August is the vast sandy wasteland of American culture. Publishers stop releasing books. Movie theaters are clogged with the egregious action movies that studios wouldn’t dare release in June.[16] Television is all reruns (or worse—new episodes of Sex and the City).[17] The sports pages wither into nothingness.
August was created by politics, and it can be undone[18] by politics. Here is a framework for “August Reform”. Cede the first 10 days of August back to July, thus extending holiday revelry for more than a week.[19] September would have the last 10 days of August, calming the folks who can’t wait to get back to serious work. August itself will keep 10 days. And as for the 31st day, it will be designated[20] a holiday independent from any month. It will fall after the 10th and last day of August, and it will celebrate the end of that most useless month.
Vocabulary
1. vagueness: 含糊,不明确。
2. 你得背诵一下(各月份天数的)变化规则才能弄清楚。
3. calendar: 日历,历法;flux: 变化。
4. whimsical: 异想天开的,心血来潮的。
5. Julius Caesar: 尤里乌斯•恺撒(前100—前44),罗马统帅、政治家;Caesar: 恺撒,是罗马帝国从奥古斯都至哈德良帝王及以后王储的称号;Sextilis: 古罗马历法中的六月。
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