選擇作品：Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood

?????????“兩次英國(guó)布克獎(jiǎng)得主的經(jīng)典巨作”、“元小說(shuō)的全新觀感”、“跳脫慣例的創(chuàng)新敘述”

????????“一個(gè)通用、美好卻平實(shí)的人物與結(jié)局，六個(gè)看似分離實(shí)則統(tǒng)一的愛(ài)情故事?！?/p>

????????“任何幸福有趣的愛(ài)情結(jié)局背后，都可能蘊(yùn)藏著跌宕起伏且耐人尋味的‘追愛(ài)之旅’。美好愛(ài)情中真正扣人心弦的往往是那富含戲劇性的愛(ài)情過(guò)程。”

????????“拋開(kāi)開(kāi)頭與結(jié)尾的著重聚焦，關(guān)注故事過(guò)程的千變?nèi)f化。”

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????????加拿大作家瑪格麗特·阿特伍德的《幸福結(jié)局》是元小說(shuō)的典型作品。“Happy Endings”于1983年首次出版。

????????這個(gè)故事實(shí)際上是六合一的故事。作者首先介紹了兩個(gè)主要角色約翰和瑪麗，然后提供了六個(gè)不同的版本-標(biāo)記為A到F-他們是誰(shuí)以及可能發(fā)生在他們身上的事情。作者通過(guò)變化除了“人物”和“結(jié)局”以外的元素，以用小說(shuō)講述小說(shuō)的方式描繪新奇而有趣的情節(jié)。在一系列不尋常的故事中，她展示了誰(shuí)和什么”是不夠的;讀者必須問(wèn)“如何以及為什么”的理念。

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1. 作者簡(jiǎn)介，本文概要

????????作者簡(jiǎn)介：Margaret Atwood,born November 18, 1939, Canada, is a Canadian writer best known for her prose?fiction and for her feminist perspective. After completing her university studies at the?University of Toronto, Atwood earned a?master’s degree?in?English literature?from Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1962. At the age of 30, she published her first novel, The Edible Woman, and received several nominations and awards from her debut.

????????She owns the style of poet, romantic and powerful. She is also logical, keeping an eye on the most cruel faculties in the world. Those two factors bring a sense of fresh and touching from her stories, impressing every audience.

?????????Notable Works:“Alias Grace”?“Bluebeard’s Egg”

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????????作品梗概：“Happy Endings” is a short story with the only fixed two figures and one ending. What’s different from other stories is that, the author provides 6 different plots, which the audience can choose from by themselves.

????????“Happy Endings”? was first published at Murder in the Dark(1983), then appeared at Good Bones and Simple Murders(1994)

????????The story is made up only of 1,500 words, but the content is undulating."Happy Endings" is a story about writing stories, providing thoughtful advice to readers and future writers.

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2. 單詞詞組，地道表達(dá)

????????“他們都有一份worthwhile and remunerative工作,這份工作讓他們覺(jué)得worthwhile and remunerative?！?/p>

????????“瑪莉把所有她能夠找到的sleeping pills和 aspirins 用半瓶雪利酒吞了下去?！?/p>

????????“約翰 goes on about this 對(duì)瑪莉說(shuō)甜言蜜語(yǔ)，瑪莉都煩了?！?/p>

????????“真正的connoisseurs懂得品味故事的 stretch，這是只能任其發(fā)展的部分?！?/p>

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3. 散文佳句，沉浸賞析

????????? 面對(duì)不可得的愛(ài)情，人之所想愈難為。

????????l? Inside John, she thinks, is another John, who is much nicer. This other John will emerge like a butterfly from a cocoon, a Jack from a box, a pit from a prune, if the first John is only squeezed enough.

??????????單向的憧憬是否值得？所看之人是否是心中所望之人？

????????l? Everything becomes very underwater, but along comes John, who has a key to Mary's apartment. He finds them stoned and entwined. He's hardly in any position to be jealous, considering Madge, but nevertheless he's overcome with despair.

????????愛(ài)恨交織，人的情緒鮮有理性的底色。

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4. 主旨哲思，流連賞玩

??????????命運(yùn)之輪，轉(zhuǎn)由人心

????????“You'll have to face it, the endings are the same however you slice it. Don't be deluded by any other endings, they're all fake, either deliberately fake, with malicious intent to deceive, or just motivated by excessive optimism if not by downright sentimentality.”

????????命運(yùn)或許會(huì)賦予每人定向的軸，但生命歷程的無(wú)限可能性等待著每個(gè)人自己去創(chuàng)造。人心轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)之時(shí)亦是命運(yùn)之輪轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)之時(shí)。

??????????流連于途，靜待花開(kāi)

????????“That's about all that can be said for plots, which anyway are just one thing after another, a what and a what and a what.Now try How and Why.”

????????路旁的花不會(huì)因我們錯(cuò)過(guò)而失去芬芳，但我們可能會(huì)因錯(cuò)過(guò)路旁的花而失去一份芬芳。花的綻放不是一朝一夕而成，它需要無(wú)數(shù)日夜光影雨露的滋潤(rùn)。

????????用心對(duì)待生命的每一分鐘，讓人生的時(shí)刻因用心對(duì)待而煥發(fā)光彩。