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1、【MeiWei81-優(yōu)質(zhì)實用版文檔】OneWriter'sBeginnings1Ilearnedfromtheageoftwoorthreethatanyroominourhouse,atanytimeofday,wastheretoreadin,ortobereadto.Mymotherreadtome.She'dreadtomeinthebigbedroominthemornings,whenwewereinherrockertogether,whichtickedinrhythmaswerocked,asthoughwehadacricketaccomp
2、anyingthestory.She'dreadtomeinthediningroomonwinterafternoonsinfrontofthecoalfire,withourcuckooclockendingthestorywith"Cuckoo",andatnightwhenI'dgotinmyownbed.Imusthavegivenhernopeace.Sometimesshereadtomeinthekitchenwhileshesatchurning,andthechurningsobbedalongwithanystory.Itwasmyamb
3、itiontohaveherreadtomewhileIchurned;onceshegrantedmywish,butshereadoffmystorybeforeIbroughtherbutter.ShewasaneGpressivereader.Whenshewasreading"PussinBoots,"forinstance,itwasimpossiblenottoknowthatshedistrustedallcats.作家起步時我從兩三歲起就知道，家中隨便在哪個房間里，白天無論在什么時間，都可以念書或聽人念書。母親念書給我聽。上午她都在那間大臥室
4、里給我念，兩人一起坐在她那把搖椅里，我們搖晃時，椅子發(fā)出有節(jié)奏的滴答聲，好像有只唧唧鳴叫的蟋蟀在伴著讀故事。冬日午后，她常在餐廳里燒著煤炭的爐火前給我念，布谷鳥自鳴鐘發(fā)出“咕咕”聲時，故事便結(jié)束了；晚上我在自己床上睡下后她也給我念。想必我是不讓她有一刻清靜。有時她在廚房里一邊坐著攪制黃油一邊給我念，故事情節(jié)就隨著攪制黃油發(fā)出的抽抽搭搭的聲響不斷展開。我的奢望是她念我來攪拌；有一次她滿足了我的愿望，可是我要聽的故事她念完了，她要的黃油我卻還沒弄好。她念起故事來富有表情。比如，她念《穿靴子的貓》時，你就沒法不相信她對貓一概懷疑。2Ithadbeenstartlin
5、ganddisappointingtometofindoutthatstorybookshadbeenwrittenbypeople,thatbookswerenotnaturalwonders,comingupofthemselveslikegrass.Yetregardlessofwheretheycamefrom,IcannotrememberatimewhenIwasnotinlovewiththem—withthebooksthemselves,coverandbindingandthepapertheywereprintedon,withtheir
6、smellandtheirweightandwiththeirpossessioninmyarms,capturedandcarriedofftomyself.Stillilliterate,Iwasreadyforthem,committedtoallthereadingIcouldgivethem.當我得知故事書原來是人寫出來的，書本原來不是什么大自然的奇跡，不像草那樣自生自長時，真是又震驚又失望。不過，姑且不論書本從何而來，我不記得自己有什么時候不愛書——書本本身、封面、裝訂、印著文字的書頁，還有油墨味、那種沉甸甸的感覺，以及把書抱在懷里時那種將我征服、
7、令我陶醉的感覺。還沒識字，我就想讀書了，一心想讀所有的書。3Neitherofmyparentshadcomefromhomesthatcouldaffordtobuymanybooks,butthoughitmusthavebeensomethingofastrainonhissalary,astheyoungestofficerinayounginsurancecompany,myfatherwasallthewhilecarefullyselectingandorderingawayforwhatheandMotherthoughtwechildrens
8、houldgrowupwith.The
