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双城记》是英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯所著的一部以法国大革命为背景所写成的长篇历史小说。以下是小编带来的双城记读后感,希望对你有帮助。

我是读完这部文学作品之后立刻写这篇读后感的,真是太精彩了,抑制不住自己内心的激动。特别是读到最后两三章的时候,原先迷茫如大雾般的情节慢慢地似受到初生的阳光而将迷雾驱散后的天空一般明朗起来。怪不得作者狄更斯自述,这部小说使他“深受感动,无比兴奋”,并且渴望能亲自在舞台上扮演西德尼·卡顿;在我看来,西德尼·卡顿确实是一个能让人“深受感动,无比兴奋”的人物,虽然我一开始对他的出场没十分感兴趣,只是一个放荡君子而已;最后兄妹两人相继奔赴断头台的那个场景真的让我泪如雨下。尤其是最后的留言,包含了小说的结局,又显示了西德尼·卡顿的性格,以及让我们再次看到了人性的善良之处。“我所做的,是我一生做过的最好、最最好的事情;我即将得到的,将是我一生最安详、最最安详的休息。”,确实是五段催人泪下的“临终告别词”。

首先,对于人物,稍微做一点个人见解。

就按人物的出场顺序,第一个就是贾维斯·洛瑞。从后面的描写来看,他是一位兢兢业业的为银行工作的职员,极度忠实于银行以及后文中遇到的朋友亚历山大·马奈特。他起码在银行里待了几十年吧,从作者风趣的描写“在台尔森银行各式各样的幽暗大橱小柜之间,一些年迈老头郑重其事地在办公。每当雇用一个年轻人进伦敦台尔森银行,他们总是把他藏起来一直放到老,像块干酪似的把他藏在一个阴暗的角落里,直到他浑身有了十足的台尔森味,长满斑斑青霉。”中就可以看出。而对于他极其重要的工作都可以置之不理的就是对老朋友的关心与帮助。我记得在文中确实写过一处,为了老友他可以连工作都放在一旁。还有在露西结婚后她父亲的发病,也使洛瑞先生很不安:“洛瑞先生度日如年,希望越来越渺茫,心情也越来越重。”、“洛瑞先生由于焦急不安地日夜守护,弄得精疲力竭,竟在值班时睡着了。”、“不过这时他突然犯起疑来,怀疑自己是不是仍在梦中。”都到了这种身心疲惫的程度了,可以看出他对朋友一家子的友谊有多深。还有,最后要不是有洛瑞为他们准备行程,较坦然地通过各个验收,光凭后面一个惊恐的女人,一个昏厥的男人,一个弱小的小孩,一个神志不清的老人,再怎么逃也逃不出所谓“人民”的魔爪的。

再一个人物就是露西了。她本人的出场就已经敲定了她是一个富有同情心的弱小而又坚强的女子。对于被囚禁了十八年的老父,她用自己的爱帮助他走过一个个难关。她先找回了自己的父亲,帮他脱离的肉体上的束缚,而对于父亲那深刻入脑海中的不定期的苦难的回忆,只有她才能最快、最轻柔地安慰住父亲那不定的心,这一点是连老友洛瑞都束手无策的。还有的就是在法庭上的作证,她相当地用情,“面对着这样的同情,这样动人的青春和美貌,被告此时的心情,比面对所有看热闹的人群要难受多了。”等等描写的句子都显得露西极有同情心;最终吻别丈夫的时候,她还是坚持下来了,和所有面对悲剧的人一样,坚强地面对;虽然后来还是有些力不从心,但她还是爱的化身。

说道女儿不免要提到她的父亲。亚历山大·马奈特的身世很值得人去琢磨,到底受到多大的冤屈,多大的经历,多大的思想创伤,都令我们去思考。他受到女儿的关心后,同样地力所能及地回报他的女儿。他最终展现的,是一位作为父亲,用爱关心自己的女儿的情节。同样的,本人认为他也有他的极大的不幸。这号人物的身世十分坎坷,而最终并为实实在在地为女儿带来幸福,旧病复发,满屋子寻他的活计,就是这时,他才显得苍老又无依无靠。一个悲剧导致另一个悲剧的发生。

对于达内,这个人一般般,追寻着母亲的理念而“引发一系列的事端”(这里并不是对他的否定)。他其实也是内心善良的人,由于这个使他因小小的求救就回去致使自己与一家人都陷入了困境。这也是一系列错综复杂的原因导致的结果。

其中最富有传奇色彩、最令人落泪的要数西得尼·卡顿了。出场时的情况“一直看着天花板”显出他的放荡不羁,而后来我们发现他实在是一个被湮没的才子,有才而在无法溶入当时的社会。内在的情感也很高尚,最终是成全了情敌(姑且这么说,但是还没有觉得他俩的关系真的像以往故事中说的那种斗得你死我活的,恩,这里也看出他的心平气和了,或许是装的?如果是装的,那么就说明他很有才干了。真是一个够令人钦佩的人物。)。在帮助达内越狱的时候,他还是那么一幅什么都不在乎的样子,但只有他在那时心里是最清楚的,应该怎么做,不应该怎么做。昏死的达内和他的妻子,纪念他的死是天经地义的事!最后的他于他的妹妹的相遇,上刑场,安慰、鼓励他妹妹,真是一种看尽人生的超脱,小说也写了“那天晚上,巴黎城里人谈起他,说是历年上吉萝亭最平静的一个。不少人还说他表情神圣,像是先知的预言家。”这个人物的设订还是很扣人心弦的,比如在要去监狱帮达内越狱之前和洛瑞先生交代之后,“卡顿走进院子,在那儿独自呆了一会儿,仰望着她屋里的灯光。他轻声地向它祝福,道一声‘永别了’,边消失在茫茫的黑夜里。”我在看这句的时候,心里隐隐地觉得有些不对,但是又因为前文交代了卡顿要洛瑞等他的,也想不出有什么会变动的。这句就有些淡淡的伤感,想让人哭但又不让人哭出来的味道。这个就是卡顿内心的描写,轻浮浪荡的表面下藏着一颗对他人的爱而不顾献身的人的心。

反派人物特别是德发日太太,可以说是以人民的利为幌子而复仇的一个深谋老算的人物。她最平常的动作就是编织,一句话都不说,但是样样事都记在心里,记在她的毛线上;像这种人都会使人对她有一种惧怕的感觉,冰冷、毫无人情的化身。他们身边的雅克三号,复仇女等等都属于一种瞎起哄的,只觉得能从砍别人的头中得到一种快感。他们根本没有像德发日太太的那种觉悟,只是对生命的亵渎,从他们凌乱的外貌和败坏的礼仪就可以看出。对于德发日,他虽然想推翻国王,但是对于自己以前服侍过的老主人,还是有一定的隐恻之心的。他妻子也说了,要她自己动手,他丈夫“老实想救那医生一家”,可见德发日还可以算得上中立派,但事实强迫他对主人一家动手,他就是活在矛盾之中的,可能受他复仇心强烈的妻子的影响。

这本小说悬念很多,铺垫很充实,是那种越看越明白的,就像一条条小溪逐一地汇聚,最后成了奔腾的大江,使人越看越激动,越想看下去。举例,最突出的就是第二部第六章《成百的人》和第七章《侯爵老爷在城里》毫无关系,如果把第七章单独拉出来,也可以成为一本小说。直到后面才看出他是关系到达内的身世,再后来看出了关系到露西,再后来看出了他关系到老医生,最后伴随着医生的信件,复杂的人物关系一览无余,对阐述人物关系,有很好的辅助作用。无疑,最后两章是高潮,最令人激动的部分。最后兄妹的相认是超乎我想象的,作者这样安排无疑突出了卡顿,他是一种正义的象征。现在冷静下来,觉得要思考一下为何兄妹会全部关在里面的。我觉得最根本的原因就是这场大革命在作者眼力本身就是混乱的,无人权可言,疯狂的民众只按自己的意愿办事,那终究导致悲剧。

这部作品终究还是善与恶的对抗,善的胜利,令人激动地收场了。让我们深思的,复仇到底是否值得人们去做,但是德发日太太的复仇之心不是那么一日造就的,是对死去的哥哥,姐姐,父亲的回应;是阶级斗争的烙印,无可避免地形成复仇的观念,造就她冷冰冰的性格。说到底造成这种结果,各方面都要负一定的责任,社会环境也是一个不可分割的因素。

总的来说,这是一部很不错的小说。

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She sat and told everything to Angel, hoping he would forgive her as he was forgiven but she was wrong. She was not forgiven, not as she thought she was. The woman pays.

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Tess was deceived and she lost Angel for the second time! The strengh of her love was so strong that she had forgotten the difference between right and wrong. Before that she had done nothing wrong but when she killed Alec, everything really changed! She became a criminal! How could it be? She was as pure and innocent as the good wife in the Bible. Her whole character was honest and faithful. Angel figured out at last that a person should be judged not only on what he has done but also on what he wanted to do!

Tess didn’t want to be seduced by man and she had no power to defend herself so she lost her innocence and that’s all! Angel also did the wrong thing and it was even more serious than Tess’s crime but HE was not blamed for it. Why it is always the woman who pays? Why they are always hurt? Why was Tess’s girlish purity lost? Why does the wrong man take the wrong woman? Why do the bad often ruin the good? Why is beauty damaged by ugliness? Women are too weak! Thousands of years of history have shown us that women have always been treated unfairly!

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Girls should be hard working, faithful, loyal, intelligent, and virtuous and the most important thing was she must be a maiden! If her husband was the first man who touched her then she was a good girl, a good wife no matter how she thought. If she wasn’t, then she would gain a very bad reputation and nobody would dare to go near her. What about men? People did not care whether he was an experienced man or not, nor did they care about his character. They thought man equals power and power equals rights…

Now let’s not be so bitter. Nowadays women’s situations have become much better. Some are because of the change of society and some are because of civilization. Just let those poor painful women like TESS be just a memory.

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Oliver Twist, one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens, is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in 18th century.

The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to expose the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London.

The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, who was thrown into a world full of poverty and crime. He suffered enormous pain, such as hunger, thirst, beating and abuse. While reading the tragic experiences of the little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings. I felt for the poor boy, but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a happy life in the end. One of the plots that attracted me most is that after the theft, little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs. Maylie and Rose and began a new life. He went for walks with them, or Rose read to him, and he worked hard at his lessons. He felt as if he had left behind forever the world of crime and hardship and poverty.

How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive affliction remain pure in body and mind? The reason is the nature of goodness. I think it is the most important information implied in the novel by Dickens-he believed that goodness could conquer every difficulty. Although I dont think goodness is omnipotent, yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more happily than those who are evil-minded.

For me, the nature of goodness is one of the most necessary character for a person. Goodness is to humans what water is to fish. He who is without goodness is an utterly worthless person. On the contrary, as the famous saying goes, ‘The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose, he who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person. People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he has done, and thus he can do good to both the people he has helped and himself.

To my disappointment, nowadays some people seem to doubt the existence of the goodness in humanity. They look down on peoples honesty and kindness, thinking it foolish of people to be warm-hearted. As a result, they show no sympathy to those who are in trouble and seldom offer to help others. On the other hand, they attach importance to money and benefit. In their opinion, money is the only real object while emotions and morality are nihility. If they cannot get profit from showing their ‘kindness, they draw back when others are faced with trouble and even hit a man when he is down. They are one of the sorts that I really detest.

Francis Bacon said in his essay, ‘Goodness, of all virtues and dignities of the mind, is the greatest, being the character of the Deity, and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.

That is to say a person without goodness is destined to lose everything. Therefore, I, a kind person, want to tell those vermin-to-be to learn from the kind Oliver and regain the nature of goodness.

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篇7:OneThousandOneNight英文读后感

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This winter vacation, I read one of the world famous book called one thousand one night. It is also called Arabian Nights,This is an ancient book, there are many old stories about people in Arabia.

Once upon a time, there was a king, he married a woman every day, but the next morning the king killed his wife. After three years, he has killed more than one thousand women. Once, the prime minister’s daughter thought of a way to prevent the king’s cruel killing. Then, the girl asked the king to marry her. Every night, she told a wonderful story to the king, and when the king want to kill her, her story was getting into the most exciting part, so the king has to give up. Night after night, the girl told about one thousand one nights, and finally, it affected the king to change his mind about her. This is the origin of one thousand one night.

In this book, there are a lot of very strange story, the story of the fisherman and the devil , fisherman and four-color fish story, the story of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp and so on, some stories tell about the brave spirit of adventure, and some praise people’s brave daring to fight with the evil forces. there are humorous, sad, interesting, horrible, tragic and all sorts of stories.

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篇8:《贝奥武甫》英文读后感

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Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language and the most important specimen of Anglo-Saxon literature.The main stories are based on the folk legends of the primitive northern tribes.

Beowulf is the nephew of king of the Geats who lives in Denmark. He defeated the monster, which raided the hall built by the king of the Danes. Later on, Beowulf becomes king of the Geats. He at last dies a heroic death.

It is a pagan poem, which presents us an all-round picture of the tribal society.

贝奥武甫》是中世纪欧洲第一篇民族史诗,英国文学的开山之作。其主要内容是讲述高特王子贝奥武甫带领十二勇士来到丹麦王国,除去恶魔葛婪代及其母亲,为丹麦解除祸患赢得和平,得到荣誉和重赏后回到故土;后来贝奥武甫做了高特国王,没想到在五十年后,一条火龙扰乱了王国的安宁,贝奥武甫虽然已经英雄暮年,但仍壮志不已,独战火龙,终于壮烈牺牲。

贝奥武甫的人格结构具有丰富的人性化内涵。他的童年经历对其心理结构的形成影响深刻,在他的身上,超我与本我不断碰撞与冲突。贝奥武甫以自己的死亡成就了英雄的完美,直到生命的最后,他终于找到了作为英雄的人格结构的和谐。

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篇9:关于傲慢与偏见英文读后感带翻译

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Elizabeth resourcefulness, have courage, visionary, have very strong self-respect, and be good at thinking. It is because of this quality, just make her have independent opinion on the emotional problems, and prompted her and the darcy composition content family.

Books as the name implies, pride and prejudice, and in the book is male leading the obstacle of the love, but in the real society is also a communication barriers between people, but also in the right attitude towards themselves, treat things in a stumbling block. In real life, we will also often because of his unilateral idea but myself with others, so we have to overcome the "pride and prejudice", take the initiative to understand others. Each person actually are easy to be driven by their own subjective impression, and therefore easy to incorrect comment on other people, thus caused the misunderstanding between each other. A man give first impression is can affect many things, but not must not change, want to have a more in-depth understanding, in order to have a more objective point argument, just like the heroine of the story of darcys view, is because understanding just change. The book reaction of social reality is so hit the nail on the head, she is about marriage, has nothing to do with love.

伊丽莎白聪敏机智,有胆识,有远见,有很强的自尊心,并善于思考问题。正是由于这种品质,才使她在情感问题上有独立的主见,并促使她与达西组成美满的家庭。

书如其名,傲慢偏见,在书中是男女主角爱情上的障碍,但在现实社会中也是人们相互之间交流的障碍,更是在正确对待自己,对待事物上的绊脚石。在现实生活中,我们也会经常因为自己单方面的想法而是自己与他人隔开,所以我们要克服“傲慢与偏见”,主动了解他人。每一个人其实都很容易被自己的主观印象所驱使,因而容易对别的人下不正确的注解,进而造成了彼此之间的误会。一个人所给予的第一印象固然可以影响到很多事,但并非一定不会改变,要有更加深入的了解,才能有更客观一点的论点,就好像故事中女主角对达西的看法,就是因为了解才有所改变。此书反应的社会现实确是如此一针见血,她讲的是婚姻,与爱情无关。

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篇10:老人与海英文读后感带翻译

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Read "the old man and the sea" this article, I could not help secretly for Hemingways masterpiece. Image lifelike the story describes how an old man with a firm belief deftly will be a big fish to his humble, and how to get rid of "invasion of the enemy" -- a shark. Although he failed to bring the whole fish back, but his spirit is worth our learning: people must have the self-confidence, he will say to yourself "I can do it!" . You think about it, if the old man caught a fish, 7, 8 times more than himself he saw was afraid, put the fish, he can put the fish back to Hong Kong? No, no, he relies on ordinary people to accept such determination, to catch the big fish.

In our class, there is learning of poor students, they are lack of confidence to oneself, plus others ironic, then, they have no interest in learning, thus make grades decline gradually, falling...

Now the society developed, if can clone the self-confidence, that I must have a clone, send it to lack of confidence friend!

读了《老人与海》这篇文章,我不禁暗暗为海明威的巨作叫好。这个故事形象逼真的描写了一个老人是怎样靠着坚定的信念灵巧地将一头大鱼捕到自己那简陋的船上,又是怎样赶走“来犯之敌”――鲨鱼。虽然他没能将整条鱼运回去,但他的精神值得我们学习:人要有自信心,遇事要对自己说“我能行!”。大家想一想,如果这位老人钓到了一条比自己大上7,8倍的鱼,他见了就害怕,把鱼放了,那他能将鱼运回来为自己争光吗?不,不能,他正是靠着这样常人难以接受决心,才能捕到这条大鱼。

在我们班上,有学习差的同学,他们就是对自己信心不足,再加上旁人的讽刺,这时,他们对学习毫无兴趣,从而使学习成绩逐步下降,下降……

现在的社会发达了,如果能克隆自信心的话,那我一定克隆一份,将它送给信心不足的朋友!

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篇11:双城记读后感

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这个假期,我利用空余时间阅读了狄更斯的《双城记》,也有了些体悟,下面我来把我的感受写下来。

一、情节布置

这部著作的情节是十分玄妙的,作者把各种线索串联起来,如文中所说的一样“编织”成了这部小说。小说最大的特点是人物关系复杂:如马 奈特医生和达南的关系;德发奇太太与达南的关系——这两个关系直接导致了最后的悲剧。还有洛瑞先生与德发奇的关系以及格仑舍与密探的关系等等。这些复杂的人物关系使此部著作情节环环相扣。

这本书最有特色的一个章节是顿临死前与一位小姑娘的对话,从这番对话中彻底揭示了革命群众过于疯狂以及善将永存的主旨。

二、人物特点

本书最重要的人物是查尔斯·达南(埃弗蒙德)。他是一个很矛盾的人,他非常憎恨自己的父亲与叔父,但是他还必须支撑整个家族的产业。所以,当老仆人给他写信 时,他便不得不回到法国。他是一个善良的人,具备一位贵族所具有的文明气质,并且当他去会见自己的叔父时,他明确提出了“不能再迫害人民”的说法。同时,他放弃了贵族特权,本来就是一件善事。

悉尼·卡顿也是位重要人物。在读这部小说的前半部分时,我一直不大喜欢这个随意、懒惰的人物。但是在往后读的过程中,我发现他是一个敢作敢为、足智多谋的人。虽然是“朋友”,但实际上卡顿和达南的关系并没有那么好,但是为了他们一家人幸福滴生活,卡顿甘愿走上断头台,让达南逃跑,而自己成了永恒的善的化身。在文章中提到卡顿死时“犹如一位先知“。

德发奇夫妇也属于本书中的焦点人物。德发奇本人是个善良的人,他收留了马奈特医生,并且在大革命之后告诉自己的夫人见好就收。而德发奇太太就是个复仇者,她受过埃弗蒙德兄弟的迫害,所以她一心想杀掉法国所有贵族。当然,由于她的过激行为,使她最后死于普洛士小姐手中。

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篇12:《麦琪的礼物》英文读后感

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The Gift of the Magi is a short story wrote by O.Henry.This story tells that in the day before Christmas,a poor young couple exchanged gifts by sold the most precious thing of each,but resulted ordetracted, the two precious gifts all became useless things.While they got the most precious thing than any material objects——love.

After read this story,I learned how to respect others love and how to love others.In this story,they all lost the most valuable things——Jims golden watch and Dellas beautiful hair. Behind this, I saw they loved each other infinitely.They loved their family, they let me feel that cold Christmas Eve has become the warm heaven just because of their gifts. If Della only took one dollar and eighty-seven cents to pick gift,this story will probably lacking of shocking, and also cannot cause readers thinking.

In this materialistic society, people often use money to measure gifts.When bags of gifts which are packaging delicately in front of us,what can we see except empty and blank? Parents feel happy because of our simple greeting cards in their birthday,because of a few words of blessing.These gifts,simple but true.It cant be compared with those which built with a lot of money, outlined by luxuriance. What clever gifts! In some sense, they are invaluable.

Yes,in this materialistic society,some people think money is everything,the one who owns money,who owns all.No wonder a great amount of girls became mammonists,and want to marry richers;no wonder more and more men think that there is no true love,what girls love is their money. But I always believe sincere love is existed and its priceless. Even if you have millions of money, you cant change it into true love. Maybe money can let you get some feelings from girls, but those are hypocritical. When you no longer possess vast wealth, the hypocritical feelings will ended and left you extremely painful finally.Jim and Della were a happy couple, although they were poor, living in short of money.In their hearts, money is not important, the important thing is the affection from each other.As long as they have it, they felt happier than any millionaire.

Maybe some people will pour scorn on it and cannot understand what their done. If there is a good fortune and a sincere feeling in front of you at the same time, which one will you choose? I wouldnt hesitate to choose the later, because sincere feeling is priceless! I believe that true pay will have sincere return finally, and the one who have true love can have his or her happiness.

Nowadays,more and more people have been pressed to lose their breath by the reality.They forgot the persons they love,and the persons who love them.We need to care about others,no matter how much money we have.What our loved one need is how our concern about him or her. In some important days,dont forget to bring him or her some gifts.No matter what is it,how valuable is it,he or she would like it anyway.

Because it is the gift of the Magi.

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篇13:《三怪客泛舟记》英文读后感

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To Live Happily All the Time

——about “Three Men in A Boat”

Most fairy tales end like this:“They live happily ever after.” But to George, Harris and J, “ever after” is far from enough. Their belief is to live happily ALL THE TIME. Who are these three guys? They are the “bestest” pals from a humorous English book — Three Men in A Boat.

Just take a look at these three funny guys: You can meet them anywhere at any time. All of them have great aspirations and plenty of passion. But in the morning, none of them like to wake up early. All of them want to be great explorers. But on rainy days, they all prefer to stay by the warm fireplace. Yes, it’s our Harris, George and J. And now, they are taking a vacation on the famous Thames.

They started off in a little boat, which none of them would like to drive. They kept explaining that they didn’t come out for fun—they were taking a rest because of some so called “dreadful disease”。 When they were traveling, they couldn’t stop making jokes on others. When they were cooking, they couldn’t stop the eggs from getting on their pans. when they finally gave up the boat and went home by train, they still couldn’t stop telling each other how clever it was to be “three men out of boat”……

Such a simple story has brought me lots of laugher and thoughts. I laughed over their funny troubles and funny talkings all along the trip. And also I found that I came to admire them after laughing each time. Because when they met something in trouble, or their own complicated jobs came, first, they would burst into laughter at once, and then started to solve the problem slowly with partience and happiness. Sometimes I was surprised by them. Because something that happens in our daily life such as losing the wallet, or a bad weather, will make every one of us complain and be upset for long. But how about the three men in the boat? They will certainly laugh at it first! They giggle, they grin, they smile. They have taught me how to laugh at trouble, to smile at hard work, and to laugh away tears. It’s a good way to face my blue days. As a student, I always complain about my homework, my parents, and my classmates. But George, Harris and J told me: there’s no point in complaining. Just face your life and try to find the good side of everything. And also remember to cherish friendship—like the three of them.

Yes, yes. Sometimes they seemed to be “cynical” or “lazy”。 But the fire of live, diligence, and happiness is burning in their hearts all the time. To them, the so called “dreadful disease” is only an excuse for their going out to relax. To them, all the trouble is the chance to use both patience and laughter. To them, all the hard work is the gift from God to make them stronger and happier.

Don’t just stare at the “happy ending” of “living happily every after”。 Think about the three men in the boat. They are common guys like you and me. But they are all very great—They have the ability to make themselves live happily ALL THE TIME.

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篇14:《木偶奇遇记》英文读后感

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Children, Pinocchio, was an Italian astronomer carol. Shes magnum opus, published in 1880.

The fairy tale of the protagonist is a naughty puppet Pinocchio, his innocence, purity, simplicity, integrity, courage, he capricious, naughty, confusion, do not behave, sometimes also like to sprinkle some panic. He is not bad to a hopeless, or is not good to the impeccable, but like many children in real life, has a kind heart, smart, but a lot of shortcomings. In addition, he also lack ideas, no perseverance, couldnt resist the temptation. Because of that, he experienced a lot of things.

He in order to buy off the theatre at textbooks, on the way home from the fox and the cats cheating almost hanged by them. After fairy was saved, he was a fool the judge in the city of in prison. After prison, he was forced to as a watchdog. At night, he help master catch weasels and regain freedom. He bent on becoming a good boy, studied hard but couldnt resist the temptation, egged on by the bad students, play truant to the beach to see the shark. Later, he was sold to toy kingdom, and turned into a donkey. In the end, he on the sharks belly accidentally reunited with his father, and tried to escape. From then on, the puppet every day go to work, have time to learn, finally become a real boy.

And Pinocchio together, we will experience an adventure, but also with him gradually learn how to be brave, honest, has the sense of responsibility, love of learning, respect for others...

Pinocchio story gives us beneficial edification and infection of art. Through Pinocchio story of twists and turns, bizarre experience, showed his love of justice, hate evil, pure quality, and education each and every one of us children to resist the temptations, do an honest, obedient, love learning, love Labour, good boy.

A thin, Pinocchio, brings up so much truth, is really make people benefit, unforgettable! Remember forever, forever, forever......

木偶奇遇记》是意大利的儿童文学家卡洛.科洛迪的代表作,发表与1880年。

这部童话的主人公匹诺曹是个调皮的木偶,他天真无邪、纯洁朴实、正直勇敢,他任性、淘气、搞乱、不守规矩,有时候还喜欢撒点慌。他既没坏到无可救药,也没好到无可挑剔,而是和现实生活中的许多孩子一样,心地善良,聪明伶俐,但又缺点多多。另外,他又缺乏主见、没有恒心、禁不住诱惑。正是因为这样,他经历了很多事情。

他为了看戏不惜买掉课本,在回家的路上受狐狸和猫的欺骗差点儿被它们吊死。被仙女救了之后,他又被傻瓜城的法官投进监狱。出狱后,他被迫当看家狗。夜里,他因帮助主人抓住黄鼠狼而重新获得自由。他一心想成为一个用功读书的好孩子,可是又禁不住起诱惑,在坏同学的怂恿下,逃学到海边看鲨鱼。后来,他又被卖到玩具国,变成一头驴子。最后,他在鲨鱼腹中意外与父亲重逢,并设法逃了出来。从此,小木偶每天去做工,有空还要学习,终于成为了一个真正的好孩子。

和匹诺曹在一起,我们会体验一次冒险之旅,同时也与他一起逐渐学会勇敢、诚实、有责任心、爱学习、尊重他人……

匹诺曹的故事给我们以有益的教诲和艺术的感染。故事通过匹诺曹的种种曲折、离奇的经历,表现出他热爱正义、痛恨邪恶、天真纯洁的品质,并借此教育我们每一个儿童要抵御种种诱惑,做一个诚实、听话、爱学习、爱劳动的好孩子。

一本薄薄的《木偶奇遇记》引出了那么多的道理,真是让人受益无穷、难以忘怀啊!直到永远记住,永远、永远……

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篇15:星际动物园英文读后感

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导语:《星际动物园》我们人类战无不胜是因为我们智力发达。我们会思想,会说话,会使用工具,会制造精妙的机器。我们是再聪明不过的动物……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!

As the only living things on a bare planet called “Just Like Home”, humans felt lonely and sad. In order to live, they must get married as often as possible and have children. Unwilling to get married, our 16-year-old protagonist named Humming Bird ran away from her planet and found a plastic space ship. There she met various kinds of animals, which frightened her even drove her crazy. She had never seen such things before. Only through ‘The Book Of Remembering’ did she get some rough idea of animals. After she took a small-copied cat home and showed it to the officials on her planet, the cat was shot to death and all the officials went crazy. Humming Brid didn’t give up her attempt to let people accept the animals. She decided to set about the job from children…

That’s the brief plot of Harry Gilbert’s science fiction—. Based on the reality of increasing environmental problems, the writer uses his full imagination and creativity to produce this vivid imaginative and thought-provoking story.

As far as we know, animal numbers are now diminishing all over the world every years, and the living conditions we depend on a getting worse. We dirty the air with gases and smoke, poison the water with chemicals and other substances and damage the soil with too many fertilizers and pesticides. We also pollute our surroundings in many other ways. Air, water and soil are all very important and necessary to the survival of all living things all over the world. If we human don’t pay more attention to that, there will come a day when we have to live the kind of life described in this novel. As we know, the world is made up not only of human beings but also a lot of other living things. If we don’t want to leave this perfect planet, we have to protect the environment; otherwise, without the company of other living things, people would only be half-alive, men only half-men.Nowadays, I should say, people have realized the importance of environmental protection and ecological balance. Slogans that remind us to save water and electricity are stuck everywhere, but how many are treated as requirements or duties and not just a piece of paper. If we pay a little attention to our working and study places, we always find some taps half opened with running water, and large numbers of people get used to leave lights on during the day. Dustbins for both recycled and unredeemable rubbish are placed in high density but no one bothers to throw the rubbish into the right dustbins. Nor do they even know what kind of rubbish could be recycled and what kind could not.Conservation centers for protecting animals are built in many countries. Our government also passed some acts to protect animals; however, there do exist some law-breakers who are driven by money. We plant trees very year, but no one bothers to water and care for them after planting them. For money, some farmers drive their sheep and cattle to grasslands and charge it into desert.All in all, to every one, I want to say, “Living on this wonderful planet earth, we are lucky and happy. In order to enjoy this kind of wonderful life, we must care for mother earth and put this kind of care into practice.”

Facing the world, to be or not to be, it’s up to you. We must make a choice without any hesitation!

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篇16:《麦琪的礼物》英文读后感

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Its a short story by O.Henry that has moved me for a long time.Maybe most of you are familar with its name,that is,The Gift of the Magi.I have read it many times but every time I like to read it slowly and deliberately.I think "The Gift of the Magi"

is meant to be savored.

Maybe there is no necessity for me to repeat the main idea of the story.But Im

so fascinated with the short story that I want to retell it yo you,and to myself.

It happened to a very poor but blissful young couple named Jim and Della in the end of 18th century in England.Because of the maladies of that society and the effect of economic crisis,they worked hard but earned little.Life is very hard for them.Despite of this,their love to each other and the enthusiasm for life didnt changed at all.When Chrismas day was approuching ,Della used the money she got from selling her beautiful hair which she treasured very much to give Jim a fob for his grandfathers pocket watch.But Jim had already sold that watch to buy Della tortoiseshell combs to wear in her long hair,not knowing shed cut it off.

It appears that the gifts they gave each other have been useless.But I think they gave each other the best of what they had to make the other happy.Isnt that true love?We can image,in such rough conditions,as it said in the story,"Life is made up of sobs,sniffles,and smiles,with sniffles predominating."Itst absolute reasonable for them to be beaten by the misery.But the fact is that no matter how tough life had been,they wouldt lose heart.With strong faith and their love ,they did their best to make the other pleased."Whennever Mr. James came home and reached his flat ,above he was called Jimand greatly hugged by Mrs. James."Maybe this account is the best description of their love and struggle against hard life.It was said that the povertier life is ,the firmer and truer love is."Actually,theyd given the very best they had out of love.

"They are too foolish children in a flat,who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house.But in a last word,to the wise of these days,let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest."Said the writer in the last paragraph.Yes,they are wisest.They are the magi.Are there any reasons for us not to show respect for the young couple?

I remind my grandparents.They have spent fifty years together.No romantic words,no stirring behaviours,just comman even pedestrian life.But I can say love exists in every detail of their life.They have gone through war period,three years natural disasters,cultural revolution and so on.But no matter what happens,they are always considering for the other.Even now both of them have become old step by step,they still cared about each other.My grandparents,in my opinion,is a pair of lovers forever.

Love has nothing to do with money,possession or status.Its consideration,tolerance and respect.Its giving ones best to the other even it means sacrifice.Its affection which connects two persons hearts,and its reinforced by adversities.

Struggle against adversities.Nothing did they have,at least they owened love.Never give up as long as love exists.From"The Gift of the Magi",from Jim and Della and from my grandparents,I have learned a lot about love,life and hope.

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篇17:童年英文读后感作文

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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 grandfather"s 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.

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篇18:《傲慢与偏见》英文读后感

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The first sentence in this book is impressive. It reads: “It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in possession of a large fortune must be in need of a wife”. The undertone is very clear: the foundation of the marriage at that time is not emotion but possession.

People always think that Austen was an expert at telling love stories. In fact, the marriage in her book is not the result of love, but the result of economic needs. After reading this book, I know the truth is that a poor woman must be in need of a husband, a wealthy man.

I couldn’t forget how eager Mrs. Bennet wants to marry off her daughters. If you want to know why she is so crazy about these things, I must mention the situation in Britain at that time. Only the eldest son had the privilege of inheriting his father’s possessions. Younger sons and daughters who are used to luxurious lives have no choice but marry a man or woman in possession of a large fortune to continue their comfortable lives. Thus, we can see that getting married is a way to become wealthier, particularly for women without many possessions. Jane Austen told us that money and possession determined everything, including marriage and love in her century.

In “Pride and Prejudice”, the sister of Mr. Bingley strongly opposed his plan of marrying Jane because the Bennets don’t have many possessions and their social positions are much lower than them. From this, we can see there are a lot of obstacles for a not very rich woman to marry a wealthy husband. The society, the relatives would not allow them to get married.

In modern society, although the marriages of economic needs have decreased rapidly, the concept of “money determines everything” is still rooted in some people’s mind. A lot of parents try hard to interfere their children’s marriages. Education background, possessions, jobs remains the main reason that may influence one’s marriage. Marry for money is still a big problem in our society. We can’t help thinking: can money determine everything?

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篇19:2024巴黎圣母院英文读后感最新

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Notre Dame DE Paris is the French Victor Hugo wrote. First of all, he is bell ringers Quasimodo ugly, hes ugly, let a person feel afraid: horseshoe mouth, in the right eye is covered with a large tumor, big buck teeth... . Quasimodo is deaf, kyphosis, and the lame, and cruel and unreasonable, who saw all hate him.

Gypsy girl esmeralda has fairy beauty, love as long as she appeared, would have caused a sensation. All the men in the book saw she will fall in love with her. She was very kind, in order to save the poor poet and his false get married, she gave her money to busk income homeless children.

This book mainly to write only listen Quasimodo raised by his vice bishop Notre Dame DE Paris, but vice bishop assassinated, esmeralda royal captain of love, also forced love, esmeralda to marry her, or she was hanged. When love the esmeralda condemnation of that day of, Quasimodo brave love, esmeralda to Notre Dame tower. But the king sent against the cathedral of Notre Dame, and the girl hanged. Quasimodo grieving, and finally find love, esmeralda bones, committed suicide in beside her.

巴黎圣母院是法国维克多.雨果写的。首先他讲的是敲钟人卡西莫多的丑陋,他的丑陋让人感到 害怕:马蹄形的嘴巴、右眼被一个大瘤遮盖,大龅牙……。卡西莫多也是个聋子、驼背和瘸子,而且凶暴、蛮横,谁见了都讨厌他。

吉普赛少女爱森梅拉达有仙女般的美貌,只要她一出现,就会引起轰动。这本书中所有男人一见到她就会爱上她。她非常善良,为了救穷诗人和他假结婚,她把自己卖艺所得的钱都分给流浪孩子。

这本书主要写卡西莫多只听抚养他长大的巴黎圣母院副主教的话,但副主教刺杀了爱森梅拉达爱的皇家卫队长,还逼爱森梅拉达嫁给她,否则将她绞死。当爱森梅拉达受刑的那天,卡西莫多勇敢的把爱森梅拉达举到圣母院的钟楼上。可国王派人攻打圣母院,并将姑娘绞死。卡西莫多悲痛欲绝,最后找到爱森梅拉达的尸骨,在她旁边自杀了。

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篇20:《狂蟒之灾》英文读后感

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导语:《狂蟒之灾》在蜿蜒流长的亚马逊河流域的雨林深处,生活着古老而神秘的舒尔族。他们与世隔绝,以食人蛇为叩拜图腾。围绕着舒尔族人的传说和秘密让雨淋之外的人们振奋不已。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!

Every preconceived notion audiences might have about "Anaconda" is correct. This supposed serpentine shocker features doomed adventurers wading through murky water while a deadly snake approaches and "Jaws"-like music throbs. The plot retraces a formula employed by countless predecessors to kill off its supporting characters in a predictable sequence. And theres the bad guy with the foreign accent, and the requisite romance between handsome anthropologist and shapely journalist. Its all here, as is an ironic comfort in watching such a well-worn tale from the dark side.

Dr. Steven Cale (Eric Stoltz) is heading down the Amazon in search of an undocumented Indian tribe. Joining him is Terri Flores ("Selenas" Jennifer Lopez), a filmmaker charged with recording Dr. Cales quest. Ten minutes into their voyage, snaky Paul Sarone (Jon Voight) jumps aboard and commandeers the boat to begin a Captain Ahab-style hunt for his gigantic underwater nemesis: the titular anaconda upon whose nonexistent shoulders this movie rests. Despite satisfactory performances from the cast, the films human characters remain secondary to this nasty snake and the special effects that created it.

Scary, this movie isnt. The faux serpent, albeit an impressive creature, looks wholly unrealistic as it zips through water and air like a Saturday morning cartoon character. And such schlocky touches as the anacondas penchant for regurgitation are more gross (and funny) than frightening. What chills there are spring more from standard stalk-and-startle techniques than from the creepy characteristics associated with snakes. Director Luis Llosa ("The Specialist") shot "Anaconda" in Brazil, and the tropical setting imbues his movie with much-needed authenticity and cinematic richness. Llosa advances the story at an absorbing clip that never bores the audience, and he wisely eschews any high-minded discourse about good and evil. As cheesy, predictable horror flicks go, "Anaconda" squeezes considerable life from its limited aspirations.

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