JuniusMaltby

1、James Thurber James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker magazine and collected in his numerous books. One of th

2、e most popular humorists of his time, Thurber celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people. In collaboration with his college friend, Elliott Nugent, he wrote the Broadway comedy, The Male Animal, later adapted into a film.詹姆斯詹姆斯瑟伯瑟伯 他是美国作家和漫画家，作品普遍受到人们的喜爱，但最成功的要数他那些冷面滑稽的讽

3、刺小说，比如当代寓言集和当代寓言续集。他尤其擅长刻画大都市中的小人物，笔法简练新奇，荒唐之中有真实，幽默之中有苦涩，被人们称作是“在墓地里吹口哨的人”。 vocabulary Verbsever 切断protrude 向外伸出snivel 流鼻涕blunder （因愚蠢或无知）把事情搞的一团糟degenerate 走下坡路 （日子越过越穷）roar 大笑outlaw 将（某人）驱逐出去recoil 退避burrow 钻（洞）inter 埋葬gravitate (因受吸引而)移向vocabulary Verb Noun press 敦促 color 脸色，气色 squawk（鸟类）尖叫 conv

4、alescence 逐渐康复 travesty 拙劣地表演 trepidation 惊恐，惶恐 clamber 爬上 faculty 才能，本领 muddle 弄糟或搞乱 viciousness 极其厉害 vocabulary Noun seizure 突然得病 potency 力量 preciousness 矫揉造作 germ 萌芽 slothfulness 懒惰 squalor 贫穷 backing 支持 timbre 音色，音质 relief 解救 mercenary雇佣兵 vocabulary adj. ragged 衣衫褴褛的，穷困的 confined 因快要分娩而被隔离的 perf

5、ect 雌雄同株的 cacophonous 刺耳的，令人不快的 slipshod 漫不经心的 cannibal 食人的vocabulary adv. inextricably 无法摆脱地 extravagantly 极度地 rankly 繁茂地 covetously 贪心不足地 magisterially 威严地phrases Boarding house 寄宿处 Take to 开始（做某事） Be in labor 正在分娩中 On account 以先付（钱）的方式 Rebel at 对嫌恶 Bear down on sb. 向某人逼近phrases Make an observatio

6、n 提出一种见解 Step in 插手帮助 Hoot at 斥责 Let sb. alone 不干涉某人 Clear of 与不接触 Capital crime 死罪 Make too much of something 小题大做Summary A man named Junius Maltby, who dissatisfied with his life as a clerk in San Francisco. Finally he broke that life by the advice of his doctor. Junius took boarding with a widow

7、and her children. After some time, with the townsfolk beginning to talk about the single man living with the widow for a long time, Junius married his landlord and became the head of the farm. The widow released her working man and put Junius to work on the farm, but Junius, having become accustomed

8、 to lazy, ignored his duty. Eventually the farm fell into disrepaired and the family went broken. Without enough food or clothes, the widow and her children died of the disease. Only Junius and his son by the widow survived. Junius, with his child and a hired man as lazy as he, spent time reading bo

9、oks and having fanciful discussions , never actually working. Because of this, his son was raised in rags, though well trained to independent thought and flights of the imagination. Despite his appearance and the intentions of the other children to torment him, the child was well received at school

10、and indeed became a leader of the children. So influenced by him , the other children began to spurn their shoes and tear holes in their clothes. Except the teacher, who found the man and his son were romantically dignified, the rest of the community had nothing but scorn for Junius and sympathy for

11、 his child. The story ended with members of the school board attempting to give the child some shoes and new clothes as a present. Realizing the regard he was held by society, he became ashamed. At last, the teacher saw Junius and his son clean and well dressed on their way back to San Francisco whe

12、re Junius would go back to work to provide for his unwilling son.1.From paragraph one,what did Junius Maltby do for a living?Did he enjoy that? Junius got himself inextricably entangled in a clerkship,against which feebly struggled for ten years.2.What caused the widow Quaker marry to Maltby?After t

13、hey get married,when Mrs.Maltby try to put her husband to work,even to put a hoe in his hand,what does he do? Because Mrs.Quaker worried about what the neighbours were saying.When she considered the implication of having a single man in her house,she became upset and nervous.3.What did the people on

14、 the village think about him after his wife and sons died? Sometimes they hated him with the loathing busy people have for lazy ones,and sometimes they envied his laziness;but often they pitied him because he blundered so.No one in the valley ever realized that he was happy.4.Who want to give Robbie

15、 some new clothes?Why did she want to do that?How did Robbie react when he was given the new clothes?And why? John Whiteside;Because she noticed the poor childs hardly clothed.When he was given the new clothes,his face flushed warmly.For a moment he looked about nervously like a trapped animal,and then he bolted through the door,leaving the little heap of clothing behind him.5.It is a long story about the Maltbys,what does the author want