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ByBy ：： George George Ewart EvansEwart Evans

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The son of a grocer, The son of a grocer, was born in1909, was born in1909, in a coal-mining village in a coal-mining village north of Cardiff. north of Cardiff.

George Ewart George Ewart EvansEvans

George Ewart George Ewart EvansEvansobserved at firsthand the struggles observed at firsthand the struggles ooff a mining communitya mining community

observed the affects of mining disasters, observed the affects of mining disasters, strikes, and most poignantly the loss of hstrikes, and most poignantly the loss of his father’s shop and the experience of his father’s shop and the experience of his father’s bankruptcyis father’s bankruptcy

hishis trials set in his mind a belief in the pri trials set in his mind a belief in the principles of communism as a way of endinnciples of communism as a way of ending social inequalitiesg social inequalities

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George Ewart George Ewart EvansEvansGeorge was a pioneer in the field of George was a pioneer in the field of oral history who from the 1950s oral history who from the 1950s recorded interviews with people in recorded interviews with people in rural areas. He taped interviews with rural areas. He taped interviews with many people including blacksmiths, many people including blacksmiths, ploughmen, drovers and shepherds ploughmen, drovers and shepherds and edited the results into a number and edited the results into a number of books including ‘Where Beardsof books including ‘Where Beards

He was also an accomplished story He was also an accomplished story writer and wrote short-stories, novels writer and wrote short-stories, novels and poems.and poems.

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FamouFamous fors forThree poemsThree poems ：：

in Modern Welsh Poetryin Modern Welsh Poetry The Voices of the Children The Voices of the Children Ask The Fellows Who Cut The Hay Ask The Fellows Who Cut The Hay

Welsh Short StoriesWelsh Short Stories ：： The Horse in the Furrow The Horse in the Furrow The Pattern Under the PloughThe Pattern Under the Plough（（ Aspects of the Folk-Life of East AngliaAspects of the Folk-Life of East Anglia ）） The Farm and the Village The Farm and the Village Where Beards Wag AllWhere Beards Wag All（（ The Relevance of the Oral TraditionThe Relevance of the Oral Tradition ）） ………… …………

Three poems, in Modern Welsh PoetryThe Voices of the Children Ask The Fellows Who Cut The Hay Welsh Short Stories The Horse in the Furrow The Pattern Under the Plough: Aspects of the Folk-Life of East Anglia The Farm and the Village Where Beards Wag All: The Relevance of the Oral Tradition The Leaping Hare by George Ewart Evans and David Thomson Acky

IntroductioIntroduction n The Days That We Have Seen (Faber 1975).

Let Dogs Delight and Other Stories (Faber 1975)From Mouths Of Men (Faber 1976).

Horse Power and Magic (Faber 1979).The Strength of the Hills: An Autobiography (Faber 1983; Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York).

Spoken History (Faber 1987).The Crooked Scythe. An Anthology of Oral History, Ed. and ill. by David Gentleman, (Faber 1993).

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Father’s death left the family bankrupt

The old Pony was sold to Dando, a ragman

Ma saw Pony again and decided to take him back

Ma used the piano exchange Old Pony and 2 pound

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money

Dick was not treat well

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I. Father died, leaving a poor family with a pony and a piano

II. For the sake of living, Tom and Gomer wanted sold pony to Dando

III. Even though mom disagreed, pony was sold

IV. We still have the piano, mom and Gomer paid more attention on it

I. Mom missed pony whose life was terrible with Dando

II. Mom decided to get pony back and she did it.

I. Dando came to my home and wanted to fetch pony, mom rejected of course

II. Dando was more interested in the piano and gave mom pony and one pound extra for it.

III. Then Dando got the piano back home and mom gave Gomer a flute, he was unhappy

IV. Gradually, piano was forgotten

I. Time went by, mom recollect the memory about the piano and wanted to saw it. However, Gomer felt miserable

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grocery [‘ɡrəusəri] n. 食品杂货店pony [‘pəuni] n. 矮种马；小型马 cart [kɑːt] n. 二轮运货马车 complexion [kəm‘plekʃ(ə)n] n. 肤色；面色；whimper 英 ['wɪmpə] n. 呜咽声；啜泣声；Pleated [‘plitɪd] adj. 起褶的 v. 给…打褶cob [kɒb] n. 结实的矮脚马 Pleasure-trap:n. 观光轻便双轮马车prance [prɑːns] vi. 腾跃 ，神气活现地走Hand n. 一手之宽（用来量马的高度）

Bar ： prep. 除了…以外darning [‘dɑːnɪŋ] n. 织补ragman [‘ræɡmən] n. 收废品的人knacker [‘nækə ] n. 费马的收买和屠宰者prod [prɒd] n. 戳，推heath-fire n. 野火stone [stəʊn] n.stone [stəʊn] n. 英石（英国重量单位，英石（英国重量单位，用来用来表示体重，等于表示体重，等于 1414 磅）磅） leer [lɪə] n.leer [lɪə] n. 斜眼一瞥斜眼一瞥

trotter [‘trɒtə] n. 快步马 rosette [rə(ʊ)‘zet] n. 玫瑰花环 piston [‘pɪst(ə)n] n. 活塞 chariot [‘tʃærɪət] n. 战车 mat [mæt] v. 缠结 tag [tæg] n. 箍 braces [‘breisiz] n. 背带

raucous [‘rɔːkəs] a. 沙哑的 apparition [æpə‘rɪʃ(ə)n] n. 鬼怪，幽灵 chime [tʃaɪm] v. 奏出和谐的乐声 jamb [dʒæm] n. 门（窗）框 wary [‘weərɪ] a. 谨慎的，小心翼翼的 tentative [‘tentətɪv] a. 试探的，尝试的

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[səb‘djuːd] a. （声音）很低的，被制服的，顺从的 manoeuver [mə‘nuːvə] v. 耍花招，用计谋 haggle [‘hæg(ə)l] v. 讨价还价，在价格上争论不休 skirmish [‘skɜːmɪʃ] n. 小争论 shaft [ʃɑːft] n. 车杠，辕 war-cry n. 喊叫声，呐喊声 bellow [‘beləʊ] v. 吼叫

slink [slɪŋk] v. 溜走turnout [‘tɜːnaʊt] n. 产品pulpit [‘pʊlpɪt] n. 布道坛badger [‘bædʒə] v. 纠缠mane [meɪn] n. 鬃毛obliquely [ə‘bli:kly, -’blai-] ad.躲躲闪闪地hob [hɒb] n. 炉旁的铁架）（可放炉子等）bracken [‘bræk(ə)n] n. 欧洲蕨

loft [lɒft] n. 草料棚 strew [struː] v. 铺，盖 downright [‘daʊnraɪt] a. 明显的 bit [bɪt] n. 嚼子 snug [snʌg] a. 舒适的，温暖的 manger [‘meɪn(d)ʒə] n. 马槽 pout [paʊt] v. 撅嘴，不高兴 whine [waɪn ] v. 哀叫，哀诉 mahogany [mə‘hɒgənɪ] n. 红木，桃花心木

reverence [‘rev(ə)r(ə)ns] n. 崇敬，敬畏 raffle [‘ræf(ə)l] n. 抽彩销售 dolefully [‘dəulfuli] ad. 悲哀地， chiming a. 单调重复的

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One—One—the the familyfamilyPonyPony:

Be sold---be badly treated by Dando---be bought by Ma

Piano:Piano:Be kept---be sold---be well treated by Dando

Conclusion 1Conclusion 1 ，，To the family, Pony is another family member, but the piano is the tool mainly for helping the member, Gomer.

One—One—the the familyfamily

They are poor but finally they still kept Pony. Even if their own bread can not be guaranteed, they are willing to raise Pony. That is the human nature. No matter how difficult people themselves are, they will never give up what they treasure—relation, friendship, love and so on.

The otherThe other——DandoDando

Conclusion 2Conclusion 2 ，，Dando, a ragman, with no one to care for him, was totally touched by the piano’s echo of the notes. When he heard the notes, he was transformed as if he had heard angels. As a lonely man, it is the notes that made him filled with the long lost hope and excitement. At least, now he had a piano to accompany him and to drive away the loneliness……

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