比爾．布萊森 BILL BRYSON，全世界最知名、最受歡迎的旅遊作家。一九五一年出生於美國愛荷華州，畢業於美國德雷克大學。曾任職於倫敦《泰晤士報》與《獨立報》，同時也為《紐約時報》、《君子雜誌》、《GQ》與《國家地理雜誌》等刊物撰文。在英國居住長達二十年之久後，決定搬回『祖國』，現與妻子和四個小孩定居於美國新罕布夏州的漢諾威市。他的興趣十分廣泛，在語言學方面也著有《麻煩詞彙字典》(A Dictionary of Troublesome Words)、《母語》(The Mother Tongue)、《美式英語》(Made in America)等書，皆為非學院派的幽默之作，獲得很高的評價。
比爾．布萊森 BILL BRYSON，全世界最知名、最受歡迎的旅遊作家。一九五一年出生於美國愛荷華州，畢業於美國德雷克大學。曾任職於倫敦《泰晤士報》與《獨立報》，同時也為《紐約時報》、《君子雜誌》、《GQ》與《國家地理雜誌》等刊物撰文。在英國居住長達二十年之久後，決定搬回『祖國』，現與妻子和四個小孩定居於美國新罕布夏州的漢諾威市。他的興趣十分廣泛，在語言學方面也著有《麻煩詞彙字典》(A Dictionary of Troublesome Words)、《母語》(The Mother Tongue)、《美式英語》(Made in America)等書，皆為非學院派的幽默之作，獲得很高的評價。
I drove in the gloomy frame of mind that overtakes me at the end of every big trip. In another day or two I would be back in New Hampshire and all these experiences would march off as in a Disney film to the dusty attic of my brain and try to find space for themselves amid all the ridiculous accumulated clutter of half a century's disordered living.
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It seemed a particularly melancholy notion to me that life would go on in Australia and I would hear almost nothing of it....Life would go on and I would hear nothing , because once you leave Australia, Australia ceases to be. What a strange, sad thought that is.
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I can understand it, of course. Australia is mostly empty and a long way away. Its population is small and its role in the world consequently peripheral. It doesn't have coups... (查看原文)
One would think “how hard can it be to write a travel book”? As a travel book writer, you go to a fascinating place, do a bit sightseeing and record what you see. You then go back to your hotel room and jump on Google.com to search for anything about this...
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0 有用 : 奥斯莓儿 : 2010-06-05 02:49:33
在澳洲居住了一段时间后，关于背后的历史和故事。比较有兴趣了解。要是没住过澳洲的话...可能会觉得那是一堆杂语
0 有用 cinzento 2012-07-20 01:09:29
五星好评哟亲！！！在书店看得我要笑尿！！果断买回家！我就是bill gryson的好狗腿！！！