RobertService
Tobuyforschoolacopy-book
IaskedmyDadfortwo-pence;
Hegaveitwithagentlelook,
Althoughhehadbutfewpence.
ItwasthenIprovedmyselfacrook
Andcameamoralcropper,
Iboughtapennycopy-book
Andbluedtheothercopper.
Ispentitonasausageroll
Gulpeddownwithguiltsuggestion,
Tothedamnationofmysoul
Andawfulindigestion.
PoorDad! Hisjobwashardtohold;
Hismouthstofeedweremany;
Werehealiveamillionfold
I’dpayhimforhispenny.
NownighthegraveIthinkwithgrief,
Thoughothersinsaremany,
Iamaliarandathief
’CauseonceIstoleapenny:
Yetbehepiousasafriar
Itismyfirmbelieving,
Thateverymanhasbeenaliar
Andmostofusdonethieving.
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ProperNames
Congo 刚果
Poland 波兰
Ukraine 乌克兰
Notes
:ItisanovelbyNobelPrize-winningauthorWilliamGoldingaboutagroupofBritishboysstuckonadesertedislandwhotrytogovernthemselves, -controversialsubjectsofhumannatureandindividualwelfareversusthecommongoodearneditposition68ontheAmericanLibraryAssociation’slistofthe100mostfrequentlychallengedbooksof1990-1999.
:Itismodernthought, character, , thetermdescribesthemodernistmovement, itssetofculturaltendenciesandarrayofassociatedculturalmovements, originallyarisingfromwide-scaleandfar-reachingchangestoWesternsocietyinthelate19thandearly20thcenturies.
:Itisanartistic, literary, , , music, andliterature, buthadamajorimpactonhistoriography, educationandnaturalhistory.
:SirWilliamGeraldGolding(19September1911-19June1993) wasaBritishnovelist, poet, playwrightandNobelPrizeforLiteraturelaureate, bestknownforhisnovelLordoftheFlies.HewasalsoawardedtheBookerPrizeforliteraturein1980forhisnovelRitesofPassage , thefirstbookofthetrilogyTotheEndsoftheEarth.
ForFun
WorkstoRead
: FindingModernTruthinAncientWisdom(2006):, Haidtposesseveral “GreatIdeas”onhappinessespousedbythinkersofthepast—Plato,Buddha,Jesusandothers.
-Four (1949): (formerlyknownasGreatBritain), aprovinceofthesuperstateOceaniainaworldofperpetualwar, omnipresentgovernmentsurveillance, andpublicmanipulation, dictatedbyapoliticalsystemeuphemisticallynamedEnglishSocialismunderthecontrolofaprivilegedInnerPartyelitethatpersecutesallindividualismandindependentthinkingas “thoughtcrimes”.
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(1979): ItisanAmericanepicwarfilmsetduringtheVietnamWar, , ofMACV-SOG, (MarlonBrando).
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