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Hemingway Exhibit Opens at JFK Library in Boston
Patrick Hemingway attends the show about his famous writer father, Ernest, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
The novelist Ernest Hemingway wrote 47 possible endings to his book "A Farewell to Arms." Eightof them are part of a new show at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston,Massachusetts. The ending that Hemingway finally chose is also there to see.
Patrick Hemingway is the writer’s only surviving child. This week, he visited the library show. Hesaid the exhibit shows how hard his father worked.
He said, "He always felt responsible for being where the action was. A lot of writers just retire totheir rooms and describe their childhood. He didn't do that."
The Kennedy Library holds the world's largest collection of documents, photographs and personalbelongings of the famous writer. Library Curator Stacey Bredhoff describes the Hemingwaycollection as one of the library's "greatest treasures."
The show is called "Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars." It includes material rarely shown inpublic. The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City also presented the show last autumn.
Hemingway and Kennedy never met. However, Kennedy liked the writer’s work. Kennedy wrote toHemingway for permission to use the novelist’s expression "grace under pressure." Hemingwaywas too sick to accept an invitation to Kennedy’s inauguration in January of 1961. The writer killedhimself later that year.
The show also includes Hemingway's first short story. It was published in 1917 in a high schoolmagazine. Visitors can also see letters between Hemingway and other writers at the time.
Patrick Hemingway praised the show. "I am very pleased that they were able to put together in mylifetime a very comprehensive picture of a person who really represented very well the first half of the 20th century,'' he said.
Ernest Hemingway fled Finca Vigia, his home in Cuba, at the time of Fidel Castro's revolution. Thewriter left much of all he owned on the island.
After the writer died, President Kennedy sought Cuba’s permission for Hemingway's wife, Mary, tovisit the island and collect the belongings. A fishing boat transported the property from Havana toFlorida.
Mary Hemingway established a relationship with Kennedy’s wife, Jacqueline, after PresidentKennedy was murdered in 1963. They later decided to keep the writer’s Cuba collection at theKennedy library.
Patrick Hemingway now lives in Bozeman, Montana. But he is represented in the show. Aphotograph shows him and his father on a deep sea fishing boat. Fishing was one of ErnestHemingway's great loves.
"He worked very hard in the morning but he never worked in the afternoon. He had a great life,''Patrick Hemingway said of his father.
Words in This Story
novelist – n. a writer of fiction books
curator – n. a person who is in charge of the things in a museum, zoo, etc
grace – n. a controlled, polite, and pleasant way of behaving
draft – n. a version of something (such as a document) that you make before you make the finalversion
stationery – n. paper that is used for writing letters and that usually has matching envelopes
comprehensive – adj. including many, most, or all things
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2016年12月大学英语四级听力长对话9大原则
听到长对话时，我们要做到边听边选，抓住首位句，适当排除，考六级的同学还要学会同意替换，需掌握如下原则：
1.听即原则：
所听即所得，听到什么就选什么(正好与短对话相反，短对话时听到的一般不选)。
2. 重读原则：
某单词被反复读到或是在语音上加以重读，因引起重视如果选项中出现很可能是正确答案。
3. 顺序原则：
出题顺序一般与行文顺序相同，除了主题题和部分说明文。
4. 主题原则：
主题一般出现在段落的头尾部分，所以要集中精力听清前三句话和最后两句话。
5. 原因原则：
凡出现表示原因，目的的'很有可能是考点如：because、so、as 等词前后要着重听。
6. 转则原则：
凡出现表示转则的词如：but however yet 等，后面的句子往往是考点，要引起重视。
7. 光明原则：
事情一般都是向着好的方面发展的，主人公多数是大难不死的，事情总是逢凶化吉，绝处逢生的。
8. 穷学生原则：
学生一般都是比较穷的，不能继续学业一般都是因为经济原因，因为穷一般还比较喜欢DIY一些东西。
9. 偏怪小原则：
一般故事总是稀奇古怪的，经过总是曲折离奇的，结局总是出人意料的。宗旨就是意料之外、情理之中。
另外还有点需要提醒同学们，从2016年6月起英语四级听力时间调整为25分钟，考试起止时间调整为9:00—11:20，请特别注意。顺祝大家复习顺利，考试成功。
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