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NettlesAliceMunro黄美、王佳迪、方雨娟、尹华华、胡谦、徐傲AliceMunro(1931-)aCanadianshort-storywriterandthree-timewinnerofCanada’sGovernorGeneral’sAward（加拿大总督文学奖）forfiction.Herstoriesfocusonhumanrelationshipslookedatthroughthelensofdailylife.WhilemostofMunro’sfictionissetinSouthwesternOntarioandtheCanadianPacificNorthwest,herreputationasashort-storywriterisinternational.Heraccessible,movingstoriesexplorehumancomplexitiesinaseeminglyeffortlessstyle.Munro'swritinghasestablishedherasoneofourgreatestcontemporarywritersoffiction,or,asCynthiaOzickputit,ourChekhov.加拿大总督文学奖堪称是加拿大最大的国家级文学奖，每年评选一次，由评审从上千件的英语、法语作品中评选出入围作品与得主，颁给小说、戏剧、非小说、儿童文学(文字和插图)、诗歌及翻译六大奖项。从1937年到现在，加拿大总督文学奖在奖项和奖金等方面都有所不同。例如1937年的第一届得奖者是没有奖金的，1951年才开始有250元美金的奖金鼓励，2000年之后则提高到15,000元美金；2005年开始，除奖金之外，得奖作品经手工制作成皮革装版本后，颁赠给得主；出版商也能得到3,000元美金作为推广作品的经费；入围者则可获得1,000元美金。因此，现在的奖金总额已经超过30万元美金。在奖项范围方面，1937年仅限于用英语写作或从法语翻成英语的小说、非小说、诗歌、戏剧，到1959年加拿大艺术委员会(CanadaCouncilfortheArts)接掌此文学奖的运作后，在该年增加了以法语写作作品之奖项；1987年又增加儿童文学(文字)和儿童文学(插图)等两个奖项。WritingstyleInMunrostories,asinChekov's,plotissecondaryandlittlehappens.AswithChekov,GaranHolcombenotes:Allisbasedontheepiphanicmoment,thesuddenenlightenment,theconcise,subtle,revelatorydetail.Munro'sworkdealswithloveandwork,andthefailingsofboth.ShesharesChekov’sobsessionwithtimeandourmuch-lamentedinabilitytodelayorpreventitsrelentlessmovementforward.“AliceMunro,Fiction,“Nettles,”TheNewYorker,February21,2000,p.254WorksbyAliceMunroDanceoftheHappyShades(1968)《荫影之舞》，firstcollectionofstories，GovernorGeneral‘sAwardLivesofGirlsandWomen(1971)《姑娘们和妇女们》SomethingI'veBeenMeaningtoTellYou(1974)《我一直想要告诉你的事》WhoDoYouThinkYouAre?(1978)《你以为自己是谁？》TheMoonsofJupiter(1982)《朱庇特的月亮》WorksbyAliceMunroTheProgressofLove(1986)FriendofMyYouth(1990)OpenSecrets(1994)GoodSelectedStories(1996)TheLoveofaWoman(1998)WorksbyAliceMunroHateship,Friendship,Courtship,Loveship,Marriage(2001)NoLoveLost(2003)VintageMunro(2004)Runaway(2004)CarriedAway:ASelectionofStories(2006)TheViewfromCastleRock(2006,memoir)TooMuchHappiness(2009)（ManBookerInternationalPrize）Aboutthestory“Nettles”Theshortstory“Nettles”,whichfirstappearedinNewYorkerin2000,isincludedinthisbook.Inthisstory,theauthorusesfirstpersonnarration.Theplotofstoryevolvesaroundamiddle-agedwoman’sreunionwithachildhoodboyfriendin1979,butitmovesbackandforthbetweenpastandpresent.LikemostotherstoriesbyMunro,theleadingactorisawoman.NettlesTime：1979Setting：Sunny’shouseinUxbridge,Ontario,CanadaCharacters:Thenarrator,Mike,Sunny,etc.Theplot:theclimaxandtheepiphanyThetheme?Culturalnotes:1.Uxbridge,OntarioOntarioOntarioisCanada'ssecondlargestprovince,coveringmorethanonemillionsquarekilometers,anarealargerthanFranceandSpaincombined.Morethan12millionpeopleliveinOntario.TheprovinceisboundedbyQuebecontheeast,Manitobaonthewest,HudsonBayandJamesBayonthenorth,andtheSt.LawrenceRiverandtheGreatLakesonthesouth.Nettles荨麻【英文名】Nettle【别名】蜇人草、咬人草、蝎子草，防盗草、无情草、植物猫、咬人猫【分类】荨麻科Urticaceae，荨麻属UrticaL.【习性】喜阴植物，生命旺盛，生长迅速，对土壤要求不严，喜温喜湿。【生境分布】广泛分布于亚欧大陆，在我国分布在云南中部、贵州、四川东南部、湖北和浙江。Nettle:awildplantwithroughleavesthatstingpeoplegraspthenettle:dealwithanunpleasantsituationfirmlyandwithoutdelay迎难而上,大胆抓棘手的问题benettled:beannoyedPara91isessentialforunderstandingthemeaningofthetitleofthestory.Whiletheyweredrivingback,Mikeandthenarratornoticedanitchorburningontheirbareforearms,thebacksoftheirhandsandaroundtheirankles.Sherememberedthenettles.Butthoseplantswithbigpinkish-purpleflowersarenotnettles.Theyarecalledjoe-pyeweeds.Theword“nettles”inthestoryhastwomeanings:Literarymeaning:theplantwithroughleavesthatstingpeople.Figurativemeaning:somethingtoirritateandannoypeople.Thenarratoriscomparingsubtletyandcomplexityoflife,humanrelationshipsetc.totheeffectsofnettles.Howdoestheauthorbeginthenarration?Doyoufindthisbeginninginterestingorpeculiar?Whyorwhynot?Theauthorbeginsherstoryinaratherunusualway.Shestartshernarrationfrom1979inthebriefbeginningparagraph.Thisallowshertoinfuseherstorieswithasortoffloatingsuspense,inducingthereaderstocontinue.Para13.Howallmyownterritorywouldbealtered,asifalandsidehadgonethroughitandskimmedoffallmeaningexceptlossofMike:TheimpliedmeaningofthissentenceisthattheimpactofMike’sleavingonmylifewasbeyondmyimagination.Ididn’texpectthatMike’sleavingwouldhavesuchatremendouspowerthatitwouldchangethemeaningofmyexistencecompletely.AllmythoughtswereaboutlossofMike.Whydoesthenarratoraskaseriesofquestionsinparagraph46?Theyrevealwhatwasgoingoninhermindwholewatchingthestars.StandingnearMikeinthedarkness,shefeltsexuallyarousedandwantedtobeintimatewithMike,butshewasnotsureifthatwaswhathealsowanted.Sheconcludedthathewasascrupulousmanandthathewouldrefrainevenifhealsofeltsexuallyattractedtoher.Para75.Thiswasmoreofaritual,arecognitionofsurvivalratherthanofourbodies’inclinations:Inthissentence,theauthormakesadistinctionbetweenthespiritandthebody.Duringthestorm,thetwowereholdingeachothertightly,buttheydidthattoprotectthemselvesfromtheterriblestorm.Wecanseethatinasense,therainhadwashedawaythelustandpurifiedhermind,thuspurifyingtheirrelationship,too.Par