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CHAPTER 30—The Dinner and the Drama
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Claude Frollo, holding the first printed book he had seen in one hand, and pointing with the other to the gigantic mass of Notre Dame1, dark against the sunset, prophesied2 “Ceci tuera cela.” One might to-day paraphrase3 the sentence which Victor Hugo put into his archdeacon’s mouth, and pointing to the elaborately appointed dinner-tables of our generation, assert that the Dinner was killing4 the Drama.
New York undoubtedly5 possesses at this moment more and better constructed theatres, in proportion to its population, than any other city on the globe, and, with the single exception of Paris, more money is probably spent at the theatre by our people than in any other metropolis6. Yet curiously7 enough, each decade, each season widens the breach8 between our discriminating9 public and the stage. The theatre, instead of keeping abreast10 with the intellectual movement of our country, has for the last thirty years been slowly but steadily11 declining, until at this moment there is hardly a company playing in legitimate12 comedy, tragedy, or the classic masterpieces of our language.
In spite of the fact that we are a nation in full literary production, boasting authors who rank with the greatest of other countries, there is hardly one poet or prose-writer to-day, of recognized ability, who works for the stage, nor can we count more than one or two high-class comedies or
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prophesied
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v.预告,预言( prophesy的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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paraphrase
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vt.将…释义,改写;n.释义,意义 | |
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killing
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n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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undoubtedly
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metropolis
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breach
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discriminating
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a.有辨别能力的 | |
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steadily
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adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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legitimate
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adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法 | |
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lyric
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criticise
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deterioration
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phenomena
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prosaic
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displacement
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tranquil
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ripple
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vi.退(去),渐渐远去;向后倾斜,缩进 | |
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radical
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transformation
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luxurious
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machinery
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digestion
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interpretation
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infliction
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perfectly
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burlesque
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Vogue
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frivolity
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inanity
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yeast
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n.酵母;酵母片;泡沫;v.发酵;起泡沫 | |
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wholesome
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adj.适合;卫生的;有益健康的;显示身心健康的 | |
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appreciative
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mania
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n.疯狂;躁狂症,狂热,癖好 | |
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garbled
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adj.(指信息)混乱的,引起误解的v.对(事实)歪曲,对(文章等)断章取义,窜改( garble的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.笑剧( farce的名词复数 );闹剧;笑剧剧目;作假的可笑场面 | |
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