(1709-1784): He, , wasanEnglishauthorwhomadelastingcontributionstoEnglishliteratureasapoet, essayist, moralist, literarycritic, biographer, editorandlexicographer.
(1775-1834): HewasanEnglishessayist, bestknownforhisEssaysofEliaandforthechildren’sbookTalesfromShakespeare, whichheproducedwithhissister, MaryLamb.
: HisfullnamewasWilliamMakespeaceThackeray (1811-1863), , particularlyVanityFair, apanoramicportraitofEnglishsociety.
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1) InJapan, Teaismisessentiallyaworshipinpraiseofthewonderfullife.________
2) ThePhilosophyofTeameansmorethantheordinaryaestheticism.________
3) TeacultureisoneofthemajorpartsoftheJapaneseculture.________
4) TeaisonlywelcomedbytheJapanesearistocrats.________
5) Theman “withnotea” isusuallyindifferenttotheserio-comicnatureoflife.________
6) TeaisrecommendedoverwinebyKakuzoOkakura.________
7) InKakuzoOkakura’stime, foreignersgavemoreattentiontoSamuraicodethentoteaculture.________
8) SomepeoplefromAsiancountriesshowedtoomucheagernesstoacceptwesternculture.________
9) WhenteawasfirstintroducedtotheWest, allwesternersstronglyopposedit.________
10) Therearealsosomerealtea-philosophersinthewesternworld.________
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1) WhatthoughtscouldyougeneratefromthereadingofTextB?
2) HowdoyouunderstandthephilosophyofTaoism?
3) Pleasecommenton “TheheavenofmodernhumanityisindeedshatteredintheCyclopeanstruggleforwealthandpower”.
