高中英语Unit1Thewrittenword背景知识拓展译林牛津版选修8

1Unit1ThewrittenwordWriteYourOwnLifeSupposesomeonegaveyouapen—asealed,solid-coloredpen.Youcouldn’tseehowmuchinkithad.Itmightrundryafterthefirstfewtentativewordsorlastjustlongenoughtocreateamasterpiece(orseveral)thatwouldlastforeverandmakeadifferenceintheschemeofthings.Youdon’tknowbeforeyoubegin.Undertherulesofthegame,youreallyneverknow.Youhavetotakeachance!Actually,noruleofthegamestatesyoumustdoanything.Insteadofpickingupandusingthepen,youcouldleaveitonashelforinadrawerwhereitwilldryup,unused.Butifyoudodecidetouseit,whatwouldyoudowithit?Howwouldyouplaythegame?Wouldyouplanandplanbeforeyoueverwroteaword?Wouldyourplansbesoextensivethatyouneverevengottothewriting?Wouldyoutakethepeninhand,plungerightinandjustdoit,strugglingtokeepupwiththetwistsandturnsofthetorrentsofwordsthattakeyouwheretheytakeyou?Wouldyouwritecautiouslyandcarefully,asifthepenmightrundrythenextmoment,orwouldyoupretendtobelievethatthepenwillwriteforever?Andofwhatwouldyouwrite:Oflove?Hate?Fun?Life?Death?Everything?Wouldyouwritetopleasejustyourself?Orothers?Oryourselfbywritingforothers?Wouldyourstrokesbetremblinglytimidorbrilliantlybold?Fancywithaflourishorplain?Wouldyouevenwrite?Onceyouhavethepen,norulesaysyouhavetowrite.Wouldyousketch?Scribble?Doodleordraw?Wouldyoustayinoronthelines,orseenolinesatall?Orarethey?There’salottothinkabouthere,isn’tthere?Now,supposesomeonegaveyoualife...书写你的生命假设有人给了你一支钢笔——一支密封的、纯色的钢笔。你看不到里面有多少墨水。可能刚刚试写几字便用干耗尽；或者可能足以完成一部或几部杰作，永存于世，使世事为之大变。而这一切你在开始之前却是一无所知。根据游戏的规则，你确实永远也不会知道，只能冒一下险。事实上，也没有规则说你就一定要做些什么。你可以把笔搁在架子上、放在抽屉里，弃置不用，任墨水蒸发干净。但是，如果你真的决定使用它，你会用它做什么？来做这个游戏怎么样？你会左计划、右计划，然后才慢慢下笔吗？你的计划会不会太泛太多，根本就达不到写作这一步？会不会提笔在手，迫不及待地投入其中，任由手中的笔、笔下的字带着你在词海中上下翻腾、左突右冲？会不会下笔谨小慎微，似乎墨水随时都将干涸？会不会假装相信钢笔中的墨水永不会枯竭？你会写些什么？爱情？仇恨？乐趣？生命？死亡？世事万种？你会用来自娱？还是取悦他人？还是为别人写作而愉悦自身？你的一笔一划会颤抖怯懦还是亮丽大胆？花里胡哨还是朴实无华？你确实会去写吗？你一旦有了这支钢笔，却也没有规则说你一定就要去写。你会粗粗写来？潦潦草草？信手涂鸦？还是认真描画？2你会写在线里还是写在线上，或者对纸上的线格根本就视而不见？真的有什么线格吗？此时此刻，有很多东西值得思考，不是吗？那么，假设有人给了你一次生命……