A Modest Proposal: In the 18th century, Ireland was under the monitoring and exploitation of Britain. People were impoverished. Mothers took their children out, begging on the street. Jonathan Swift published the satirical essay A Modest Proposal. In a rhetorical style, he proposed: mothers should nurture their children well. A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout. Thus, the children were free of future hardship, and the parents got more money. A Modest Proposal satirizes British suppression on Ireland in a calm and mild language which is Swift's hallmark. (一个温和的建议：18世纪的爱尔兰处在英国的监控和盘剥之下，人民生活极度贫苦，连小孩也养不起，许多母亲便带着孩子流落街头，以乞讨为生。在这种背景下，乔纳森·斯威夫特创作了讽刺短文《一个温和的建议》，用反语法提出了一个"公平可行的建议"：建议母亲们把孩子养肥，在他们一岁的时候卖给富人作美味佳肴，皮也可以加工成手套和靴子，这样不仅可以使孩子免受未来的苦难也可以增加父母的收人。《一个温和的建议》用温和冷静的语言讽刺了英国政府对爱尔兰的压迫，文字"不温不火，绵里藏针"，颇能体现斯威夫特的讽刺风格。)