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Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito"s wing that falls on the rails. Let us rise early and fast, or break fast, gently and without perturbation; let company come and let company go, let the bells ring and the children cry, —determined to make a day of it.
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Name the author of this essay.(1 point)
【正确答案】正确答案：This essay is written by Henry David Thoreau.
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What is the author"s attitude towards nature?(2 points)
【正确答案】正确答案：As a young man, Thoreau took a more than usual interest in the natural world. Like Emerson, but more than him, he saw nature as a genuine restorative, healthy influence on man"s spiritual well-being, and a symbol of the spirit.
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What literary school do you know has something to do with nature? Give some descriptions.(2 points)
【正确答案】正确答案：The New England transcendentalists saw nature as a symbol of the Spirit or God. Nature was, to them, not purely matter. It was alive, filled with God"s overwhelming presence. It was the garment of the Oversoul. Therefore it could exercise a healthy and restorative influence on the human mind.