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你弹过萧邦fredericfrancoischopin(一八一○——一八四九)的作品吗?chopin是波兰人。www.xiaoxiaocom.com只活了三十九岁。chopinplayedthepianoinpublicwhenonlyeightyearsold.hebegantocomposesoonafterward.hestudiedatthewarsawconservatoryfrom1826to1829beforeleavingpolandin1830.hesettledinparisin1831,and,exceptforsometravel,helivedtheretherestofhislife.
波兰夹在德国俄国之间,老是被侵略、被瓜分、被瓜剖豆分([ofacounty]tobedividedorsplitlikeamelonorabean;tobepartitioned)。
chopin音乐激起波兰人的爱国心。
thepolesalsohaveaninsatiableappetitefortranslationsofmolièreandshawandfortheirown19th-centurydramatistswhowrotefromexile,whentheircountrywaspartitionedamongthreeneighboringempires.
theplays,novels,andmusicofthisperiodhelpedkeepthepolessenseofnationhoodalive.onecomposer,inparticular,hasstirredpolishpridethroughthedarkyears,he,ofcourse,ischopin,whosebirthplaceatzelazowawola,28mileswestofwarsaw,isanationalshrine.here,everysundayinthespringandsummer,thepublicisinvitedtoachopinconcert.
波兰在一七七二、一七九三、一七九五、一九三九年前后被瓜分四次。一九一四年被瓜分了以后,地图上没有波兰了。一九四五年苏联(russia/u.s.s.r.)分了波兰东边,却把德国东边补给波兰。所以波兰“失之东隅,收之桑榆”(tosufferalossinoneplacebutmakeagainsomewhereelse)。
苏联这种作风,叫“慷他人之慨”(toshowgenerosityorunselfishnessbyanotherswealth;tobegenerousattheexpenseofothers)。爸爸在四、六信中跟你谈过,英文叫robpetertopaypaul(抢彼得赔保罗)。
波兰的首都是华沙(warsaw),warsaw,warsaw,warsaw可真saw了war。二次世界大战,华沙城全毁,人死了四分之一。
葛单斯克(gdańsk)在德文叫但泽(danzig),是造船中心,这个城和波兰走廊(polishcorridor)过去都是世界大新闻,因为它们老是和德国扯不清。
polishcorridorisahistoricstripoflandthatwasoncetheancientpolishprovinceofpomorze.polandlosttheprovincetoprussiain1772.whenprussiabecomeagermanstatein1871,theareafellintogermancontrol.
afterworldwari,theversaillestreatyestablishedthecorridoroflandtogivepolandfreeaccesstothebalticsea.thecorridorseparatedeastprussiaandtheportcityofdanzigfromtherestofgermany.in1939,germanyregainedcontroloftheareawhennazitroopsinvadedpoland.afterworldwarii,thecorridorwasreturnedtopoland.
波兰成为天主教国家已一千年,mostpolesareromancatholics,andreligionisimportantintheirlives,polandhasbeenachristiancountryfor1000years.
波兰的瓷器很有名,瓷器又叫china,所以,可以说,poland的china很有名。
小文你还记得爸爸跟你谈过的一种猪叫polandchina吗?polandchinasgainweightrapidlyandmakeexcellentmeathogs.farmersinohiodevelopedthepolandchinabreed.