2017高考英语三轮复习回归基础训练Unit2 北师大版_高考复习指南

2017高考英语三轮复习回归基础训练Unit2 北师大版

　　Maupassant was born in 1850 in northern France.His early life was not happy.His parents separated when he was 11.Most of his education came informally from Gustave Flaubert—his mother's friend and his godfather，a journalist and novelist.Often Flaubert would let him take a walk and then ask him to write 100 lines about what he saw.This type of trainning developed in Maupassant a sense of observation，which he later put to use in his writing.Flaubert also allowed Maupassant to attend his Sunday gatherings with others in his literary circle.

　　For a few years，Maupassant was connected with the Ministry of Public Instruction.It is interesting to note that Monsieur Loisel，a poor man character in The Necklace，worked there.He also served in the French army during the FrancoPrussian War.His favorite writing subjects were peasants，servants in the city，and the FrancoPrussian War.

　　At an early age，Maupassant started writing short stories.In 1880，some of his works were published and he received a wide reputation for Boule de Suif (Ball of Tallow)．With this success，he began to work fulltime on writing.During the next ten years，he wrote over 300 stories，including six novels，three plays，books of travel，and a book of verse.Through them，he earned a lot of money.

　　His writing was classical and simple，avoiding social comments and dirty details.His works often showed a real world and an accurate knowledge of the subject.Although Maupassant wrote in many forms，he received widest recognition for his short stories.By 1890，Maupassant was suffering from the latter stages of syphilis(梅毒)．He died in 1893 in Paris.