It has been two weeks since I last wrote to you. I am so sorry that I don‘t write you very often.
However, I have been busy with my preparation
for the final exams. As you know, I‘m coming home on Jan.14th. But before that, I have to take the final exams for all six classes I‘m taking this semester. Recently I have been in and out of the library a lot to do some research on the term paper for one of the classes. Most professors gave out the review problems already so that the students can study for the final. I think I‘m doing okay studying for the final.
Besides reviewing materials, I‘m also planning to host the New Year party of my department. You know there are so many talented people in my Communications major, but they picked me to host the party! Great, isn‘t it?
Well gotta go talk to you soon.
Love you,
XXX
I read the Chinese version of “Camille” a few years ago. At that time I was deeply moved by the main character Marguerite Gautier. “Camille” or “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas, fils, is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid 1800's, and how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and then tries to escape from her questionable past. Unfortunately, it comes back to haunt her and she ends up returning to that life and dies painfully and alone, but with the knowledge that she was a noble woman at heart. When I first began to read the book, I did not care for Marguerite or her attitude or lifestyle, but as I got further into the narrative, I realized that her saucy attitude was a front to cover the lonely woman that she really was. She felt used, abused and unloved, until the gentle Armand Duval came into her life and showed her that he loved her as a person and not for what she could do for him. It must have taken great courage for Marguerite to leave the life she had lived for so long, knowing all along that it was probably too good to be true and would not last indefinitely. And it also showed that Marguerite really loved Armand Duval for she could even change herself for him.
However, happiness didn’t last for long. When M. Duval, Armand's father, came to her, pleading for her to leave Armand to save both Armand's reputation and that of his younger innocent sister, Marguerite saw a way to become pure of heart, if not in body. She felt that it was her duty, because she loved Armand so much, to do this even though it meant giving up her own happiness and hurting Armand temporarily. She reluctantly returned to her former life, knowing that.some day Armand would forgive her. Sadly, she died in debt and basically alone, except for her one female friend, Julie Duprat, who helped her during her illness. She had her journal sent to Armand after her death, explaining why she had made the choices she had. I think Dumas's last few lines about Marguerite being the exception, not the rule were quite true, and I also agreed with his view that while her lifestyle could not be condoned, we as a society assume that all of these type of women are cold and heartless, while this may not always be the case. A person can make the wrong choices in life when they are young, and try to redeem themselves, but sometimes past situations prevent them from changing their lives, even though they desperately wish to do so. This applies to both men and women in many different types of circumstances: involvement in crime; drug or alcohol abuse; gambling; prostitution; financial problems; poor marriage choices; etc. And this is the fact, which exists in the whole society.
As far as the other characters in the book, I think Marguerite was right in saying that no one truly cared about her, but only wanted something from her, the only exceptions being Armand and Julie Duprat. Of course, the Comte de G. and Comte de N. wanted her body and appearance. The
Duke needed to “wake up and smell the coffee” and realize that she could never replace his dead daughter. If he truly cared, he could have helped her leave her lifestyle without “keeping” her himself. And lastly, Prudence was a blood-sucking leech who used Marguerite almost worse than the men. I also think she was jealous of the fact that Marguerite had so much more courage than herself and someone truly loved her.
Last morning, when tiding my bookshelf, I took this book out of the shelf, and a dried flower flew away from the book. It was pale blue, very transparent, with thin fine veins. a dried flower flew away from the book. It was pale blue, very transparent, with thin fine veins. I held it against the morning light and blew on it. The soft breeze carried it away. Camille is just like the camellia, she could never escape from the destiny of withering. But it wasn’t her fault; it’s because of the evil of Capitalism and the hideousness of that society.
Suddenly, I remembered a saying: “Women are like the flowers”. Those pretty women are like those beautiful flowers; their delicate beauty makes people feel they are the miracle of life. However, even the God envies their beauty. It seems that beautiful women always have tragic endings. As we are normal persons, even we can see the hideousness of humanity that results in their fate of withering, we can at most ask quietly in our hearts: Where have those beautiful flowers gone? Where have they gone?
The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe
It seemed to be such a coincidence that the night after I finished reading The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe, I was to dine in a restaurant distinctly related to the book itself. This restaurant was no other than the famous American-styled “Friday ’s. ” The reason for mentioning this restaurant is quite straightforward to all the gentlemen, ladies and children who have read the novel and enjoyed it, which is the fact that this restaurant was, most likely, named after the American Native in Robinson Crusoe, called Friday. This restaurant offers very exceptional service, for instance when the waitresses are asked to order dishes they kneel rather than stand, which, unlike the other restaurants I have been to, makes it easier for the customers to hear them speak. Moreover, Friday’s friendly services to the customers help them to make better choices when ordering dishes. I remembered when I went to Friday ’s last time; the waitress kindly described the items on the menu with precise details. It turned out that the combo I initially wanted was designed to be shared among a large group, not to be eaten by one person. I think this restaurant shows many commendable features similar to that of Friday. Friday brought emotional warmth to the people around him with his appealing personality. I think it was this personality that affected Crusoe and made him say that he loved Friday when Crusoe didn ’t express love for his parents, brothers, sisters, or even his wife. “When he espied me, he came running to me, laying himself down again upon the ground, with all the possible signs of an humble, thankful disposition, making many antic gestures to show it to let me know how he would serve me as long as he lived.” This was what Friday did after Crusoe had rescued him from the two savages chasing him. It was easy for me to see why Crusoe had loved Friday. After sometime, Crusoe and Friday were to rescue Friday’s father. When Friday reunited with his father, the scene was easy to move anyone: “It would have moved anyone to tears to have seen how Friday kissed him, embraced him, hugged him, cried, laughed, halloed, jumped about, danced,
sung; and then sung and jumped about again, like a distracted creature. It was a good while before I could make him speak to me.” This is my favourite chapter in the whole book. It is hard to see why Friday is an ex-savage when he can have personalities more praiseworthy than many civilized people, viz. Crusoe himself. “When he (Friday went to him (Friday’s father, he would sit down by him, open his breast, and hold his father’s head close to his bosom, half an hour together, to nourish it; then he took his arms and ankles, which were numbed and stiff with the binding, and rubbed them with his hands.” Furthermore, Friday’s expression of loyalty in asking Crusoe to kill him rather than leave him is more heartfelt than anything Crusoe ever says or does.
Crusoe, on the absolute contrary, seems incapable of deep feelings, as shown by his account of leaving his family—he never shows any emotions. After a moving lecture from Robinson’s father about his future, he still decided to follow his own wandering ambition. Careless was he about the wishes of his parents to keep him alive and prosperous, as he was the only child left in the family. When he came back from the island which he had lived on for twenty eight years, he found that it had been too late to tell his parents that he was still alive, but yet again he did not feel sorry for them; he also did not feel sorry for the two people who had to live in misery for nearly thirty years under the allusion all of their sons were dead. He had the same feelings for his wife: when he was married, he said it was “not either to my disadvantage or dissatisfaction”, implying that it was also neither to his advantage nor his satisfaction. Moreover, after his wife died, Robinson did not think of looking after the three children they had, but went back to the island, which he had lived on for twenty-eight years. It was on this trip which Robinson Crusoe revisited “His Island ” as he called it. I feel that Robinson ’s indifference to his family is almost emotionally cruel.
Before had clearly shown the contrast between Crusoe’s and Friday’s personalities, as when Friday, in his joyful reunion with his father, displayed far more emotion toward his family members than Crusoe, whereas Crusoe never mentions missing his family or dreams about the happiness of seeing them again. I think Defore is very successful in introducing Friday as part of the novel, it makes the whole novel seem much more complete and gripping to the reader, as well as proving that Defoe’s ideology of racism is civilized unlike many other Europeans at that time; natives and savages are not worse than others but can perhaps even be more modern and civilized. Those are the reasons of why I like The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe and Friday.
Dear Santa Claus:
It is my great pleasure for me to write to you while the Christmas is approaching.Since I love you so deeply and trust you so sincerely ,you are always appearing in my dreams which make me excited and happy all the time.I believe that you are so kind-hearted with geat magics to the young kids and all the people as well.I am writing to you,telling you that the world nowadays are totally a mess!Wars,disputes,pullutions and many natural disasters are torturing the world and the people.It seems that the earth is coming to its end where the human being cannot live any longer.Sincerely wish that you can help us and the earth.
Sincerely,Yours
记得几年前,这儿本是一个水草鲜绿,池水清澈,虫儿肥美的池塘,它就坐落在村子的中央。每天清晨,会有几个漂亮的姑娘来池塘边照镜子。每到傍晚,就会有许多大娘大婶来池塘边洗衣服。每到夏天,总会有几位男孩子光着身子来到河边,在我们的领地上欢快地戏水。闲暇时,还会有几位老人来池塘边钓鱼。而我,则每天和几个同伴们在池塘中无忧无虑地游来游去,聆听着岸上的阵阵笑声和谈话声,这真是一种神仙般的日子。
“啪——”直到有一天,一块八爪鱼一样的东西砸在了我姐妹头上,我的一个同伴当场死亡。“呜呜呜,呜呜呜……”我和伙伴们泣不成声。从这之后,偷袭之物像一阵阵流星雨似的从天而降,有小孩乱扔的垃圾袋和废旧玩具,有大人们扫出的家庭垃圾,也有一些废水污水。渐渐地,渐渐地,湖水不再清澈,不再美丽。水面上漂浮着一片片垃圾,水的味道也越来越差,还散发着一阵阵难闻的臭味。为什么呀,人们,你们为什么要这样对待我们的家园呀?我们十分纳闷。
有一天,一位农夫背着***虫工具,拎着农药瓶到这儿来,我和同伴们连忙四散逃离。
“老兄,到这儿来稀释农药不太好吧,会把水弄脏的。”另一位农夫好心劝他。
“没关系的,反正现在家家户户都装了自来水,没人会到这儿来用水的。你看,这么脏的水,连洗个脚都没人会来。”这位农夫不以为然地回答。
哦,原来是有了自来水的\'缘故。我终于明白了人们的态度会来个180度大转弯了。这不是过河拆桥嘛,咱鱼也要活命哪!你们有自来水,咱们可是没有后路可退呀!看来真是鱼命难保了。
由于适应不了这样的改变,我和小伙伴们开始变得呼吸困难,双眼红肿,全身发痒。我们想逃离这个地方,可是往常通向外面的那条小水沟早就给垃圾堵住了,之后就没见有人来疏通过,看来这儿已经成了一塘死水了。这时,我不禁想念起从前的生活来:虽然我们不太喜欢洗衣粉和肥皂水的味道,每次洗衣服时我们都逃得远远的,但是也不至于得这种怪病。老人们来钓鱼时,虽然也有一些愚蠢的同伴们上当,但是大多数还是吃得放心,睡得安稳的……所以我们日复一日,年复一年地过着有规律的、快乐无比的生活。可是现在,这美好的一切已经不复存在。
突然,我觉得自己的身子变轻了,不再向前游动,一张一合的嘴巴也停止了运动。慢慢地,慢慢地,我浮上了水面。接着,我发现自己已经离开了水面,向空中飞升。我这是要去天堂了吗?可是我一点儿也高兴不起来。因为我还是非常想念从前的家园:水草鲜绿,池水清澈,虫儿肥美……
Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but in my opinion, this book is an illustration of the society at that time. She perfectly reflected the relation between money and marriage at her time and gave the people in her works vivid characters. The characters have their own personalities. Mrs. Bennet is a woman who makes great efforts to marry off her daughters. Mr. Bingley is a friendly young man, but his friend, Mr. Darcy, is a very proud man who seems to always feel superior. Even the five daughters in Bennet family are very different. Jane is simple, innocent and never speaks evil of others. Elizabeth is a clever girl who always has her own opinion. Mary likes reading classic books. (Actually she is a pedant. Kitty doesn’t have her own opinion but likes to follow her sister, Lydia. Lydia is a girl who follows exotic things, handsome man, and is somehow a little profligate. When I read the book, I can always find the same personalities in the society now. That is why I think this book is indeed the representative of the society in Britain in the 18th century.
The family of gentleman in the countryside is Jane Austen’s favourite topic. But this little topic can reflect big problems. It concludes the stratum situation and economic relationships in Britain in her century. You can find these from the very beginning of this book.
The first sentence in this book is impressive. It reads: “It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in poss ession of a large fortune must be in need of a wife”. The undertone is very clear: the foundation of the marriage at that time is not emotion but possession.
People always think that Austen was an expert at telling love stories. In fact, the marriage in her book is not the result of love, but the result of economic needs. After reading this book, I know the truth is that a poor woman must be in need of a husband, a wealthy man.
I couldn’t forget how eager Mrs. Bennet wants to marry off her daughte rs. If you want to know why she is so crazy about these things, I must mention the situation in Britain at that time. Only the eldest son had the privilege of inheriting his father’s possessions. Younger sons and daughters who are used to luxurious lives have no choice but marry a man or woman in possession of a large fortune to continue their comfortable lives. Thus, we can see that getting married is a way to become wealthier, particularly for women without many possessions. Jane Austen told us that money and possession determined everything, including marriage and love in her century.
In “Pride and Prejudice”, the sister of Mr. Bingley strongly opposed his plan of marrying Jane because the Bennets don’t have many possessions and their social positions are much lower than them. From this, we can see there are a lot of obstacles for a not very rich woman to marry a wealthy husband. The society, the relatives would not allow them to get married.
In modern society, although the marriages of economic needs have decreased rapidly, the concept of “money determines everything” is still rooted in some people’s mind. A lot of parents try hard to interfere their children’s marriages. Education background, possessions, jobs remains the main reason that may influence one’s marriage. Marry for money is still a big problem in our
society. We can’t help thinking: can money determine everything?
Austen left this problem for us to think. The genius of Jane Austen lies in this perfect simplicity, the simplicity that reflects big problems. Although Austen was only 21 when she wrote “Pride and Prejudice”, her sharp observation of social lives makes the style of this book surprisingly mature and lively. The plots in her works are always very natural. The development of the plot is as inevitable as a problem in mathematics. I think the depth of Pride and Prejudice is the reason that makes this book prominent and classic. Today, her book still can be the guide telling us the economic relationships both at her time and in modern time.
鄙人姓易名施磊,好汉一枚。现存于地球12年,风华正茂却是“鸡立鹤群”。有人说我是“三不像”,手像猴子,腿像鸡,身高又是“老鼠精”。这不明摆着说我是手长腿短个子矮嘛!
别看我说起话来十分不正经,可我却有一个十分正经且非常伟大的梦想:我要坐上神舟六号飞往太空,去饱览宇宙中的大好风光,去呼吸火星上的新鲜空气(呵呵,虽然火星没有空气。为了圆我的飞天梦,我每天坚持做体育运动,努力吃饭,但我总是吃不壮—都吃了12年的大鱼大肉了,体重还在50多斤徘徊;都补了12年的钙了,身高还是在一米四几乱蹿。我也不能怨天尤人,毕竟这是先天性的,说好听点儿叫吃不胖,说难听点儿就是骨瘦如柴。于是去太空又有了一个新的目的——长高长胖。听说在太空里因为某种原因,人会在一天之内长高、变胖,照这样计算,用不了几天,我就能成为比姚明还要高的巨人啦!
我很挑三拣四,这挑的可不是食,而是书。我这个“挑书虫”啊,最讨厌啃那些枯燥无味的书,尤其像什么语文书、数学书、英语书之类的。看这种书时间一长,我就头昏脑涨,每当这时就会犯病——打瞌睡。妈妈说这是“读书瞌睡症”,但我对小说这类的书却从不犯病,一拿起小说就爱不释手,这算是间歇性病症吧?人们常说“是金子总会发光的”,以前我总觉得我的那块金子变质了,但老天有眼,总算赐予了我一个比较好的\'“超能力”——做家务。在认清事实后,我努力发愤图强,终于从“家务菜鸟”晋升到了“家务中的战斗机”,以至于每次见到垃圾时我都忍不住弯腰拾起,丢掉,拾起,丢掉。因此,每年家里举行的“家务大王”比赛我都荣获一等奖。“人怕出名猪怕壮”,对于我这个优异的能力,家人给予我的肯定是——
“撸起袖子加油干!”
“今天的碗妥妥地交给你了。”
“地怎么又脏了?家务大王,看着办吧!”
你们这是嫉妒,赤裸裸的嫉妒!望着背后堆积成山的衣服,只能干了。怎么说,这也算是一种兴趣吧。
身高不及关羽,野心却比曹操。读起书来挑三拣四,做起家务比谁都有劲。这就是我!
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