Unit 8 Romantic Stories新编大学英语第二版第一册课文翻译.pdf

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Unit8RomanticStories

ATrueLoveStory

[1]ElizabethBarrettBrowningandRobertBrowningwerebothEnglishpoets.The

storyofhowtheymet,fellinlove,andmarriedisoneofthemostfamouslovestoriesin

history.Thislovestoryisfamousforitspurity,itspoetry,anditspassion.Butmostofall,

itisfamousbecausetheirromancetookplaceprimarilybymail.Forthetwoyearsbefore

theymarried,theywrotetoeachotheralmosteveryday.

[2]ElizabethBarrettlivedaquietlifeinthehouseofherfather.Sherarelyleftthe

housebecauseshewasveryweakandsickwithalungdisease.Fromchildhoodshespent

hertimereading,studyingGreek,andwritingpoetry.Herpoemswerepublishedand

becamepopularbothinEnglandandinAmerica.Elizabeth’sfather,Mr.Barrett,

supportedhisdaughter’swriting.However,hewasverystrictandalsoeccentriche

refusedtoletanyofhisthreedaughtersmarry.Hewantedthemalltostaywithhim.

WhenElizabethwasthirty-seven,shestilllivedwithherfatherandhertwounmarried

sisters.Shehadnevermarriedorevenbeeninlove.Shelivedinadreamworld.Sheknew

RobertBrowningonlybyname.However,shereadhispoetryandadmireditgreatly.She

evenputhisnameinapoemthatshewrote.

[3]RobertBrowning’schildhoodwassimilartoElizabeth’s.HestudiedGreek,reada

greatdeal,andwrotepoetryataveryyoungage.Asayoungadult,hecontinuedtoread

andwrite,andstruggledtopublishhiswork.Bytheageofthirty,hewasnotyetmarried.

[4]Oneday,RobertwasreadingsomeofElizabeth’spoems.Headmiredherpoetry

verymuch.Suddenly,hesawhisnameinoneofherpoems.Hewassosurprisedand

pleasedthathedecidedtowriteheraletter.Theyearwas1844.

[5]With

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