大学学术英语读写教程上册作文【一】
边城写的是一个恋爱的故事，情节简朴优美，湘西山城茶峒掌水码头顺顺的两个儿子天保和傩送，同时爱上了城边碧溪老船夫的孙女翠翠。但翠翠心里爱的却是傩送，当天保明白了这个三角恋爱的实情，深知不能勉强，主动退出了竞争，驾船下辰州，好忘却那里的一切，却不幸遇难，傩送虽然仍然爱着翠翠，但哥哥为此而死，使他心中压抑，又对老船夫有误会，也在痛苦中离家去了桃源。而翠翠独自承担所有的变故，在等着，等着那个也许永远不回来，也许明天回来的人。
如诗的边城，诗意地演绎着人生，诗意地演绎着生活。书中所示的人性美浸透着完美，而翠翠的无限期等待又显示着不完美。她的感情悲剧能够说是那个年代造成的，她和傩送本来完全能够结合在一齐，培育出美丽的感情之花，可惜二人却失之交臂，留下了悠长的遗憾。
而此刻谁会放下自我的感情呢？在当今这个社会谁主动放下自我想要的东西，完美的感情都是我们想要追寻的。在《边城》中傩送为了亲情而放下了感情，亲情固然重要，但为了亲情而放下了感情，也是可悲的。而翠又在不明白天保是因不能得到她的爱而忧郁出走落水身亡，不明白傩送是因为不能得到她的爱而离乡远行，也不明白爷爷突然离世全是由于替自我的幸福思虑奔忙而心力交瘁。之后在陪伴她的杨马兵向她说明后，她才如梦初醒，这实在让人不免为她感到惋惜和可悲。
故事就这样结束了，结局怎样？给人留下了悬念，傩送最后回来了吗？她们俩最后在一齐了吗？我不禁陷入了幻想之中，期望他们有情人能终成眷属。看过《边城》，让我对世间完美的感情又一次产生了怀疑，对人性多了一份了解，但又明白了自我的幸福就就应去争取，争取了，得不到，也就没有什么可遗憾的了。
边城就是这么一出健康纯洁，而又弥漫有淡淡哀愁和浓浓诗意的感情悲剧和人性的悲剧。
大学学术英语读写教程上册作文【二】
a tale of two cities occupies a central place in the canon of charles dickens\'s works. this novel of the french revolution was originally serialized in the author\'s own periodical all the year round. weekly publication of chapters 1-3 of book 1 began on april 30, 1859. in an innovative move, dickens simultaneously released installments of the novel on a monthly basis, beginning with all of book 1 in june and concluding with the last eight chapters of book 3 in december. dickens took advantage of the novel\'s serial publication to experiment with characterization, plot, and theme. he described the work in a letter to his friend john forster, cited in rudi glancy\'s a tale of two cities: dickens\'s revolutionary novel, as \"a picturesque story rising in every chapter, with characters true to nature, but whom the story should express more than they should express themselves by dialogue.\" the novel that emerged from his experimentation is now regarded as one of dickens\'s most popular and most innovative works.
dickens\'s work was very popular with the reading public when it was first published. one review in the magazine athenaeum stated that a tale of two cities had attracted the praise of a hundred thousand readers. on the other hand, a whole set of critics, most notably sir james fitzjames stephen writing in saturday review, criticized the novel precisely for its popularity. \"most of the critics writing in the intellectual and literary journals of the day considered popular success a good reason to condemn a work,\" explains glancy. \"if the public liked it, they certainly could not be seen to approve of it at all.\" modern critical opinion, however, has given the novel an important place among dickens\'s most mature works of fiction.
