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.
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.
自己DIY制作果汁
今天晚上,我和谷方俊、周家成两人来到了彭飞家里,彭飞用他家的草莓招待我们,吃完后,我突然想出了一个好主意,我们自己动手制作果汁。我想伙伴们说出了我的主意,他们连声叫好,于是,我们拿橘子剥了皮,放进彭飞家的机械榨汁机里,起先,我们没有,我***电源,接着,看见有一个按钮,我就好奇按了下去,机器发出“嗡——嗡”的声音,我连忙发下,固执和橘子洒了一地,我想彭飞表示抱歉。接着,我们又剥了干净的橘子,洗了手,使用我刚才发现的按钮一按,哈!新鲜的果汁出炉喽!彭飞说,果汁要加糖,我们急忙加糖。我喝完后,有一种成就感,毕竟,这是我自己动手做出来的呀!
发型大比拼
伴着浓香的果汁,彭飞又想出了一个好主意,举行一次发型大比拼,他从他爸爸妈妈的房间里拿出了木质梳子,说:“为谁梳?”我看谷方俊的头发长,就说:“给谷方俊梳吧!他头发长。”大家一致同意,这次,就是不同的谷方俊和不同的谷方俊比发型,谷方俊装委屈地说:“呜,人家告妈妈去!”逗得我们大笑起来,我给他梳了个分叉发型,把他带到镜子旁边,他那这自己的`头发,说:“看我,多帅!”我们又笑起来。接着,我又给他梳了个头发往下垂的法型,他还把他的那双眼睛装得很忧郁,以为自己是个美男,我们哭笑不得。谷方俊的动作和语言,把我们逗得前俯后仰,整个屋子里回荡着我们的笑声。
恐怖的灭灯
前面讲的都是快快乐乐的事,接下来,就是恐怖的故事了。我一不小心把彭飞家的灯给灭了,我们四人突然觉得很恐怖。于是尖叫起来,接着,我又打开灯,脑子里闪现了一个主意:我们为什么不一会儿开灯,一会儿灭灯呢?我又把我的主意向伙伴们介绍了,大家说:“反正无聊,玩一玩就玩一玩吧!”于是,我一会儿开灯,一会儿又灭灯,又是听见我们四人在被子里大声尖叫,很是欢乐。
把这个游戏玩完之后,我们很快乐,但是一看钟,已经9:30了,我不得不回家,这是我生命中玩得最开心,也是收获最大的一个晚上。
This is a story about a special and unreserved woman who has been exposed to a hostile environment but continuously and fearlessly struggling for her ideal life. The story can be interpreted as a symbol of the independent spirit.
It seems to me that many readers’ English reading experience starts with Jane Eyer. I am of no exception. As we refer to the movie “Jane Eyer”, it is not surprising to find some differences because of its being filmized and retold in a new way, but the spirit of the novel remains----to be an independent person, both physically and mentally.
Jane Eyer was a born resister, whose parents went off when she was very young, and her aunt,the only relative she had,treated her as badly as a ragtag. Since Jane’s education in Lowwood Orphanage began, she didn’t get what she had been expecting——simply being regarded as a common person, just the same as any other girl around. The suffers from being humiliated and devastated teach Jane to be persevering and prize dignity over anything else.As a reward of revolting the ruthless oppression, Jane got a chance to be a tutor in Thornfield Garden. There she made the acquaintance of lovely Adele and that garden’s owner, Rochester, a man with warm heart despite a cold face outside. Jane expected to change the life from then on, but fate had decided otherwise: After Jane and Rochester fell in love with each other and got down to get marry, she unfortunately came to know in fact Rochester had got a legal wife, who seemed to be the shadow following Rochester and led to his moodiness all the time ----Rochester was also a despairing person in need of salvation. Jane did want to give him a hand, however, she made up her mind to leave, because she didn’t want to betray her own principles, because she was Jane Eyer. The film has finally got a symbolist end: Jane inherited a large number of legacies and finally returned. After finding Rochester ’s misfortune brought by his original mad wife, Jane chose to stay with him forever.
I don’t know what others feel, but frankly speaking, I would rather regard the section that Jane began her teaching job in Thornfield as the film’s end----especially when I heard Jane’s words “Never in my life have I been awaken so happily. ” For one thing, this ideal and brand-new beginning of life was what Jane had been imagining for long as a suffering person; for another, this should be what the audiences with my views hoped her to get. But the professional judgment of producing films reminded me to wait for a totally different result: There must be something wrong coming with the excellence----perhaps not only should another section be added to enrich the story, but also we may see from the next transition of Jane’s life that “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you would get.”
What ’s more, this film didn’t end when Jane left Thornfield. For Jane Eyer herself, there should always be somewhere to realize her great ideal of being independent considering her fortitude, but for Rochester, how he can get salvation? The film gives the answer tentatively: Jane eventually got back to Rochester. In fact, when Jane met Rochester for the first time, she scared his horse and made his heel strained, to a certain extent, which meant Rochester would get retrieval because of Jane. We can consider Rochester’s experiences as that of religion meaning. The fire by his frantic wife was the punishment for the cynicism early in his life. After it, Rochester got the mercy of the God and the love of the woman whom he loved. Here we can say: human nature and divinity get united perfectly in order to let such a story accord with the requirements of both two sides. The value of this film may be due to its efforts to explore a new way for the development of humanism under the faith of religion.
看到这本书的封面就深深地被吸引了,不仅仅因为“常青藤”,“哈佛”的光环,更是因为“20年经典读物”,因为时间才能真正的检验真理。
本书不同于其他写作书籍:除了20条写作干货以外,在书末,每条原则都有对应练习和参考答案。写作本就是一项技能,练习>理论,所以才说这本书不失为一本写作经典好书。
这本书非常适合用作写作入门书籍或工具用书。刚开始学习的时候可以通篇学习,之后当写作时遇到门槛或问题了,可随时翻阅查看。本书脉络非常清晰,作者的理论部分分别从结构、风格、可读性这三个基本层面阐述了,写作应该遵循的20条基本原则。
首先是结构,结构是关乎文章组织以及表述观点的顺序,有了正确的结构,文章就会给人很清晰的感受。
例如,总——分,分——总还是总——分——总。最重要的观点,次重要的观点,应该按什么顺序进行放置,这些都必须根据不同文体而定。
作者在第一部分,提到的第一个原则,就是运用“自上而下”的原则,在写说明文,议论文,论文,商业文章时都可以应用这种原则——先写总结,开门见山。然后再把表达的观点拆分成功2到4个观点,以最重要,次重要,次重要,最不重要的顺序去排列。这是因为人们在看文章时,注意力会随着时间的增加而不断减少,所以这种方式能够让大家最高效的接受作者想表达的内容。
其实,这种方式不仅仅可以应用于写作,更可以运用到平时的速度当中。“先找文章开头的总结句——再找分解的观点,然后从上至下阅读”,便可提高阅读效率。
其次是风格,风格是写作方式,包括如何使用恰当的例证支撑所写的内容,
有了风格,文章就会显得充实,丰满,让人非常容易理解。举个例子,
1.雪下的特别大。
2.下雪了,一片片雪花从天上飘落下来,一会儿,山头白了,房子白了,窗外的\'一切都白了。
这两句话,同样是描写雪大,但是后面这句添上风格,大家可以感受一下有什么不同?
最后是可读性,这一点教我们如何对文章进行正确的排版。
让读者获得愉悦的阅读体验,在有限的时间里获得最有效的信息,并愿意继续读下去。例如作者所说的尽量增大周围边框和黑体字就可以让阅读视感更佳轻松。
本文只是给大家展示了书中两三个原则,其余的原则还等着大家自己去联系和掌握。总之,本书内容非常丰富,不仅适合写作入门级爱好者,也适合于广大的高中初中的同学作为写作的提高资料。
“立正!稍息!”在教官们的声声号令下,军训已经开始。阳光似猛兽般扑向体育场,同学们的斗志被点燃,训练如火如荼的进行。
首先是最为难耐的站军姿,“大家不能动,要动的必须打报告!”教官大声说道。时间缓缓走过,一秒,两秒,三秒……十分钟终于过去,不少同学已汗流浃背,但仍昂首挺胸坚持下来……稍作休整后,便开始了下一轮的站军姿练习。在艰苦的训练下,我们收获了毅力与坚持和用于向困难搏斗的精神。
长时间的站立后,我们迎来了欢快的\'休息时间,大家原地坐下,相互聊天和玩笑。随后,教官又走上前去,教我们唱起了军歌,虽然总记不住词,有几次还唱得让教官无言以对,但大家都很认真,唱的也很卖力。随后,我们又转过身去,与另一班开始了激烈的对歌,班长“义无反顾”,上前打头阵,先是大唱军歌,又是全班异口同声的叫对方“来一个”,教官在此时也格外高兴,展露出笑颜,大家有说有笑,其乐融融。到了后来,不管是流行歌还是儿歌,我们都一并拿下,势不可当。此时此刻,我们又收获了快乐与友谊。
随着一声令下,我们迅速起身,又投入到紧张的训练中,劳逸结合,让我们更易在艰苦中学习,也有了苦中作乐。教官带着我们复习了之前所教动作,不合格的及时纠正,一切妥当后,便开始了齐步走练习。经过多次练习后,我们的步伐不再像之前那样紊乱,排面也更显整齐,“一二三四”的口号回荡在场内,不光是我们,其他班的同学们也认真进行着训练,体育场上充满生机与活力。在齐步走训练中我们又收获了团结和互助。
最后,伴随主席台前方的几声号令,我们齐步向前去排好了队,而教官们还临时为我们全体展示了一些标准动作,在阵阵鼓掌声中,一天的军训走向尾声,我们学到了了许多,收获了许多,首先要感谢所有教官的辛勤付出,才让军训能如此丰富和意义非凡。而后我们身为21世纪的花朵,未来社会的栋梁,我们也必将在这几天教官的带领下变得更加优秀。
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