今天分享的是一个作家的事迹，乔叟的文学生平可划分为三个阶段。一、阶段乔叟的作品主要是从法语翻译过来的，第二阶段则改编于意大利，如《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》。第三阶段包括《坎特伯雷故事集》，这是纯英语创作阶段。同时他的作品也很适合考研英语的学习。
　　Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)（杰弗里·乔叟）
　　1Life（生平）
　　In 1340, Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London, a son of a wine merchant who had connections with the Court. He is the founder of English poetry.
　　Chaucer was a royal butler and had several occasions to Belgium, France and Italy. Thus, French culture and Italy humanist literature represented by Dante, Pytlak and Bio had a great influence on him.
　　He died in 1400 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, thus founding the “Poets’ Corner”.
　　1340年，杰弗里·乔叟出生于敦，是一个与宫廷有联系的酒商的儿子。他是英语诗歌的创始者。
　　乔叟曾充任王室管家，数度出使比利时、法国和意大利。乔叟早年受法国文学和以但丁、彼特拉克与薄伽丘为代表的意大利人文文学的影响。
　　乔叟逝于1400年，被葬在威斯敏斯特教堂，“诗人角”开始出现。
　　2Main works（主要作品）
　　Troilus and Criseyde (1380-1385)《特罗勒斯与克丽西德》
　　The Canterbury Tales (1386-1400)《坎特伯雷故事集》
　　3Chaucer’ s Literary Career（文学生平）
　　Chaucer’s literary career can be divided into three periods. The first period consists of works translated from French, the second consists of works adapted from the Italian, as Troilus and Criseyde. The third period includes The Canterbury Tales, which is purely English.