经典小说《傲慢与偏见》英文读后感【优秀20篇】
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+ 加入清单"Gullivers Travels," the author of Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland, his father was a British settlement in Ireland. He is a posthumous child, dependent adult by his uncle. His masterpiece "Gullivers Travels," published in 1726, was regarded as a childrens literary works, but it is actually attacked, the British social degradation and corruption of satirical writing.
In this book, write a hero, a surgeon, Gullivers adventures, some of them breathtaking. In Lilliput, he became a monster, invulnerability, a few dozen head of cattle are still Liantun famished stomach; in a giant country, he became a giant peoples dolls, was played in between the palm of your hand, and with flies and bees fight against the child; later, he came to a mysterious flying island, where people use the lower part of the birds natural magnet and bottom magnet under the power of arbitrary move, which was also ready to summon the ghost of a dialogue, specially engaged in some baffling The study of strange countries;
also deeply embarrassed the country of the Hui Yin, in the Sagittarius-turvy world, there are many incredible stories. Reading reading, I would like, together with the Gulliver walked into that fantasy world. Of those doll-like villain, the tall and mighty giant, looked like flying fish, island residents and Hui Yin and Yehuda who gave me left a deep impression.
I think the most special to the number of flying island residents. Their eyes are longer on one side, but also a music-loving nation, in their clothes also have their favorite instrument. Where the attendants will have to keep beating their heads ministers, or they love to good to be true. ... ...
After reading this book, I admire Gullivers wisdom, courage and adventurous spirit, he was a unique man, he saw the sea on the adventure could not suppress his impulses. As a doctor, he specialized in travel to travel around the vessel, that the grounds crew doctor, go around the world, everywhere adventure.
After reading this book, I feel that these books is very interesting, and will not do not see into, but after reading a few times, more and more in love with these books. The book is that peoples progress, and in the world of surf is everyones dream. Open the hands of the book, go headlong into a one day will find the fun.
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篇1:《神秘岛》小说读后感
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+ 加入清单在假期,我闲着无聊,便拿起一本名叫《神秘岛》的书,开始津津有味地读了起来。我一般读书的时候都先看简介,我翻到第一页,就看到了简介的内容。
上面是这样说的,美国南北战争时,有五个逃犯,乘气球逃跑了,这五个人中有:斯密斯、纳布、热带翁·斯皮莱、彭克·罗夫、哈伯,他们掉在一个荒岛上,经过几年的努力,最后终于回家了。
刚开始,他们什么东西都没有,都差点饿死了,但是他们团结互助,依靠自身拥有的智慧和知识,成为不屈不饶的生存者。
这本书最让我佩服的是一个就是来自新西兰的十五岁少年赫伯特·布朗。他年龄比我大不了几岁,他十分聪明好学、上进,他脑子里充满各种各样的生物学知识,小小年纪,堪称生物专家。他在生物学方面的知识,不仅让我这样的小学生感叹,就连书中其他几个有着丰富知识和经验的主人公都佩服不已。这位小天才利用自己所学的知识,不仅发现了用来做面包的“面包树”,用来驱除蚊虫和瘴气的桉树,还发现了各种新鲜的蔬菜,可以治病的药草,以及彭克·罗夫最喜爱抽的烟草,为这批岛上的“流浪儿”居民做出了卓越的贡献。
古人说“自助者,天必助之。”在到处充满危机、无人居住的荒岛上,居民们却能够如此安逸地生活,除了他们拥有勇敢、顽强和智慧的品质之外,他们还有丰富的知识和才能,更重要的是,这个岛是个神奇的岛!岛上拥有丰富的矿产供他们所需。
我时常听老师讲,人的一生不可能一帆风顺,风浪不知什么时候会到来,如果陷入绝境,遇到不测时,我们需要储备足够多的知识和能量,为那些不可预知的危险境遇做准备,才使自己不至于在今后的生活中陷入绝境。
读了这本《神秘岛》,我感受到,今后,自己一定要努力学习科学文化知识,像书中的十五岁少年赫伯特·布朗一样,用知识来武装自己,为今后的生活做好储备,就算到了荒岛上,依然能生存!
篇2:《红楼梦》经典小说读后感怎么写
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+ 加入清单红楼梦里面有很多我喜欢的人物,比如贾宝玉、袭人、宝钗……但我最喜欢的还是林黛玉,为什么呢因为作者把林黛玉与众不一样的特点。
林黛玉是古典名著《红楼梦》中的女主角,金陵十二钗之首,四大家族贾家的贾敏与扬州巡盐御史林如海之女,宝玉的姑表妹,贾母的亲外孙女。幼年丧母,体弱多病,红颜薄命、身世可怜。
黛玉聪慧无比、琴棋诗画样样俱佳,尤其诗作更是大观园群芳之冠。
在《黛玉葬花祭花魂》这篇文章里,更突出了林黛玉多疑与敏感,多疑表此刻黛玉在敲门时,晴雯没有开门,黛玉又听见宝钗和宝玉在里面说说笑笑,不禁流下了眼泪。敏感表此刻当第二天,宝玉来找黛玉,黛玉哭个不停。
黛玉用诗词来宣泄自已的离情别绪。她所写的多是些哀伤的诗句,想到的往往是死、老、分散、衰败。比如在第七十六回“凸碧堂品笛感凄清,凹晶馆联诗悲寂寞”中湘云和黛玉在月夜作诗,湘云作了上句:“寒塘渡鹤影。”黛玉对了下句:“冷月葬花魂。”就表现了黛玉离别时的情绪。
曹雪芹对每个人物的形象刻画的都不一样,并且还清清楚楚的、比较鲜明,尤其是林黛玉丰满的人物形象,这正是写作的妙处,我们要认真学习他的写作方法呀!
篇3:汤姆索亚历险记经典小说读后感
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+ 加入清单《汤姆索亚历险记》是美国作家马克吐温的作品,他以自己为原型,生动地描绘出一个可爱又令人头疼的顽童形象,给世人留下了深刻的印象。
初读这本书,我觉得汤姆索亚绝不是人们心目中的”好孩子“,他不爱学习,爱冒险,调皮捣蛋。今天的家长一定会把他当做反面例子吧!
汤姆和他的小伙伴们身上发生了很多有趣的故事:周末被罚刷墙,汤姆竟耍诡计让别人都以为自己在受罚;同学得罪了他,他竟报复同学家的小狗。诸如此类的故事正是我们现在的家长头疼的事,读起来真是让人忍俊不禁。但后来随着情节的发展却改变了我对汤姆的看法,慢慢地我觉得汤姆并不是坏孩子:他和同伴去墓地玩耍,亲眼目睹了一起凶杀案,在法庭上,竟勇敢地站出来指认凶手;他和伙伴们去小岛上探险竟顽强地战胜困难,勇敢地生存了下来……
在他身上,真实的体现出儿童淳朴的天性和勇敢正直的个性,更有现在孩子少有的极强的生存能力。
在一个生存竞争越来越激励,对生存能力的培养越来越重视的,我们看上去比汤姆”懂事“,我们都能做到从小好好学习,以至于我们的书包越来越重,学校越来越像笼子一般,我们在为自己的智商发展水平而”自豪“的同是,是否意识到汤姆身上所具有的亲近自然,活泼的生命力却渐渐丧失了呢?
汤姆·索亚不仅仅是为儿童所作的一个多面性人物,更是为使所有人回忆童年,梦想童年所刻画出来的一个小精灵。汤姆在充满阳光的世界里,告诉我们只要有欢乐,有梦想,美梦便可成真。终有一天,我们的天性可以自由自在地发挥,创造出一片属于我们自己的梦幻天地。希望你,希望我,希望我们大家在汤姆的故事里找到与自己梦境相同的画面。
篇4:《傲慢与偏见》读后感不少于800字
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+ 加入清单《傲慢与偏见》的作者是一位英国作家,名叫简奥斯丁。可能有些人不太熟悉他,不过这并不影响他的实力与声望。有一本书,名叫《简奥斯丁评论集》,在书中,美国著名文艺评论家埃德蒙威尔逊认为近一百年来,英国文学史上出现过两几次趣味革命,文学口味的翻新影响了几乎所有作家的声誉,唯有莎士比亚和简奥斯丁经久不衰。这是多高的评价呀!可以和莎士比亚并称,可想而知简奥斯丁绝对不是什么普通人。简奥斯丁先后发表了《理智与情感》、《傲慢与偏见》、《曼斯菲乐德庄园》、《爱玛》、《诺桑觉寺》和《劝导》六部小说。其中《傲慢与偏见》是最为脍炙人口的一部,也最具有代表性。
《傲慢与偏见》的初稿写于1796年,到1797年才发表,原名《初次印象》。曾经被毛姆列入世界十大名著之一。我认为傲慢与偏见比初次印象更能抓住此书的特点。因为书中的主人公是一位一年有一万英磅收入的青年男子达西和一位出身不太富裕的女孩伊丽莎白。他们的关系错综复杂,大概可以这样形容:达西和伊丽莎白的初次会面是在一个舞会上,达西和他的朋友是作为嘉宾来参加的。达西给人的感觉十分傲慢,他只跟熟人说话,只跟朋友跳舞,让所有人都觉得他高不可攀,伊丽莎白就对他产生了一些偏见。后来,经过很多事情后,两人产生了更大的误会。再然后,双方渐渐熟悉起来,误会就解除了。最后,有情人有终成眷属。通过这些,证明有些事情是不可以依靠初次印象。当然,书中也含有很多对社会上一些人的讽刺,让我一种极其憎恶他们的感觉,因为这种人生活中也处处都有,十分形象,刻画得非常真实。比如伊丽莎白的母亲,碰到一丁点儿的事都要炫耀不停,柯林斯先生的不知羞耻等等等等大家可能都看出来了,这是一部关系的小说,可能不太适合我们这个年纪的小学生看,也许更适合我们的父母看,但我觉得它并不是人们想所想象的简单的言情主题,这是需要申明的,《傲慢与偏见》还是反映了很多的社会问题,同时还是一部社会史。
我还是从一个学生的角度来评价以及谈论一下我的想法。在平时生活中,处事一定要矜持,要有独立思维,但是不要骄傲到不合群,与人交谈不要言过其词,生活中也不要有一丁点儿的疏忽,免得一失足成千古恨,让别人抓到你的漏洞。因为大多数人只记恨,不记好,要想成功地生活在这个社会中,一定要留心这几点。
这就是《傲慢与偏见》带给我的思考,希望大家也能领悟。
篇5:左耳小说读后感
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+ 加入清单饶雪漫著《左耳》讲述关于青春成长的故事。生动地塑造了李珥、吧啦、张漾、许弋等一批性格迥异的年轻人的形象,并用极富张力的文字完美展现了当下青年人成长时期的疼痛和美好。
小耳朵——这是一个性倔强中带有对“爱情”执着的女孩。请让我们记住,这个美好的女孩在17的年华中带给我们的感动。十气岁的小耳朵有着对爱情的憧憬和向往,并且有着这个年龄对爱情的羞涩和勇敢.她对友情的坚贞,对朋友的爱护,让人佩服,她身上有着与我们大多数人的思想是一样的。小耳朵温柔坚毅,一直是听话的乖孩子,个性里却有着执着和爱的倔强。其实小耳朵是这部悲剧里最幸福的人了吧,有吧啦的友谊,尤他的关怀,许弋的回眸,以及张漾的挚爱。小耳朵的幸福来之不易,但是小耳朵这么一个即使伤痕累累却仍尽力追求自己幸福的纯真而坚强勇敢的女孩,谁又忍心看着她不幸福呢?
吧啦是最让人心痛的孩子。这个如烟花般的女孩,带着不羁的灵魂绽放于暗夜,却悄无声息地静止,白色的衣裙浸着血色,开出大朵大朵的悲伤。她的生命如此短暂,甚至来不及跟世界好好道别。吧啦是不幸的,当她以为自己终于可以触碰到幸福的时候,却不知下一刻的她被远处车辆结束了自己年轻的生命。但吧啦又是幸运的,她对感情是那么认真,爱上了帅气的张漾,不惜为他去欺骗许弋,结识了乖乖女小耳朵,对生命中唯一的好朋友心怀感激。
而张漾,一开始接近吧啦和她恋爱只是想气气“好学生”许弋而已,但吧啦的死让他深深愧疚。后来,父亲告诉了他“母亲改嫁”的真相……张漾的心里终于没有了仇恨。爱上小耳朵,爱上那个单纯的女孩。不惜一切,要让小耳朵幸福。当他终于放下仇恨,为亲人冲向火海的那刻,我们知道,张漾是真正的长大了,他是真正拥有了重新幸福的权利。我们很高兴,在经历了那么多事情之后,这个干净俊朗的男孩子终于蜕变成一个真正的男子汉了!
许弋,这个干净纯白的男孩子,为了爱一点点变坏,疯狂地弄伤自己,再慢慢品尝疼痛和寂寞。最后用双手断送了一生的幸福。他是最让人难过的了吧,好傻的孩子啊。其实,许弋一直都没有变坏。他只是一直没学会如何去爱。对于这个男生,我们总是不懂得如何责备。请记得,他为了爱情奋不顾身的模样,请记得这个纯白的男孩子,美好得如同被放逐人间的天使。
喜欢《左耳》中的这样一句话“一次失败不算什么,一次错误的选择也不算什么错误,你要相信,在这个世界上,总是有人在关心着你,希望你快乐。”请你相信,总有人会在自己受伤时在自己的身边陪着自己。
最后的最后,故事的结局没有结束。灿烂的花季雨季,细细品读饶雪漫的《左耳》,带我的不仅仅是对友情的重新认识,更多留下的是那份对青春的重新审视。
篇6:《悲惨世界》英文读后感
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+ 加入清单There are many kinds of love, between family members, lovers, friends or love of mercy for the weak , and jean valjeans love is to give all the poor people in the world, poor people, sympathy, and those who are worthy of respect. Is the book down, leaving me deeply shocked and moved.
爱有很多种,亲人间的,情人间的,朋友间的或是对弱者的怜悯之爱。而冉阿让的爱却是给世上所有可怜的人、贫穷的人、值得同情的人、值得尊敬的人的。正本书下来,留给我的是深深的震撼和感动。
Because of a minor crime, spent 14 years, in order to survive, he fled the shackles "sinners". Became a mayor has numerous property, a donated the most money to charities and the poor, so much so that he often go out a pocket full of money, the empty came back again. In addition, he also often give bread to starving people, give the clothes to cold; People everywhere. For the poor, he is like an umbrella, an embodiment of justice.
因为一个小小的罪行,被关了14年,为了生存,他逃了“罪人”这个桎梏。成为了一个拥有无数财产的市长,一个把绝大多数的钱都捐给了慈善机构和穷人们,以至于他往往出门时口袋里装满了钱,回来时又都空了。除此之外他还经常把面包送给挨饿的人,把衣服送给挨冻的人;到处访贫问苦。对于穷人而言,他就像一顶保护伞,一个正义的化身。
One of the most representative is he fang town with cosette, mother and daughter of love. In order to achieve the fang town dying to meet their own daughters wishes, he would escape again (this time escape from prison, for he is a lifelong convict price)。 Although fang town ultimately failed to achieve their wishes died, but he was always adhere to the time to complete his irrelevant to fang town - a dead promise… With the course of his life when carefully take care of her as his daughter. I was deeply moved. Corresponding with the dark and ugly social phenomenon, is a heart so kind, selfless; And the noble moral character. In order to make some strangers dont hurt, he should stand and walk again and again risks, even willing to pay a life of their own. You know this is how great courage and strength to pay! All this shows a noble soul!
其中最具代表性的就是他对芳町与珂赛特母女的关爱。为了实现芳町临死前能见一面自己亲生女儿的愿望,他不惜再一次越狱(而这一次越狱,对他来说则是终身苦役犯的代价)。虽然最后芳町还是没能实现自己的愿望就死去了,可他却始终坚持不渝地完成他对芳町——一个毫不相干的死人的诺言……并用毕生的精力把她当作自己女儿一样细心地照顾时。我被深深地震撼了。与当时黑暗、丑恶的社会现象相对应的,竟是一颗如此善良、无私的心;以及那么高尚的道德品质。为了使一些陌生人不受到伤害,他竟然一次次地挺而走险,甚至甘愿付出自己的生命。要知道这是要付出多么巨大的勇气和力量啊!这一切都向我们展示了一个灵魂的高尚!
No amount of money, high position, more power, jean valjean in the in the mind is far less than justice!
再多的金钱,再高贵的地位,再大的权力,在冉阿让心里都远不及正义!
After read the complete book, think that the class society is cruel to the poor is rude; Lamenting the social reality of France at that time; Think that people desire cunning evil thoughts; Lamenting over those mundane and ordinary people, in order to against social injustice, and made great contribution, the people full of hope and love.
读完整本书后,感叹过当时阶级社会对穷人的残暴粗鲁;感叹过当时法国触目惊心的社会现实;感叹过人们贪恋狡诈的邪念;更感叹过那些平凡而又普通的人民,为了反抗社会的不公而做出的巨大贡献,那些心中充满希望和爱的人。
"Only love can destroy everything in the world, unfortunately," this is the author wants to tell us, although we love jean valjean did not great, but in real life, ordinary love is everywhere. Do you remember when you are frustrated that the warm embrace; When you are thrilled that enthusiastic high-five; When you embarrass anger that understand the vision; When complacency that severe frown… Do you remember the warm language, friendly smile, soft eyes and then gently pat caresses…
“只有爱,才能消灭世界上的一切不幸” 这是作者想告诉我们的,虽然我们的爱没有冉阿让那样伟大,但在现实生活中,平凡的爱也是随处可见的。还记得当你沮丧不已时那温暖的怀抱;当你激动万分时那热情的击掌;当你愤怒难堪时那理解的目光;当你骄傲自满时那严厉的皱眉…… 还记得那温暖的语言,友善的微笑,温柔的目光和那轻柔的拍抚……
The most powerful counterattack is the love of dark! Let love pass, diffusion, with action to change around, the world will likely to slowly become what you want!
对黑暗的最有力反击是爱!让爱传递,扩散,用行动去改变身边的,世界才会有可能慢慢变成你所希望的!
篇7:科幻小说《海底两万里》读后感
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+ 加入清单儒勒·凡尔纳是19世纪法国作家,的科幻小说和冒险小说作家,被誉为“现代科学幻想小说之父”。曾写过《海底两万里》,《地心游记》,《环游世界八十天》,《气球上的五星期》等书籍。《海底两万里》是他的幻想小说三部曲之一,也是他的名篇佳作之首。
《海底两万里》把读者从1866年故事开始的是一件闹得满城风雨的怪事,许多船只在海上发现了海怪,法国生物学家阿龙纳斯教授受邀追逐怪兽,谁知,落入水中,与同伴落到怪兽的脊柱上。原来是一艘巨型潜艇,之后又被尼摩船长收留,开始他们的海底旅行。
作者和读者一起登上“海怪的腹中”。随着尼摩船长和他的“乘客们”饱揽海洋的奇异景观和各类海底生物与海洋大蜘蛛,大白鲨,鲸鱼群,章鱼搏斗等。儒勒·凡尔纳的一切幻想或是推理都是有现实作为基础的,例如:海底森林,穿越海底隧道,一块沉没的陆地;在未来世界,一切幻想皆成为了现实。在《海底两万里》中,尼摩般长说了一句话:“人类进步得实在是太慢了!”幻想其实便是进步的翅膀。一百多年前的人的幻想在一百多年后成为现实,探索是无止境的呀!
海底的世界非常美妙,我记得《海底两万里》中的“海底森林”那一章,虽然没有真正的树木,但是海里柔软的珊瑚礁让我极为享受,闭上眼睛似乎也能看见那飘动的海底生物。而文章也不失惊险,其中在南极被困冰下的缺氧经历写得最为精彩。潜艇厚达十几米的巨型浮冰下的海底,从无法呼吸到新鲜的氧气,对缺氧症状的描写的栩栩如生,让我都不禁感到难受,直到以人力打开生命之门,开始大口大口地呼吸氧气,也让我由衷感叹:人能活着,比什么都好!
作者还独具匠心,巧妙布局,在漫长的旅行中,时而将我推向险象环生的险恶环境,时而又带进诗情画意的美妙境界;波澜壮阔的场面描绘和细致入微刻画交替出现。读书引人入胜,欲罢不能。这的确是一本很值得一读的好书啊!
无论如何,这次在书中的勇敢者的探险让我深深热爱上了浩瀚的海洋,让我更加明白了我的人生观和世界观。
篇8:我和书的故事作文:沈石溪动物小说读后感
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+ 加入清单假如我没看过动物小说大王沈石溪的书,我可能到现在还不知道,以动物生活作为题材的书会这么感人,生动又有趣。
我第一次拿到沈石溪的书时,我以为会枯燥无味,可当我翻开第一页时,我就改变了想法。因为我看到了动物也同样有情有义,无论是凶残的狼,还是狡猾的狐狸,包括令人厌恶的乌鸦。我看到了母崖羊为保护幼崽不惜牺牲生命,与豹子同归于尽的生动场面;我听到了黄毛母狼失去公狼后悲痛欲绝的吼叫;我仿佛目睹了两只雄鹰成为朋友,共同捕猎的情形。在这本书中,哪一只动物都不自私,做的事都有这其中的道理。所有的动物都仿佛有了人的思想,也有了人的品德,仿佛都知道什么是友谊,什么是真爱。一件件一桩桩的小事在沈石溪的笔下生动起来,有了更深一层的含义。沈石溪用自己亲身经历的事写出了动物间的真情。
有一个故事是《沈石溪动物传奇》里的——再狐狸理骗一次。这个故事中告诉我们了一个道理。读了这个故事,我不禁流下了眼泪,这血染的父爱是多么伟大!我没要好好尊敬父母。
看完书后,我被书中所有的动物感动了,有些动物并不像我们许多人理解的那样阴险,狡诈。所有的动物都一样,都在为我们赖以生存的大自然创造着。
篇9:夏至未至小说郭敬明读后感
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与两年不见的友人在北京路吃罢晚饭后,一个人闲逛到了书店。最后,鬼使神差,买了一本郭敬明的《夏至未至》。其实,我也并没有那么讨厌他,我觉得你应该也一样,因为,除了比你成功,他也并没有做过什么实际意义上亏欠我们的事——这样一段话,其实也可以放在杨幂身上。不过,我还是要建议杨幂换一个包装团队,因为,不是在每个电影里都客串一下混个脸熟,观众就会日久生情喜欢上你;相反,审美疲劳这件事对嫩牛五方也是适用的,这也是为什么肯德基一而再再而三推出骗钱新品的原因。
我们还是回到郭敬明吧。
我之所以想看那本书,是因为书名《夏至未至》真是一个令人喜欢的名字。并且,如果我没记错的话,那个时候的郭敬明确实还在写东西,带着他年少时因为不合群而孤僻敏感的心在写东西。那个时候的他,不是万人迷;那个时候的他是如此没有自信,以致于所有青春年少里的美好时光都只能在他的笔下才得以实现。
我年少时,反倒并没有多想看他文字的念头。我在他的《岛》停刊之后很久,才看到了里面那篇《光线消失的井池》,那真是一篇写得很好的短篇,主角依旧带着那个时候郭敬明独有的细腻、敏感和莫名感伤的影子。其实,回看他早期的作品,你会发现那个时候他作品中的男生大多数都这样,《夏至未至》里,开篇对于傅小司和陆之昂的友情描写,几乎都可以让你闻到两个男生间独有的暧昧气息。也许就在书中这样一个夏天,郭敬明曾经对于一个男孩,报以同样的好感。这段感情在那个年代注定没有任何结果,于是,这个男孩就被留在了书里,被永远留在书中的那个夏天里。
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但愿他可以吻我。
女孩,你那个时候一定是这么想的。
但是故事的最后,你只在郭敬明的小说里找到了自己的影子,因为,那个男孩并没有吻你。
其实,你那时候迷恋的“万人迷”男孩,也许在十年后的今天,变成了又挫又令人难过的可怜人。只有你,当年怀着依恋并且孤身努力对抗命运的你,最终站在了这个男生的肩上。其实这不难想象,失意有时在某种层面上也算是好事,最好的例子就是当今的“青春小说大亨”郭敬明以及十年不败的流行天王周杰伦先生。他们,都是从自卑走过来的。以自己的孤单去对抗命运,最终过得比那时未正脸看你之人好,也算是一种报复。只是,这种报复,是孤单、没有退路并充满绝望意味的。
因为,无论是当时还是现在,那个男生,最后都没有吻你。他们被留在了那个夏天,那个十年前你还年少时,知了和蝉鸣不间歇的夏天。这个夏天如此固执地留在你心里,好像每一次你翻出来再看,都还可以闻到那个时候的香樟树香味。只有在那个夏天,男孩们还是完美的,他们穿着白衬衫,浅浅的独特汗味,好像存在就是为了吸引你。也许,这个就是在后来你“一个人的恋爱”前,其他人并不知道的故事。你喜欢的,只是被永远留在夏天的男孩,他们像是平行世界中的一个临界点,一直留在那里。
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当时的你,也曾以为自己会一辈子记住这个夏天。
但后来,这个夏天还是过去了。
同样的,在郭敬明《夏至未至》再版时,他自己写了再版序,里面告诉读者,那些发生在2004年夏天的故事,是怎样慢慢慢慢用十年时间在他的心里渐渐变淡。故事总是这样的,九把刀借着电影里陈妍希的嘴也告诉我们:人生,本来就有很多事情是徒劳无功的。大脑这个时候只是做了一个好心人,把认为我们都不需要的记忆,悄悄删去。
这之后的你们,慢慢踏前,学会更加理性去面对这个世界;年少时的依恋,像是贴了过久的创可贴,慢慢失去了粘性,等到它脱落时,我们就发现,伤疤原来早就已经好了。你拼命想要记住的人,往往属于另外一个世界。故事的结尾,那个一直与你毫无关联的男孩,那个在你心中曾与你恋爱了半个世纪的男孩,只能被永远留在了那个夏天。
那个夏天,最后就变成了两个字。
那就是,秘密。
篇10:《飘》英文读后感
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+ 加入清单Scarlett , a very personality figures ,the two mans she love ,neither does she know about.To her, I was compelled to admire, admire her strong and brave, admire her to lay down in the environment, farm workers previously suffered education, admire her to disregard the community to create their own expression of the cause .She is in the whole story, all a person full of fighting will full of vitality . I appreciated most , it is this " Tomorrow is another day of hers. " . Promising forever, full of fighting will , will never give up, never desperate. I think Im moved by her.So, whenever I meet difficulty, the mood is not good, I will tell oneself : " Tomorrow is another day. " Gone with the Wind is absolutely a good book that is worth sampling repeatedly, the characters are graceful , the plot rises and falls, exciting boldly and unconstrainedly, though the subjective factor because of the author among them , the appraisal on U.S.A.s Civil War is not objective and overall, but as to angle of literature, this one fine piece of writing generation definitely absolutely, worth visiting.
Author: Antoine de St-Exupery
Main Characters: The little prince, the pilot, the rose, the fox, the snake, etc.
Despite I’ve not in my childhood yet, I still prefer reading fairy-tale stories. The tales, which accompany with me in my old days, often make me think of some precious experience and sensation which only belong to children. This summer I’ve review this kind of tale, which was published in 1940. It’s the world-famous fairy-tale by the French author, Antoine de St-Exupery, The Little Prince.
As many other fairy-tales, the outline of The Little Prince is not very complex. “I”, the narrator of the story, is a pilot whose plane has something wrong and lands in the Sahara. In this occasion, the pilot makes the acquaintance of the little prince, a little boy from another planet, the Asteroid B612. The little prince has escaped from his tiny planet, because he has some quarrel with a rose, which grows on his planet. In that case he left his own planet and took an exploration at some neighbor asteroids.
On his all-alone journey, the little prince meets different kinds of people, which includes a king, a conceited man, a tippler, a businessman, a lamplighter and a geographer. From these people he gets a conclusion that the grown-ups are very odd. Following the instruction of the geographer, he descends in the Sahara, on the earth.
篇11:追风筝的人英文读后感
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+ 加入清单This is a wonderful, beautiful epic of a novel. Set in Afghanistan and the United States between the 1970s to the present day, it is a heartbreaking tale of a young boy, Amir, and his best friend who are torn apart. This is a classic word-of-mouth novel and is sure to become as universally loved as The God of Small Things and The Glass Palace.
Twelve year old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father Baba, one of the richest and most respected merchants in Kabul. He has failed to do so through academia or brawn, but the one area where they connect is the annual kite fighting tournament. Amir is determined not just to win the competition but to run the last kite and bring it home triumphantly, to prove to his father that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan is the best kite runner that Amir has ever seen, and he promises to help him - for Hassan always helps Amir out of trouble. But Hassan is a Shia Muslim and this is 1970s Afghanistan. Hassan is taunted and jeered at by Amirs school friends; he is merely a servant living in a shack at the back of Amirs house. So why does Amir feel such envy towards his friend? Then, what happens to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament is to shatter all their lives, and define their futures.
The Kite Runner of Khaled Hosseinis deeply moving fiction debut is an illiterate Afghan boy with an uncanny instinct for predicting exactly where a downed kite will land. Growing up in the city of Kabul in the early 1970s, Hassan was narrator Amirs closest friend even though the loyal 11-year-old with "a face like a Chinese doll" was the son of Amirs fathers servant and a member of Afghanistans despised Hazara minority. But in 1975, on the day of Kabuls annual kite-fighting tournament, something unspeakable happened between the two boys.
Narrated by Amir, a 40-year-old novelist living in California, The Kite Runner tells the gripping story of a boyhood friendship destroyed by jealousy, fear, and the kind of ruthless evil that transcends mere politics. Running parallel to this personal narrative of loss and redemption is the story of modern Afghanistan and of Amirs equally guilt-ridden relationship with the war-torn city of his birth. The first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner begins in the final days of King Zahir Shahs 40-year reign and traces the countrys fall from a secluded oasis to a tank-strewn battlefield controlled by the Russians and then the trigger-happy Taliban. When Amir returns to Kabul to rescue Hassans orphaned child, the personal and the political get tangled together in a plot that is as suspenseful as it is taut with feeling.
The son of an Afghan diplomat whose family received political asylum in the United States in 1980, Hosseini combines the unflinching realism of a war correspondent with the satisfying emotional pull of master storytellers such as Rohinton Mistry. Like the kite that is its central image, the story line of this mesmerizing first novel occasionally dips and seems almost to dive to the ground. But Hosseini ultimately keeps everything airborne until his heartrending conclusion in an American picnic park.
篇12:夏至未至小说郭敬明读后感
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+ 加入清单几年之后再重新看回夏至未至,揪心的感觉依旧。唯独改变的,大概是身边那些抵御不了岁月变换的风景,还有那些本来就不属于自己世界里的人。
立夏这个角色,因为郑爽要饰演剧版的她,让我有了很多分的怜爱。也许普普通通的她并没有太多奢望,但是她的世界却因为突然走进来的许多人而变得无比复杂。香樟树下的年少轻狂已经随着闷热的空气蒸发,最终立夏没有和傅小司在一起真的是最大的遗憾了吧。小四就是喜欢写得那么悲伤,当年揪心到我无法呼吸(笑。
现在看起来,依旧觉得难受。只不过,长大了之后觉得,那种不痛不痒的无奈显得更无以复加。
期待剧版的夏至未至,期待我的立夏小朋友。期待你们的青春。
篇13:自传体小说《童年》读后感
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+ 加入清单看完高基的《童年》不由得想起了自己,童年。我出生在农村,七十年代初期,那时的农村真叫穷啊,一年难得见到几次苹果,香蕉,其它水果根本不知道长得什么样子,能吃到烧饼。油条都是一种奢望。六岁开始放鹅放牛,一遇到打雷下雨,一边哭着一边把鹅或者牛往家里赶。
最盼望过年了,因为能穿上新衣服,吃上平时吃不到的东西,晚上点煤油灯吃饭,看书,没有电更没有电视机了。童年最大的乐趣就是几个小伙伴一起丢手娟,玩老鹰捉小鸡,斗鸡,玩泥巴,纸巴,扇火柴皮,不亦乐乎!现在小孩子的童年不要太幸福!爷爷奶奶;爸爸妈妈几代人看着,要吃的有吃的要玩的有玩的!过着我们童年想都想不到的生活,但他们却感受不到。这就是所谓的发展吧,时代变化吧!
但我还是觉得现在的小孩比我们缺少团结精神,缺少吃苦精神,缺少中国传统礼仪,节俭等美德。也许也是时代的产物吧!他们生在这个时代应该学会感恩,学会感谢父母的教育;学会感谢老师的培养;学会感谢社会所有人的关爱。学会珍惜,珍惜眼前的一切,珍惜亲情,友情。学会回报,努力学习各项本领,争取做一个对社会有用的人,为社会做出自己的贡献,推动社会的发展,那么以后他们的下一代童年一定会更加幸福!
篇14:小说《荆棘鸟》读后感
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+ 加入清单中外名著赏析课上,主讲的同学开篇问了一个问题,爱情和事业你们认为哪个更重要?认为爱情重要的人举手者寥寥,一个支持爱情的男生说“攘外必先安内”全班笑声一片。
好像时代变了,人人都是独立新女性或者理性的男性,都愿意去追求那份可能更稳定的事业,不做别人的附庸,不要或许虚无的爱情。
可是爱情是人一生的事业啊。事业就算从一而终,也有退休的.一天,爱情是可以从遇见陪你到坟墓前头的。我说爱情更重要,也并不是二者取其一,而是在两者冲突时,我不会像拉尔夫神父那样不停止对事业的追求,而更愿意把有限的生命投入到无限的爱人中去。可能我身上追求童话的天真幻想还没有褪去吧…所以这样一部太现实的…为了名利放弃真爱的小说…让我看的有些恼火…小说不应该是追求真善美与宣扬为了真爱放弃一切的飞蛾扑火一般的爱情吗!荆棘鸟的反其道而行之算是给了我充满不切实际幻想的脑袋结结实实的一棒。
梅吉和菲的命运真是惊人的相似,都爱上了一个不该爱的人,为这个人生了一个男孩,随便嫁给了另一个人,然后把自己惊艳高贵的生命消耗在平凡的柴米油盐里。总觉得这样是对她们本应该更加浪漫辉煌的生命的浪费。但至少她们有钱,好歹能有物质上的富裕。
在我的眼里,拉尔夫和卢克在本质上其实也没有什么区别。从来没有哪本书这样讨厌男主。为了自己冠冕堂皇的事业弃真爱于不顾。你选择事业放弃爱情我尊重你的选择,但既然对于你的身份这是一道单选题,就请不要走了一条路又常常望着另一条。你手上的白玫瑰没有那朵墙外的红玫瑰娇嫩欲滴,你拿着白玫瑰俯身嗅红玫瑰的芬芳,那红色的美人把芬芳全给了你,她什么都没有,你又走回自己的路上去拿着自己的白玫瑰。撩完就跑不就是典型的渣男吗!卢克给梅吉的是关于虚无缥缈未来的描绘,你给她的是仿佛唾手可得又触不可及的爱情。这两座空中楼阁就这样伴随着梅吉活过一年又一年,然而全都是泡沫。
这本书是闺中密友十八岁生日时她妈妈送她的礼物还顺带捎上给了我一本。她妈妈给她的美好祝愿是,在爱情上一定要找到心灵相通的人,能够沟通的人。不然一步错步步错,像梅吉问她妈妈菲奥娜的那样:我们从什么时候开始做错了呢?菲奥娜说,从一开始。
所以虽然这本书挺惨,对于美好的爱情,我依然怀有一份向往。
篇15:双城记英文读后感
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+ 加入清单After reading "A tale of two cities"
"A tale of two cities" is one of Dickenss most important representative works.The novel profoundly exposed the society contradiction before the French Revolution,intensely attacks the aristocratic social class is dissolute and cruel,and sincerely sympathizes with the depressed classes.The novel also described many magnificent scenes like the revolt people attacked Bastille and so on,which displayed peoples great strength.
The novel has portrayed many different people. Doctor Manette is honest and kind but suffers the persecution actually , Lucie is beautiful and gentle ,Charles is graceful and noble,Lorry is upright and honest ,Sydney is semblance of indifferent, innermost feelings of warm,unconventional but also selfless and lofty,Miss Pross is straightforward and loyal,Evremonde brothers are cruel and sinister......The complex hatred is hard to solve, the cruel revenge has made more hatreds, loves rebirth in the hell edge,but take the life as the price.
As an outstanding writer,in Dickenss work,the language skill is essential.Each kind of rhetoric technique,like the analogy,the exaggeration,the contrast,the humorous,and the taunt are handled skillfully,and the artistry of the work is also delivered the peak."A tale of two cities" has its difference with the general historical novel, its character and the main plot are all fictionalizes.With the broad real background of the French Revolution,the author take the fictional character Doctor Manettes experience as the main clue,interweaves the unjust charge, love and revenge three independences but also incident cross-correlation stories together,the plot is criss-crossed,and the clue is complex.The author use insert narrates,foreshadowing,upholstery and so many techniques,causes the structure integrity and strictness,the plot winding anxious and rich of theatrical nature,it displayed the remarkable artistic skill.the style "A tale of two cities" is solemnity and melancholy,fills indignantion,but lacks the humor of the early works.
篇16:小说《围城》读后感心得体会
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+ 加入清单“少不读红楼,老不读三国。”之前我是不相信这句话的。既然是名著,是众多人推荐的,为什么还要在不同的年龄去读呢?所以,在我16、17岁时,在那个还不懂情爱的年纪里,在阳光绚烂的夏日,我读了《红楼梦》、读了《红与黑》、读了《安娜卡列宁娜》、读了川端康成等等,读完后,我还狂妄地评价所谓名著也不过如此,只是一群男男女女在谈着不知所云的恋爱。现如今再谈起那些书对我的影响,也只过是记得一堆书名罢了。
在初中就读过《傲慢与偏见》,但只是当成言情小说来读,只记得男主和女主在一起了,“灰姑娘”伊丽莎白成为了豪门太太,结局皆大欢喜。工作后再重读《Pride
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Prejudice》,我才稍稍读懂一些简和宾利之间产生矛盾的原因,才对达西傲慢的举止多了一些了解。也突然理解了“少不读红楼,老不读三国”的原因。当你的人生阅历没有达到那个层次的时候,你是不会理解和认同书中的观点,更不会从书中有所收获。
很早之前就被推荐过《围城》这本书,但至从拥有了自己的手机,就很少真正静下心来读过一本书了,一直都没有去碰这本书。工作后的第一个寒假,突然对爱情和婚姻产生了一些疑问,就找了很多爱情和婚姻方面的书籍,《围城》这本书就误打误撞地进入了我的书单。
读《围城》的第一章时,我就被钱钟书先生的文笔倾倒,好犀利的文笔啊,短短几句描写,就将苏小姐的心理刻画地淋漓尽致。那一刻,我觉得世界上真正的高情商的人就是那些作家,他们能将人世间种.种形态的人的心理都能琢磨地透彻,并于文字间表达出来。
《围城》这本书有一种魔力能让你抛弃你的手机,一口气将这本书读完,也能让你想再读第二遍。
能在23、24岁这个对爱情和婚姻好奇的年纪读《围城》,这是我的幸运。爱情是什么?婚姻是什么?在之前,我一直在好奇。网络上的许许多多的信息让我觉得婚姻就是爱情的延续,而爱情也是不食人间烟火的、只有彼此的高贵事物。一切都是美好的,爱情和婚姻都是美好。在《围城》这本书里,我看到了爱情和婚姻的另外一面。有时你以为的爱情,可能只是你的一厢情愿,而婚姻更可能只是两个不讨厌彼此的人的互相结合。而这种不美好恰恰是很多人的真实生活,即使是接受最先进观念的人也不能避免这种俗气。
很喜欢书中的一句话“不见了好久的朋友,在我们的心目里,还是当年的风采,尽管我们已经老了。”虽然我还未老,但对于身边那些已经分离的朋友,他们在我的心中,仍旧还是学生时代青涩的模样。
篇17:《傲慢与偏见》读后感不少于800字
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+ 加入清单从18世纪末到19世纪初,庸俗无聊的“感伤小说”和“哥特小说”充斥英国文坛。而英国著名作家简·奥斯汀却让她的小说破旧立新,一反常规的展示英国乡村中产阶级的日常生活和田园风光。
也就是这样一部文字质朴简单的小说,让我在这个盲目的假期寻得人生的一点亮光。每一次的翻阅都不得不赞叹于作者笔下鲜活的人物形象以及这本书高于同一时代小说思想的特点。同时也让我放慢自己的步伐,细心发现,不再错过那些生活中的美好细节。
《傲慢与偏见》以女主角伊丽莎白与男主人公达西的相识、厌恶、相知直至后来两人的相爱为线索,展开了班纳特先生五位千金不同的爱情故事。虽故事的结局可说作完美。但直至尾页,我仍然记得扉页的一段话:“一个女人一直保持沉默或遮遮掩掩的话,让对方不能明白自己的心思,那她就难以博得欢心,为此而丧失机会,到时候只有暗自落泪的份了。男女相爱大都免不了要借重于双方的感恩图报和虚荣自负,任其自然的很难成好事的。”
显然,扉页的话并不是对小说结局的隐匿暗示。它或许是作者简·奥斯汀对那个时代女性的呼唤。但无论如何,它依然完美的诠释了故事的曲折过程,伊丽莎白与达西都各自因为自己的原因或因为犹豫不决,让爱情的结局一推再推。也许书中可以给他们最后的幸福甜蜜,但在现实中,他们又是否真的可以如此巧合的找到他们的爱情,这却无从得知。
在青葱的校园生活中,傲慢与偏见的恶果也长在我们的单纯心田中,它们霸占着本应属于我们的正直与善良。现如今的我们,谈不起爱情,而友情却属于这里的每一个人。这里随处可见结伴而行的女生,嘻笑着走过林荫小道,处处可见勾搭着肩膀的男生,拍打着篮球在操场上留下爽朗的笑容。友情的味道弥漫了整个校园,让美丽的校园拂动着一片和谐与安宁的气息。但即使在这样的气氛中,仍有看不见的“脏物”在黑暗中滋生。傲慢使我们的友情破碎,偏见让我们之间的信任荡然无存。记得伊丽莎白在文中质问过:“一场爱情就这样结束了?我不知道,多少有情人是这样走过来。”而此时我只能无力地思考着:“难道友情也难逃乎于这种命运?我不知道,多少知己是这样走过来。”
其实不必说有多少个知己,有的人一生都不一定会遇见一个知己,找到一个可以敞开心扉无所顾忌的人已是不易。真的要因为我们的傲慢或流言飞语中产生的偏见去摧毁这一切?难道不能直接表达却要含蓄暗示才能尽释前嫌,但却因放不下的虚荣而错失到最后才懊悔不已。这些或许都会成为人一生中无法回首的遗憾。
在书的尾页,有我初中时留下的稚嫩笔迹:“珍惜和善待身边每一个平凡的人和平凡的自己。”
可惜当初写下这句话的我,现在却不记得,甚至迷失了自己的本心。所幸写下这篇文章的我已然成长,不会再让生活的美好错失在时光的流转中。
篇18:《达芬奇密码》英文读后感
全文共 3583 字
+ 加入清单导语:《达·芬奇密码》小说集合了侦探,惊悚和阴谋论等多种风格,并激起了大众对某些宗教理论的普遍兴趣。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语读后感,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!
Informal feedbacks and opinions about “The Da Vinci Code”
Okay, at first I have to admit that “The Da Vinci Code” is an amazing book. When I read in mid-parts, sometimes I just wanna to ask, “Okay, okay, what is happening?” It is a horrible period to let an eastern person to understand western religions in sudden. And so, this book basically is in love with the western religion issues.
Honestly, the author is a genius that he organizes plots and conflicts so dramatically and delicately. It’s like a gift. Reading the book is taking a roller coaster, and even worse, your eyes are forced to be close, the world is full of empty black and you got no idea what the railway go next. Everybody seems like suspect. There is absolutely an organization that was killing people and tried to hide something, which is the secret truth. Langdon knows that. Langdon figured the secret organization--priory of Sion at last, and it shows everything is related, the death of Saunière led Langdon all the way to Rossiyn Chapel, with finding “the rose line” the first prime meridian (RGO) that located France, Paris, Louvre. Where the story ends.
I can not understand that why the followers of Christianity and Catholicism would ever think that pain is good for people and human kind is meant to be guilty because they make the “God” or “Guesses Christ” mad or hurt. Actually I am a real big fan of Christopher Hitches, so now you see. The keystones are in great demand. Everybody wants them, and the truth behind of the keystones. They are delish. Christianity and Catholicism want it because it tells where the secret documents that could destroy the religion is. Where the San-greal is. Dramatically, San-greal is not a real cup, but a woman. Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene was legend by the wife of Guesses, who born the true blood of royal (Guesses Christ). The conflict only have one aim that are the keystones and behind of them, which is the San-greal. The plot descripts different personality well, and discovers the characteristics behind different force that was struggling the San-greal distinctly. In order to understand what is happening, and what are the symbols, characters, numbers really mean, and understand why the followers of the religion will be so obsessed, the reader have to place himself in the version of a total western guy, or a follower. Because of the different believe probably, I could not comprehend some of the strange behaviors (I mean they are weirdoes) that author described in story, but as a horror plus suspense fiction, I think “The Da Vinci Code” is better then “Sherlock Homes”.
I quite enjoy the reading, and thanks for the ones that borrow the book to me.
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“达文西密码”的非正式反馈与意见
首先,我必须承认“达文西密码”是一本了不起的书。当我在中间阅读时,有时我只想问:“好吧,发生了什么事?“让东方人突然了解西方宗教是一段可怕的时期。所以,这本书基本上是爱上了西方宗教问题。
老实说,作者是一个天才,他组织情节和冲突如此戏剧性和微妙。这就像一个礼物。读这本书是坐过山车,更糟糕的是,你的眼睛被迫关闭,世界充满了空黑色,你不知道什么是铁路去下一步。每个人似乎都怀疑。绝对有一个组织在杀害人们,试图隐藏一些东西,这就是秘密的真相。兰登知道。兰登认为,秘密组织——锡安隐修会在最后,它表明一切都是相关的,对sauniè重新死亡导致兰登一直到Rossiyn Chapel,找到“玫瑰线”第一本初子午线(RGO),位于法国,巴黎,Louvre。故事结束的地方。
我不明白为什么基督教和天主教的信徒会认为痛苦是对人有益的,而人类是注定有罪的,因为他们使“上帝”或“猜测基督”疯狂或伤害。其实我是一个真正的Christopher Hitches的球迷,所以现在你看到的。重点是需求量很大。每个人都希望他们背后的真相,并重点。他们是美味。基督教和天主教希望它,因为它告诉的秘密文件,可以破坏宗教是。在三真是。戏剧性的是,三大是不是一个真正的杯,但一个女人。Mary Magdalene。Mary Magdalene是传说的猜测妻子,谁出生的皇家皇家血(猜测基督)。冲突的目标只有一个,为重点,在他们的背后,是三大。剧情描述了不同的个性,不同的特点,找出背后的力量,挣扎着的三大明显。为了了解发生了什么,什么是符号,人物,数字真的意味着,并理解为什么信徒的宗教将如此痴迷,读者必须把自己在版本的总西方家伙,或追随者。因为不同的相信,我不能理解一些奇怪的行为(我的意思是他们是怪物),作者描述的故事,但作为一个恐怖加悬疑小说,我认为“达文西密码”比“家园”。
我很喜欢阅读,感谢那些借我的书。
篇19:《鲁滨逊漂流记》经典小说读后感范本
全文共 302 字
+ 加入清单我读了《鲁滨逊漂流记》这本书后,被鲁滨逊深深的感动了,他漂流到荒岛上后,没有绝望,而是把自己的双手动用起来,造房子、种庄稼、养动物、造工具、在最后终于获救。
一开始,鲁滨逊跟一艘船出海,船在一次海难中失事了,他在海上漂了很长时间,最后,被海水带到了一个孤岛上,他企图向来往的船只求救,却没有船只帮助他。他用身边仅有的物品搭建了一座房子,又在船上找了一些面包、酒、子弹、枪、衣服等等……就这样开始了他长达二十八年两个月的孤岛生活。他不但要与饥饿、疾病斗争,更不能让海盗发现他……在困难面前,他有着顽强和毅力。
我们现在生活、学习中的困难和鲁滨逊的困难比起来还算困难吗?我一定要像鲁滨逊一样,勇敢的和困难做斗争!
篇20:《黑骏马》英文读后感
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+ 加入清单导语:《黑骏马》是一部来自草原深处的博爱与情殇。 下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语读后感,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!
“Animals deserve our kindness, sympathy and understanding,” that is what Anna Sewell-the author of Black Beauty-wanted to convince her readers。 Thanks to Sewell, I now think about the animal-human relationship from both the human and the animal’s point of view。
The inspiration for Anna Sewell’s novel was drawn from her own relationship with horses。 Anna Sewell was born on March 20th, 1820 in Norfolk, England and was crippled while still very young。 Due to her disability, she relied on horse-drawn carriages and grew to love horses as a result。 She also became appalled by the careless and cruel treatment horses often received from humans and determined to write a book。。 In the second year of work on the book, she was told that she had only eighteen months to live, but she persevered in order “to induce kindness, sympathy and an understanding [of the ] treatment of horses。” Five years later, she was still working on Black Beauty, her only book。 Unfortunately, Sewell died a few months after publication and never learned of the book’s huge success。 Black Beauty formed an impassioned plea for animal rights at a time when such a notion had been dismissed as ridiculous。
The novel portrayed the real condition of working horses living in Britain during the Victorian Era。 In that time period, the wealthy thought that their horses were treated well because they never stepped into the stable。 In order to call people’s attention to horses’ hard life, Sewell tells the story through the first-person narrative voice of a horse。 This innovative personification of an animal made the book a real success。 Readers heard the stories straight from the horse’s mouth, literally, as an animal spoke of extremes of joy and suffering。 People were shocked by the truth exposed by the novel and changed their attitudes towards animals。
Sewell formed the novel with three kinds of characters: Black Beauty, Ginger and other farm animals。 Through their different experiences, I saw similarly painful lives led by the animals。 This method made the earnest appeal for animal rights become more and more persuasive。
As a domestic animal, Black Beauty was continuously sold from one family to another。 Over the years Beauty enjoyed good masters but also endured mean ones。 Sometimes, he was cared for and at other times tortured。 In the end, everything turns out all right in a story that is so tender and yet meaningful。 His story was so vivid that caught the readers’ heart。 The novel brought people laughter and tears and also enlightened them to understand animals at the same time。
Animals cannot speak so understanding is significant to them。 Once,for example, Beauty was drawing the carriage to a wooden bridge。 The bridge was flooded out in the river and John, the groom, was not aware that it was cracked。 But the quickly realized that something was wrong because of Beauty’s abnormal behavior。 Momentarily, a man shouted to them, “Stop! Stop!…The bridge is broken in the middle。 If you come across, you’ll fall in the river!” Beauty had saved John。 However, if John had not tried to understand what Beauty wanted to tell him, there would definitely have been an accident。 I learnt from the story that understanding animals is not only essential to them but is also beneficial to us ourselves。