*The Declaration of Independence
‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' __Thomas Jefferson
→ The most prominent of early English poets of North America and first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. Her first volume of poetry was The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, published in 1650. It was met with a positive reception in both the Old World and the New World.
→雙關語：寫夫妻情趣or期待
→嘲笑荷蘭人(來自Dutch的民間故事)
→新的國家會有inferiority complex (e.g. the USA)
3. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (p.1807-1882)
→An American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy and was one of the five Fireside Poets.
→ A Psalm of Life (p.659)
→腳會在沙灘上留下腳印，並非沙漏
4. My Lost Youth_Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
→每段的最後一句
‘And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.’
5. Movie: The Departed 神鬼無間
→director: Martin Scorsese
6. Episcopal Church (United States) 美國聖公會
→North Church (in Boston)
7. The Destruction of Tea in Boston (波士頓傾茶事件)
8. 2003/4/15 →Boston Marathon bombings
9. Make way for Ducklings – Robert McCloskey
10. Movie: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (film)
>lyrics:
Moon river, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're goin', i'm goin' your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbow's end, waitin' 'round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me
(moon river, wider than a mile)
(i'm crossin' you in style some day)
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're goin', i'm goin' your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after that same rainbow's end, waitin' 'round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me
12. Nora Ephron
→ An American journalist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer, director, and blogger. Ephron is best known for her romantic comedies and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Writing: for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally..., and Sleepless in Seattle.
→Sleepless in Seattle (1993) 西雅圖夜未眠
13. The Age of Innocence 純真時代
→文人雅士常聚集的地方
15. The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton
→A Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight.
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