資源描述：
《THE LOST CONTINENT(消失的大陸) 》由會(huì)員上傳分享，免費(fèi)在線(xiàn)閱讀，更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在學(xué)術(shù)論文-天天文庫(kù)。
1、THELOSTCONTINENTTHELOSTCONTINENTEdgarRiceBurroughs1THELOSTCONTINENT1SinceearliestchildhoodIhavebeenstrangelyfascinatedbythemysterysurroundingthehistoryofthelastdaysoftwentiethcenturyEurope.Myinterestiskeenest,perhaps,notsomuchinrelationtoknownfactsastospeculationupontheunknowable
2、ofthetwocenturiesthathaverolledbysincehumanintercoursebetweentheWesternandEasternHemispheresceased--themysteryofEurope'sstatefollowingtheterminationoftheGreatWar--provided,ofcourse,thatthewarhadbeenterminated.Fromoutofthemeagernessofourcensoredhistorieswelearnedthatforfifteenyear
3、safterthecessationofdiplomaticrelationsbetweentheUnitedStatesofNorthAmericaandthebelligerentnationsoftheOldWorld,newsofmoreorlessdoubtfulauthenticityfiltered,fromtimetotime,intotheWesternHemispherefromtheEastern.Thencamethefruitionofthathistoricpropagandawhichisbestdescribedbyits
4、ownslogan:"TheEastfortheEast--theWestfortheWest,"andallfurtherintercoursewasstoppedbystatute.Evenpriortothis,transoceaniccommercehadpracticallyceased,owingtotheperilsandhazardsofthemine-strewnwatersofboththeAtlanticandPacificOceans.Justwhensubmarineactivitiesendedwedonotknowbutth
5、elastvesselofthistypesightedbyaPan-AmericanmerchantmanwasthehugeQ138,whichdischargedtwenty-ninetorpedoesataBraziliantanksteamerofftheBermudasinthefallof1972.AheavyseaandtheexcellentseamanshipofthemasteroftheBrazilianpermittedthePan-Americantoescapeandreportthislastofalongseriesof
6、outragesuponourcommerce.Godaloneknowshowmanyhundredsofourancientshipsfellpreytotherovingsteelsharksofblood-frenziedEurope.Countlesswerethevesselsandmenthatpassedoveroureasternandwesternhorizonsnevertoreturn;butwhethertheymettheirfatesbeforethebelchingtubesofsubmarinesoramongtheai
7、mlesslydriftingminefields,nomanlivedtotell.AndthencamethegreatPan-AmericanFederationwhichlinkedthe2THELOSTCONTINENTWesternHemispherefrompoletopoleunderasingleflag,whichjoinedthenaviesoftheNewWorldintothemightiestfightingforcethateversailedthesevenseas--thegreatestargumentforpeace
8、theworldhadeverknown.Sincethatdaypeaceha
