（走向高考）高中英语 晨读英语美文60篇 45 The Influence of Literature素材.docVIP

The Influence of Literature [00:06.40]I will tell you what literature is! [00:08.89]No—I only wish I could. But I can’t. [00:13.18]Gleams can be thrown on the secret, inklings given, but no more. [00:18.00]I will try to give you an inkling. [00:20.94]And, to do so, I will take you back into your history, or forward onto it. [00:26.96]That evening when you went for a walk with your faithful friend, [00:31.11]the friend from whom you hid nothing—or almost nothing…! [00:34.71]You were, in truth, [00:36.80]somewhat inclined to hide from him the particular matter [00:40.07]which monopolized your mi