions 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/no doubt 总结大全 /html/zongjie/ without doubt; certainly 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/to top it off 作文 /zuowen/ （usu. introduci

40、ng sth. undesirable） in addition to everything else 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/be stuck in 简历大全 /html/jianli/be unable to escape from （a disadvantageous position） 毕业论文know ones way around/ about 简历大全 /html/jianli/understand how things happen in the world; be experienced in the way of the wo

41、rldas for 总结大全 /html/zongjie/in regard to; speaking of; concerning 作文 /zuowen/sink in 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/get a firm place in the mind; become fully understood 论文代写get over 总结大全 /html/zongjie/believe; learn to live with the shock of （sth. Very surprising or shocking） 简历大全 /html/jianl

42、i/ set ones sight for 总结大全 /html/zongjie/aim for, wish to get or win cheer upbecome hopeful, joyous or glad; stop being sad or discouraged 作文 /zuowen/at present 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/at this time; now 毕业what withas a result of （used to introduce the reasons for a particular situation,

43、esp. an undesirable one） 简历大全 /html/jianli/be preoccupied by/with 毕业have the mind fixed on sth., esp. sth. worrying so that no attention is paid to anything elsemake the best of 论文代写do as well as one can with 论文代写come ones way 论文代写happen to one 论文代写 Proper Names 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/Sylvia Plath 毕业 西

44、尔维亚.普拉斯 Belmont 作文 /zuowen/贝尔蒙特 总结大全 /html/zongjie/ Cape Cod 毕业科德角 简历大全 /html/jianli/Mademoiselle 毕业论文小姐杂志Minton 毕业明顿 总结大全 /html/zongjie/ Marley 论文代写 马莉 the Atlantic大西洋月刊 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/Henry 毕业论文亨利 毕业论文Liz 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/莉兹 简历大全 /html/jianli/ Harvard Law （School） 毕业哈佛大学法学院 总结大全 /html/zongjie/Clark 论文代写克拉克 作文 /zuowen/T.S. Eliot 作文 /zuowen/T.S. 艾略特 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/