Famous Left―Handed Authors著名的左撇子作家.docVIP

Famous Left―Handed Authors著名的左撇子作家 　　Popular thought has it that left-handers are somehow more artistic and creative than right-handers， and that they are better at tasks involving geometry1） or spatial2） analysis. This is because they are supposedly right-brain dominant， and the right brain is the hemisphere that controls certain types of creative thinking. Unfortunately， people dont really use their brains that way， and a left-hander is just as likely to be a manual3） laborer or great writer as the rest of the population. The following authors， who are all left-handers， have made an indelible4） mark on the literary landscape. 　　人们普遍认为：不知道什么原因，左撇子比惯用右手的人更富有艺术才华和创造力，而且更善于做与几何学或者空间分析相关的事情。这是因为，人们一般认为左撇子的右脑更发达，而右脑是控制特定类型创造性思维的脑半球。令人遗憾的是，人们并不真那样利用自己的大脑――左撇子既有可能成为一名体力劳动者，也有可能成为一名大作家，和惯用右手的人差不多。以下几位作家都是左撇子，他们业已在人类文学卷轴上留下了不可磨灭的印记。 　　Hans Christian Anderson 　　（1805～1875） 　　He was a Danish author of plays， essays， and poems， but best known for more than 100 fairy tales that he published from 1835 onwards. Anderson was born to a very poor family， and entertained himself as a child by making up stories and songs and crafting his own toys. Many of his tales contain thinly veiled autobiographical details. His wonderful stories， which include The Little Mermaid， The Emperors New Clothes， The Ugly Duckling， and The Little Match Girl were immensely5） popular in his own lifetime and are likely to always be so. 　　Lewis Carroll （1832～1898） 　　Born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Cheshire， England， he was the eldest son of a clergyman. Although he excelled at mathematics as a child， he found an outlet6） for his imagination in telling stories to his ten siblings. Charles was always fond of children， whom he found he could talk to without his customary7） stammer8）， and he was famously inspired to write Alices Adventures in Wonderland through his close friendship with young Alice Liddell. In 1871 he created a popular sequel， Through the Looking Glass， while continuing to lecture in mat