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现代大学英语精读LsaacBashevisSinger(1904—1991)wasborninaJewishvillageinPoland.In1935heimmigratedtoNewYork.Singerwrotemanystoriesandnovels,aswellasbooksforjuvenilesandfourautobiographies(includingLostinAmerica,1981).In1978hisworkreceivedworldattentionwhenhewasawardedtheNoblePrizeinLiterature.TheSonfromAmerica------lsaacBashevisSingerThevillageofLentshinwastiny.Itwassurroundedbylittlehutswiththatchadroofs.Betweenthehutstherewerefields,wheretheownersplantedvegetablesorpasturedtheirgoats.InthesmallestofthesehutslivedoldBerl,amaninhiseighties,andhiswifeBerlcha.OldBerlwasoneoftheJewsdrivenfromRussiawhohadsettledinPoland.Hewasshort,broad-shouldered,andhadasmallwhitebeard,andinsummerandwinterheworeasheepskinhat,apaddedcottonjacket,andstoutboots.Hehadahalfacreoffield,acow,agoat,andchickens.Thecouplehadason,Samuel,whohadgonetoAmericafortyyearsago.ItwassaidinLentshinthathebecameamillionairethere.Everymonth,theLentshinlettercarrierbroughtoldBerlamoneyorderandaletterthatnoonecouldreadbecausemanyofthewordswereEnglish.HowmuchmoneySamuelsenthisparentsremainedasecret.Theyneverseemedtousethemoney.Whatfor?Thegarden,thecow,andthegoatprovidedmostoftheirneeds.NoonecaredtoknowwhereBerlkeptthemoneythathissonsenthim.Thehutconsistedofoneroom,whichcontainedalltheirbelongings:thetable,theshelfformeat,theshelfformilkfoods,thetwobeds,andtheclayoven.Sometimesthechickensroostedinthewoodshedandsometimes,whenitwascold,inacoopneartheoven.Thegoat,too,foundshelterinsidewhentheweatherwasbad.Themoreprosperousvillagershadkerosenelamps,butBerlandhiswifedidnotbelieveinnewgadgets.OnlyfortheSabbathwouldBerlchabuycandlesatthestore.Insummer,thecouplegotupatsunriseandretiredwiththechickens.Inthelongwinterevenings,BerlchaspunflaxandBerlsatbesideherinthesilenceofthosewhoenjoytheirrest.OnceinawhilewhenBerlcamehomefromthesynagogue,hebroughtnewstohiswife.InWarsawtherewerestrikerswhodemandedthattheczarabdicate.SomebodybythenameofDr.HerzlhadcomeupwiththeideathatJewsshouldsettleagaininPalestine.Berlchalistenedandshookherhead.He