【Autumnmeansdifferentthingstodifferentpeople.ItalldependsonyourpersonalitysaidBritishnaturalistRichardMabey."Personalityshapesyourviewoftheseason"hesaid."Youmayseeitasafadingawayapackingu】
Autumnmeansdifferentthingstodifferentpeople.ItalldependsonyourpersonalitysaidBritishnaturalistRichardMabey."Personalityshapesyourviewoftheseason"hesaid."Youmayseeitasafadingawayapackingup(结束)orasatimeofpackinginanothersense–theexcitedgatheringofresourcesbeforealongjourney."
IfthisistrueperhapsittellsusalittleaboutforinstanceThomasHoodthe19thCenturyEnglishpoet.AboutNovemberhewrote:
Nowarmthnocheerfulnessnohealthfulease
Noshadenoshinenobutterfliesnobees
November!
OntheotherhandanotherEnglishpoetJohnKeatsalreadysensinghewasseriouslyillwasinspiredbyalateSeptemberdaytopenoneofthemostfamouspoemsintheEnglishlanguageToAutumn.Hewrotetoafriendafterwardsthattherewassomethingcomfortingandhealingaboutit.
AccordingtoRichardMabeyKeatshasthebiologicalevidenceonhisside.Autumnisnotatimeofslowingdownbutatimeofnewbeginningsandgreatmovementsofcreatures.ForexamplejustatthemomentthatKeats's"gatheringswallows"(inToAutumn)aredepartingforAfricamillionsofcreaturesarefleeingfromthefrozennorthlikeIcelandGreenlandandRussiatowinteralongtheeastandsouthcoastsofBritain.Accordingtoscientistsbeforefallingtheleavestransfertheirchlorophyll(叶绿素)andcarbohydratesintothewoodypartsofthetreeforsafe-keepingoverwinter.Whatremainsarethenaturalantioxidants(防老剂)intheleaves:theyellowandorangecarotenoids(类胡萝卜素)andanotherprotectivechemicalspeciallyproducedforautumnthebright-redanthocyanin(花青素).Highcolorisnotasignalofdeterioration(退化)anddeclinebutofdetox(排毒的)abilityandgoodhealth.
AcenturyafterKeatstheAmericanpoetLorenEiseleywroteinhisjournal:"Supposewesawourselvesburninglikemaplesinagoldenautumn.[Andthatwecould]disintegrate(瓦解)likeautumnleaves…droppingtheirsubstancelikechlorophyll.Wouldnotourattitudetowardsdeathbedifferent?"
FromThomasHood’spoemwemayinferthat_______.
A.hesufferedalotfromcoldNovember
B.hemissedtheshiningsummerdaysverymuch
C.hehadanegativeattitudetowardsautumn