英语读书笔记（一）

　　Summary:

　　There is a farmer named Rip Van Winkle. He doesn’t like working at all, but he likes to talk. One day, Rip goes to the mountains with his dog, Wolf. They meet an old man. He is strange, he has a big barrel on his back. He never talks! They walk and walk up the mountain. They come to a building, there, Rip meets a lot of strange man. Rip and the old man had a lot of drinks in the barrel. Then Rip fall in to sleep. He sleeps for 20 years! Rip wakes up and goes home. He meets his daughter and knows that many people died in the war between America and Britain. Later, ,rip tells his strange story to his new friends in his new town――The United States of America.

　　Comment:

　　After reading, I think that Rip Van Winkle is a very interesting person. He likes talking with other people. He is good at communicate. So he has finding that it’s fine to stay with others. We must learn this from Rip. Rip also has some bad manners. He doesn’t like working. We mustn’t do as Rip does.

　　Vocabulary and Expressions:

　　1.barra 桶 2.strange 奇怪的

　　3.believe 相信 4.afraid 害怕

　　5.wait for――My wife is waiting for me. (P3)

　　6.look for――Rip looked for his friends. (P8)

　　7.the war with――the war with Britain (P12)

　　Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea 海底两万里

　　By Jules Verne [法]凡尔纳 著

　　Summary:

　　Story started in 1866. Aronnax, a natural historian, was studying for a large monster under the sea. At that time, the monster’s massagers were traveling around the world. After the investigation, he would return from aboard. And then he received an invitation from sea forces of America. So he was going to make the monster die out.

　　Comment:

　　What a great story it is! How exciting the trip under the sea was it! I also want to go with captain Nemo. But I’m afraid that I’m not so lucky as Aronnax. The life under the sea must be nice. There are many coral, water plants, fish, mineral products in stead of worried and strife. I like that kind of world!

　　英语读书笔记（二）

　　The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 汤姆・索亚历险记

　　By Mark Twain [美]马克・吐温 著

　　Summary：

　　Tom Sawyer loves adventures. He has adventures at home, at school, and other mysterious places with his friends. One day, Tom has an adventure in the graveyard. And they sea Injun Joe kills the doctor. He wants to kill the boys. Some days passed, Tom and Becky have an adventure in the cave. They hear Injun Joe! They run out of the cave as soon as possible. Later, Tom and his friends go to the cave again. They find that Injun Joe was died, and they the precious treasure. (www.lieshai.com)They go out of the cave with the box of money!

　　Comment：

　　Tom Sawyer is an active and pretty smart boy. He has a strong courage to go for an adventure. He is a brave boy, and he must be a reliable friend. He can always help you at the important time. Tom Sawyer is a good boy and his adventures are really interesting and be expecting!

　　英语读书笔记（三）

　　he Old Man And The Sea 《老人与海》

　　The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works.Told in language of great simplicity and power,it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman,down on his luck,and his supreme ordeal――a relentless,agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.Here Hemingway recasts,in strikingly contemporary style,the classic thene of courage in the face of defeat,of personal triumph won from los.Written in 1952,this hugely successfully novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a huge part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. The novel is very famous in the world, so lot of people like this novel. We also studied it in our Chinese class, Hemingway's novel are always interesting I like his novel much, also in his novel we can learn a lot by his meanings. It’s really a good novel for people to read.

　　Comment:

　　Stephen is a bad guy. He can’t bear that the woman he loves stay with other man! He killed her, and then frames other. From this passage, we can catch that love can make people to be an angle, or it can also make people a demon at all!