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Unit 7 THE LUNCHEONWilliam Somerest Maugham Information related to the text Ⅰ. Information related to the text 1. William Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham(1874---1965), an English writer of short stories, novels and plays, was born in Paris, where his father was counsellor at the British Embassy. Both his parents died before he was 10, and he went back to England to live with his father’s brother, a clergyman. He was educated at King’s School, Canterbury, and later in Germany at Heidelberg University. He studied medicine, but after receiving his degree at St. Thomas’s Hospital in London, devoted the rest of his life to literature. He has achieved success as a novelist with such novels as Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Cakes and Ale (1930), and The Razor’s Edge (1944); and as a dramatist with such plays as The Circle (1921), and Our Betters (1923); but his greatest success has been gained, perhaps, by his short stories, Maugham was a realist with a cool, unemotional (some people might say a Cynical outlook on life. He had an amazing skill for revealing, with a few touches, a situation and the essentials of character, and most of his stories were told in a clear, straightforward and fluent style. Though critics look on him more as a clever and competent craftsman than as an artist, a story-teller rather than a profound author, Maugham’s works remain very popular with readers who want to enjoy a good story. 威廉·萨姆塞特·毛姆(1872~1965)是英国最受欢迎的作家之一, 他出生于巴黎，并在那儿度过了大部分时光，受法国作家影响很深。他通过吸引人的情节、不一般的人物性格、幽默生动的语言获得了大量的读者。他很少去描绘人物的内心世界，在他的叙述中，常常带有一些讽刺手法。尽管莫姆写的40部长篇小说也受到广泛认可，但他的崇高声望主要还是建立在150篇短篇小说上。 2. The Latin Quarter: a very old section of Paris on the south bank of the Seine, where many of France’s chief educational and scientific institutions are located, including the Sorbonne and the College de France. The section took its name from the Latin-speaking students of earlier times and has long been the gathering place for students.