Text A Dixons Paper（第1页）

TextADixon’sPaper

—fromLuckyJim（ChapterI）

KinsgleyAmis

[1]Dixoofthewindowatthefieldswheelingpast，brightgreeApril。Itwasn’tthedouble-exposureeffectofthelasthalf-mihathaddumbfoundedhim，forsutsformedthestaplematerialofWelchcolloquies;itrospectthetitleofthearticlehe’dwritten。Iterfecttitle，inthatitcrystallizedtheartiigglingmisfunerealparadeofyawn-enffacts，thepseudo-lightitthrewuponnon-problems。

[2]Dixonhadread，untoread，dozehisowhanmostinitsairofbeingcedofitsownusefulnessandsignifigthisstraopic，’itbegan。

[3]Thiswhatopic?Thisstraopic?Thisstraedwhat?Histhinkingallthiswithouthavifiretothetypesadehimappeartohimselfasmoreofahypodfool。‘Let’ssee，’heechoedreteofmemory:‘ohyes;TheEiceoftheDevelopmentsinShipbuildingTeiques。Afterall，that’swhatit’s。。。’

[4]Uofinishhisseohisleftagaintofindamaaringintohisownfromaboutheface，whichfilledwithalarmashegazed，belohedriverofavanwhichWelchhadelectedtopassonasharpbeone>

[5]Ahugebusnowswungintoviewfromfurtherroundthebend。Welchslowedslightly，thusensuringthattheywouldstillbehevahebusreachedthem，andsaidwithde:‘Well，thatoughttodoitnicely，Ishouldsay。’

[6]BeforeDixonselfintoaballoreventakeoffhisglasses，thevanhadbrakedahebus-driver，hismouthopeningandshuttingvigorously，hadsomehowsquirmedhisvehistthefarwall，and，withanegrattle，thecardartedforwardo。Dixon，thoughonthewholegladatthisescape，feltatthesametimethattheversationwouldhavebeenappropriatelyroundedoffbyWelch’sdeath。Hefeltthismorekeenlyenton:‘IfIwereyou，Dixon，IshouldtakeallthestepsIpossiblycouldtogetthisarticleathehorso。Imeahespecializedkojudge。。。’Hisvoied:‘I’ttell，I?Whatit’sworth。It’snouseanybodyeandasking“What’syoungDixon’sstufflike?”unlessIgivethemaopinionofwhatit’sworth，isitnotancebyalearnedjournalwould。。。would。。。You，wellyoudon’tknowwhatit’sworthyourself，howyou?’

[7]Dixo，orary，hehadagoodideaofwhathisartiseveralpointsofview。Fromohing’sworthcouldbeexpressedihyphenatedindeawasworththeamountoffre-grubbingandfanatithathadgo;fromyetawasworthyofitsaim，theremovalofthe‘badimpression’he’dsofarmadeinthedi。Buthesaid:‘No，ofot，Professor。’

[8]‘Andyousee，Faulk’sratherimportanttoyouthatitshouldturnouttobeworthsomething，ifyousee>

&ebeingwrongfullyaddressed（Faulknerhadprecededhiminhispost），DixoWelt，andsaidso。Howhadhemadehisbadimpressiolikelythihought，washishavinginflictedasuperfidonthePrlishinhisfirstweek。Thisman，ayoungishex-Fellowecollege，hadbeenstandiepswhenDixon，ingroundthethelibrary，hadkickedviolentlyatasmallroundstonelyingonthemacadam。Befthetopofitstrajectoryithadstrucktheotherjustbelowtheleftkadistaeenyardsormhishead，Dixonhadwatterrifiedamazement;ithadbeeorucoverwasfarbeyohemomentofimpacthe’dturowalkdownthedrive，butkhathewastheonlyvisibleentitycapableofstone-propulsion。HelookedbadsawthePrlishhuddledupononelegandlookingathim。Asalwaysonsuchos，he’dwaoapologizebuthadfoucametoitthathewasthteo。He’dfoundthesamewhen，twodayslater，he’dbeenpassiheRegistrar’schairatthefirstFacultymeeting，hadstumbledandhadkhechairasidejustastheothermanwassittingdshoutfristrar’sClerkhadavertedpletedisaster，buthecouldstillrememberthelookofigure，stiffeheshapeofaletterS。ThehatessaywrittenforWeleoftheHonorspeople，g，infasistingof，abuseofabookonetranspired，oneofWelex-pupils。‘Iaskedhimwhocouldpossiblyhavefilledhisheadwithstufflikethat，yousee，awasalloutofoneofyourlectures，DixooldhimastactfullyasIuchlaterDixonhadfoundoutthatthebookiioenatWelch’ssuggestionand，inpart，underhisadvice。ThesefactshadbeenthereforalltoreadintheAents，butDixon，whosepolicyitwastoreadaslittleaspossibleofanygiveheredwiththese，andithadbeeoldhim。Thathadbeen，asnearasheber，beforetheeveningwheriedtokillherselfwithsleeping-pills。

[10]WhenWelafar-awayhalf-shout‘Oh，bytheway，Dixon，’Dixoohimwithrealavidity。‘Yes，Professor?’HowmuchbettertohavemoreofwhatWelchcouldprovidethanthoughtsofwhatMargaretwouldprovide—oditieswhichhewouldinanyplingintheirrealform。

AfterYouRead

KnowledgeFocus

1。Pairwork:Discussthefollowiionswithyourpartner。

1）WhatkindofpersonisDixon?Howdoyouknow?

2）WhatisDixon’so?Dohelikeit?Ishedoingwell?

3）WhatkindofpersonisWelch?HowaretherelatioweenhimandDixon?

4）Whydidtheauthordescribe“thelasthalf-mialk”as“double-exposureeffects”?

5）Whatarethemostimpressiveexamplestodisplaytheauthor’shumorousandsarcastigstyle?

6）Howdoyouiheseerfecttitle，inthatitcrystallizedtheartiigglingmindlessness”?

7）Whatdoyouthinkoftheopeenceofhisacademicpaper:“Ihisstraopic”?

8）WhatarethereasonsforDixon’sfearoflosingthejob?

2。Solowork:Decidewhetherthefollowirue（T）orfalse（F）agtotheknowledgeyoulearnedandwhy。

____1）Whes，Dixonwassittinginanautomobilewatgtheseriesoutside。

____2）TheacademicpapermehefirstparagraphwaswrittenbyWelch。

____3）ItisveryeasyforDixonto“rollhimselfintoaballoreventakeoffhisglasses”，iion。

____4）DixohattheversationwouldhavebeenappropriatelyroundedoffbyWelch’sdeath。

____5）Dixohehadagoodideaofhowtowritehispaperfromseveralpointsofview。

____6）Dixonhasmadehisbadimpressionsonpurpose。

____7）OnbledaeaE。