名家英文散文選Reader for Writers

2008-08-01  

書林  

LEE ED. 著  

100  

　　《名家英文散文選》主要内容包括：The Delights of Books、Abdication Speech of King Edward Will of England、The Noblest Deed of All、Whatls aBook？、Liberty and Restraint、Do You Want to Be Wise？Rich？Famous？等。

1.The Delights of Books　2.Abdication Speech of King Edward Will of England3.The Noblest Deed of All4.Whatls aBook? 5.Liberty and Restraint6.Do You Want to Be Wise?　Rich?　Famous?7.What Makes a Nation Prosperous8.What Makes a Nation Prosperous （continued）9.The Resources of a Country 20.William Shakespeare 21.What Money Can'tBuy22.Economics of Everyday Life23.The Sailor Uncle24.There's No Way to Go but Ahead25.How Computers Are Changing Our World26.A Fellow Traveller27.Appointment with Love28.One Solitary Life　29.The Origin of Rivers 30.Life Is What We Make It31.John Rossiter's Wife 32.On Nature and Life　33.The Wrong House 34.A Private Library All Your Own35.How to Mark a Book

　　I found him a man square of jaw，cold of eye，his face ratherunexpressive-much what I expected.He runs his gambling placeas a business-and it is a matter of pride with him that it isconducted in an efficient，businesslike way.It is said that hisprofits are two mi：Uion dollars a season，and I doubt this just asone doubts the salaries of motion picture stars.　　However，the man had a strong personality.He interestedme.I liked him. I wanted to talk to him，but it was difficult.He was not a very communicative person.Soon I asked himhow much he lost a season in the way of bad checks and baddebts.He said approximately two hundred thousand dollars，which he didn’t seem to consider as heavy. As he spoke of this alight came into his eyes，and a faint smile appeared on his lips.　　“I had a rather interesting experience the other day，” hesaid.“I was sitting in m.y office one morning when word was brought to me that a lady wanted to .see me； Mrs. John Rossiter，the man told me. I knew who John Rossiter was，so I told him to　show her in.　　“Before she said a word she began to cry； not bitterly，butthe tears came into her eyes and began to’run down her cheeks，and she kept wiping them away with her handkerchief，trying all the time to control herself.I don‘t like that sort of thing，you know，and I usually avoid it，but this rather impressed me. I felt sorry for her before she opened her mouth.　　“Her husband had been gambling，she told me，and on Wednesday，the day before，had lost thirty thousand dollars.I’ve been acquainted with John Rossiter off and on for five or six years. Every year he has been coming down here，and I’ve knownhim well enough to say ’Hello，‘ but not much more intimatelythan that.At any rate，I’ve always had a good feeling about Rossiter.He was a clean-cut man，a good sport，and was prettywell liked，belonged to a good club，and was rather populareverywhere.I had seen him year after year here，but I hadn‘tan idea of how he played or what he won or lost.He had an account with me and always paid very promptly at the end of the month if there was any paying to be done.　　“Mrs. Rossiter explained that the great problem of her lifehad been her husband’s gambling.She had begged him to keepaway from the stock market and from cards，and he’d promiseher that he’d stop，but then he’d slip and get caught agai.n.Thethirty thousand dollars he had lost on Wednesday about cleanedhim and his wife out.It meant-oh，I’ve forgotten what shetold me exactly：　selling the home-it was mortgaged already，she said，taking the two girls out of school； herself perhaps havingto find a position.It was a long story，I don’t remember thedetails，but I confess that I felt very sorry for her.Taking thosetwo girls out of school was what I believe impressed me，I don’tknow why exactly.Well，at any rate，I told her that I didn’t likethe idea of anybody coming here and losing everything.Senti-ment，if you like，but it’s good business at the same time.Itdoesn‘t help an establishment like this to get a reputation thatpeople can lose everything they have here.The result ofit all wasthat I agreed to give her back the money which her husband hadlost，but on one condition，and I made that point very clear：John Rossiter was never to enter my place again.I don’t like thatkind of a ‘loser’ around here.If he hasn’t got the money，heoughtn’t to play. 　　……

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