Hawk_Roosting_Ted_Hughes.pptVIP

Hawk Roosting　栖息之鹰 Hawk Roosting　栖息之鹰 1) inaction n. 无行动，迟钝 2) falsify v. 伪造 3) buoyancy n. 浮力 4) sophistry n. 诡辩 5) allotment n. 分配；拨给 6) sun 这里指上帝 Ted Hughes 1930-1998 Ted Hughes is consistently described as one of the 20th century’s greatest English poets. Born August 17th, 1930 in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire(约克郡英格兰东北的一郡), his family moved to Mexborough when he was 7 to run a newspaper and tobacco(烟草) shop. He attended Mexborough grammar school, and wrote his first poems from the age of 15, some of which made their way into the school magazine. Before beginning English studies at Cambridge University (having won a scholarship in 1948), he spent much of his National service time reading and rereading all of Shakespeare. According to report, he could recite it all by heart. At Cambridge, he spent most time reading folklore(民间传说) and Yeats poems, and switched from English to Archaeology(考古学) and Anthropology(人类学) in his third year. Introduction of author His first published poem appeared in 1954, the year he graduated from Cambridge. From 1955 to 1956, he worked as a rose gardener, night-watchman, zoo attendant, schoolteacher, and reader for J. Arthur Rank, and planned to teach in Spain then emigrate(移居)to Australia. February 26 saw the launch of the literary magazine, the St Botolphs Review, for which Hughes was one of six co-producers. It was also the day he met Sylvia Plath; they were married in four months. Introduction of author Hughes first book of poems, Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 to immediate acclaim(称赞；欢呼，喝彩), winning the Harper publication contest. Over the next 41 years, he would write upwards of 90 books, and win numerous prizes and fellowships. In 1984, he was appointed England’s poet laureate(桂冠诗人).  Hughes is what some have called a nature poet. A keen(敏锐的) countryman and hunter from a young age, he viewed writing poems as a continuation of his earlier passion. ‘This is hunting and the poem is a new species of creature, a new s