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Robert Frost was one of America's best-known and most honored serious writers. But his fame came late in his life. He was forty years old before Americans began to read his poems and praise them. Once his fame was established, however, it grew stronger and stronger during the rest of his long life.
罗伯特·弗罗斯特是美国最有名望和最受尊崇的严肃作家之一。然而其成名很晚。在他 40 岁时，美国民众才开始阅读和称赞他的诗歌。不过，他的名气一经确立，在此后漫长的生命中便一发不可收。
Someone once asked another American writer, Ernest Hemingway, how to become a writer. The best thing, he said, was to have an unhappy childhood. If this is true, Robert Frost's childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very good writer.
有人曾问过美国的另一位作家欧内斯特·海明威如何成为一个作家。他说，最好的事情就是有一个不幸的童年。若果真如此，罗伯特·弗罗斯特的童年足以不幸到让他成为一位非常伟大的作家。
Robert Frost's father was a reporter who wanted to be a politician. He often drank too much alcohol and became angry. Robert was the victim of his anger. He was eleven when his father died. As a child, Robert was afraid of the dark. All his life he suffered from imaginary sicknesses. He spent the several years working at different jobs. At one time, he worked in a factory. Later, he repaired shoes. He was a teacher. He was a reporter. Always, he wrote poetry.
罗伯特·弗罗斯特的父亲是一位记者，他想成为一名政治家。他酗酒，且酒后易怒。年幼的罗伯特成了受害者。11岁时，罗伯特的父亲去世了。作为一个小孩，罗伯特很害怕黑暗。他的一生经历过所有病痛的折磨。有几年时间他都做着困难的工作。他曾在一家工厂上班。后来，他还修过鞋子。他当过老师。当过记者。但他一直都写着诗。
In 1912, he took his family to Britain. The cost of living was low and there was an interest in what was then called a "new poetry". In Britain, Frost found a publisher for his first book of poems. The book was called, A Boy's Will. When it appeared in 1913, Frost received high praise from British readers. Praise was something he had not received in his own country.
1912 年，罗伯特.弗罗斯特举家迁至英国。英国的生活费用较低，并且英国民众对“新诗”感兴趣。在英国，弗罗斯特找到了一家出版商来出版他的第一本诗集。那本书名为“A Boy's Will”。当它在1913年面世时，弗罗斯特受到了英国读者的高度称赞。他在自己的国家并没有受到过赞赏。
His success came from uniting traditional forms of poetry with American words, spoken in a clearly American way.
罗伯特·弗罗斯特的成功源自以一种明显的美国的叙述方式，将传统的诗歌形式与美国的语言融合。
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.
问题9至问题12是基于你刚刚听到的这篇短文的
Question 9. What do we know about Robert Frost?
问题9 关于罗伯特·弗罗斯特，我们知道些什么？
Question 10. What caused Robert Frost's unhappy childhood?
问题10 什么造成了罗伯特·弗罗斯特不幸的童年？
Question 11. Why did Robert Frost take his family to Britain in 1912?
问题11 1912年罗伯特·弗罗斯特为什么举家迁至英国？
Question 12. Where did Robert Frost's success come from basically?
问题12 罗伯特·弗罗斯特的成功源自哪里？
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