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- 麦琪的礼物英语大意和英语感想
- 急需《麦琪的礼物》、《警察与赞美诗》和《最后一片叶子》的英文梗概,和读后感
- 《麦琪的礼物》英语读后感
麦琪的礼物英语大意和英语感想
This story is about a couple who were really in love with each other. The ___(节日还是生日还是圣诞节的我忘了)was approaching, and both the husband and the wife wanted to give their partner a gift. the wife, who was a brunette with long brown hair, sold her hair and bought a chain for Jim’s watch. when she returned to their house, she was surprised and deeply touched by Jim, who sold his watch and bought combs which Magi had longed for.
i am touched by what the couple had done for each other. they know what true love means-- to sacrifice for his or her beloved, however treasurable it is to him or her. in this story, Jim treasured the watch, and Magi treasured her hair a lot. but it is for their beloved partner that they were willing to give it up, just to win his or her smile.
急需《麦琪的礼物》、《警察与赞美诗》和《最后一片叶子》的英文梗概,和读后感
距华盛顿州不远的北卡罗来纳州有一个名叫格林斯波罗的小镇。1862年9月11日,小镇里一位不得志的医生和他美丽纤弱的妻子生了一个大眼睛、不大强壮的孩子。谁也不曾想到,在19世纪末20世纪初,这个孩子以欧·亨利的笔名平步文坛,成为一个深受美国和世界读者喜欢的伟大小说家,并且在百年之后仍然保持着长久的影响和魅力。
欧·亨利的人生之路崎岖、艰苦而又不幸,他三岁丧母,15岁就走向社会,从事过牧童、药剂师、�事、办事员、制图员、出纳员等多种职业。1889年,他和罗琦不顾她父母的反对私奔成婚,并在年轻妻子鼓励下走上创作道路,创办《滚石》杂志,发表幽默小品。后来,他因挪用银行资金被判五年徒刑。出狱后,他迁居纽约专门从事写作,每周为世界报提供一个短篇,但因第二次婚姻的不幸,加之饮酒过度,终于1910年6月5日在纽约病逝。
19世纪80年代至20世纪初的美国,随着资本主义逐渐向垄断发展,各种社会矛盾日益显露突出。欧·亨利长期生活在下层,形形色色的社会现象使他对这些矛盾心感身受。曲折的人生、丰富的经历、独特的视角和敏锐的观察,使他情不自禁地把社会的各种现象形象地概括在自己的作品中,如下层劳动群众生活的贫穷艰辛,道貌岸然的上流骗子,巧取豪夺的金融寡头,肆无忌惮的买卖官爵,小偷、强盗、流浪汉的生活,以及失业、犯罪等等。对贫民他充满了同情,对资产阶级剥削者从不同角度予以批判与揭露,道出了下层劳动群众对剥削、压迫的愤怒反抗与心声。
欧·亨利一生创作了270多个短篇小说和一部长篇小说,还有数量很少的诗歌。欧·亨利的诗歌创作反映了他对自然、人生所面临的社会矛盾的态度,他写小鸟、古老的村庄,歌颂流浪者,以阴郁的笔调吟颂“唱催眠曲的男孩”,抨击不合理的社会现象。但因数量少、成就不大,因而影响很小。相反,他的许多书信倒是精彩的随笔,他同谈生活,谈创作,表达作者的生活态度和创作思想。欧·亨利的代表作品是《麦琪的礼物》、《警察与赞美诗》和《最后一片叶子》。其著名小说还有《黄雀在后》、《市政报告》、《配供家具的客房》、《双料骗子》等,真实准确的细节描写,生动简洁的语言使一系列栩栩如生的艺术形象展现在读者面前,也使他在世界短篇小说史上占有重要位置。有人曾将他比做“美国的莫泊桑”,这是有其道理的。
幽默是美国的文学传统之一。从华盛顿·欧文开始,许多作家都善于写那些有趣可笑而又意味深长的故事。欧文的幽默是在善意的揶揄之中含有淡淡的讽刺;马克·吐温的幽默以充满俚语的口语,滑稽、俏皮的描写和极夸张的形象,揭示了生活中的真理;欧文·肖的幽默则在注重描述人物性格的幽默风趣上。欧·亨利承袭这一传统,受同时代作家的影响,加之一生经历坎坷,使得他独特的幽默与众不同——充满了辛酸的笑声,在夸张、嘲讽、风趣、诙谐、机智的幽默之中,含有抑郁、凄楚的情绪。读《麦琪的礼物》让人苦笑,读《警察与赞美诗》让人悲凉辛酸。这种“含泪的微笑”,加深了作品的社会意义,具有长久的艺术魅力。
处理小说的结尾,是欧·亨利最具创造性的贡献,也使他在美国和世界文学史上享有盛名。他善于戏剧性地设计情节,埋下伏笔,作好铺垫,勾勒矛盾,最后在结尾处出现一个出人意料的结局,使读者感到豁然开朗,柳暗花明,既在意料之外,又在情理之中,不禁拍案称奇。但由于作者写作速度快且多,这种手法运用过多过滥,不免使人感到有明显的雷同和公式化的弊端。
欧·亨利的作品在我国一直拥有广大读者。这次出版的《欧·亨利全集》重译了包括诗歌在内的全部作品。希望能给所有喜欢欧·亨利的读者提供一个最新、最全的版本,以便能够更加全面深刻地了解欧·亨利的生平、思想和作品,了解19世纪末20世纪初的美国社会。(郭俊峰)距华盛顿州不远的北卡罗来纳州有一个名叫格林斯波罗的小镇。1862年9月11日,小镇里一位不得志的医生和他美丽纤弱的妻子生了一个大眼睛、不大强壮的孩子。谁也不曾想到,在19世纪末20世纪初,这个孩子以欧·亨利的笔名平步文坛,成为一个深受美国和世界读者喜欢的伟大小说家,并且在百年之后仍然保持着长久的影响和魅力。
欧·亨利的人生之路崎岖、艰苦而又不幸,他三岁丧母,15岁就走向社会,从事过牧童、药剂师、�事、办事员、制图员、出纳员等多种职业。1889年,他和罗琦不顾她父母的反对私奔成婚,并在年轻妻子鼓励下走上创作道路,创办《滚石》杂志,发表幽默小品。后来,他因挪用银行资金被判五年徒刑。出狱后,他迁居纽约专门从事写作,每周为世界报提供一个短篇,但因第二次婚姻的不幸,加之饮酒过度,终于1910年6月5日在纽约病逝。
19世纪80年代至20世纪初的美国,随着资本主义逐渐向垄断发展,各种社会矛盾日益显露突出。欧·亨利长期生活在下层,形形色色的社会现象使他对这些矛盾心感身受。曲折的人生、丰富的经历、独特的视角和敏锐的观察,使他情不自禁地把社会的各种现象形象地概括在自己的作品中,如下层劳动群众生活的贫穷艰辛,道貌岸然的上流骗子,巧取豪夺的金融寡头,肆无忌惮的买卖官爵,小偷、强盗、流浪汉的生活,以及失业、犯罪等等。对贫民他充满了同情,对资产阶级剥削者从不同角度予以批判与揭露,道出了下层劳动群众对剥削、压迫的愤怒反抗与心声。
欧·亨利一生创作了270多个短篇小说和一部长篇小说,还有数量很少的诗歌。欧·亨利的诗歌创作反映了他对自然、人生所面临的社会矛盾的态度,他写小鸟、古老的村庄,歌颂流浪者,以阴郁的笔调吟颂“唱催眠曲的男孩”,抨击不合理的社会现象。但因数量少、成就不大,因而影响很小。相反,他的许多书信倒是精彩的随笔,他同谈生活,谈创作,表达作者的生活态度和创作思想。欧·亨利的代表作品是《麦琪的礼物》、《警察与赞美诗》和《最后一片叶子》。其著名小说还有《黄雀在后》、《市政报告》、《配供家具的客房》、《双料骗子》等,真实准确的细节描写,生动简洁的语言使一系列栩栩如生的艺术形象展现在读者面前,也使他在世界短篇小说史上占有重要位置。有人曾将他比做“美国的莫泊桑”,这是有其道理的。
幽默是美国的文学传统之一。从华盛顿·欧文开始,许多作家都善于写那些有趣可笑而又意味深长的故事。欧文的幽默是在善意的揶揄之中含有淡淡的讽刺;马克·吐温的幽默以充满俚语的口语,滑稽、俏皮的描写和极夸张的形象,揭示了生活中的真理;欧文·肖的幽默则在注重描述人物性格的幽默风趣上。欧·亨利承袭这一传统,受同时代作家的影响,加之一生经历坎坷,使得他独特的幽默与众不同——充满了辛酸的笑声,在夸张、嘲讽、风趣、诙谐、机智的幽默之中,含有抑郁、凄楚的情绪。读《麦琪的礼物》让人苦笑,读《警察与赞美诗》让人悲凉辛酸。这种“含泪的微笑”,加深了作品的社会意义,具有长久的艺术魅力。
处理小说的结尾,是欧·亨利最具创造性的贡献,也使他在美国和世界文学史上享有盛名。他善于戏剧性地设计情节,埋下伏笔,作好铺垫,勾勒矛盾,最后在结尾处出现一个出人意料的结局,使读者感到豁然开朗,柳暗花明,既在意料之外,又在情理之中,不禁拍案称奇。但由于作者写作速度快且多,这种手法运用过多过滥,不免使人感到有明显的雷同和公式化的弊端。
欧·亨利的作品在我国一直拥有广大读者。这次出版的《欧·亨利全集》重译了包括诗歌在内的全部作品。希望能给所有喜欢欧·亨利的读者提供一个最新、最全的版本,以便能够更加全面深刻地了解欧·亨利的生平、思想和作品,了解19世纪末20世纪初的美国社会。
欧•亨利小说的主人公常常是社会的下层人物,诸如受人支使的店员、穷困潦倒的画匠、经济拮据的办事员、一筹莫展的医生、走投无路的小偷等等。脍炙人口的《最后一片叶子》则是描写了几个穷画家之间患难与共的感情故事,塑造了贝尔曼这个舍己为人的老画家的动人形象。
如果说贝尔曼是那堵松动残缺的砖墙,那么乔安西就像那依附在上面的藤枝;如果说贝尔曼是那株极老极老的常春藤,那么乔安西就是那藤上的一片叶子。
乔安西年轻的生命在风吹雨打的漫漫长夜中一点点被剥蚀,生命的火光在一点点微弱下去。哀莫大于心死,对这凄风苦雨的世界已不再抱希望的乔安西,把这最后一片藤叶作为自己生命的征兆,作为最后一丝与世界的微弱牵连,作为放弃生命的理由。她甚至等得心焦,想“像一片没有了生命力的败叶一样,往下飘”,飘向那未知的虚无,永久的黑暗。
贝尔曼是整篇小说的灵魂,但他在本来就篇幅颇短的小说中出场的次数极少。关于他的语言与行动有寥寥数笔,从几句对白中,可以看出这是一个脾气暴躁、性格直率的老人,“一双红眼睛正不停地流眼泪”。然而,就是他,成了乔安西与休易的保护神,他用生命换来的杰作,实现了他一生的夙愿。那“锯齿形边缘已经枯黄”的最后一片藤叶却“顽强地挂在离地面二十英尺高的一根枝上”。这不只是一片藤叶,它是老贝尔曼不死的生命的结晶,是乔安西与尘世和友情之间的联系,是这苦难的世界上穷人之间的一丝温情。慰藉了全世界最寂寞、最悲凉的一个“即将踏上黄泉路的人的心灵”,它经受了怒号的北风,倾泻的雨水。“乔安西躺在床上久久看着”,她没有理由再逃避,没有理由让自己本应年轻而旺盛的生命衰颓下去,“不知是怎么鬼使神差的,那片叶老掉不下来,可见我原来心绪不好。想死是罪过。”
那么,贝尔曼并没有死,他的灵魂,他的希望,他整个的生命之光全集结在这片叶子上了。这最后的一片叶子,这凄风苦雨中的叶子,也是贝尔曼颠沛流离坎坷一生的最后一个亮点。
小说的结尾突如其来却又在情理之中,作者并未正面描述贝尔曼用生命画出那片藤叶的场景,只是在结尾以休易之口转述。谜底一揭开,小说达到了高潮,但高潮即结尾,小说至此戛然而止。作者总是平平淡淡地娓娓而谈,如诉家常,既无跌宕起伏也无一波三折,一切都在情理之中缓缓进行,不动声色地向读者叙述一个故事。结尾时却重笔一戳,露出机关,使人恍然大悟,叹为观止。因为在前文中我们丝毫看不出老画家画叶救人的任何端倪,结尾却揭示出一个人生奇迹,作品潜在的艺术光彩奇迹般地闪耀出来,于平静中掀起波澜,兜笔转势。欧?亨利式的结尾的魅力恰在于此。回味全篇,老贝尔曼才是小说的主角,全篇的精神。
《最后一片叶子》另一显著的特色在于对“情节空白”的运用,老贝尔曼“画叶”的行动本应是作品关键所在,作者却没有实写。只有结尾处休易向读者简单透露了贝尔曼画藤叶而死的事实,但对他的具体行为却不着一笔,这样,在整篇小说的情节结构中留下了一大块空白,似乎缺少了对整篇小说因果链条的一个完整印象――作者没有讲述故事的“中间部分”――恰恰也是最重要的部分。这样,从接受美学角度讲,情节的创造、补充则需要文本的阅读者的继续完成。对于风雨之夜的情形,读者可以用自己的心灵去想象,去再造。这样,小说的表面情节逐渐淡化而退为内化,使表面的事件的前后衔接转而为心理感情的合理发展,对整部作品的合理解释不在于外部的单纯情节,而在于内部的情感情节,读者心灵的意象化,情感的形象化,使小说的情节更加丰富而理想化了。
出人意外而又慑人心魄的结局处理与对“情节空白”手法的运用,正是《最后一片叶子》的艺术匠心所在。
《麦琪的礼物》英语读后感
《麦琪的礼物》欧·亨利创作的短篇小说,讲述了一对穷困的年轻夫妇忍痛割爱互赠圣诞礼物的故事,反映了美国下层人民生活的.艰难,赞美了主人公善良的心地和纯真爱情。以下是我为大家整理的关于这本书的英文读后感,欢迎大家阅读!
《麦琪的礼物》英语读后感(一)
“Love is the best gift.”O.Henry told us,in one of his most famous novels,The Gift of The Magi.
O.Henry is said to be the most gifted and famous American short-story novelist in the world.As one of his major works,The Gift of The Magi tells us a story about a couple in the low social class.With the coming of Christmas,both of them want to give the other a gift.As a result,the young wife,Della,sells her beautiful long hair to buy a platinum fob chain to descorate the watch of her husband,Jim.While at the same time,Jim sacrifice his most valuable golden watch to buy his wife a jewelled comb.
To be honest,we have to say that it is an unfortunate accident.Both of them sacrifice their most treasured things for the other.But when things turn out,it seems that what they have done is meaningless.However,in the other way,although they don’t receive the gift they need,they receive the love from the other.And no matter what will happen in the future,they will remember that the most valuable is neither the long beautiful hair nor the golden watch,but the people who live with us.”Love is the best gift.”That is what the writer wants to tell us.
《麦琪的礼物》英语读后感(二)
“Gift of the Magi“ is the O. Henry wrote an interesting article. It is mainly about the day before Christmas, the poor living in the apartment of la would like to give her husband Jim a surprise, but she is only one dollar octagonal seven, she knew it was not enough money to buy any good gift, so she cited to be proud of brown hair cut down like a waterfall, sell, and in exchange for the 20 U.S. dollars. Exhausted all of the individual shops, De la spent 21 dollars, and finally bought a simple white gold watch chain, which can be accompanied by a piece of Jim’s gold watch. And Jim also wanted to give his wife a surprise, he also sold proud gold watch.
Bought a la the envy of the long-awaited full set of beautiful combs for Christmas gifts.
《麦琪的礼物》英语读后感(三)
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——Jim’s golden watch and Della’s 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 can’t 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 it’s priceless. Even if you have millions of money, you can’t 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 wouldn’t 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,don’t 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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