《美国文学》教学课件I hear America singing.ppt

I Hear America Singing 我听见美利坚国在歌唱by Walt Whitman I Hear America Singing” I Hear America Singing I Hear America Singing I Hear America Singing I Hear America Singing I Hear America Singing Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs. I Hear America Singing The poet hears the varied carols of all the people who contribute to the life and culture of America. The mechanic, the carpenter, the mason, the boatman, the shoemaker, and the woodcutter all join in the chorus of the nation. The singing of the mother, the wife, and the girl at work expresses their joy and their feeling of fruition. These are highly individualistic men and women. Each person sings what belongs to him or her and to none else. I Hear America Singing This poem underscores Whitmans basic attitude toward America, which is part of his ideal of human life. The American nation has based its faith on the creativeness of labor, which Whitman glorifies in this poem. The catalog of craftsmen covers not only the length and breadth of the American continent but also the large and varied field of American achievement. I Hear America Singing This poem expresses Whitmans love of America — its vitality, variety, and the massive achievement which is the outcome of the creative endeavor of all its people. It also illustrates Whitmans technique of using catalogs consisting of a list of people. * * * * * * * * * * Listen I Hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, different songs, hymns 我听见美利坚在歌唱, 听见各种颂歌在回响; Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, carefree, happy 机械工在唱, 每个人都心情愉快、歌声嘹亮; The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, board, piece of wood 木匠在唱,边唱歌边把木版和大梁来丈量; The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, 泥瓦工 泥瓦匠在唱, 上工前后都在唱; The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, 船夫在唱船上的事,水手歌唱在汽艇甲板上; The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter si