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Kate Atkinson was born in York, England in 1951.
凯特·阿特金森1951年出生于英国约克。
She worked hard to gain her credentials as an author.
她努力工作以获得作家资格。
She studied English literature at University in Scotland.
她在苏格兰大学学习英国文学。
After graduating in 1974, she researched a doctorate on American literature.
1974年毕业后，她攻读了美国文学博士学位。
Later, she taught at the university she graduated from, and began writing short stories in 1981.
后来她在自己毕业的大学任教，并于1981年开始写短篇小说。
She began writing for women's magazines after winning the 1986 Women's Own Short Story Competition.
1986年赢得女性短篇小说大赛后，她开始为女性杂志写作。
Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the 1995 UK Book of the Year award.
她的第一部小说《博物馆的幕后》获得了1995年英国年度图书奖。
The book is set in Yorkshire and has been adapted for radio, theatre, and TV.
这本书以约克郡为背景，已被改编成广播、戏剧和电视节目。
She has written two plays for a theatre in Edinburgh.
她为爱丁堡的一家剧院写了两部剧本。
The first was called Nice and the second, Abandonment, performed as part of the Edinburgh Festival in August 2000.
第一部名为《Nice》，第二部名为《Abandonment》，于2000年8月在爱丁堡艺术节上演出。
Whatever genre Atkinson writes in, her books touch on the themes of love and loss and how to carry on.
无论阿特金森写的是哪种体裁，她的作品都触及了爱与失去以及如何继续生活的主题。
They are always presented with ingenuity and a wicked sense of humor.
作品总是展现了作者的聪明才智和幽默感。
Her books tend to be populated by odd, sometimes sinful, and generally flawed eccentrics who become credible by virtue of being so fully realized.
她的书中充斥着古怪的，有时是罪恶的，通常有缺陷的怪人，他们因为塑造得如此逼真而显得可信。
Her books have frequently been described as comedies of manners.
她的书经常被描述为风度喜剧。
That is to say, comedies that represent the complex and sophisticated code of behavior current in fashionable circles of society.
也就是说，这些喜剧代表了时尚社会圈子中复杂而精致的行为准则。
Where appearances count more than true moral character.
外表比真正的道德品质更重要。
A comedy of manners tends to reward its clever and deceitful characters, rather than punish their bad deeds.
礼仪喜剧倾向于奖励其聪明和欺骗的人物，而不是惩罚他们的恶行。
The humor of a comedy of manners relies on verbal wit and playful teasing.
风度喜剧的幽默依赖于言语上的机智和俏皮的调侃。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据你刚刚听到的文章回答9 - 11题。
Question 9. When did Kate Atkinson begin to write fbr women's magazines?
问题9.凯特-阿特金森是何时开始为女性杂志撰稿的？
Question 10. What did Kate Atkinson's books touch on?
问题10.凯 特·阿特金森的作品涉及哪些方面的内容?
Question 11. What do we learn about the clever and deceitful characters in a comedy of manners?
问题11.对于风俗喜剧中聪明而又狡祚的人物，我们了解到什么？
