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When word got out that Doug Beardsley was introducing a new course this spring-' Hockey (冰球) Literature and the Canadian Psyche (精神 ) ' -the 40 seats in the class were quickly taken. ESPN offered to fly him to New York for a TV chat show, and e-mail arrived from hockey fans and researchers from as far away as Texas and China.
' think they can learn something about us as a nation by learning about the , about Canadian people. They ' re right. ' says Beardsley.
Students in Beardsley ' s class completed three research papers related to hockey. The reading list included famous works like The Divine Ryans by Wayne Johnston , The Good Body by Bill Gas- ton and Les Canadiells by Rick Salutin. They are the kind of books that get at the true meaning of being Canadian.
In Beardsley' s words, hockey shows the very nature of the polite Canadian. 'I think that a- long with this peace-sharing, gentle image comes a need for mayhem(混乱）,So we invent the and-whammo ! -you get on the ice and it serves as a way of letting out those energies that we don ' t allow ourselves elsewhere. ' says Beardsley, who added that the reason the needs to be played in winter is our form. of saying, ' Look, even up here in the frozen north we can turn this around and make it work for us. '
'I' m talking about something larger than what happens on the ice and so is the course. '
. What is the main purpose of the text?
[A] To teach how to play hockey.

[B] To introduce an English teacher.
[C] To introduce a book by Beardsley.
[D]To talk about hockey and the Canadians.