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Welcome & Reading
Unit 1 Honesty and responsibility
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Welcome to the unit
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Honesty and responsibility
梵高在阿尔勒的卧室
When it comes to these two qualities, who can you think of?
Please share a story to show his or her honesty and responsibility.
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Excerpt from the Chronicle of Zuo
大史书曰:“崔杼弑其君。”崔子杀之。其弟嗣书而死者二人。其弟又书,乃舍之。南史氏闻大史尽死,执简以往。闻既书矣,乃还。
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崔杼弑君之后,就对前来记载的太史公说:“你就写国君得疟疾死了。”太史公摇了摇头,记载下说:“夏五月乙亥,崔杼弑其君光。”崔杼一听,立马火冒三丈,拔剑杀了太史公。
按照春秋惯例,史官是家族传承的。太史公死了,由他弟弟继承职位。老大被杀,老二过来了。崔杼重复了一遍之前的话,老二默然不语,写下:“夏五月乙亥,崔杼弑其君光。”崔杼二话没说,手起刀落。老三排着队顶了上去,依然写下那十一个字。
这一下崔杼彻底上头,直接把老三也给宰了,把老四也叫了过来。一顿威逼利诱之后,老四选择沉默,还是写下那十一个字。崔杼这下彻底崩溃了,这得杀到什么时候是个头。
他沉思许久,慢慢冷静下来,长叹一声,放了最后那名年轻的太史公。
话说这位太史公带着记录的竹简走出来,路上遇到一个同行。太史公很惊讶:“咦,你咋来了?”同行说:“我听说你们兄弟都被杀了,我担心崔杼篡改历史,所以我赶紧过来记录。你既然记录好了,那我回去了。”
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Twenty
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O. Henry-style endings
a sudden twist
an unexpected change of the characters’ inner world, experience, destiny
a surprising yet understandable result
Introduction to the author
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