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Unit 16 Friendship Text Explanation About the Author Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 –1882) was an American essayist, philosopher, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid19th century. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid1800s. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society Text Structure ? Section 1: Paragraph 1 ? Section 2: Paragraphs 23 ? Section 3: Paragraphs 45 ? Section 4: Paragraph 6 Text Analysis ? This text is an excerpt from Emerson’s essay “Friendship” which was written in 1841. In the essay we can find that the author’s discussion on friendship is not confined to the relationship between friends, but rather extended to the emotions of benevolence and placency which are felt towards others. Given this proposition, the author discusses the nature of human affection in general and provides his own perception about the importance of such affection in human life. Paragraph 1 ? We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. Maugre all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human family is bathed with an element of love like a fine ether. How many persons we meet in houses, whom we scarcely speak to, whom yet we honor, and who honor us! How many we see in the street, or sit with in church, whom, though silently, we warmly rejoice to be with! Read the language of these wandering eyebeams. The heart knoweth. maugre (prep) notwithstanding, in spite of ? But, maugre all hardships, they pursued their journey ,他們?nèi)杂淇斓乩^續(xù)他們的旅程。 ? Nature says, he is my creature,and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with 然說,他是我的孩子,盡管有再多莫名的痛苦,他和我在一起終究會快樂。 bathe ? . cleanse the entire body。 2. suffuse with or as if with light。 3. clean one39。s body by immersion into water ? After the match, I was bathed with 浹背 . ? Her dustcaked face was bathed with a sweet, cool 那滿是灰塵的臉,沐浴在清新涼爽的空氣中。 ? Your eyes should be bathed with a special 一種特殊的溶液洗眼。 ? The room was b