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1、Yes,Virginia,ThereIsaSantaClaus是的,弗吉尼婭,世界上有圣誕老人! Eight-year-oldVirginiaO'HanlonwrotealettertotheeditorofNewYork'sSun,andthequickresponsewasprintedasanunsignededitorialSept.21,1897.Theworkofveteran2)newsmanFrancisPharcellusChurchhassincebecomehistory's
2、mostreprintednewspapereditorial,appearinginpartorwholeindozensoflanguagesinbooks,movies,andothereditorials,andonpostersandstamps. 八歲的弗吉尼婭?奧漢隆給《紐約太陽報(bào)》的編輯寫了一封信,很快該報(bào)就在1897年9月21日那天的報(bào)紙上以無署名社論的形式刊載了回信。從那以后,這封由資深新聞?dòng)浾吒ダ饰魉?法塞勒斯?丘奇所撰寫的回信便成為歷史上重印次數(shù)最多的報(bào)紙社論,其部分內(nèi)容或
3、全文被翻譯成多種語言,在各類書籍、電影和其他社論中以及海報(bào)和郵票上均可見其身影?! ?.《紐約太陽報(bào)》最初刊登的社論標(biāo)題是“IsThereaSantaClaus?”這是美國(guó)新聞史上最有名的一篇社論。雖然距今已有一百多年了,但是每當(dāng)圣誕節(jié)來臨,美國(guó)各地的報(bào)紙、雜志總會(huì)重新刊登一次。 2.veteran[?vet?r?n]adj.經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的,老練的 3.skepticism[?skept?s?z?m]n.懷疑態(tài)度 4.abound[??ba?nd]vi.大量存在5 5.extinguish[?k
4、?st???w??]vt.熄滅,撲滅(火等) 6.conceive[k?n?si?v]vt.設(shè)想;想出 7.rattle[?r?tl]n.搖鈴(一種幼兒玩具) 8.supernal[sju??p??n?l]adj.超凡的;崇高的 9.abiding[??ba?d??]adj.永久的 10.nay[ne?]adv.[用以對(duì)已敘內(nèi)容作更確切或強(qiáng)調(diào)的補(bǔ)充]不;不僅如此 TheLettertoVirginia給弗吉尼婭的回信 Virginia,yourlittlefriendsarewrong
5、.Theyhavebeenaffectedbytheskepticism3)ofaskepticalage.Theydonotbelieveexcepttheysee.Theythinkthatnothingcanbewhichisnotcomprehensiblebytheirlittleminds.Allminds,Virginia,whethertheybemen'sorchildren's,arelittle.Inthisgreatuniverseofoursmanisamereinsect
6、,anant,inhisintellect,ascomparedwiththeboundlessworldabouthim,asmeasuredbytheintelligencecapableofgraspingthewholeoftruthandknowledge. Yes,Virginia,thereisaSantaClaus.Heexistsascertainlyasloveandgenerosityanddevotionexist,andyouknowthattheyabound4)and
7、givetoyourlifeitshighestbeautyandjoy.Alas!HowdrearywouldbetheworldiftherewerenoSantaClaus.ItwouldbeasdrearyasiftherewerenoVirginias.There5wouldbenochildlikefaiththen,nopoetry,noromancetomaketolerablethisexistence.Weshouldhavenoenjoyment,exceptinsensean
8、dsight.Theeternallightwithwhichchildhoodfillstheworldwouldbeextinguished5). NotbelieveinSantaClaus!Youmightaswellnotbelieveinfairies!YoumightgetyourpapatohirementowatchinallthechimneysonChristmasEvetocatchSantaClaus,buteveniftheydidnot