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去美国求学之前必读的五本书 留学书单-去美国求学之前必读的五本书5?books?you?have?to?read?before?heading?to?America 1.?Jack?Kerouac,?On?the?Road《在路上》，杰克·凯鲁亚克著 Published?in?1957,?Kerouac’s?masterpiece?captured?the?voice?of?America’s?‘Beat?Generation’,?aniconoclastic?group?of?writers?that?sprung?up?in?the?post-war?US?as?a?reaction?against?mainstreamsocial?values:?materialism,?capitalist?accumulation,?passive?acceptance?of?religious?and?ethical?codes.On?the?Road?describes?the?whistle-stop?travels?of?Sal?Paradise?and?Dean?Moriarty.?The?story?isenriched?by?the?clarity?of?Kerouac’s?spontaneous?prose,?yet?has?resounded?with?young?readers?tothis?day?for?its?underlying?values?of?exploration,?experimentalism,?and?the?(ultimately?fruitless)search?for?true?value?in?life. 凯鲁亚克在1957年出版的这部杰作发出了美国“垮掉的一代”的声音，这一派作家的思想有悖于传统信仰，在二战后的美国迅速崛起，反应了对战后祖国主流价值观，即物质主义、资本积累、对宗教和道德准则的被动接受等的抗议。《在路上》描绘了萨尔（Sal?Paradise）与狄安（DeanMoriarty）的美国之行。凯鲁亚克的散文自然真切，也因为故事内在的价值观——探索、尝试、（虽说最后没有成功却）不断寻找生命的真实意义等——一直引起年轻读者的共鸣。 2.?John?Steinbeck,?The?Grapes?of?Wrath《愤怒的葡萄》，约翰·史坦贝克著 Arguably?Nobel?Prize-winning?American?writer?John?Steinbeck’s?greatest?work,?The?Grapes?of?Wrathfollows?the?fortunes?of?the?Joads,?a?family?of?Oklahoman?farmers?forced?to?flee?their?Dust?Bowlhome?during?the?Great?Depression.?On?the?road?to?California,?they?encounter?hunger,?poverty,abandonment,?and?exploitation,?yet?also?great?generosity,?sacrifice,?maturity,?and?finally?rebirth.Upon?publication,?the?novel’s?accessible?prose?and?sensitivity?to?the?plight?of?America’s?labouringpoor?both?resonated?with?the?country’s?working?classes?and?aroused?the?ire?of?some?of?Steinbeck’scontemporaries.?A?true?paean?to?the?power?of?the?human?spirit,?it?is?studied?in?high?school?Englishclassrooms?to?this?day. 《愤怒的葡萄》可以说是诺贝尔文学奖获得者、美国作家约翰·史坦贝克最出色的长篇小说，故事描写了约德家族的兴衰。20世纪30年代大萧条时期，这个俄克拉荷马州的农家因为其农场位于美国中部的“灰盆”（当时因为气候原因频繁爆发大规模沙尘暴），被迫逃离家园。在走向加州的路上，他们遭遇了饥饿，贫穷，被遗弃和剥削等悲惨经历，同时也见证了同胞的慷慨、牺牲、成熟和最后的重生。小说刚刚出版时，因史坦贝克的文笔朴实感性，体恤民情，引起了美国工人阶级的共鸣，但同时也激起了一些同时代人士的怒火。这部小说歌颂了人文精神的力量，迄今都是美国学生英语课堂里的必学材料。 3.?Robe