《英语中高职贯通第五》课件_lesson 14.pptVIP

《英语中高职贯通第五》课件_lesson 14.ppt

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Readtheintroductionbelow,andcompletethetask.WhosWashingtonIrving?WashingtonIrvingwasanAmericanwriter.HewasbornonApril30th,1783,inNewYork.Asayoungman,hestudiedlawandheworkedinseverallawcompanies.Butfrom1802,healsowrotestoriesandessays.Atfirst,thesewerepublishedinnewspapers,butlatertheywerecollectedtogetherandpublishedinbooks.Duringtheyears1803-1806,IrvingtravelledinEurope.HelefttheUnitedStatesagainin1815,andhelivedinEuropeformanyyears.Atfirst,heworkedinacompanywhichwasownedbyhistwobrothers,inLiverpool,inEngland.Elevenyearslater,hewenttoliveinMadrid,inSpain.HeworkedfortheUnitedStatesgovernmentthere.Afterthat,hereturnedtoEnglandforseveralyears,andin1832,hewentbacktotheUnitedStates.Hisbookswerenowverypopularthere.Duringtheyears1842-1846,IrvingworkedinMadridagain.Thistime,hehadamoreimportantgovernmentjob.ThenhereturnedforthelasttimetotheU.S.helivedinabeautifulhouseinTarryTown,nearNewYork,untilhisdeathin1859.IrvingwasthefirstgreatAmericanwriterofhumorousstories.Healsowrotebooksaboutthecountrieswhichhevisited,andabookaboutthelifeofGeorgeWashington—thefirstU.S.president.TheLegendofRipVanWinklefirstappearedinTheSketchBook,Irvingsmostpopularbook,whichwaspublishedin1820.

Readtheintroductionbelow,andcompletethetask.DutchpeoplearrivedinNorthAmericafromtheNetherlandsearlyintheseventeenthcentury.Theycametoliveinanewland—theyweresettlers.ManyofthemmadetheirhomesintheareaaroundtheHudsonRiver,intheeastoftheland.ButatthetimewhenTheLegendofRipVanWinklebegins,nearlytwohundredyearslater,thispartofNorthAmericawasaBritishColony.ThelandwasownedbyBritain.ThecolonywasruledbyKingGeorgetheThird,whowastheBritishkingfrom1760t

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