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enormously dear, very expensive; tremendously costly.
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insurance offices, business concerns that, for a stipulated consideration, a sum of money called the premium, undertake to indemnify or guarantee another person against loss. According to Lamb, the insurance offices had to stop doing business.
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Why?
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sage, a profoundly wise man.
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Locke, John （1632-1704）, the English philosopher, who wrote the “Essay Concerning Human Understanding.”
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consuming, burning; setting afire.
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dress, prepare. You dress a chicken by taking off all of its feathers and cleaning up its insides.
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rude form, primitive, very simple, coarse form.
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gridiron, a barred metal utensil for broiling food over coals.
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spit, slender, pointed rod to hold roasting meat.
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Questions
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1. Point out the elements of humor in the title and the first three sentences.
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2. How did Bo-bo happen to set fire to the cottage?
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3. How did Bo-bo discover that roast pig is good to eat?
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4. Why was Ho-ti filled with horror at the sight of his son eating pig? 5. How did Ho-ti become converted to pig eating?
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6. Why did Ho-ti want the new food kept a secret?
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7. How was their secret finally discovered?
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8. Why were Ho-ti and Bo-bo found not guilty?
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9. How did the custom of eating roast pig spread?
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10. When did the burning of houses stop?
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参考译文
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【作品简介】
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《论烤猪》一文选自查尔斯·兰姆所著《伊利亚散文集》。
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【作者简介】
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查尔斯·兰姆（1775—1834），英国散文家、幽默作家。这篇散文首发在1822年9月的《伦敦杂志》上，被认为是他的最佳叙事散文。故事并非是兰姆的原创，在许多文学作品中都有提及，例如希腊学者、新柏拉图主义者波菲利（233—304）在他的著作《禁食动物论》第四卷第15章里就收入了这个故事。兰姆可能是从好友托马斯·曼宁那里听说的这个故事（正如他自己所说的那样）。当然，故事所披的那层中国外衣是兰姆杜撰出来的。据说这篇文章发表以后，兰姆收到了好几头烤猪礼物，在一封标明“1923年1月12日”的信笺中，他感谢一个农夫和他的妻子送给他的礼物。
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