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1、美国名人作家埃德加爱伦坡HalloweenisagoodtimetocelebratethestoriesofEdgarAllanPoeplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-16:55repeatByShelleyGollust2005-10-29(MUSIC)VOICEONE:mSteveEmber.VOICETWO:AndmFaithLapiduswithPEOPLEINAMERICAfromVOASpecialEnglish.Today,wetellaboutEdgarAllanPoe,anineteenthcenturyAmericanwriter.Hisstories
2、andpoemsweresomeofthemostfrighteningandstrangeeverwritten.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:AmericanscelebrateHalloweenonOctoberthirty-first.Itismostlyaholidayforchildren,wholiketobefrightened.YetmanygrownpeopleobserveHalloween,too.ThosewholovethewritingsofEdgarAllanPoethinkPoeismostfamousforhisstoriesandpoemsofstran
3、geness,mysteryandterror.VOICETWO:EdgarAllanPoediedinthecityofBaltimore,Marylandineighteenforty-nine.Now,inthatcity,anunusualpartytakesplaceeveryHalloween.Inthedarkofnight,visitorsgotothegroundsofWestminsterPresbyterianChurchwherePoeisburied.Everythingisquiet.Thenavoicecallsout.ItisPoe!No,itisjustana
4、ctor,readingPoeswork.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ReadingstorieswasoneofthemostimportantformsofenjoymentinEdgarAllanPoestime.Poecreatedmanyoftheseshortstories,Theyappearedindifferentpublications.HorrorstoriesalreadywerepopularwhenPoebeganwriting.Criticssayhewrotetheperfecthorrorstory.Poealsowrotedetectivestories
5、.Theseweremysteriesaboutcrimes,suchasmurder.Aninvestigatorcalledadetectivesolvesthemysteries.Thedetectiveisabletofindimportant,hiddenmeaningsinfacts.ThehorroranddetectivestoriesPoecreatedremainpopularinbooksandmovies.VOICETWO:EdgarAllanPoesworkisnoteasytoread.Hislanguageisdifficulttounderstandtoday.
6、Andmostofhiswritingdescribesveryunpleasantsituationsandevents.HisstoryThePitandthePendulum,forexample,isaboutthementaltortureofaprisoner.Eachtimetheprisonersaveshimselffromdeath,anewandmorehorribleformofdeaththreatenshim.AnotherstoryisTheMasqueoftheRedDeath.Init,aterribledisease-theRedDeath-haskille
7、dhalfthepopulationofacountry.Therulerofthecountryshutshiscastleagainstthedisease.Heandhiswealthyfriendsareinside.Theypassthetimebyhavingparties.TheybelievetheRedDeathwillnotfindthem.Butitdoes.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:EdgarPoewasbornineighteen-oh-nineinBoston,Massachusetts.Hisparentswereactors.Atthattime,acto
8、rswerenotacceptedbythebestsociety.Edgarwasababywhenhisfatherleftthefamily.Hewastwoyearsoldwhenhismotherdied.Hewastakenintothehomeofawealthybusinessman,JohnAllan.Hethenreceivedhisnewname-EdgarAllanPoe.JohnAllanneverofficiallymadeEdgarhisson.Infact,hecametodislikehimstrongly.EdgarattendedschoolsinEngl
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