金银岛英文读后感带翻译汇总20篇

1. Troubles never come singly. 福无双至，祸不单行。

2. Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

3. Two heads are better than one. 一个好汉三个帮。

4. Two of a trade seldom agree. 同行是冤家。

5. Unity is strength. 团结就是力量。

6. Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。

7. Until all is over ones ambition never dies. 不到黄河心不死。

8. Walls have ears. 小心隔墙有耳。

9. Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 滴水穿

10. We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水可贵。

11. Make hay while the sun shines. 良机勿失。

12. Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。

13. Many hands make light work. 众人拾柴火焰高。

14. Many heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。

15. Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there. 有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。

16. Measure for measure. 针锋相对。

17. Misfortunes never come alone. 祸不单行。

18. Money makes the mare go. (mare n. 母马，母驴)有钱能使鬼推磨。

19. More hasty, less speed. 欲速则不达。

20. Never fish in trouble water. 不要混水摸鱼。

21. Never judge from appearances. 不可以貌取人。

22. Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要教鱼儿游泳。(不要在行家面前卖弄自己/不要班们弄斧”)

23. Never put off till tomorrow. 今日事，今日做。(今日事，今日毕。)

24. Never say die. 永不言败。

25. Never too old to learn, never too late to turn. 亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

26. New wine in old bottles. 旧瓶装新酒。

27. No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。

28. No man can do two things at once. 一心不可二用。

29. No man is born wise or learned. 没有生而知之者。

30. No man is content. 人心不足蛇吞象。

31. No man is wise at all times. 聪明一世，糊涂一时。

32. No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。

33. No pains, no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。

34. No pleasure without pain. 没有苦就没有乐。

35. No sweet without sweat. 先苦后甜。

36. No smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。

37. Nothing brave, nothing have. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

38. Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。

39. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

40. Nothing seek, nothing find. 没有追求就没有收获。

41. Not to advance is to go back. 不进则退。

42. No way is impossible to courage. 勇者无惧。

43. Offense is the best defense. 进攻是最好的防御。

44. Old friends and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇，老友情深。

45. Old sin makes new shame. 一失足成千古恨。

46. Once bitten, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

47. One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. 一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。

48. One false move may lose the game. 一着不慎，满盘皆输。

49. One mans fault is other mans lesson. 前车之鉴。

50. One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。

51. One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里

52. Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心为静。

53. Penny wise, pound foolish. 贪小便宜吃大亏。

54. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

55. Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。

56. Pride goes before, and shame comes after. 骄傲使人落后。

57. Pull the chestnut out of fire. 火中取栗。

58. Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。

59. Reading enriches the mind. 开卷有益。

60. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 要人尊敬，必须自重。

61. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一天建成的。(伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。)

62. Saying is one thing and doing another. 言行不一。

63. Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。

64. Something is better than nothing. 聊胜于无。

65. Soon learn, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得快。

66. Speech is silver, silence is gold. 能言是银，沉默是金。

67. Still water run deep. 静水常深。

68. Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。

69. Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。

70. Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。

71. The best fish swim near the bottom.(好鱼居水底)有价值的东西不会轻易得到。

72. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing. 掩耳盗铃。

73. The danger past and God forgotten. 过河拆桥。

74. The devil knows many things because he is old. 老马识途。

75. The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

76. The eye is bigger than the belly. 贪多嚼不烂。

77. The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢，不成器。

78. The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man. 烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。

79. The fox knew too much, thats how he lost his tail. 机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。

80. The fox preys farthest from home. 兔子不吃窝边草。

81. The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 坐井观天。

82. The greatest talkers are always least doers. 语言的巨人总是

83. The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。

84. There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。

85. The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 人言可畏。

86. The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

87. The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all. 清者自清，浊者自浊。

88. The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。

89. Think twice before you do. 三思而后行。

90. Things at the worst will mend. 否极泰来。

91. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 家居玻璃房，切忌乱扔石。(有弱点，勿揭他人短。)

92. Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。

93. Time cures all things. 时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

94. Time lost cannot be won again. 时光流逝，不可复得。

95. Time past cannot be called back again. 时间不能倒流。

96. Time tries all. 路遥知马力，日久见人心。

97. To err is human. 人非圣贤，孰能无过。

98. To know everything is to know nothing. 什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。

99. Tomorrow never comes. 我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。

100. Touch pitch, and you will be defiled. 常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。

1.(有意识地) intentionally; willfully; deliberately; on purpose; go out of ones way to; intent

详细解释

◎ 故意 gùyì

[intentionally;deliberately;designedly] 存心;有意识地。明知不应或不必这样做而这样做

故意捣乱

故意刁难

(1).旧友的情意。《南史·鲍泉传》：“ 僧辩 入，乃背 泉 而坐曰：‘ 鲍郎 ，卿有罪，令旨使我锁卿，卿勿以故意见期。’” 唐 杜甫 《赠卫八处士》诗：“十觴亦不醉，感子故意长。” 清 吴敏树 《吴云台哀辞》：“其生平所与交游，始皆与尽欢，后多稍疏，避而去。独余犹以故意遇之。”

(2).原意;旧意。 唐 温庭筠 《张静婉序》：“ 侃 自为《採莲》二曲，今乐府所存，失其故意。”

(3).存心;有意识地。 明 冯惟敏 《不伏老》第一折：“都只是虚张声势，止不过故意穷忙。” 赵树理 《小二黑结婚》一：“后来有些好玩笑的人，见了 三仙姑 就故意问别人‘米烂了没有?’”

I knew Mark Twain when i was a middle school student. In my memory, there is an article in my English textbook that written by him. At that time, I pay no attention to Mark Twain. However, i knew more about him after I learned the History and Anthology of American Literature, he appeals to me dearly and deeply. As a result, I read a part of his novels in part time. Here I will introduce Million Pounds to you. Before that, I will give some information about Mark Twain to you. And last, it comes my though.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer, better known by the pen name Mark Twain. He was born in Florida, Missouri and brought up in Hannibal, Missouri. After his fathers death in 1847, he was apprenticed to a printer and wrote for his brothers newspaper. He later worked as a licensed Mississippi river-boat pilot. The Civil War put an end to the steamboat traffic and Clemens moved to Virginia City, where he edited the Territorial Enterprise. On February 3, 1863, Mark Twain was born when Clemens signed a humorous travel account with that pseudonym. He often uses exaggerated ways to show his irony.

Mark Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for his quotations. During his life, Clemens became a friend to presidents, artists, leading industrialists and European royalty. For I love the One Million Pounds Note best, I would introduce it to you.

Is there real free-lunch in the world? Maybe there is! And such kind of “free lunch” strikes the poor and honest young man Henry Adams who has surprisingly got a one-million bank note from the brothers (Roderick & Oliver)。 As a matter of fact, the brothers had made a bet, if a poor, honest and clever people who come knocking on the door received the one million pounds, what will be happening to his life? The elder brother think that he would starve to death because he could not prove that the money belongs to him, will be arousing others’ suspicion, and even the banks do not let him deposit the money. On the contrary, the younger brother believes that he would live in a very good life. So the brothers lend the one million pounds to Henry Adams, and spent 30 days abroad.

From then on, Henry Adams becomes a bright focus of the money-priority society. Later, the lucky young man experiences two sharply different treatments in the tailor shop. In the ball, people from every social class try every chance to show their friendship and flattery to the new millionaire. Adams never has the chance to spend a penny because no one can change the million and he is soon living in a luxurious hotel suite, wearing expensive suits. No one asks him to pay bill, these are forwarded for later payment. He even gets the chance to go to the Party that held by Duke. Fortunately, Henry meets Jane Griffiths and fall in love with this beautiful woman. He also comes across his good friend. The man gives him some advice to earn money. 30 days has passed, Henry Adams asks his girlfriend company him to meet the brothers. Out of his expectation, his girlfriend is the daughter of one of the brothers. And finally he got a very good job from the brother. And he lived a very happy life.

Mark Twains short story of "one million pounds note" is a very good work. The article satires the thoughts of "money is everything," "money is omnipotent," and expose the ugly face of capitalist society. As we all know, the root of the story was the bet of the brothers. What is the bet actually? Where does the attraction of the bank note lie in?

As far as i am concerned, the One Million Pounds Note takes an interesting, satirical look at the hypocrisy stemming from class distinction in England. England is a country where class and wealth are given extreme significance, especially among the rich. The novel shows the hypocrisy that existed among these people, how the rich are quick to change face when they find out that youre a man of wealth and how within the next moment they revert back to their condescending selves when all wealth is lost. The story was based on the main theme by emphasizing on the hypocrisy of the upper class society but at the same time it also creates a balance that prevents the novel from being a mockery of the British society. The love story appears at the right time and there is plenty of comedy to keep one entertained. The ending is a little predictable but the director does an overall good job by rounding it up and presenting his points.

In my heart, Herry was so luckily, not everyone can get the chance to use the million. I am so envious of the "lucky" of the heroine, but at the same time I would like to think that the reason why people carry favor with him is just that they attract too much important to money, isn’t it? Money worship is shameful and should not be reaping more! Money is not omnipotent, and in the world, there are many things that more important than money .

For You, a Thousand Times over

I am convinced that few books are as good as this one. To be honest, I hadn’t maintained that this book would appeal me before I read it. However, I was absorbed in the book from the first chapter to the last one. Why this book has appealed to me that much? I asked myself. This book is not my type of reading for only romantic books could draw my attention successfully. Then I came into a conclusion that it is the friendship and familyship fascinated me.

To the world you are one person, but to the person who loves you, you are the world. Amir was Hassan’s world. Amir’s name had been the first word Hassan spoke. Hassan threatened brutal Assef for the sake of Amir. Hassan never failed to run the kite to please Amir. Hassan sacrificed himself for Amir’s house. These are more than a friend would do. Only those who loves you so much could challenge himself to do what Hassan did to Amir.To Hassan, Amir was not only a mere friend but a brother. He loved Amir more than anything else. Even after Amir betrayed him, he still told his son proudly“Agan Amir is my best friend”.Maybe for Hassan “for you, a thousand times over” has another meaning, which is not just kite running for Amir but he will do anything for Amir.

If Hassan could be described as an angel, then Amir was just a person. I did hate Amir for he watched Hassan be raped and did nothing, for he made Hassan leave his born-place, for he aimed Hassan with fruit(even though he actually tried to make himself get punished). Amir didn’t deserve what Hassan did to him. I thought his meanness caused Hassan’s tragedy. But after I finished the book, I realized it is not Hassan’s tragedy, it is Amir’s. For what he had done to Hassan, he had led a live with regret and suffered endless sleepless nights. His going back to Afghanistan is not only a journey physically but a journey to atonement. Hassan’s son, his nephew saved, Amir’s sin was finally washed. Like the life of circle, Amir ran kite for his miserable nephew.As Hassan did to him, he said “for you , a thousand times over” to Sohrab.Though the book doesn’t give us an accurate ending whether Sohrab came into life again. I am sure love can cure everything. Only when Sohrab lives a happy life as Hassan hoped can Amir’s sin washed up.

The friendship between Hassan and Amir moved me. I believe All the people who read it is going to be touched just as I am. This book does make me think the good and the bad ,what’s wrong and what’s right, the cruelty of war . Few books can exert an influence on people nowadays, this book sure does.

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Our mind, a record of growing up learned knowledge, it is your hard education results. Thank you, my teacher. Is that you get me into the world of knowledge, let me in the way of growth, sucking the showers of culture. Thank you, let me sit in the classroom learning knowledge, teach us between students should live in peace.

Remember once, you taught us a word. Mainly wrote pastoral scenery. The teacher gave us your patience. As we raise hand to ask questions, the teacher you is talked, to an abrupt end when we are deluded. What is the meaning of wu phonetics? Later, wu phonetics and word meaning, we are all in mind, but in order to prevent forget, we are written in the book. The teacher asked what we mainly expressed the first words? Although I didnt say it out, but later, I knew I was right. The teacher often goad to let us improve the learning interest, let us love of learning, can better learning. The teacher you learned not only humor, is also very strict. The teacher you let me know a lot of knowledge; You let us know. When you understand the reason and foundation, also told us dont bite the hand that feeds you, the kindness. The teacher, I will never forget you, I will repay the grace of your teachings.

Thank you, my teacher.

我们的脑海里，记录着从小到大所学的知识，那都是您辛勤教育的结果。谢谢您，我的老师。是您把我领进知识的世界，让我在成长的路上，吮吸文化的甘霖。谢谢您，让我坐在教室学习知识，教会我们同学之间应该和平相处。

记得有一次，您教了我们一首词。主要写的是田园风光。老师您耐心的给我们讲解。我们举手问问题，老师您则是娓娓而谈的说，在我们如痴如醉的时候戛然而止。 吴音是什么意思? 后来，吴音等词的意思，我们都记在脑子里了，但是为了防止忘掉，我们还是记在了书上。老师还问我们这首词主要表达了什么?我虽然还没说出来，但是后来，我知道我是对的。老师经常用激将法让我们提高学习兴趣，让我们爱学习，能更好的学习。老师您不仅博学幽默，还非常严厉。老师您让我知道了许多知识;您让我们懂得。理解了做人的道理和基础，还告诉我们不要忘恩负义，要知恩图报。老师，我永远也不会忘记您，我会报答您的教导之恩的。

谢谢您，我的老师。

《雾都孤儿》以雾都伦敦为背景，讲述了一个孤儿悲惨的身世及遭遇。以下是小编带来的雾都孤儿英文读后感，希望对你有帮助。

Oliver Twist is written by Charles Dickens.

Charles Dickens is one of the greatest writers in the England. He was born in a poor family, but later he became famous and rich. The famous novel --A Tale of Two Cities is written by him, too.

This novel shows us the cruelty and crime of London. Oliver Twist, the hero, is a poor orphan. He lived in a life filled with taunts. Nobody loved him. With visions of his future, he decided to go to London. He thought a new life was coming, but he was wrong, a group of thieves were waiting for him.

The author created a group of bad men.

Fagin, an old man, with a horribly ugly face and red hair, was the head of those thieves. He tried to make Oliver be a criminal.

Bill Sikes was a cruel and evil man in the group. He had a bad

Monks, Oliver’s brother, did bad things to hurt Oliver. He wanted to get the legacies left by his father alone. He paid Fagin to trap Oliver into a life of crime. In fact, they were all afraid of being put into prison and being hanged. They can’t live happily.

Nancy, a poor girl, loved a bad man. She had to help Bill Sikes perpetrate, because she loved him. She had to be loyal to the criminal group, because she loved him. Actually, she was kind. She helped Oliver at the risk of her life. If she hadn’t fell in love with Sikes, she would have a happy ending.

The author showed these ugly things to us, he described an ugly world. But there are more kind people in the novel.

Mr. Brownlow, an old friend of Oliver’s father, took good care of Oliver.

Mrs. Maylie, Harry Maylie’s mother, saved Oliver of his life.

Miss Rose is the aunt of Oliver, in fact.

They all protect Oliver from hurt.

Oliver was unlucky to meet so many evil people, but he was luckier to get help from so many kind people.

In the end of the novel, all the evil people were punished. Oliver got what he should get. Rose married Harry Maylie and they lived happily. All the kind people have a happy ending.

Righteousness can always beat evil. I think this is what the author wants to tell. Although there are many ugly things in the world, we must believe that righteousness can always beat evil.

We must store kindness even though we are in ugly situation. One is poor if he doesn’t have kindness. One is rich if he has kindness. So please store your kindness in your mind.

What’s more, the novel also tells us to be brave. Oliver was brave enough to overcome all the problems he had met. No matter how difficult the problem is, we can’t give up, we must try our best to solve it.

From Oliver Twist , I have learnt a lot .It’s really a good novel.

Recently read a book of jobs ", although has always been APLLE powder, but little is known about the jobs and got deeply obsessed with, this is an amazing person, a person change the world, although his lifes journey is so short, but enough to make many people alive shame...

He have not perfect childhood, but his adoptive father keep promise, even at the move to jobs in order to satisfied the university to change jobs, jobs is a dream with a persistent person, and in order to achieve the dream of its own "to live is to change the world", do not hesitate to give up college, even in his most difficult time abandoned by he founded apple, and never give up. Finally, in the advocation innovation of society, he realized his dream, he and his team is in the United States and mankinds pursuit of "innovation". In a sense, the success of jobs may be human freedom in the United States, the perfect combination of personalized education and innovation spirit.

Sincerely hope we can have their own "jobs" in China, to be able to have a group of have a dream, a team of entrepreneurs with innovative spirit, it to live is to change the world "of vibration energy, my China. I think, if you want to achieve this, we need to change too much, rigid way of education, pure business environment, the correct view of wealth... maybe not a generation of effort, starts from me!!!!

The pencil, and again remind of the jobs of scarletts famous phrase about do you want to sell a lifetime sugar water, or want to change the world ".

近日读了本《乔布斯传》，虽然一直是APLLE粉，但对乔布斯却知之甚少，读后深为之痴迷，这是一个不可思议的人，一个改变了世界的人，虽然他的人生之旅是如此之短暂，却足以让众多活着的人汗颜……

他拥有并不完美的童年，但他的养父信守承诺，为了能去乔布斯满意的大学甚至不惜搬家换工作，乔布斯是个有着梦想与并执着的人，为了实现自己“活着就是为了改变世界”的梦想，不惜放弃大学学业，即使在他最困难的时候被自己创办的苹果抛弃，也从未放弃过。最终，在那个崇尚创新的社会，他实现了自己的梦想，他与他的团队正是美国以及全人类所追求的“创新精神”的代名词。从某种意义上讲，乔布斯的成功也许是美国的人性自由，个性化教育及创新精神的完美结合。

衷心希望我们中国能够拥有自己的“乔布斯”，能够拥有一批有梦想，有创新精神的企业家队伍，以‘活着就是为了改变世界“的魄力，振我中华之雄风。我想，要想实现这些，需要我们改变的太多了，死板的教育方式，纯净的创业环境，正确的财富观……也许不是一代人的努力，从我做起吧!

放笔之际，耳畔又想起了乔布斯对斯卡利说的那句名言‘你是想卖一辈子糖水，还是想改变世界’。

A piggy named Wilbur and a spider named Charlotte became friend. The future of this poor piggy is a delicious course of the Christmas feast. Though ever considering escaping, yet after all he is only a pig. While Charlotte--although be viewed as small and insignificant--said, "Let me help you!" Whereupon she used her silk to weave words such as "Some Pig" and "Terrific" in her web, which are regarded as a marvel by human beings. Those marvelous words alter Wilburs destiny, and finally earned him a happy and peace future. Nevertheless, at that moment, the life of Charlotte almost completed its span...

The most impressive episode of this book is the notable friendship between Charlotte and Wilbur. A spider is a threat to a piggy at first glance, but loneliness suddenly makes Wilbur be familiar with Charlotte and surprisingly he found that this spider is extraordinary warmhearted.

What impressed us deeply is the words "You never die, Ill save you!"by Charlotte when Wilbur was wailing "I dont wanna die! I dont!" To fulfill her promise, Charlotte devoted all her lifetime and asked no rewards, until the moment she died.

Such kind of friendship is pure and clean, Only leaving the selfless love and pure kindness. When this sort of emotion has already been lacked seriously in contemporary society, this story undoubtedly moves the readers. Maybe every reader envies that Charlotte has a Wilbur, and Wilbur has a Charlotte.

The word "Goodbye" has already gone with the wind, accompanied by her silk, only leaving a Charlottes web in everyones heart.

导语：《瓦尔登湖》梭罗在书中详尽地描述了他在瓦尔登湖湖畔一片再生林中度过两年又两月的生活以及期间他的许多思考。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!

read through some of the more than half of the "walden pond", to be honest look at a lot of paragraphs do not really understand, but say it is fun sections of animals that people read fresh.

the first animal is the rooster attention, and that the most common birds, however the authors pen in the air all of a sudden and very poor. thoreau is the author described them this way: the rooster, pheasant was originally, and their chirping is the worlds most beautiful music, better than all the other animals, but most of the time to fill the gaps in their voice is their wife - the mother chickens are noisy, its no wonder that they ultimately can only be the poultry, not to mention what kind of a chicken egg. these words can not help people desperately want to remember the music chenming rooster, the result was a loss, except in writing from the mechanical "oo" sound. as for the hen, they can only remember them after the end of each time it is under the "giggle" to stop the called.

walden pond, how can there are so many wild animal? every day it seems that the author and not the name they say hello. are familiar with ant, but where the ants are like the soldiers how to ah, make that an ant war was afraid to read the small bio of contempt. lovely fledgling partridge destitute people, they only obey the instinct of mothers and their own oh, the fullness of their long feathers of the body of small branches and leaves together to maintain the same posture, where to stay motionless, it picked up when a stranger or follow it, it continues to stay as motionless, or take your eyes clean. scary, of course, most diving birds, and it always sent laugh, when it is from this lake first dive, the observer much hunting or after a lot of fun. what it is, you can go to the bottom of the lake to fish in the bird.

after all the human animal is, ah, just high-level animals. the author predicted that the result of human progress must be to give up meat, as the savage to the civilized around after people give up bad habits, like eating. i do not know human beings are not one day give up meat, it is very curious about the rabbit call. in the book, the author said: rabbit to the end, the truth was a child cry. on rabbits, the most profound impression that the tree hit a hare, but there is no written record of our had been a poor hunt rabbits.

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阅读一些超过一半的“《瓦尔登湖》”,诚实地看很多段落并不真正理解,但说它是有趣的部分动物,人们读新鲜。

第一只动物是公鸡的注意,而最常见的鸟,然而作者的笔在空中突然和非常贫穷。摘要:梭罗是作者这样描述的:公鸡,野鸡,他们的鸣叫是世界上最美丽的音乐,比所有其他动物都好,但大部分时间是他们的妻子-妈妈的鸡吵闹,难怪他们最终只能是家禽,更不用说什么鸡了。这些话不能帮助人们迫切想记住的音乐公鸡,结果是一个损失,除了书面从机械的“oo”声音。至于母鸡,他们只能记住他们在每次结束后,它是在“咯咯”的“咯咯”停止呼叫。

《瓦尔登湖》,怎么能有这么多野生动物?每天似乎作者,而不是他们说的名字。对蚂蚁很熟悉,但是蚂蚁就像士兵一样如何啊,使蚂蚁战争害怕阅读轻视的小生物。可爱的羽翼未丰的鹧鸪的人,他们只服从母亲的本能和自己的俄亥俄州,身体的长的和叶子的丰满,保持着相同的姿势,在那里别动,当一个陌生人或跟随它时,它继续保持不动,或者把你的眼睛干净。可怕,当然,大多数潜水,它总是发出笑声,当它是来自这个湖的第一次潜水,观察员很多狩猎或之后很多乐趣。它是什么,你可以到湖底去钓鱼。

毕竟人类的动物是啊,只是高级动物.作者预测,人类进步的结果必须是放弃肉食,正如野蛮对待文明的人之后,人们放弃坏习惯,如吃饭。我不知道人类没有一天不放弃肉,它对兔子的叫声很好奇。在书中,作者说:兔子到最后,真理是一个孩子的哭声。对兔子来说,最深刻的印象是树撞上了一只野兔,但没有我们曾经是一个可怜的兔子的书面记录。

The Value of Reading Books

People often say that gold and silver are the most valuable things in the world.ButI don‘t think so. In my opinion, to read books is more valuable than anything else.

The old saying "To open a book is always helpful" clearly tells us how good it is to read a book.

Books are our friends. They introduce us different kinds of knowledge. They lead us down the road to success.

Books are our teachers. They teach us troth, science, literature, and philosophy of life. Besides, they increase our knowledge, enlarge our experience,strengthen our character and do many other things which we can not do without them.

Books tell us what is good and what is evil. And only books can tell the good from the bad.

Therefore to read more books is the best policy for our young students.

读书的价值

人们常说金子和银子是世界上最有价值的东西，但我不这样认为。在我看来，读书比任何其他事情更有价值。

“开卷有益”清楚地告诉了我们读书有多好。

书是我们的朋友。它们向我们介绍不同种类的知识，它指导我们沿着成功之路前行。

书是我们的老师。它们教我们真理、科学、文学和生活的哲理，同时它们增加了我们的知识，扩大了我们的视野，增强了我们的个性，使我们还做了在没有书的情况下绝不可能完成的其他事情。

书能让我们明辨是非，并且只有书才能让我们吸取反面教训。

因此，读更多的书是我们青少年学生的明智之举。

lls us that the best people to increase the dignity of life is love. Novels by the end of the row that this is such a life. Although I think this kind of outcome is too perfect, so perfect a little superficial, but I still respect this author The ideal of a better kind of life. ------- Is to increase the dignity of love / In modern society, few people will like Jane Eyre, for the love for the character and abandon all, and without looking back.s Whole-hearted pursuit of pay, and pure like a glass of ice water ……

I read a book foreign classics, "oliver twist". It is the author of the famous realist writer dickens. The contents of the book is very wonderful, let me fascinated.

Her main protagonist is an orphan named oliver twist, the book tells the story of oliver when I was a child. He was born in an orphanage, there had been bullied, sold to an undertaker of the family. However, because once the undertaker misunderstood him, severely beat him, so he fled to the legend the finer London. But in London, he unfortunately fell into a thief wat.

Although he suffered so miserable, but he eventually strong to survive. With the help of the man, he was able to solve his life mystery, found his sister, and her sister. Oliver had a family of care and help, I felt glad for him, too.

London at that time there are a lot of poor people, they have been bullied, and even in the desperate situation. So, in order to survive, when the robber, do a thief... They didnt like oliver, stick to the bottom of the heart in the depth of the pure. Oliver believes that only in this way, can find a way out for himself.

"Oliver twist" let me learn to ponder, gave me great inspiration. It is the first Ive ever read foreign novels this tome, I will treasure the book well.

我读了一本外国名著——《雾都孤儿》。它的作者是英国著名的现实主义作家狄更斯。书中的内容很精彩，让我着迷。

书中的主人公是一个孤儿，名叫奥利弗·特维斯特，这本书讲述了奥利弗小时候的故事。他出生在孤儿院，在那儿受尽了欺凌后，被卖到了一个殡仪员的家庭。可是，因为有一次殡仪员误解了他，狠狠地打了他，所以他就逃到了传说中美好的伦敦。但是到了伦敦后，他又不幸陷入了贼窟。

尽管他的遭遇如此悲惨，他却最终坚强地活了下来。在好心人的帮助下，他解开了自己的身世之谜，找到了自己的姐姐，与姐姐相依为命。奥利弗终于有了亲人的关怀和帮助，我也为他感到庆幸。

那时的伦敦有很多穷人，他们都饱受过欺凌，甚至到了走投无路的境地。于是，有的为了生存，就去当强盗，做小偷……他们都没有像奥利弗一样——坚守着心底深处的纯净。奥利弗相信，只有这样，才能为自己找到出路。

《雾都孤儿》让我学会深思，给了我很大启发。它是我读过的第一本大部头外国名著，我要好好地珍藏这本书。

【编者按】傲慢，偏见，这两个毋庸质疑的贬义词，让简。奥斯丁的作品成为精致的象征一时之间闻名遐迩，从而傲慢与偏见也成为了脍炙人口的伟大著作。

奥斯汀的〈傲慢与偏见〉，正如她自己所说，是在两寸象牙上细细的雕刻，它是奥斯汀的代表作。这部反映婚姻问题的小说是作者作品中最受欢迎的一部，也是她本人最喜欢的作品。作品生动的反映了18世纪末到19世纪初处于保守和闭塞状态下的英国乡镇生活和世态人情。其社会风情化似的小说不仅在当时吸引着广大的读者，时至今日，仍给读者以独特的艺术享受。她是第一个现实地描绘日常平凡生活的小说家，在英国小说史上起了承上启下的作用。

Austen pride and Prejudice, as she said, is in the details on 2cm ivory carving, it is the masterpiece of Austen. This reflects the Marriage Novels by the author is one of the most popular works, is also her most loved works. Works vivid reflects the late eighteenth Century to early nineteenth Century in a conservative and occlusion of the British town life and the ways of the world. The social customs of a novel at that time not only to attract a large number of readers, today, still give the reader a unique artistic enjoyment. She was the first to describe reality daily life of ordinary novelist, played an important role in the history of the British novel.

整部作品没有滂沱的气势，没有曲折跌宕的情节，但就是这种简单，至今深深地吸引着我们。奥斯汀短暂的一生几乎都是在英国的乡间度过的，也许就是周围朴素，宁静的氛围孕育了她淡然的气质。并不能因为没有丰富的经历，就对她的对于事物的分析能力有所怀疑，读过〈傲慢与偏见〉的人一定会为她细腻、敏锐的情感所折服。在写〈傲慢与偏见〉时，她只是一个十几岁的女孩，难道这不是一种天赋吗?她的确很少接触“外界”，但思想存在，想象存在，这一切的存在就足够。

The whole film without the torrential imposing no twists and turns, ups and downs, but this is simple, still attracted us deeply. Austen short life, almost all spent in the British countryside, perhaps the surrounding plain, quiet atmosphere gave birth to her indifferent temperament. Not as rich in experience, they have skills in analysis of her to doubt, read pride and Prejudice people will be fine for her, a keen sensibility at. Write pride and Prejudice, she was a teenage girl, isnt this a gift? She has very little contact with "outsiders", but there is thought, imagination, the existence of all this is enough.

范文二

Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but in my opinion, this book is an illustration of the society at that time. She perfectly reflected the relation between money and marriage at her time and gave the people in her works vivid characters.

The characters have their own personalities. Mrs. Bennet is a woman who makes great efforts to marry off her daughters. Mr. Bingley is a friendly young man, but his friend, Mr. Darcy, is a very proud man who seems to always feel superior. Even the five daughters in Bennet family are very different. Jane is simple, innocent and never speaks evil of others. Elizabeth is a clever girl who always has her own opinion. Mary likes reading classic books. (Actually she is a pedant.) Kitty doesn’t have her own opinion but likes to follow her sister, Lydia. Lydia is a girl who follows exotic things, handsome man, and is somehow a little profligate. When I read the book, I can always find the same personalities in the society now. That is why I think this book is indeed the representative of the society in Britain in the 18th century.

The family of gentleman in the countryside is Jane Austen’s favourite topic. But this little topic can reflect big problems. It concludes the stratum situation and economic relationships in Britain in her century. You can find these from the very beginning of this book.

Austen left this problem for us to think. The genius of Jane Austen lies in this perfect simplicity, the simplicity that reflects big problems. Although Austen was only 21 when she wrote “Pride and Prejudice”, her sharp observation of social lives makes the style of this book surprisingly mature and lively. The plots in her works are always very natural. The development of the plot is as inevitable as a problem in mathematics. I think the depth of Pride and Prejudice is the reason that makes this book prominent and classic. Today, her book still can be the guide telling us the economic relationships both at her time and in modern time.

范文三

Pride and Prejudice is a novel written by the famous English writer, Jane Austen, who was the sixth children in a family of seven and was born in the village of steventon in Hampshire in 1775 and died of Addison’s disease in 1817. The book first published on 28 January 1813 by the bookseller Thomas Egerton who had also published Sense and Sensibility, the original version of the novel was written in 1796-1797 under the title First Impressions .

Pride and Prejudice is a love story, mainly tells the love between Elizabeth and Darcy. It divided into 2 volumes and is composed of 42 chapters altogether. The major characters are Mr. Darcy, A rich and proud young man. Elizabeth, the second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. Mr. Bingley , A rich young bachelor. Jane, the first daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Bennet. The story begin with Bingley’s arrival. One day when Mrs.Bennet hear Bingley has taken Netherfield, a house near her’s. She is so happy and arranged one of her five daughters marriage with him. At a ball, luckly, Bingley and Jane fall in love at the first sight. Darcy, a friend of Bingley’s , was attracted to Elizabeth, a lively and spirited girl. But Darcy greatly offends her by his supercilious behavior and this dislike is increased by Wickham, a dashing young militia officer of the unjust treatment he has met with at Darcys hands. One day when Darcy and Bingley’s two sisters disgusted with the vulgarity of Mrs. Bennet and her two youngest daughters, effectively separated Bingley and Jane. Meanwhile, Collins, a cousin of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, married charlotte, a friend of Elizabeth’s, for Elizabeth’s refuse to marry him. But One day Darcy send Elizabeth a letter, in which he justifies the separation of his friend Bingley and Jane and make it clear that Wickham is. So Elizabeth changed her opinions and ideas toward him. Once when Elizabeth visited her uncle and aunt in the north of England, she met Darcy there and witnessed his changes through series of behaviors, no longer pride and become gentle and attentive, all these made their marriage arranged, and they also suitably provided for Bingley and Jane’s reunited and engaged. The story ends with both their happy marriages.

My point of view towards the masterpiece of Jane Austen’s is that this novel reflects the English human sentiment of the end of 18th century and the early of 19th century under the circumstance of conservative，and tells us the difference ways and attitudes to marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet’s five daughters’. Thereby reveal the author herself attitude towards marriage, that is love and marriage based on money, property and social status is not perfect, but it is also stupid Without considering all of these. There, the author emphasize the importance of ideal marriage, meanwhile, to be opposed to love & marriage based on money or property and to be opposed to people’s laugh love & marriage off. The author takes the affection/love as the cornerstone of ideal marriage between male and female. Elizabeth as the leading character in this novel, was born in the family of squireen’s, and is loved by Darcy. Darcy propose marriage to her in spite of difference in the possession of property and social status, but is refused by Elizabeth for his pride , the novel demonstrate that if the pride of Darcy’s existed ， there will be no love and also happy marriage between Elizabeth and he, it is really nice that Elizabeth witness the changes of Darcy’s through series of behavior in the following days. viewing that he is no longer pride and then eliminating her prejudice to him, finally engaged with him and leading a happy marriage. The author described that female is in pursuit of independent personality and equal right through several different attitudes of Elizabeth for Darcy’s propose marriage. Meanwhile, demonstrate Elizabeth’s independent understanding for a happy marriage. In this article, the writer described several unperfect marriages of Elizabeth’s sisters and close friends, aimed at making a sharp contrast with Elizabeth’s beatific marriage and revealed that marriage without love but base on social status and property actually is a kind of public tragedies. Humorous, ironical, polished language and real storyline is also occurred in this article.

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1.(跳跃奔跑) gallop

详细解释

◎ 奔腾 bēnténg

(1) [gallop]∶[许多马] 跳跃着奔跑

犹如万马奔腾

(2) [surge forword]∶比喻水流汹涌

洪水奔腾而来

(1).飞奔急驰。《后汉书·和帝纪》：“旧 南海 献龙眼、荔支，十里一置，五里一候，奔腾阻险，死者继路。” 唐 杜甫 《病橘》诗：“忆昔 南海 使，奔腾献荔支。” 毛泽东 《十六字令》之一：“奔腾急，万马战犹酣。”

(2).谓水流汹涌。 唐 戴公怀 《奉和郎中游仙山四瀑泉》：“淙潨泻三四，奔腾千万秋。” 清 王韬 《淞滨琐话·徐麟士》：“须臾浪涌若山，潮翻如雪，奔腾澎湃之声，震闻数里。”

Today I have read Helen Keller’s “Three Days to See”.I have read this article in the chinese teaching material when I was in high school.This article impressed me.It told me how lucky we are.We should aprrecaite that we are healthy.Healthiness is riches.So today I read this article again.Whenever I read this article,compare with Helen Keller,I think we should treasure our life,god has given us sight so we can see a lot of good things,so we can know how beautiful this world is,so we can know how wonderful we can live in our coloreful life.

Helen Keller,blind and deaf from infancy.Stricken with a serious illness at the age of nineteen months,Keller survived from the illness but was left permanently unable to see and hear.In this article,three day of sight,we can see,how precious it was as for Helen Keller.What would you want to look at if you had only three days of sight?Helen gives her answer in this famous essay.I always think that people can realize the importance of the sight and sound only after they have personally expericenced the dark and silence life.Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight,silence would teach him the joys of sound.

This short story tell people how Keller take advantage of having the privileges to see,hear,and speak.Some people,unfortunately,are blind,deaf,and mute.These unfortunate people take more time to appreciate life and they are always waiting for the miracle all their life.The author,Helen Keller,is one of such person who is blind,deaf,and mute.She strongly believes that people,who are fortunate to have such senses,take life for granted.She also strongly believes these people should live in the fullest,meaning,accomplish lifes when they can do this today,do not leave it for tomorrow.

One can die at any moment,no matter how healthy or in what physical shape he is.As for this,Helen came across many instances.She had asked her friend what she had seen after taking a walk through the woods,and her friend replied,“Nothing in particular.” Her friend gave she this answer,because her friend become accustomed to see the routine of their surroundings,and her eyes only can be attracted by startling and spectacular things.I think if we only have sight for 3 days we will give another answer.

I appreciate Hellen Keller.Her life is a miracle,she stronly face the difficulties which can detroy one’s mind of living.Her life is a tragedy,but the world in her heart is full of love.Her spirit will encourage all of us,forever.

This is a story book, the inside of the story is preposterous, quirky and funny; This is a but with more than pages of books, the show is just a little girl in a long afternoon met there can all kinds of animals and men; This is also a even in fairy tale books seem most ordinary book, all the characters in the story can speak, all with their own idea-this and any a fairy tale almost no different than any.

From beginning to end, the story is so strange. Alice has been somehow become bigger or smaller that I almost drowned by his own tears; She met a lot of animals and a lot of people, try to talk and talk to them, but they are not completely normal, and it is not friendly; She has not been ?

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中文：这是一本故事书，里面的故事荒诞不经，离奇而可笑;这是一本不过百余页的书，所展现的仅仅是一个小女孩在一个漫长的下午遇见的各种不可能存在的动物和人;这也是一本即使在童话书中都显得极其普通的书，故事中的所有角色都会说话，都有自己的想法——这与任何一个童话故事相比几乎没有任何不同。

从头至尾，整个故事都是那样的奇怪。爱丽丝一直莫名其妙地变大变小，以至于差点被自己的眼泪淹死;她见到了很多动物和很多人，试着和他们聊天说话，只是他们都完全不正常，而且并不友好;她一直不停地问这问那，但是对方——不管是谁都不会给她一个合乎常理的答案，可是爱丽丝居然还会相信!这一切都让我如此地哭笑不得。当爱丽丝梦游的时候，我好像也在梦游。看着一堆错误赫然摆在眼前，而我，却束手无策：这就是所谓的“仙境”吗?

The annual Thanksgiving Day is coming soon. In fact, in life there are so many people need we to gratitude, such as parents. Classmates. The teacher, etc. But I want to gratitude is miss li.

It is often said that children are flowers of the motherland, the teacher is not cultivated flower gardener? B: yes. Not a gardener, we can still grow so bright, so can do? Of course not.

Remember once, I was sick. But that is what Im on duty when the monitor. When the students are doing eye exercises, you called me to come over, with a cordial tone, said: "there is no fever?" "No!" I said busy. At that time I really feel very warm, very comfortable. Her gentleness, my little heart melts. As if Im not a child, but adults, one of her old friends.

Oh, miss li! You not only the ignorant we introduce the spacious classroom, also teaches us how to be a man. Your care is like the genial spring breeze; Your protection can make us happy under the blue sky, healthy growth; You also constantly nurturing the with hard work in us.

In Thanksgiving Day, I will thank you very much, and I will work hard, strive to use results to repay you.

一年一度的感恩节就快到了。其实，在生活中有非常多的人需要我们去感恩，如：父母。同学。老师等。但我最想感恩的就是李老师了。

人们常说，孩子是祖国的花朵，那教师不就是栽培花朵的园丁吗?是的。没了园丁，我们还能长得这么鲜艳，这么能干吗?当然不能。

记得有一次，我生病了。但那天正是我当值日班长。当同学们在做眼保健操的时候，您把我叫过来，用亲切的口吻说：“还有没有发烧啊?”“没有了!”我忙说。当时我真的感到很温暖，很舒服。她的温柔亲切，把我小小的心融化了。仿佛我不是小孩，而是大人，一个她的老朋友。

啊，李老师!您不仅把无知的我们引进宽敞的教室，还教会我们怎样做人。您的关怀就像和煦的春风;您的保护可以让我们在蓝天下快快乐乐，健健康康的成长;您还用辛勤的汗水不断地哺育着我们。

到了感恩节，我一定会非常感谢您的，同时我也会努力，争取用成绩来报答您的。

---Book Review: “Camille”

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.

The author pays homage to Hans Christian Andersen‘s compassionate tale with this faithful adaptation. Kids can relate to the duckling‘s dilemma; part of the growing-up proceis 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 agelestory speaks acrogenerations with its reaffirming message. In this age of instant gratification, Andersen‘s 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.

Pinkney‘s descriptive passages resonate with the splendor of nature‘s beauty. The glowing watercolors, filled with intricate details, make each blade of gravisible, 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 woman‘s 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 Pinkney‘s poignant text and rich artwork convey the timeleappeal of this tale of hardship and redemption. Anyone who has suffered the sting of ostracism can sympathize with the ugly duckling‘s plight and will relish the uplifting conclusion.

简爱,是一个贫穷但有抱负的,小的身体但巨大的灵魂,晦涩但自重的女孩。当我们关闭这本书的封面,长途旅行后的精神,简爱,一个了不起的人物,我们留下了如此多的回忆和想:

我们记得她的善良:对于那些失去手臂和盲目的眼睛,对那些鄙视她的平凡,甚至有人在过去曾深深地伤害了她。

我们还记得她追求正义。就像一个同伴与善良。但是,一个善良的人应该促进善良一面,必须检查坏处在另一边。

我们记得她的自尊和清晰的情况在平等。在她看来,每个人都是一样的在上帝的脚。尽管有状态的差异,在属性和外观,但所有的人类都是平等的人格。

我们还记得她追求的生活,她的韧性和她的信心…

当我们认为这个女孩,她给了我们不是一个漂亮的脸蛋或卓越的气质,让我们深深敬佩,但是她的性格的巨大魅力。

Jane Eyre, is a poor but aspiring, small in body but huge in soul, obscure but self-respecting girl. After we close the covers of the book, after having a long journey of the spirit, Jane Eyre, a marvelous figure, has left us so much to recall and to think:

We remember her goodness: for someone who lost arms and blinded in eyes, for someone who despised her for her ordinariness, and even for someone who had hurt her deeply in the past.

We remember her pursuit of justice. It’s like a companion with the goodness. But still, a virtuous person should promote the goodness on one side and must check the badness on the other side.

We remember her self-respect and the clear situation on equality. In her opinion, everyone is the same at the God’s feet. Though there are differences in status、in property and also in appearance, but all the human being are equal in personality.

We also remember her striving for life, her toughness and her confidence…

When we think of this girl, what she gave us was not a pretty face or a transcendent temperament that make us admire deeply, but a huge charm of her personality.

One of the most interesting questions about Gullivers Travels is whether the Houyhnhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether on the other hand they are the butt of Swifts satire. In other words, in Book IV, is Swift poking fun at the talking horses or does he intend for us to take them seriously as the proper way to act? If we look closely at the way that the Houyhnhnms act, we can see that in fact Swift does not take them seriously: he uses them to show the dangers of pride.

First we have to see that Swift does not even take Gullver seriously. For instance, his name sounds much like gullible, which suggests that he will believe anything. Also, when he first sees the Yahoos and they throw excrement on him, he responds by doing the same in return until they run away. He says, "I must needs discover some more rational being," even though as a human he is already the most rational being there is. This is why Swift refers to Erasmus Darwins discovery of the origin of the species and the voyage of the Beagle-to show how Gulliver knows that people are at the top of the food chain. But if Lemule Gulliver is satirized, so are the Houyhnhnms, whose voices sound like the call of castrati. They walk on two legs instead of four, and seem to be much like people. As Gulliver says, "It was with the utmost astonishment that I witnessed these creatures playing the flute and dancing a Vienese waltz. To my mind, they seemed like the greatest humans ever seen in court, even more dextrous than the Lord Edmund Burke" . As this quote demonstrates, Gulliver is terribly impressed, but his admiration for the Houyhnhnms is short-lived because they are so prideful. For instance, the leader of the Houyhnhnms claims that he has read all the works of Charles Dickens, and that he can singlehandedly recite the names of all the Kings and Queens of England up to George II. Swift subtly shows that this Houyhnhnms pride is misplaced when, in the middle of the intellectual competition, he forgets the name of Queen Elizabeths husband.

Swifts satire of the Houyhnhnms comes out in other ways as well. One of the most memorable scenes is when the dapple grey mare attempts to woo the horse that Guenivre has brought with him to the island. First she acts flirtatiously, parading around the bewildered horse. But when this does not have the desired effect, she gets another idea: "As I watched in amazement from my perch in the top of a tree, the sorrel nag dashed off and returned with a yahoo on her back who was yet more monstrous than Mr. Pope being fitted by a clothier. She dropped this creature before my nag as if offering up a sacrifice. My horse sniffed the creature and turned away." It might seem that we should take this scene seriously as a failed attempt at courtship, and that consequently we should see the grey mare as an unrequited lover. But it makes more sense if we see that Swift is being satiric here: it is the female Houyhnhnm who makes the move, which would not have happened in eighteenth-century England. The Houyhnhm is being prideful, and it is that pride that makes him unable to impress Gullivers horse. Gulliver imagines the horse saying, Sblood, the notion of creating the bare backed beast with an animal who had held Mr. Pope on her back makes me queezy .

A final indication that the Houyhnmns are not meant to be taken seriously occurs when the leader of the Houynhms visits Lilliput, where he visits the French Royal Society. He goes into a room in which a scientist is trying to turn wine into water (itself a prideful act that refers to the marriage at Gallilee). The scientist has been working hard at the experiment for many years without success, when the Houyhnmn arrives and immediately knows that to do: "The creature no sooner stepped through the doorway than he struck upon a plan. Slurping up all the wine in sight, he quickly made water in a bucket that sat near the door" .