汤姆索亚历险记英文版作文【最新20篇】

东施效颦

Xi Shi, a famous beauty, had a pain in her bosom(胸部) , so she had a frown

on her face when she went out. An ugly girl who lived nearby saw her and thought

she looked very beautiful. therefore when she went home, she also put her hands

on her bosom and had a frown on her face.

When a rich man in the neighbourhood saw her, he shut his doors tightly and

did not go out. When a poor man saw her, he took his wife and children and gave

her a wide berth(保持安全距离) .

She only knew Xi Shis frown looked beautiful but she did not know the

reason for its beauty.

万事俱备 只欠东风

China has been divided into three kingdoms historically: Wei in the north,

Shu in the southwest and Wu in the southeast.

Once Cao Cao from Wei led a 200,000 strong army down to the south to wipe

out the kingdoms of Wu and Shu. Therefore, Wu and Shu united to defend his

attack. Cao ordered his men to link up the boats by iron chains to form a bridge

for the Caos passing from the north bank of Yangtze River to the south bank.

The General Commander of the allied army was Zhou Yu. He analyzed the situation

carefully. Then he got a good idea. He decided to attack the enemy with fire. So

he began to prepare for the neting battle. Suddenly he thought of the direction

of wind. He needed the east wind to blow strongly in order to acnetplish his

scheme. However, the wind did not nete for days. Thus Zhou Yu was worried about

it. At that time, he got a note from Zhuge Liang, the military adviser of the

State of Shu, which reads:

"To fight Cao Cao

Fire will help you win

Everything is ready

Except the east wind"

Quickly he turned to Zhuge Liang for help. Zhuge told him not to worry and

there would be an east wind in a couple of days. Two days later, the east wind

helped Zhou acnetplish his scheme. At last, the allied army won the war.

Later, people use it to say "All is ready except what is crucial".

专心致志

Yi Qiu was known as the most famous expert at chess throughout the land.

Once he gave lessons on chess to two men. One of them was netpletely absorbed in

his teaching, listening attentively to Yi Qiu while the other, who seemed to be

listening, had his mind on something else. In fact, he was having a fancy that a

swan was flying towards him and he had in his hands a bow and an arrow, ready to

shoot. As a result, though he was having the same lesson together with the first

man, yet he turned out a much inferior(差的，自卑的) pupil.

If one does not give single-hearted devotion to it, no skills will be

learned.

一技之长

Gong sun Long , is a famous scholar lived in the State of Zhao during the

Warring States Period (475-221BC). He had kept a circle skilled people around

him. He often said, "A wise man should welnete anyone with a specialty."

One day, a man dressed in tattered(破烂的) and dirty clothes came to see him

and said to him:" I have a special skill. "

Gong asked: "What is it?"

"I have a loud voice and Im good at shouting."

Then Gong turned to his followers and asked," Who is good at shouting?" But

none of them answered "Yes ". So the scholar took the man in.

Some days later, Gong and his followers went on a trip. They came to a wide

river and found the ferryboat was on the other side of the river. All of them

had no idea. Suddenly, Gong thought of the shouting expert and turned to him,

"Can you have a try?" The man realized it was the chance to show his skill. He

shouted to the ferryman as loud as he could, "Hey, ferryman, nete here, we want

to cross the river." As his voice ended, the ferryman came to fetch them. Gong

was very satisfied with the new follower.

Later, people use it to describe anyone who has a special professional

skill.

相敬如宾

During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), there was a high official

in the State of Jin. He once saw a farmer working in the field and his wife

bringing his lunch to him in a very respectful manner. He showed great interest

in the matter. He took the farmer back to Jin with him, and said to the King of

Jin, "Respect is a demonstration of virtue. If one is respectful, he must be

virtuous. We should educate our people with virtue." But the King asked, "His

father is guilty, is it wise to do so?" He replied, "Guan Zhong had been enemy

to the Duke Huan of Qi, but the duke appointed Guan Zhong prime minister and

finally acnetplished his hegemony. Shun exiled Gun but promoted his son Yu. You

just make use of his strong points." At last, Duke Wen took his advice and put

the farmer in an important position.

Later, this idiom means a couple treats each other with respect like

guests.

郑人买履

A man of the state of Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes. He measured his

foot and put the measurement on a chair. When he set out for the market he

forgot to bring it along. It was after he had found the pair he wanted that this

occurred to him.

I forgot the measurement, said he.

He went home to get it but when he returned the market had broken up and he

did not get his shoes after all.

Why didnt you try on the shoes with your feet?

He was asked.

I d rather trust the measurement than trust myself.

入木三分

Wang Xi-zhi is one of the most famous calligraphers(书法家) during the Eastern

Jin Dynasty of China. When he was very young, he practiced his art every day and

never stopped.

Later he absorbed the strong points of all the other schools of

calligraphy, and developed his own unique style of writing. Because of his

achievements, he has been honored as one of Chinas sages of calligraphy. One

time, Wang Xi-zhi sketched in wood for an engraver to cut. Then the engraver

found the ink had penetrated one centimeter into the wood.

"Ru Mu San Fen" is got from this story, which means the calligraphy is

penetrating.

Now it is often used to describe expressing sharp ideas or profound

views.

望梅止渴

Among the outstanding figures of Chinese history, famous either for their

intelligence or treachery(背叛,变节), Cao Cao is one of the foremost.

One hot day, he marched out his troops under a burning sun in a mountainous

area. Bewilderingly(令人困惑地) he lost the way. The journey was long and the sun was

scorching. After their fruitless and tiresome march, all voiced their great

dissatisfaction with the leadership of Cao Cao. They bitterly complained of

their great thirst. The antagonism(对抗) of the soldiers was growing fast and they

were on the verge of staging a mutiny(兵变). The subordinate officers were

helpless to cope with the situation.

Cao Cao, however, in the nick of time cleverly and treacherously gave

orders to his troops to march to the nearby plum trees for a rest and announced

that soldiers would be allowed to eat the juicy sour(酸的) fruit as much as they

desired.

At the thought of the sour fruit the soldiers complaint of great thirst as

well as the antagonistic feeling were quickly forgotten.

Based on the story the later generation formed the proverb "to quench ones

thirst by looking up at plums", to illustrate a case where one takes comfort in

believing that they have already attained that which was expected or

desired.

买椟还珠

A man from the state of Chu wanted to sell a precious pearl in the state of

Zheng. He made a casket(小箱，棺材) for the pearl out of the wood from a magnolia(木兰)

tree, which he fumigated(熏制) with spices. He studded the casket with pearls and

jade, ornamented it with red gems and decorated it with kingfisher(翠鸟) feathers.

A man of the state of Zheng bought the casket and gave him back the pearl.

Too luxuriant(丰富的，奢华的) decoration usually supersedes(取代) what really

counts. This man from Chu certainly knew how to sell a casket but he was no good

at selling his pearl. And the man of Zheng didnt know which is really

valuable.

叶公好龙

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there lived in Chu a person named Chu

Zhuliang, who addressed himself as "Lord Ye".

Its said that this Lord Ye was very fond of dragons. The walls had dragons

painted on them. The beams, pillars, doors and the windows were all carved with

them. As a result, his love for dragons was spread out. When the real dragon in

heaven heard of this Lord Ye, he was deeply moved. He decided to visit Lord Ye

to thank him.

You might think Lord Ye was very happy to see a real dragon. But, actually,

at very the sight of the creature, he was scared out of his wits and ran away as

fast as he could.

From then on, people knew that Lord Ye only loved pictures or carvings

which look like dragons, not the real thing.

寒假期间，我读了一本名为《汤姆叔叔的小屋》的书，著者是美国的斯陀夫人。这本书中主要叙述了汤姆叔叔在三个不同奴隶主手下的生活。除了汤姆叔叔这个重要的角色，书中涉及到的人物还有汤姆的三个主人——谢尔先生、克莱尔先生和农场的奴隶头雷格里，汤姆的妻子克洛婶婶，善良又美丽的仆人丽莎，可爱的孩子们，如克莱尔先生的女儿伊娃小姐、黑人女孩儿托普西，等等。

在《汤姆叔叔的小屋》这本书里，有几个片段写得十分精彩传神。

第一个片段写的是伊娃在临死前与家里所有的仆人告别。当我读到“‘我最亲爱的朋友们，请你们到这里来，’伊娃说，‘是因为我最喜欢你们，最爱你们，我有话要对大家说，我希望你们记住我的话……我快要离开你们了，再过几个星期，你们就再也见不到我了——’时，我的心灵受到了极大的震撼。这段描写让我有一种身临其境的感觉，我非常同情这个年龄幼小、心中充满对他人的爱的伊娃。

第二个片段讲的是：伊娃死后不久，托普西很想在伊娃的身边放一朵花，可罗莎不同意，当克莱尔同意时，罗莎才肯让她进去。让我们一起来感受书中情真意切的文字吧!

托普西把花轻轻地放在伊娃脚下时。突然，她放声大哭。”伊娃小姐，伊娃小姐，我跟你一块儿去吧!你等等我呀……“那哭声撕心裂肺，有如什么东西把心掏空了似的。克莱尔不由得悲从中来，他的脸上不禁涕泪纵横。

”起来吧，孩子，“奥菲利亚小姐柔声地说道，”你不要哭了，伊娃小姐进天堂了。“

我读着这个片段前前后后的文字，悲伤和感动之中仿佛这就是一段真实的故事，我自己也成了故事中的一个人物。

后来，克莱尔先生不幸去世，这个家就落在了脾气暴躁、残忍的玛丽夫人手里。最后，汤姆叔叔被卖到农场，但因不告诉农场主人逃走的凯西和埃莫林所在之地而被活活打死。

这个假期，我读了一本斯托夫人的《汤姆叔叔的小屋》。这本书让我沉浸其中，非常感动。后来，我查阅该书历史背景，了解到故事是发生在美国废奴运动时期，这是一个感人至深的故事，读完《汤姆叔叔的小屋》，我对汤姆肃然起敬。

这本书讲述一个叫汤姆的黑奴，因主人欠债而被卖，之后不停辗转买主，最后在南方的一个种植园，因不肯说出两个逃走的女奴的下落，被主人狠狠鞭打致死。

读到汤姆之死，我不禁为汤姆感到悲伤和气愤，汤姆的正直、善良经受住了一切考验，甚至临死还在宽恕自己恶毒的主人。他爱那些同为奴隶的黑人，因为他们同样深受苦难，他爱那些对他好的主人们，因为他们同样善良;他爱那些同样爱他的人，可是他为什么对那些残忍、贪婪、十恶不赦的奴隶主同样充满关爱呢?这就是他无上的爱。是的，他信仰上帝，可他不知道，他自己也同上帝一样满怀爱心。

我深深地敬佩汤姆，也同情他，而我厌恶奴隶制度，谁说黑人生来就低贱?虽说现如今早已废除了奴隶制度，但我还是感到人们或多或少看不起黑人。在《哈利波特》的舞台剧中，女主角赫敏由一位黑人姑娘出演，这就引起评论认为应该由白人来演，我甚至也认为赫敏应该是个白人姑娘。

可后来我想起，原作者罗琳只说了她棕色的眼睛和卷发，并没有说她是个白人。这时，我不禁羞愧又十分惊诧，或者我们对黑人的歧视依然存在，甚至是在骨子里的，不过我说不清楚是因为历史还是肤色。

不管怎么说，我是喜欢汤姆这个人物的，他可以爱任何人，我甚至不能深爱那些爱我的人，与汤姆相比，我的爱是多么自私和狭隘啊!在汤姆伟大的人格面前，我又是多么渺小啊!我为汤姆无上的爱而动容，也为自己的爱的狭隘而惭愧，这本书也使我懂得了一个道理，人无论经历怎样的苦难，大爱终归无疆。

古代有位哲人曾经说过：“思想是人类世界上最美丽的奇葩。”人的力量是有限的，而人思想的力量是无穷的。上帝赐予人类思考的能力，才促使社会的不断前进。

在《汤姆叔叔的小屋》这本书中，作者着力刻画了接受奴隶主灌输的基.督教精神、逆来顺受型的黑奴汤姆，同时也塑造了不甘让奴隶主决定自己生死的具有反抗精神的黑奴艾利查和乔治。哈里斯。这两种截然相反的性格在小说中形成了强烈的对比，黑奴汤姆的留守可以说是一种真诚、信仰，可是这种愚钝的、逆来顺受的思想更让你觉得可怜。艾利查的逃亡是源于母爱，她是不忍心与自己可爱的儿子分离，她是伟大的，在那样的一个黑暗时代中她的行动让人们感到了人性的热度。当然，她的逃亡亦是需要勇气的。

而与这两人不同的是乔治哈里斯。他的思想是活跃的，他未被基.督教精神禁锢，在一次次的忍耐后，他选择了爆发。他的行为是那么的鼓舞人心，为了自由与尊严而战斗，他的精神感染着周围的人，促使他们在沉睡中渐渐醒来。

这部书的问世，对美国历史的发展产生了巨大的推动作用。美国总统林肯接见斯托夫人时曾开玩笑地说她“写了一本书，酿成了一场大战”。可见，民族意识的觉醒对于一个民族生死存亡来说是多么的关键，思想的力量是无法抵挡的。

读完这本书，我不禁联想起中国近代史的发展：从新思想的蒙发，林则徐、魏源放眼寰球，到维新变法，康有为等人发起的资产阶级改良运动，再到新文化运动，李大钊、鲁迅等在中国发展马克思主义，最终带领中国人走向独立和富强，这一次次的新思想解放运动不都证明了思想的力量是无穷无尽、无法抵挡的吗?

如果说一个没有思想的民族就意味着灭亡，那么一个没有思想的个人也就如行尸走肉一般了。我们生活在和平年代，享受着自由与平等，我们有许多优于先人们的物质和精神文化条件，但这些并不是可以允许我们大脑能停止思考的优势，而是要求我们更具创造力和洞察力。我们的思维应该更加开阔，未来的社会需要我们去创造。

人的肉体是可以被困住的，被杀死的;而人的思想却是灵动的，永垂不朽的，它会激励我们去抵抗，去探索，去开拓，。这便是思想的力量。

寒假期间，我读了一本名为《汤姆叔叔的小屋》的书，著者是美国的斯陀夫人。这本书中主要叙述了汤姆叔叔在三个不同奴隶主手下的生活。除了汤姆叔叔这个重要的角色，书中涉及到的人物还有汤姆的三个主人--谢尔先生、克莱尔先生和农场的奴隶头雷格里，汤姆的妻子克洛婶婶，善良又美丽的仆人丽莎，可爱的孩子们，如克莱尔先生的女儿伊娃小姐、黑人女孩儿托普西，等等。

在《汤姆叔叔的小屋》这本书里，有几个片段写得十分精彩传神。

第一个片段写的是伊娃在临死前与家里所有的仆人告别。当我读到"我最亲爱的朋友们，请你们到这里来，伊娃说，是因为我最喜欢你们，最爱你们，我有话要对大家说，我希望你们记住我的话……我快要离开你们了，再过几个星期，你们就再也见不到我了--时，我的心灵受到了极大的震撼。这段描写让我有一种身临其境的感觉，我非常同情这个年龄幼小、心中充满对他人的爱的伊娃。

第二个片段讲的是：伊娃死后不久，托普西很想在伊娃的身边放一朵花，可罗莎不同意，当克莱尔同意时，罗莎才肯让她进去。让我们一起来感受书中情真意切的文字吧!

托普西把花轻轻地放在伊娃脚下时。突然，她放声大哭。"伊娃小姐，伊娃小姐，我跟你一块儿去吧!你等等我呀……"那哭声撕心裂肺，有如什么东西把心掏空了似的。克莱尔不由得悲从中来，他的脸上不禁涕泪纵横。

"起来吧，孩子，"奥菲利亚小姐柔声地说道，"你不要哭了，伊娃小姐进天堂了。"

我读着这个片段前前后后的文字，悲伤和感动之中仿佛这就是一段真实的故事，我自己也成了故事中的一个人物。

后来，克莱尔先生不幸去世，这个家就落在了脾气暴躁、残忍的玛丽夫人手里。最后，汤姆叔叔被卖到农场，但因不告诉农场主人逃走的凯西和埃莫林所在之地而被活活打死。

这部以悲剧结尾的经典小说栩栩如生地记述了汤姆叔叔的悲与乐，令我非常感动;汤姆叔叔宁可牺牲自己，也不让别人当受害者的高贵品格令我敬佩不已。

在(谢尔比家的)一个餐厅时，谢尔比先生(可以简单介绍一下谢尔经和汤姆以及哈利和依莱扎)和(介绍一下黑利和尔债不能还的原因)黑利奴隶贩在谈话，谢尔比先生因为欠了黑利的债，要用奴隶来尝还，两个人计论好决定用依莱扎的儿子哈利和管家汤姆来还债。 不料，依莱扎把哈利偷偷带走，黑利只拿了汤姆走(拿了汤姆走，拿字用得不当)，黑利把汤姆的脚拴住，运送到了船上，船上有很多游客，黑利给了奴隶在船上自由走动的权利。有一天，他看见一个小女孩中伊娃不慎落水，汤姆把她救了上来。她的父亲圣莱克尔买下了汤姆。汤姆来到了圣克莱尔的庄园，为主人赶车，后来伊娃和她的父亲接连病死，圣克莱尔的太太玛丽把汤姆卖到了雷格的种植园中，雷格是个凶残的人，汤姆因为拒绝打别的奴隶，和不说出逃走的两个奴隶的去向，被毒打致死。

(整个故事简介写得挺好，用字不多，但写出了主要内容)

(把这个放在开头比较好)这篇小说讲了美国的奴隶制，在奴隶制期间，黑人家庭可以随便拆散，人可以被像东西一样卖来卖去，所有的奴隶都是奴隶主的财产。汤姆被卖掉后，只能抛弃家庭，背井离乡。

书里还写了许多其它被拆散的家庭。在拍卖会上，一对母子正准备卖出，可是买主只买了孩子。还有汤姆在新奥尔良遇见的老蒲露，就是因为孩子被夺走而伤心，最后悲痛地死去。

书中的主人公是汤姆，他为人正直，伸张正义，他宁肯牺牲自己，也不会出卖他人，不会做自己认为不该做的事。他主动为体弱的人摘棉花，防止被奴隶主抽打。

书中还写了其他奴隶主的形像。奴隶贩黑利冷醋无情，圣克莱尔的妻子玛丽随意处置奴隶，完全无视奴隶的情感。乔治的主人非常自大，把奴隶视为物品，奴隶主雷格更是已经没有了人性，曾经一脚把母亲踢晕，妈奴隶更是残酷无情，在收棉花的季节里，他逼着奴隶一天干到晚，只给一点干粮奴隶吃。

这本书讲出了人类的自私和邪恶，大家共同在一个地球上，只是肤色不同，为什么黑人天生是当奴隶的，而白人就天生高贵，我们人不能发生这种事。

读《汤姆叔叔的小屋》，总是让我想到“人”这个问题上来。如果那个时代的真实情况就是书中描述的那样。那人就的确是一个不好定义的“东西”。

“人”怎么可以贴上标签，在市场上明目张胆的出售呢?就算是作者在书中对奴隶制度揶揄“你们是受过教育的，他们胸无点墨;你们高贵，他们卑贱;你们文雅，他们粗俗;你们才华横溢，他们愚昧笨拙”，可是我们作为“人”在同一世界生活着。如果弱肉强食是人类生存的严格准则，那人的每个“缺点”都可以作为“非人”的标签，那么人类的最终结局又将是怎样可怕呢?遗憾的是，那时代的美国仅仅将“肤色”作为一种标签。黑人的生活不堪入目。

汤姆被出售后，虽然厄运并没有那么快的降临，但却是一个死亡时刻的端倪。忠实可怜的汤姆在被迫抛妻别子后遇到了心地善良、仁慈孱弱的圣克莱。他虽然是个奴隶主，可是在他心中，奴隶仍是一个“人”，他们仍然享有一定的法律保护。属于汤姆的曙光仿佛已经到来。圣克莱的女儿伊娃(伊万杰琳)，仿佛是汤姆、也是奴隶制度下的所有黑人的光明使者。我总是隐约觉得作者在书中描述的伊娃不是世间的凡人，因为那样的灵魂，一个学富五车的人尚不一定有，更别说是个孩子了。

伊娃的那一段独白是故事中最感人的一段，她向苍天发出的最哀婉、深沉的呼唤：“我想让你们记住，还有一个美丽的世界，耶稣居住的世界，那个世界属于我，也将属于你，你们每个人都能变成天使，永远变成天使，耶稣肯定会保佑你的。”这是从一个有稚气的孩童嘴里说出来的。也许伊娃便是耶稣的替身，把所有的苦难包揽在一个人的身上，从而给别人光明。但幼小的伊娃终究却在疾病的折磨下死去了。

有着丰富、真挚感情的人在那个惨无人道暗无天日的时代，必定是生存不下去的。伊娃的死让圣克莱心如死水。人世间再也没有什么值得他留恋的了，最终被人误伤而溘然长逝。可怜的汤姆又一次遭受“商品”的转卖，黑人的命运最终仍旧摆脱不了奴隶制度死亡的指定时刻。

Dear Tom,

Im just writing to let you know that were all well, and I hope you are,

too. Unfortunately, Ive got some rather bad news for you: Im afraid I made a

bit of a mess of Johns car. Anyway, heres what happened.

We were on our way to Carols after a long party, and I suppose it must

have been about eleven o’clock. Well, the last few miles back home were really

dark and deserted. I now realize I was probably going a bit too fast for a

country lane because, although the road was fairly straight, I drove up onto the

curb and went into a tree.

Of course, John was absolutely furious and started shouting at me and

cursing. After we d argued for a few moments, we decided to look at the damage,

and he calmed down a bit. Well, we found we could move the car, but the wing was

caught on the wheel, so we couldnt drive it. I tried to pull the wing clear,

but I didnt succeed.

Anyway, John went off to phone for a breakdown lorry, but while he was

away, I had another go at the wing and this time succeeded in pulling it right

off. I threw it onto the back seat, and by that time John got back and we were

ready to go?so we didnt need the breakdown lorry at all. John has more or less

forgiven me now, but he was very angry with me for a few days. I suppose I was a

bit careless.

Well, thats all for now. Next time I write I hope Ill have better news

for you.

Yours sincerely,

Linda Chen

Dear Mr. Wang,

I am pleased to invite you to a luncheon, to be held by the Monterey

Institute of International Studies on October 12, 2006 at noon, commemorating

the 75th anniversary of the death of General Stilwell and in honor of his

daughter, Mrs. Nancy Stilwell Easterbrook. Mrs. Easterbrook was a member of the

Board of Trustees of the Monterey Institute and founder of the Stilwell

Scholarship, which is dedicated to supporting students from China.

For many years until she passed away, Nancy had served as a goodwill

ambassador of the American people who made unremitting efforts to promote

exchanges between the United States and China. The Stilwell Scholarship she

founded helps support deserving students from China who have come to the

Monterey Institute to pursue professional degrees in translation and

interpretation, international policy studies, language teaching and business

management.

I hope you will be able to join us. Mr. Chuanyun Boo, Dean of the Graduate

School of Translation and Interpretation, will be calling you soon to discuss

this event further.

Yours sincerely,

Tom Burton

Dear Mr. Williams,

Thank you for your letter of congratulation on my exam results. I was very

pleased to hear from you. The results were a great relief. I did much better

than I thought I would.

We are having a celebration party on Saturday 22 May and we shall be

pleased if you can come. It is a party for me, but my parents and some of their

old friends are joining in, so you will find "real people" as well as teenagers

to talk to.

The party starts at half past six- drinks, and a buffet supper later. You

said in your letter that youve given up driving, so my father will meet you

with the car at San Mateo station. Please let me know what time your train

arrives.

There is a good train back to San Palo at 10:30 and well arrange transport

for you to catch that. I hope that wont be too late for you. It would be a pity

if you had to leave while the party was still in full swing.

I do hope that you will be able to come.

Yours sincerely,

Lily Chen

Dear Tom,

Thanks for your letter which finally caught up with me in London. I suppose

youre keen to hear how the trip has been so far. So heres a short description

of whats happened.

Well, you remember we left Sydney on Monday and arrived in London 24 hours

later. After such a long and exhausting flight the first thing we did was to

have a good, long sleep. And after that?a good meal to make up for all that

horrible airline stuff!

The first real day of our holiday was spent just walking around London to

get a feel of the place. After that, however, we were more particular and

planned each day carefully.

First, we looked at all the historical sights, such as the Tower of London,

the Houses of Parliament, the British Museum and the National Gallery. Then we

visited some other famous places, such as Kew Gardens and Hampstead Heath.

Finally, we took a one-day trip to Oxford, which is really the most marvelous

town. You should make sure to go there when you visit England.

After we had seen a lot of London, we flew to Paris. A t first, we didnt

like the place-I suppose because it was so different from London. Later, though,

we began to really love it and started to appreciate its differentness.

The final stage of our trip is a visit to Rome, after which we will be

staying in Singapore for two days before returning to Australia.

Hope everyone is well. See you soon.