波澜N多的波兰(1/2)

亲爱的小文:

你弹过萧邦FredericFrancoisChopin(一八一○——一八四九)的作品吗?Chopin是波兰人。只活了三十九岁。Chopinplayedthepianoinpublicwhenonlyeightyearsold.Hebegantocomposesoonafterward.HestudiedattheWarsawConservatoryfrom1826to1829beforeleavingPolandin1830.HesettledinParisin1831,and,exceptforsometravel,helivedtheretherestofhislife.

波兰夹在德国俄国之间,老是被侵略、被瓜分、被瓜剖豆分([ofacounty]tobedividedorsplitlikeamelonorabean;tobepartitioned)。

Chopin音乐激起波兰人的爱国心。

ThepolesalsohaveaninsatiableappetitefortranslationsofMolièreandShawandfortheirown19th-centurydramatistswhowrotefromexile,whentheircountrywaspartitionedamongthreeneighboringempires.

Theplays,novels,andmusicofthisperiodhelpedkeepthePolessenseofnationhoodalive.Onecomposer,inparticular,hasstirredpolishpridethroughthedarkyears,He,ofcourse,isChopin,whosebirthplaceatZelazowaWola,28mileswestofWarsaw,isanationalshrine.here,everySundayinthespringandsummer,thepublicisinvitedtoaChopinconcert.

波兰在一七七二、一七九三、一七九五、一九三九年前后被瓜分四次。一九一四年被瓜分了以后,地图上没有波兰了。一九四五年苏联(Russia/U.S.S.R.)分了波兰东边,却把德国东边补给波兰。所以波兰“失之东隅,收之桑榆”(tosufferalossinoneplacebutmakeagainsomewhereelse)。

苏联这种作风,叫“慷他人之慨”(toshowgenerosityorunselfishnessbyanotherswealth;tobegenerousattheexpenseofothers)。爸爸在四、六信中跟你谈过,英文叫RobPetertopayPaul(抢彼得赔保罗)。

波兰的首都是华沙(Warsaw),Warsaw,Warsaw,Warsaw可真saw了war。二次世界大战,华沙城全毁,人死了四分之一。

葛单斯克(Gdańsk)在德文叫但泽(Danzig),是造船中心,这个城和波兰走廊(PolishCorridor)过去都是世界大新闻,因为它们老是和德国扯不清。

POLISHCORRIDORisahistoricstripoflandthatwasoncetheancientpolishprovinceofPomorze.PolandlosttheprovincetoPrussiain1772.WhenPrussiabecomeaGermanstatein1871,theareafellintoGermancontrol.

AfterWorldWarI,theVersaillesTreatyestablishedthecorridoroflandtogivePolandfreeaccesstotheBalticSea.ThecorridorseparatedEastPrussiaandtheportcityofDanzigfromtherestofGermany.In1939,GermanyregainedcontroloftheareawhenNazitroopsinvadedPoland.AfterWorldWarII,thecorridorwasreturnedtoPoland.

波兰成为天主教国家已一千年,MostPolesareRomanCatholics,andreligionisimportantintheirlives,PolandhasbeenaChristiancountryfor1000years.

波兰的瓷器很有名,瓷器又叫china,所以,可以说,Poland的china很有名。

小文你还记得爸爸跟你谈过的一种猪叫P

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