练习材料：
[Day 1754 2019-07-16]
Lesson 21-2 William S. Hart and the early 'Western' film
And although no period or place in American history has been more absurdly
romanticized, myth and reality did join hands in at least one arena, the conflict between
the individual and encroaching civilization.
Men accustomed to struggling for survival against the elements and Indians were
bewildered by politicians, bankers and businessmen, and unhorsed by fences, laws and
alien taboos. Hart's good-bad man was always an outsider, always one of the
disinherited, and if he found it necessary to shoot a sheriff or rob a bank along the way,
his early audiences found it easy to understand and forgive, especially when it was Hart
who, in the end, overcame the attacking Indians.
Audiences in the second decade of the twentieth century found it pleasant to escape
to a time when life, though hard, was relatively simple. We still do; living in a world in
which undeclared aggression, war, hypocrisy, chicanery, anarchy and impending
immolation are part of our daily lives, we all want a code to live by.
任务配置：L0+L1+L4
知识笔记：
romanticized v. 使浪漫化; 使传奇化; 使更加富有吸引力;
arena n. 圆形运动场; 圆形剧场; 斗争场所; 竞争舞台; 活动场所;
encroaching v. 侵占(某人的时间); 侵犯(某人的权利); 扰乱(某人的生活等); 侵蚀，蚕食(土地);
bewildered adj. 困惑不解的; 不知所措的; 晕头转向的; v. 使迷惑; 使糊涂;
unhorsed v. 1. 把…拉下马来,使摔下马来 2. 赶…下台;推翻 3. 卸去(驾车的)马
taboos n. (文化或宗教习俗方面的) 禁忌，忌讳，戒律; 禁止; 避讳;
disinherited v. 剥夺(某人)的继承权;
undeclared adj. 未承认的; 未声明的; 未申报的;
aggression n. 好斗情绪; 攻击性; 侵犯; 挑衅; 侵略;
hypocrisy n. 伪善; 虚伪;
chicanery n. 欺诈; 诈骗; 欺骗;
anarchy n. 无政府状态; 混乱; 无法无天;
impending adj. 即将发生的; 迫在眉睫的; v. (事件,危险等) 逼近; 即将临头; 吊(在上头);
immolation n. 祭物，供奉牲礼；宰杀，祭品;
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