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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 1800s, 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, Armands father, came to her, pleading for her to leave Armand to save both Armands 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 Dumass 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?

Recently, I read a great book, Childhood, which is written by Gorky. It’s a novel based on the experiences of the author’s tragic childhood, telling the stories about the author between his three to ten years old. Aliocha has a bad childhood. His father and mother die in his early ages, so that he has to live with his great-grandparents. His great-grandfather is bad tempered and his uncles hate him very much. Great-grandmother is the only person who cherished him. Besides, Aliocha also feel the pureness, friendship by his playmates. Through this book, we can see a poor, ugly society, but we also can see an adamant, compassionate little who constantly pursuits of good things in life. It’s hard to imagine how he can stick to the faith of life in such bad environment. As to us, we live in a much better environment; of course we should cherish our happiness and be strong to face difficulties in life.

篇3：《童年》英语读后感

In the sun, I read this thick, "childhood", heart suddenly a strange shame and remorse, think of themselves and the lives of a great disparity in Gorky.

Year-old death of his father, to follow the kind of grandmother came to the grandfathers home. Here, he knows many things, but also see a lot of things, he see the selfish, greedy, brutish, two uncles; simple friend "Little Gypsy"; mean, stingy, greedy, tyrannical, brutal grandfather; every day life in the cruel, stupid, infighting among family members and arguments, and from between good and evil, Alesha ignorant to understand that a number of reasons.

Compared with him together, our childhood is bright and happy; no pain and struggle, has been a carefree life. From this point on it seems we already have far cry on with Alesha, we have a lot, but we still do not know enough I just want luxury this world a better and more want.

Yes ah, we often parents do not cook, mouth open for food, only to parents for their shelter Guzhao, not herself from the "world" battles. Now we have to expect should repent, should not waste anything, and learn to cherish everything we have now will suffice.

From now on test, we must stand up and do not just want to experience difficulties with such a withdrawal, escape, or take a shortcut, should have confidence in ourselves, life always something or someone will give you pain and even despair, but we should be like what how the kind of insisted. In this way, you can again find joy in pain, in despair to find hope. Yes, dark past, the dawn will always come, as long as you still maintain the confidence that something is immortal, has all the treasure, then your light will come, because you know how to cherish.

在阳光的照耀下,我读完了这本厚厚的《童年》,心里突然有一种莫名的惭愧与懊悔,想到自己与高尔基生活得巨大悬殊.

四岁丧父,跟随慈祥的外祖母来到了外祖父的家中.在这里,他认识了许多东西,也看清了许多东西,他看清了自私自利、贪得无厌、粗野的两位舅舅;朴实的朋友“小茨冈”;吝啬、小气、贪婪、专横、残暴的外祖父;每一天都生活在残忍、愚昧、亲人之间的勾心斗角和争吵,从善良与邪恶之间,阿廖沙懵懂的明白了一些道理.

与他相比起来,我们的童年是灿烂的,幸福的;没有痛苦与斗争,一直无忧无虑地生活着.就从这一点上看来我们就与阿廖沙已经有了天壤之别,我们拥有了许多,但是我们还是不知足,只想奢求人世间更好,更多想要的东西.

是啊,我们经常对父母衣来伸手,饭来张口,只用顾着让父母为自己遮风挡雨,从不用自己独自在“人间”闯荡.现在,我们应该悔过曾经的奢望,应该不再浪费任何东西,学会珍惜现在所拥有的一切便足够了.

从现在考试,我们要自立起来,遇到困难时别只想着这样退缩,逃避或走捷径,应该对自己有信心,人生中总有事或有人会令你痛苦甚至绝望,但我们应该要像一下作者是怎么样坚持的.这样,你就可以再痛苦中寻找快乐,在绝望中寻找希望.是的,黑暗过去,黎明的曙光总会到来,只要你仍然保持对任何事物都有不灭的信心,懂得珍惜拥有的一切,那么你的光明一定会到来,因为你懂得珍惜.

For the first time to read novels GanChangMing teacher, is a very the cause of the accident. Along the river started to sing, sing sweet teacher I heaven like a snowflake, timbre round, high bright, clean voice without a bit of noise. The passionate singing let me deeply impressed.

Teacher deep in conversation, and I learned that teacher sit compose all the year round. So I put forward to gump teacher can read book. The teacher very readily agreed. A moonlight night such as water, we are on the Banks of the river in the three gorges, yichang to continue the violin of qu yuan as the singing, the teacher coming, sit quietly drops. Waiting for you the songs medley finished, in the beautiful melody of "unforgettable tonight, say the teacher take out brought novella. I took it to browse and HangShuTi GongGongZhengZheng pen, powerful and strong. What the style is the man! After breaking up, I went home in the moonlight, leaning on the bed with orange lights, read, wanting more, absorbing read. From the bottom of exhaled a voice: its a good absorption of novels. Havent read this novel. "Looking for the lost world", the novel has a very unique book title, a story is fascinating, among them the protagonist ShuCan and Ye Li, the emotional entanglement between the Guo Shuang plot ups and downs, sharp complicated conflicts between love and interests; The conflict between traditional ideas and modern concept, is in place.

Read it again, if we could not bear, but also want to read. May be time to rush, I read not carefully, but already felt between the lines in the novel are revealed with thick life breath, the drawing account, like one of his friends, or a loved one, tell yourself in life experience, his side of the story, there is no strangeness, no proper affectation, elegant, pure and fresh, has a delicate emotions, author have read and reflection on the life, is a very good work!

第一次读甘长铭老师的小说，是一个很偶然的原因。在长江边拉琴唱歌，甘老师高歌一曲《我像雪花天上来》，音色圆润，高亢明亮，干净的嗓音不带一点杂音。充满激情的演唱让我深深地折服。

我和甘老师深入交谈中，得知甘老师常年笔耕不缀。于是我向甘老师提出能否拜读大作。甘老师很爽快地应承了。一个月色如水的晚上，我们在三峡宜昌长江边畔的屈原像下继续拉琴唱歌时，甘老师走来，静静滴坐在一旁。等候大家歌曲联唱表演完毕，在《难忘今宵》的优美旋律里，甘老师取出随身带来的中篇小说。我接过来浏览了一下，工工整整的钢笔行书体，遒劲有力。真是字如其人啊!分手之后，我踏着月光回家，倚在床上就着桔黄色的灯光，一口气读完，意犹未尽，不忍释卷。从心底呼出一个声音：真是一片吸人眼球的好小说。很久没有读到这么新颖的作品。这篇小说《寻找失落的世界》，有一个很独特的书名，故事也引人入胜，其中主人公舒灿和叶丽、郭爽之间的情感纠葛情节跌宕起伏，爱情与利益之间的矛盾冲突尖锐复杂;传统观念与现代理念的冲突，揭示的很到位。

读过一遍，欲罢不忍，还想再读。也许是时间仓促，我读的不够仔细，但是已经感受到小说中字里行间都透露着浓浓的生活气息，那娓娓道来的叙述，像是自己的一个朋友，或者是一个亲人，在述说自己生活中的经历，自己身边发生的故事，没有陌生感，也没有矫柔造作之词，文笔优美，文字清新，有作者细腻的情感，也有对生活的品读和反思，是一篇很不错的作品!

丑小鸭英语读后感（一）

Duckling , once again to the cygnet when one was young what experience sobs, feel sincere being glad to marvelous change of ugly duckling , just start a loving heart to self ugly child but feel to the ugly duckling mother. Ugly duckling in culture is bitten by the duck , the group is pecked at by chicken, that woman servant person the poultry farm is kept watch on kicks, suffer hardships within winter. But, he had better been thinking of a heart being thankful all the time: Oh, thank God! I be so ugly as to even hunting dog not have bitten me! ; And, he is to be full of hope"s all the time: I go up to think that I still go to the extensive world well . I need to fly to them , fly to these elitist bird ! Behind reason why , setback having suffered innumerable time in him, he finally has become a swan from ugly duckling: But he is that are one clumsy no longer, Oxford gray"s , the duck both ugly and make people dislike that, be one swan ! Thereupon, I have known: Face the setback that self suffers, we ought to have a heart being thankful to thank parents having given birth to us , thank nature giving us the chance existing down; We ought to all the time be full of hope that we need to firmly believe that the setback is temporary , the road is circuitous , future is bright, always have the bright spring day a sheet of to belong to us! Be considerate, I think of: We face the people who suffers reverses in course of , are still anybody disregarding the colleague who is us , our student,we do not ought to go to bite ugly duckling like the duck , not ought to go to peck ugly duckling like chicken , not ought to go and kick ugly duckling, but be to ought to believe in like the poultry farm woman servant people , he also will be as so young , so good looking  as self one day!

丑小鸭英语读后感（二）

After reading the ugly duckling this article, I know the can"t judge a book by its cover, can"t laugh at others.

Although some people childhood long ugly, but her good heart, wisdom, and can grow up to be a beautiful white swan. Some people childhood long quite beautiful, like a princess, but her heart malice, love to laugh at other people, wait until a day, she will be a friend also have no, the longer the ugly, childhood white swan will also become the ugly duckling.

The appearance of beauty and ugliness is only a small part of life.

I think that although this article of the ugly duckling no faith, but it is still very b, it knows that long very ugly, it know friends don"t like it, but it does not want to: since I long that ugly, since the friends all don"t like me, I live in the world still have what use! If I were in the article the ugly duckling, those little duck, the dog and the cat to laugh at me, I will say unto them : although I am ugly, but I"m good heart, a b, there will always be those who like me.

We want to XiangWenZhang backwater of learning, no matter what others say, you have to be b, don"t give up, we also a reason to know a man"s tenth lies not in the physical appearance, beautiful truth in having a pure mind.

The ugly duckling is my very like a fairy tale, it is a hit all the crowd out, laughed at, the image of the ugly duckling. But it always have a dream in the heart, because the dream, it in front of the difficulty not despair, there is no destruction, but always unyielding struggle, finally turned into a beautiful noble swan, it feel happy, feel warm.

The beauty of love, there is. In the world who doesnt like beauty? But the beauty are important, but the beauty of mind is more important. If the heart beauty, character beauty, wisdom, beauty, language beauty, beauty action, this is the most beautiful thing in the world. Although the physical beauty, but in the mind is not beautiful, it is very ugly. Some people, for the sake of beauty, do not hesitate to sacrifice everything, that is beautiful? Some people, although ugly, but work hard, industrious, good, this is not to mind ugly, but just the opposite.

After reading the text, cause me to understand that appearance is not important, the most important is whether the inner beauty, is pure. The ugly duckling into a swan, all this comes from it in mind that a dream of the eternal. Everyone can be as long as you firm faith, stick to their beautiful dreams, and diligently to struggle, you will be successful, you will become a beautiful swan, spread your wings and fly.

From the ugly duckling in this text I experience the true meaning of beauty, understand the connotation of the beauty, inner beauty, let us become a swan, in a free flying high in the sky.

《丑小鸭》是我非常喜欢的一篇童话，它讲的是一只处处受排挤、受嘲笑、受打击的丑小鸭的形象。但是它的心中一直怀有一份梦想，因为这份梦想，它在困难前没有绝望，也没有沉沦，而是始终不屈地奋斗，终于变成了一只漂亮高贵的天鹅，它感到幸福，感到温暖。

爱心之美，人之皆有。世间有谁不爱美?可是外表美虽然重要，但心灵美更加重要。要是心灵美、品德美、智慧美、语言美、行动美，这是世上最美的人。虽然外表美，但心里不美，那也是很丑的。有些人，为了外表美，不惜牺牲一切，那是美吗?有些人，虽然长得丑，但肯努力、勤奋、善良，这并不是心灵丑，而正好相反。

读完这篇课文，使我明白到：外貌并不重要，最重要的是内心是否美，是否纯洁。丑小鸭变成天鹅，这一切都源于它心中那一份永恒的梦想。大家都能成为只要你坚定信念，坚持自己美丽的梦想，并坚持不懈地去奋斗，你会成功的，你会变成一只美丽的、展翅飞翔的天鹅。

我从《丑小鸭》这篇课文中体验到美的真谛，明白美的内涵——内心美，让我们变成天鹅，在自由的天空中展翅高飞。

小学英语作为近几年新增设的科目，在肩负英语启蒙和为以后进一步学习大基础的重任的同时，又面临着检验匮乏，教学对象年龄小，注意力，接受，分辨能力相对较低等重多困难。那么，怎么才能克服困难，有效良好地进行小学英语教学呢？我认为应在分析学生的年龄特征、心理、注意力等特征的前提下，精心设计组织教学。而其中，游戏的运用尤其重要。现行小学英语教材就充分认识到了这一点，在整册教学内容中，几乎在每课都穿插有游戏。

游戏在小学英语教学中有着多方面的重要的作用。

一、 激发兴趣，活跃气氛，吸引注意力

一节好课不是老师一味的讲，学生一味的听，而应是有静有动，动静相结合的，小学设管内的天性是好动的，要让他们端端正正的坐着听四十分钟，是很难办到的。即使做到了也收不到良好的教学效果。同时还可能压抑了他们的个性，影响了他们的学习兴趣，此外，心理研究表明，小学生的注意力稳定性较差。最好的也只能保持30分钟，况且长时的有意注意容易使人感到枯燥乏味，投入程度也不会高，如果在教学中结合教师的讲解，适当地安排一些游戏，为孩子们提供一个动的舞台，把他们的思维和身体从疲劳、紧张中解放出来，使他们涣散的注意被吸引过来，在轻松愉快的气氛中完成学习任务。例如，在学习人身体部位名称时，刚开始学生们觉得新鲜，兴趣很浓，热情还很高，但随着单词加多，听讲和读的时间加长，他们感到很疲乏，觉得没意思了，注意力也不能很好地集中了。这时，我适时地加入了“听口令，做动作”的游戏，一听说要做游戏，孩子们立刻变得活跃起来，注意力又集中了，在随后“touch your head” “stamp your feet” “wave your arm”的口令中，他们一会摸头，一会跺脚，一会挥胳膊，忙得不亦乐乎，最终在笑声中记住了个部位的名称。

二、 创设情景，加深记忆

一种语言习惯的习得，必须是在一定的语言背景和情景中完成，这些仅靠课文中提供的情景对话是远远不够的。那些对话是别人的，学生只是一个扮演者和朗读者，因为没有心灵的感受和理解，许多人不能很好地融入其中。游戏就弥补了之不足。它不仅为学生提供了情境，语境，还让学生们真正地成为“主人公”亲身经历资：料；来/源，于ＧＺＵ５２１学：习；网 http：//Ｇzｕ５２1。COm，这对他们的记忆又是一大帮助，如果为了记忆只是一味地重复练习，他们就只能是机械地记忆，而这种记忆是很难保持的，但如果将所学的内容安排在他们积极从事着的活动中去，成为活动的直接对象，这样，因为是他们亲自感受体验，直接参与了的，记忆效果受识记时的情绪状态的影响。情绪状态较佳时对记忆作用明显。这一研究结果提示我们，在教学时，应该重视情境，愉快地教学，这又如何做到呢？游戏便为我们提供了一条捷径。在教学中开展多种多样轻松幽默的游戏，使他们在笑声中学会英语。

三、 训练口语，发展思维

英语的学习不仅仅是记忆、理解、书写，还要能够说出来，能够正确流利地说出来。这是重点也难点。对于初学英语的人来说，更是难上加难。他们往往心理紧张，没有自信，不敢开口。更别说在课后生活中运用了。要攻破这个拦路虎，首先必须给学生一个没有压力的轻松环境，消除内心的紧张与害怕，同时，鼓励他们进行语言交流，在运用语言与其他人互相讲话时，学习的内容会丰富起来，游戏就恰恰能够做到这些。游戏给了学生接近生活，轻松愉快的环境，带给他们描述、表达、说明的欲望，在不知不觉中训练了口语，这些都比学生自己读教材重复教师的话有价值得多。

语言与思维之间存在密切的关系，游戏在联系课本词汇的同时，促使学生准确地表达思想感情，把他们所学的语言词汇合理地组织，适当地安排，准确地表达，这个过程，丰富了他们的词汇，丰富了他们的的感性经验，推动了思维的灵活性、逻辑性的发展。

此外，游戏给了学生想象和思考的空间，激发了他们的想象力和思考能力。如在教学“friendship”时，为了让他们深刻理解记忆这个单词的含义，我采用了画图的游戏，就是把这个单词的意思用画图表示出来。因为“friendship”的概念是抽象的，没有实物可以比拟，这样就不能照猫画虎了。只能凭借自己的脑子去思考去想象。有的学生想象了一个有关友谊的故事，画了一幅漫画，有的想到了恩格斯和马克思的友谊，画了两幅肖像；有的想到了一句古诗“桃花潭水深千尺，不及汪伦送我情”，并且惟妙惟肖地画了出来，以次来体现“friendship”的含义这样，学生们充分发挥了他们的想象和思考的能力，深刻地理解了单词的意义，思维能力也得到了进一步发展。

四、 培养情感，发展能力

在教学中，有趣的游戏活动，可以养成学生热爱生活，开朗乐观的生活态度，能够让学生有机会感受生活的多姿多彩，有机会展现自己的生命活力和丰富想象力，创造力，从而树立自信心和自豪感。在游戏活动中，学生与他人合作交流，使其体验到团结、友爱、互助、荣誉感、责任感，进取心等积极的情感。比如，在角色扮演的游戏中，使其学习表达各种社会角色的情感，在画画游戏中进一步发展了他们的美感，此外，游戏中还存在一个如何协调的问题，如何制定游戏规则和如何违反规则进行处罚的问题，学生们需要自主地讨论和解决这个问题。这个过程中他们的组织能力、协调能力等都得以锻炼，同时这队学生的独立性、正义感都有潜移默化的作用。

以上是游戏在小学英语教学中四方面的作用，除此之外，还有其他作用，这根据游戏形式、内容的不同而异，当然，并不是所有游戏都能起到了这些作用。这就要求我们在教学中精心选择、组织，恰当安排，以使其取得最佳效果。

In the secret garden of the little hero named Marie, is a plain, secret garden. Irascibility。 In a plague, her father and mother were taken to life in a plague, and she became an orphan.

When I saw it, I always wanted to ask, how can this book be an unhappy person or something? I look down with this problem, with another little hero Dickon, I gradually understand, the author adopts the method of comparison, let us see the lonely, lonely are disgusted with what Marie later met friends gradually cheerful, gradually become beautiful, gradually make us feel Marie panruoliangren.

This book let me understand the value of friendship, the "secret garden". Lively Dickon, with a sincere heart touched all hate what happened to Marie, touched on the lives of seriously ill do not report any hope for Colin, so he re ignited the fire of life.

If I were Marie, I will be more hate a person or thing of all, because in the family, my father is a day home, and my mother would go every day to participate in a variety of dance, do not care about my existence, living in such a family, I feel lonely gradually withdrawn, who would not be like this?

Because of him, the appearance of this book makes me understand that friendship can change everything, even my own life.

I love this book the secret garden, but hope to have Deakin as precious friendship, my life is full of sunshine, joy.

《丑小鸭》写了一只天鹅蛋在鸭群中破壳后，因相貌怪异，让同类鄙弃，历经千辛万苦、重重磨难之后长成了白天鹅的故事。下面是关于丑小鸭的英语读后感范文，希望对你有帮助。

《丑小鸭》英语读后感篇一：

After reading "the ugly duckling" this article, I know the "cant judge a book by its cover," cant laugh at others.

Although some people childhood long ugly, but her good heart, wisdom, and can grow up to be a beautiful "white swan". Some people childhood long quite beautiful, like a princess, but her heart malice, love to laugh at other people, wait until a day, she will be a friend also have no, the longer the ugly, childhood "white swan" will also become "the ugly duckling".

The appearance of beauty and ugliness is only a small part of life.

I think that although this article of the ugly duckling no faith, but it is still very strong, it knows that long very ugly, it know friends dont like it, but it does not want to: "since I long that ugly, since the friends all dont like me, I live in the world still have what use!" If I were in the article the ugly duckling, those little duck, the dog and the cat to laugh at me, I will say unto them ": although I am ugly, but Im good heart, a strong, there will always be those who like me."

We want to XiangWenZhang backwater of learning, no matter what others say, you have to be strong, dont give up, we also a reason to know a mans tenth lies not in the physical appearance, beautiful truth in having a pure mind."

《丑小鸭》英语读后感篇二：

The author pays homage to Hans Christian Andersens compassionate tale with this faithful adaptation. Kids can relate to the ducklings dilemma; part of the growing-up process is pulling away from those around you and developing a strong sense of self. Children have also witnessed or experienced the teasing that is part and parcel of childhood.

This ageless story speaks across generations with its reaffirming message. In this age of instant gratification, Andersens tale reminds readers that some things are worth waiting for and that a pleasure deferred (whether by choice or necessity) is often the sweetest one of all.

Pinkneys descriptive passages resonate with the splendor of natures beauty. The glowing watercolors, filled with intricate details, make each blade of grass visible, and the delicately drawn, nearly transparent mosquitoes are as ethereal as they are in life. The subtle details incorporated into the scenes--a frog catching a passing fly at the pond and a tiny mouse perched by a crate in the old womans cottage--make children take another look.

One day he heard a sound of whirring wings, and up in the air he saw a flock of birds flying high. They were as bright as the snow that had fallen during the night, and their long necks were stretched southward. Oh, if only he could go with them! But what sort of companion could he be to those beautiful beings?

I am too ugly even for a dog to eat, the duckling thought. Jerry Pinkneys poignant text and rich artwork convey the timeless appeal of this tale of hardship and redemption. Anyone who has suffered the sting of ostracism can sympathize with the ugly ducklings plight and will relish the uplifting conclusion.

《丑小鸭》英语读后感篇三：

Duckling ", once again to the cygnet when one was young what experience sobs, feel sincere being glad to marvelous change of ugly duckling , just start a loving heart to self ugly child but feel to the ugly duckling mother. Ugly duckling in culture "is bitten by the duck , the group is pecked at by chicken, that woman servant person the poultry farm is kept watch on kicks, suffer hardships within winter". But, he had better been thinking of a heart being thankful all the time: "Oh, thank God! I be so ugly as to even hunting dog not have bitten me"! ; And, he is to be full of hopes all the time: "I go up to think that I still go to the extensive world well ". "I need to fly to them , fly to these elitist bird "! Behind reason why , setback having suffered innumerable time in him, he finally has become a swan from ugly duckling: "But he is that are one clumsy no longer, Oxford grays , the duck both ugly and make people dislike that, be one swan "! Thereupon, I have known: Face the setback that self suffers, we ought to have a heart being thankful to thank parents having given birth to us , thank nature giving us the chance existing down; We ought to all the time be full of hope that we need to firmly believe that the setback is temporary , the road is circuitous , future is bright, always have the bright spring day a sheet of to belong to us! Be considerate, I think of: We face the people who suffers reverses in course of , are still anybody disregarding the colleague who is us , our student,we do not ought to go to bite ugly duckling like the "duck" , not ought to go to peck ugly duckling like "chicken" , not ought to go and kick ugly duckling, but be to ought to believe in like the "poultry farm woman servant people ", he also will be as "so young , so good looking " as self one day!

the Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingways most enduring works and may very well become one of the true classics of this generation. It played a GREat part in his winning the Pulizer Prize in 1953 and the 1954 Novel Prize for Literature and confirmed his power and presence in the literary world. Hemingway is also one of my favorite writers. Besides The Old Man And the Sea, I have read some of his other works, such as The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms and The Snow of Kilimanijaro. But The Old Man and the Sea is the one that left the deepest impression on me.

I first read this book when I was in my fifteens. And now I remember it just as well as if I had read it yesterday.

Pride and Prejudice is a chefdoeuvre.

My first impression of this story was from screen.

Its long long ago, maybe before I can read english books. I dont remember which movie edition I had seen. But I was impressed by the music, the scenery and the costume. I was very favor of a section of music in its balls. Its pretty brisk, liked a wonderful song of a bird. Regarding to the characters, I liked Elizabeth, the heroine,though I didnt think shes beautiful. But shes smart. However, I didnt pay much attention to the plot. I thought its so long that it made me impatient and bored. By now, I havent read the whole story in English or its Chinese version, either. I owe it to my prejudice.

In fact, I didnt understand the story at that time. I didnt know why it called Pride and Prejudice. Of course someone was pride, but I didnt find where s the prejudice. I thought its normal, the way people treated each other in that. I considered prejudice would be very disgusting. But to the movie everthing was OK in my minds, except its length. Now, I think I have understood more about it. Im a prejudiced person so I cant find wheres wrong. I merely like to do the things I like. Everytime I meet somebody or something,my thinking about he or it all depends on my foregone experience and my mood of the time.

《摆渡人》是刚读完的一本英国小说。

内容讲述，一个父母离异性格内向的小女孩，独自一人坐火车去见自己的父亲，火车在通过一个隧道时失事，小女孩醒来时发现自己是这场事故的唯一幸存者。她走出隧道口，和远山坡上一直望着她的小男孩一起跨越这个荒原。

事实上，小女孩是这场事故唯一的遇难者，和小男孩相遇的是她的灵魂。

小男孩就是灵魂的摆渡者，将刚刚去世的人的灵魂从荒原摆渡到另一个世界，否则逝者的灵魂将被荒原上的魔鬼吃掉从而进入地狱加入魔鬼的群体。

故事情节颇惊心动魄，在跨越荒原的日子里，小男孩一直保护小女孩两人相依为命，产生了爱情。当小女孩跨越荒原成功摆渡到另一个世界时，因留恋小男孩而找到了回到荒原的办法再次与其相见。

当然，结局也没有让读者失望，二人一起从荒原逆行回到了人间，达到了圆满。

这个故事听起来似乎和平常我们看过的穿越剧，灵异电影相似。但当你仔细品读时，字里行间透露出我们对自己人生态度的思考。

对于死亡 ：

若人死了真有灵魂的摆渡者，那么死亡或许没那么可怕，只是离开了一个现实宇宙能看见的世界到达另一个颠沛流离的世界罢了，在那里有逝去的亲人，活着的人早晚有一天也会到来，死亡只是一个空间的跨越罢了。

曾经我读过一篇文章，是一个年岁很大的老者写的，他说若万事抱着一颗好奇的心去对待，或许就能消除恐惧。有人问老者害怕死亡吗?他说曾经很怕，因为他难以想象一个人走在死亡边缘那一刻什么感受。后来他不怕了，他很好奇那一刻的到来，他会是实践者，他要知道答案。

在我的读书生涯里，也有同学的父亲或母亲离世了，伤痛的他们我们无从安慰。一个人在接受亲人的离开时会有种崩溃的感觉。若他们能将亲人的离开看做是空间的跨越，或许心灵的伤痛会有所减轻。

以前在书上看到过这样一句话，我们每个人都来自墙上的一幅画中，只是从静态的平面跨越到动态的立体空间，如果有的人离开了，TA只是回到了那副画里而已。 当我看到这句话的时候，突然觉得特别轻松，因为那一刻开始我觉得世界没有可怕的事情，一切都是我们的心态所为，如果连死亡都不怕了，世界还有更可怕的事情吗?

看过一个访谈节目，专家说这世界有太多永远解不开的秘密。比如，人死了到底有没有灵魂，到底有没有另一个世界的存在，这没有人能亲自实践过再回头告诉世人答案。所以，大可像那位老者一样保持好奇心，亦或相信还有另一个世界的存在。

对于执念：

每个人都是自己心灵的摆渡人，善恶都由自己摆渡，你选择做什么性质的人，行动和意念的支配都由你。消极的情绪，萎靡的状态，自私，凶恶，冲动，没自信等等负面的标签你可以往身上贴，最后形成一个糟糕的人这也是你自己造成的。我们有权摆渡自己的心灵，完美自信，积极向上，友善，宽容，高情商做到这些并不难，关键看你对生活的态度，你执念于什么，你将得到什么。

摆渡人的方向很广，你想要将自己的心灵摆渡到哪个河岸，你要做一个什么样的人，由你决定。

Shakespeares Hamlet is a classic masterpiece. The book on the surface of the plot and the history of the legend and there is not much difference, spoke or the Danish prince the story of revenge for his father, full of violence and death. As dramatis personae huo pull xu said: "you can hear adultery slaughter, abnormal repair, tho, accidental massacring, borrow the guile of hand to kill, and on the harm result."

Winding down plot, tightly around the revenge. From the German vuitton Hamlet rushed back to home, is to attend the funeral of his father, that he cannot accept is that he did not catch up with his fathers funeral, has witnessed a mother and uncle claudiuss wedding, it has made Hamlet once in mind, coupled with the night in the royal palace castle balcony to meet his fathers ghost, ghost jeremiad, the pile brutality is Hamlets uncle, and revenge for his father to him.

At this point, he started the difficult revenge course, and claudius launched a life-and-death battle. In the end, the blade of revenge on claudius sent out.

莎翁的《哈姆雷特》是一部经典的代表作。这本书在表面情节上与历史的传说并没有多大的区别，讲的还是丹麦王子为父报仇的故事，其中充满了血腥暴力和死亡。正如剧中人霍拉旭所说:"你们可以听到奸淫残杀，反常修理的行为，冥冥中的判决，意外的屠戮，借手杀人的狡计，以及陷入自害的结局。"

曲折选宕的情节，紧紧围绕着复仇而展开。哈姆雷特从德国的威登堡匆匆赶回国内，是来参加他父亲的葬礼的，使他不能接受的是，他未赶上父亲的葬礼，却目睹了母亲与叔叔克劳迪斯的婚礼，这已使哈姆莱特疑窦在心，加之夜晚在王宫城堡的露台上与父亲的亡魂相见，亡魂哀诉，这桩暴行是哈姆雷特的叔叔所为，并要他为父报仇。

至此，他开始了艰难的复仇历程，与克劳迪斯展开了你死我活的较量。最终，向克劳迪斯发出了复仇之剑。

This book is simply wonderful.The tales involved are tales of the Persian Gulf,of Bagdhad,Arabia,and tales that we as adults should revisit for some enjoyable light reading that will make us smile and wonder at the old folklore of the Arabian Peninsula.Sinbad the Sailor is in there,as is Aladdin in its original form,and the story begins of a king who is so upset by his wifes unfaithfulness that he will now only accept virgins for one night and then have them killed.A smart virgin begins her night with the infamous king by telling him stories,and she so fascinates him and enthralls him with her tales that the tales turn into folklore for readers of the ages.I wont tell you what happens in the end to the virgin princess,but you will find humor,enchantment,wisdom and fantasy for those times when stress becomes a factor in your life.I highly recommend the tale of "The Historic Fart" as a both funny and inspiring tale of human nature.Please buy this book and remember to become a nine -12 year old again as you read with curiosity and wonder at the fabulous enchanting,lively stories.I was beginning to wish my children were a bit younger so I could read these to them.Any child would enjoy these stories,and any adult will find them simply relaxing and a reflection of medieval Islam.

hat a brave and kind girl!She is a rich familys princess,her father really love Alice ago,However,once her father had something wrong in the accident,so the teacher was cruelty to Alice,but I find that the Alice is very brave and outgoing,she never said someting scared or something bad,she just continue and grow,soon,a mircle was that Alice get a friend of her father,so she could get a good life and start a happy life again,yeah,Alice is a good princess,As a little princess,she didnt hate nobody even her teacher a terrible miss.At the moment,I just want to say that something you should insist,a good sentence,All road lead to the Rome,and Everything is possible,she can be a severnt from a princess,but after she insist,so she become a princess again,I like the girl-Alice

After I read "the destruction of the old Summer Palace", I think the robbers very hateful!

In 1860, British and French troops robbed the old Summer Palace treasures, later gave burning yuanmingyuan. Later came to rob the eight yuanmingyuan artefacts. This proves that the qing dynasty backward and corruption. Only man can have a good life in the palace in qing dynasty, the beggar day all the people will come in.

When the bad guys to the emperor ran, garden soldiers had to keep watching cultural relics were robbed. Many people committed suicide. Delays are dangerous, so, we want to be strong. Only in this way will not be bullied.

We cant forget about the old Summer Palace, yuanmingyuan many treasures were lost to overseas, spent tens of millions of Chinese people bought things looted, let us make more think more angry, it also suggests that weaker underdeveloped countries at that time, will in this way, if the country strong we will not be bullied, also wont spend money to buy back their own stuff.

Now the old Summer Palace was the invaders to its former glory, thought of these I felt so angry and infinite regret.

我读了《圆明园的毁灭》后，我觉得那些强盗十分可恶!

1860年英法联军抢了圆明园的宝物，后来把圆明园给烧了。后来八国联军又来抢圆明园的文物。这证明了清朝的落后和腐败。在清朝只有皇宫里的人才能过好日子，百姓全部要过那种要饭的日子。

在坏人来的时候，皇帝跑了，守园士兵只好眼睁睁的看着文物被人抢走。许多人都自杀了。落后就要挨打，所以，我们要强大起来。只有这样才不会被人欺负。

我们不可以忘了圆明园的事，圆明园许多宝物都流失到了海外，中国人花了几千万买回了被掠夺的东西，让我们后人越想越气愤，这也说明国家那时候弱小不发达，才会这样，如果国家强大我们也不会被欺负，也不会再花冤枉钱买回属于自己的东西。

如今的圆明园已被侵略者掠去了昔日的辉煌，想到这些我感到无比的愤怒和无限的惋惜。

【英文】 Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinors hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister.

Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinors growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Mariannes disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure.

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【翻译】

理智与情感是第一次出版的简奥斯丁。虽然她最初称它为Elinor和玛丽安，但奥斯丁的标题和书信方式最初是，但保持了基本主题：激情和理性之间寻找一个可行的中间地带的必要性。故事围绕达什伍德姐妹，埃莉诺和玛丽安。前者是明智的，理性的人，她的妹妹是疯狂的浪漫——一个提供的特性为讽刺和同情的奥斯丁许多范围。评论爱德华Ferrars，为埃利诺的潜在的追求者，玛丽安承认，她“温柔地爱他，”她发现他令人失望的是他妹妹的一个可能的情人。

然而不久，玛丽安遇到一个人符合她的理想：威洛比先生，一个新邻居。所以激动地冲到玛丽安她的行为开始边境上的丑闻。然后威洛比抛弃了她;与此同时，埃利诺对爱德华日益增长的感情经受了考验，他承认他秘密与童年的心上人。两个姐妹反应他们的浪漫的不幸，他们画之前，最后皆大欢喜的核心形式的小说的教训。虽然玛丽安无视社会公约并愿意考虑失去爱情的世界可能会吸引现代的读者是谁，埃莉诺奥斯丁自己最显然对;一个真正幸福的婚姻，她告诉我们，只有理性与感性满足并以适当的方式混合。

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"Love education" this book let me know a lot of human reason, make my benefit bandit shallow.

I think amway is a filial child, is also a kind of children. He is innocent, lively, active, there are a lot of care in his life his good friend, always encourage him, comfort him, so he can grow up smoothly, also can obtain experience.

Give me the deepest memory is second grades student Betty, he in order to protect a giulio was struck by the carriage is not a grader, is too late to dodge, crushed the foot bone by carriages, after the walk on crutches only. Students to help others in our life, there is, but like his sacrifice themselves to protect others students, we would not have met. See this story, I thought about the newspaper report: a ninety - year - old woman fell to the sidewalk. 20 minutes, not a passer-by to raise her up. Until 120 the ambulance arrived, the old lady had died for about 20 minutes. Also is two people to help, but the results are completely different, a received rescue, lay down his life for his people died a long time to be discovered. The pedestrian to give save ROM. Betty is good as a mile.

It is because the amway division side there are so many good partners, he can understand the world is full of love. It makes me feel this book is very meaningful, let me realize what is unable to destroy the friendship between classmates, what is a meticulous care between teachers and students, what is parents endless love! I believe that if you have these qualities, know what is true, the good and the beautiful people, must be the most beautiful and good life in the world!

《爱的教育》这本书让我知道了许多做人的道理，令我收益匪浅。

我觉得安利科是个孝顺的孩子，也是个善良的孩子。他天真、活泼、好动，在他生活中有许多关怀他的好朋友，时常鼓励他，安慰他，所以他才可以顺利成长，也可以从中获取经验。

给我记忆最深的是二年级的学生罗贝蒂，他为了保护一个一年级的小学生朱利奥不被马车撞到，自己却来不及躲开，被马车把脚骨压碎了，经后只能靠拐杖行走了。在我们的生活中，帮助别人的同学是有的，但像他这样了为保护别人而牺牲自己的同学，我们就不一定有幸遇到了。看到这一个故事，令我想到了报纸上的一则报道：一位九十多岁的老太太倒在人行道上。20分钟里，竟没有一个路人上前搀扶。等到120急救车赶到时，老太太已经去世约20分钟了。同样是两个值得帮助的人，但是遇到的结果却完全不同，一个得到了别人舍命相救，一个去世了很久才被人发现。这些行人跟舍身救人的罗贝蒂简直是差之千里。

正是因为安利科身边有这么多善良的伙伴，他才可以明白这个世界处处充满爱。这让我觉得这本书很有意义，让我体会到什么是同学之间无法摧毁的友谊，什么是师生之间无微不至的关怀，什么是父母永无止境的爱!我相信如果有了这些品质，知道了什么是真、善、美的人，一定是世界上生活的最美好的人!

典范英语读后感范文一

上学期，我们集体购买了《典范英语6》，通过一年的学习，我们的英语是在提高，学习了许多知识。

我们每次学习前都先听录音，这大大提高了我们的英语听读水平，使我们的听力题成绩有了一些提高，是我们受益匪浅。

二是我们在看，在读时，有许多生词，老师也让我们自己猜，然后自己查，这给我们下了很深的印象，也比老师告诉我们要好得多。

三是我们由教材中的故事，自己改编成话剧，有一些同学表演，更是英语融入了我们的生活。

总而言之，这套教材给我们留下了许多知识，是我们受益匪浅。 典范英语读后感范文二

寒假，我读了高尔基的自传体小说《童年》，它给我的感触颇深。

它向我们艺术地展示了阿廖沙在黑暗社会追求光明的奋斗历程，还有十九世纪七十到八十年代的俄国社会风貌。3岁的时候，父亲病故，母亲就带阿廖沙回了娘家。可惜外公是个自私而又专横的小业主，但是资本主义俄国的发展打断了外公发财的好梦，从此破产以至于贫困潦倒。可怜的母亲改嫁之后，生病而死，十一岁的作者被外公残忍地赶出了家门，到社会上自谋生路……其实，阿廖沙的原型就是高尔基本人，高尔基借阿廖沙这个人物来描述自己的童年。高尔基用真实优美的文笔描述了自已苦难而令人难以置信童年。

我们现在丰衣足食，要什么有什么，又是父母的“掌上明珠”、“心肝宝贝”哪能和高尔基那悲惨的童年相提并论，年代的不同就是这差别，一个是天堂，一个是地狱；一个充满阳光，一个到处黑暗。我们现在的童年来之不易啊！童年充满着欢乐，童年到处是温暖，童年是值得回忆的相机，童年爱满心窝！而高尔基的童年除了一些教育和友谊，没有什么再值得回忆！

假如我们生活俄国沙皇时期又会怎么样？会认为那根本不是人生活的地方吗？我们不仅要珍惜眼前的幸福，而且要学会制造幸福。屠格涅夫说过：“屠格涅夫说过：”想要得到幸福，你首先要学会吃得起苦。“美好的生活必须有所付出，才会长久，有所争取，才会得到。

Previously,in a certain town,a very lovely girl,she is not only beautiful but also intelligent kindhearted and spoke up for the girl.The girl without a mother,because her mother,when she was still small,on the death.The girls father,his mother married a new,new mothers also have two new sister."Wow,this could be the next home noisy."Girls very pleased."Sudden change in the family dynamic,lively,girls very happy.Because her father is not only a new mother.there were also two sisters.However,the excitement was short girls.

《灰姑娘》》英语读后感二：

A long ago,rich man wife was ill, she feel die , so she was say with she daughter: “my lovely daughter,you don’t afraid , the supreme being was a blessing.”The mother was die,forever die. The daughter was sad cry. Read these, I’m very sad. I’m cry, too.You thick,a daughter without mother, that afraid!“Then,the father request a stepmother . A stepmother have two daughter. Two daughter very beautiful, but heart very ugly. They say lovely daughter was ‘cinderella’ . Cinderella? That’s very disagreeable to hear!Oh,that’s hatefully!

I read in this winter vacation.I like Canterbury Tales very much.

The Canterbury Tales is not only a collection.It is have many functions.

For example:

(1):It shows a broad picture of the society.Pilgrims from all walks of life: the knight, monks, scholars, lawyers, businessmen, craftsmen, farmers, Miller.

(2):It adopts various literary genre of the middle ages, a knight legend, hagiography, sermon, fable.

(3):Description and story of the characters of the total sequence and opening itself interesting, full of humor.

(4):Characteristics on the narrators own language, each story reflects the narrator identity, interest, hobbies, occupation and life experience.

Works of humor and irony, strong sense of comedy, in which most stories with double rhyme verse, influence on later English literature.Figures.

It is a great book.

[书虫的英语读后感

It took me a week to read a book encouraging morale, called "the old man and the sea". I greatly admire, San Diego, the old man, if you read the story below, maybe you would like me to admire him.

Cuba, San Diego, the old man has nothing for eighty-four days, eighty-five days, with blessing and bait is stubbornly sailing out to sea again, he will go to deep to catch a big fish. This time, he met a pair of feet was eighteen feet long and is greater than he, he told the big silver fish (marlin) filled with admiration and respect, at the same time, the more aroused the determination to San Diego to challenge it. Big fish and the old man silently confrontation, sometimes take the ship to the deep sea, alternately circling boats, and want to use set off waves of the boat upset... Old man and big fish fight for two days and two nights, in the process, he constantly and fish, birds and sea dialogue, constant to or when they remember past events. With indomitable willpower and strong faith, he finally held up, conquered the behemoth. Unexpected is that the old man is going to pull the marlin back, large Numbers of sharks are attracted to over eat bundle of marlin on the boat. Although exhausted, San Diego, the old man go to great lengths to fight with sharks, but still being in that big fish shark bite only a empty frame. In the end, the San Diego old man dragged the vast empty skeleton back to the shore.

Old man of the spirit and idea of on their own, the lampholder support, he finally defeated the big fish, also defeated failure, defeated himself. We also should have this spirit in learning, such as difficulties in math, you should learn more, do not easily give up.

我花了一个星期读一本鼓舞人斗志的书，叫《老人与海》。我非常佩服圣地亚哥老人，如果你看了下面的故事，也许你会像我一样佩服他。

古巴的圣地亚哥老人已经八十四天一无所获了，第八十五天，带着祝福和鱼饵又顽强地驾船出海了：他要去深海捕一条大鱼。这一次他碰上了一条足有18英尺长，比他还大的鱼，他对这条大银鱼(马林鱼)充满了赞美和尊敬，同时这更激起了圣地亚哥向它挑战的决心。大鱼与老人默默地对峙，时而把船拖向深海，时而围着船打转，时而要用掀起的巨浪把船打翻……老人与大鱼奋战了两天两夜，在这个过程中，他不断地和鱼、鸟和大海对话，不断地想或回忆往事。凭着顽强的毅力和坚强的信念，他终于挺了过来，征服了那个庞然大物。意想不到的是，在老人将要把马林鱼拖回去的时候，大批的鲨鱼被吸引而来，争吃捆在船边上的马林鱼。已经筋疲力尽的圣地亚哥老人虽然竭尽全力与鲨鱼搏斗，但那条大鱼仍旧被成群的鲨鱼咬得只剩下一副空空的骨架。最后，圣地亚哥老人把这巨大的空骨架拖回了岸边。

老人靠自己的精神与理念，坚韧地支撑着，他最终战胜了大鱼，也战胜了失败，战胜了自己。我们在学习上也要有这种精神，如：在做数学题时遇到难题，就应该多动动脑，不要动不动就放弃。

The author pays homage to Hans Christian Andersens compassionate tale with this faithful adaptation. Kids can relate to the ducklings dilemma; part of the growing-up process is pulling away from those around you and developing a strong sense of self. Children have also witnessed or experienced the teasing that is part and parcel of childhood.

This ageless story speaks across generations with its reaffirming message. In this age of instant gratification, Andersens tale reminds readers that some things are worth waiting for and that a pleasure deferred (whether by choice or necessity) is often the sweetest one of all.

Pinkneys descriptive passages resonate with the splendor of natures beauty. The glowing watercolors, filled with intricate details, make each blade of grass visible, and the delicately drawn, nearly transparent mosquitoes are as ethereal as they are in life. The subtle details incorporated into the scenes--a frog catching a passing fly at the pond and a tiny mouse perched by a crate in the old womans cottage--make children take another look.

One day he heard a sound of whirring wings, and up in the air he saw a flock of birds flying high. They were as bright as the snow that had fallen during the night, and their long necks were stretched southward. Oh, if only he could go with them! But what sort of companion could he be to those beautiful beings?

I am too ugly even for a dog to eat, the duckling thought. Jerry Pinkneys poignant text and rich artwork convey the timeless appeal of this tale of hardship and redemption. Anyone who has suffered the sting of ostracism can sympathize with the ugly ducklings plight and will relish the uplifting conclusion.