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每天一分钟，我们一起玩转世界文化。别林斯基曾说，堂吉诃德是一个“永远前进的形象”。堂吉诃德的名字已经变成一个具有特定意义的名词，成了脱离实际、热忱幻想，主观主义，迂腐顽固，落后于历史进程的同义语。
童鞋们注意引号不写，是英式拼写哦~~

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Don Quixote 堂吉诃德
Alonso Quixano 阿隆索 吉哈诺
Don Quixote de la Mancha 堂吉诃德 德 拉 曼恰
Aldonsa 阿尔东萨
Dulcinea del Toboso 达西妮亚 托博索
Spain 西班牙
What's it about? I mean, Don Quixote was a bit crazy, wasn't he? The book tells the story of Alonso Quixano, a man who has read so many stories about brave knights that, he goes mad and, renames himself Don Quixote de la Mancha. So, he thinks he really is a knight? OK, and what does he do? Where does he go? Well, he sets out to fight injustice in the name of his beloved maiden Aldonsa, or as he knows her in his mind, Dulcinea del Toboso. So, it's a love story, then. But, I think nowadays we have words in English based on him. For example, the adjective "quixotic", which means "idealistic and impractical", derives from his name. Oh, really? You use his name in English? I never knew that. Yes, we do. So, I think he wasn't just famous in Spain. He's famous throughout the whole English speaking world. If I were you, I'd read it. You may even find some more words or phrases we use in English.