Vanity Fair 名利场 英文简介 读后感 故事梗概
Vanity Fair:
A Novel without a Hero is written by William Makepeace Thackeray. This novel tells the lives of two starkly contrasted girls: Becky Sharp, orphaned and poor but ingenious, and Amelia Sedley, sheltered daughter of a rich city merchant. They two meet at Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for young ladies, the former driven by social ambition, while the latter by her delicate heart. And it satirizes the society in early 19th-century Britain. The book gives me an entire view of the life which is pretty extravagant. It tells us that Becky is a beautiful, strong-willed and cunning young woman who is determined to make her way to the upper society. She makes every possible effort by hooking or by crooking to get rid of poverty. And she failed in the end. By contrast, Amelia Sedley is a good-natured, loveable though simple-minded young girl. She does not understand what life is. And she is portrayed by her husband and friend Becky. She is such a coward that she does not run counter to her fate and always accepts the reality quite contently as it is. She is so pitiful and conventional. Yet God blesses her, she comes across a perfect man Dobbin and gets married to him at last.
After finished reading, I found that a vanity fair is a hypocritical, commercial and money-grabbing aristocratic society. Although the book was written in the 19th century, it still can reflect the reality nowadays. In our society, some people are unable to see things clearly. They are confused because their minds are full of wealth, power, vanity and so on. And they become slaves of vanity eventually. Since vanity fair is a trap that everyone is likely to step into, we had better be careful when we are pursuing something.
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Article Children Must be Taught to Tell Right from Wrong William Kilpatrick Many of today 's young people have a difficult time seeing any moral dimension （ 道德层 面 ） to their actions. There are a number of reasons why that 's true, but none more prominent than a failed system of education that eschews （ 回避 ） teaching children the traditional moral values that bind Americans together as a society and a culture. That failed approach, called “decision - making, ” was introduced in schools 25 years ago. It tells children to decide for themselves what is right and what is wrong. It replaced “character education. （ 品格教 育 ）” Character education didn 't ask children to reinvent the moral wheel （ 浪费时间重新发明早已存 在的道德标准）; instead, it encouraged them to practice habits of courage, justice and self-control. In the 1940s, when a character education approach prevailed, chewing gum; today they worry about robbery and rape. Decision-making curriculums pose thorny （ 棘手的 ） ethical dilemmas to students, with the impression that all morality is problematic and that all questions of right and wrong are in dispute. Youngsters are forced to question values and virtues they 've never acquired in the first place or upon which they have only a tenuous （ 薄弱的 ） hold. The assumption behind this method is that students will arrive at good moral conclusions if only they are given the chance. But the actual result is moral confusion. For example, a recent national study of 1,700 sixth- to ninth-graders revealed that a majority of boys considered rape to be acceptable under certain conditions. Astoundingly, many of the girls agreed. This kind of moral illiteracy is further encouraged by values-education （价值观教育 ） programs that are little more than courses in self-esteem （ 自尊 ）. These programs are based on the questionable assumption that a child who feels good about himself or herself won 't want to do anything wrong. But it is just as reasonable to make an opposite assumption: namely, that a child who has uncritical self-regard w ill conclude that he or she can 't do anything bad. Such naive self-acceptance results in large part from the non-directive （ 无指导性的 ）, non-judgmental （ 无是非观的 ）, as-long-as-you-feel-comfortable-with-your-choices mentality （ 思 想） that has pervaded （ 渗透） public education for the last two and one-half decades. Many of today 's drug education, sex education and values -education courses are based on the same 1960s philosophy that helped fuel the explosion in teen drug use and sexual activity in the first place. Meanwhile, while educators are still fiddling with （ 胡乱摆弄 ） outdated “feel - good ” approaches, New York, Washington, and Los Angeles are burning. Youngsters are leaving school believing that matters of right and wrong are always merely subjective. If you pass a stranger on the street and decide to murder him because you need money —if it feels right —you go with that feeling. Clearly, murder is not taught in our schools, but such a conclusion —just about any conclusion —can be reached and justified using the decision-making method. It is time to consign （ 寄出 ） the fads （风尚 ） of “decision - making ” and “non- judgmentalism ” to the ash heap of failed policies, and return to a proved method. Character education provides a much more realistic approach to moral formation. It is built on an understanding that we learn morality not by debating it but by practicing it. Sample teachers worried about students leaving them
《名利场》读后感
《名利场》读后感 “名利场，名利场，万事无非空虚一场。”看完这本书，我也不禁发出与作者相同的感慨，心情难以平静。 这本书的作者是英国作家萨克雷，书中的故事发生于英国十九世纪初，辛辣讽刺了当时英国所谓上流社会中人们的自私贪婪、尔虞我诈的丑恶嘴脸。故事围绕夏普和艾米丽亚两位女主角展开。两个女孩都美貌无比、能歌善舞。贫穷的女孩夏普用美貌和不择手段进入上流社会富有的女孩艾米丽亚心地善良为人厚道。夏普野心、心机重，所有的女孩在她面前都黯然失色，最后夏普沉迷于上流社会的社交活动，最终被丈夫抛弃，而艾米利亚却拥有一个美满的婚姻，无比幸福。 书中的故事很现实，虽然是在十九世纪写的，但是读来却没有时代的隔阂，就是在今天，谁又不是为名利二字所累呢?娱乐圈中、网络上各种炒作搏出位、官场上的贪污受贿，这样为了名利的事不绝于耳。名与利固然可求，但是这并不是生活的全部。倘若名利从日常的需求变成了病态的追求，那么为了名利，人就可能会铤而走险，就如近日广受关注的薄熙来案件。名利场是一个浮华的世界，裹着一层诱人的面纱，人一旦陷于其中，便会被蒙蔽了双眼，将真情与友爱遗忘到九霄云外。金钱、权利成了他们唯一的追求，就如书中的夏普小姐，夏泼为了达到进入上流社会的目的，她利用自己的友谊、爱情、婚姻，又不惜出卖朋友，出卖丈夫来为自己铺着通向那“高贵社会王国”的红地毯。然而最后她也得到了报应，她的最好的朋友艾米莉娅最后也远离她，丈夫也不理睬她，儿子不想见她，为一时的华丽与虚
伪，她付出了多么大的代价！ 时间会淘出本质，所谓名利不过是刹那烟花，在生活中，还有很多美好的事物值得我们追求。在家庭之中享受温馨的爱、在朋友中享受相知之乐、在学习或工作中享受劳动、提升自我的满足、在大自然中享受宁静和造物主的恩赐。 我们正处于人生中价值观、世界观、人生观的树立时期，这本书让我更明确了正确的人生观，人要知足常乐，不要被名利束缚自己的人生。
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Steps to Writing a Summary 1.Read and understand the prompt or writing directions. What are you being asked to write about? Example: Summary of an Article Write a summary of the article. Your writing will be scored on how well you: ?state the main ideas of the article; ?identify the most important details that support the main ideas; ?write your summary in your own words, except for quotations; and ?express the underlying meaning of the article, not just the superficial details. 2. Read, think about, and understand the text. Review the material to make sure you know it well. Use a dictionary or context clues to figure out the meaning of any important words that you don’t know. 3. Take notes. Write down the main ideas and important details of the article. 4.Write a thesis statement. In a single sentence, state the main idea of the article. The thesis statement should mention the underlying meaning of the article, not just the superficial details. 5. Organize and outline ideas. Write down the important details you need to include in the summary. Put them in a logical order. Topic Sentence: Evidence: #1: #2: #3: 6.Write your essay. ?Your summary should be about one third of the length of the original article. ?Focus on the main point of the article and the most important details. ?Use your own words; avoid copying phrases and sentences from the article unless they’re direct quotations. 7.Revise. Have you indented all paragraphs? Have you captured the main point of the article? Have you included the most important details? Is there sentence variety? Have you avoided writing short, choppy sentences? Are there transitional words and phrases to connect ideas? 8. Proofread and edit. Check your spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Is the verb tense consistent? Are all names spelled correctly and capitalized? Have you avoided writing run-on sentences and sentence fragments? 9. Write your draft. Use blue or black ink. Skip lines. Write on one side of the paper only. Include a title on the top line. 10. Read your summary one last time before you turn it in. Look for careless spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors, especially omitted words or letters. Cross out errors neatly with a single line and write the correction above. Original Article: Bats In the distant past, many people thought bats had magical powers, but times have changed. Today, many people believe that bats are rodents, that they cannot see, and that they are more likely than other animals to carry rabies. All of these beliefs are mistaken. Bats are not rodents, are not blind, and are no more likely than dogs and cats to transmit rabies. Bats, in fact, are among the least understood and least appreciated of animals. Bats are not rodents with wings, contrary to popular belief. Like all rodents, bats are mammals, but they have a skeleton similar to the human skeleton. The bones in bat wings are much like those in arms and the human hand, with a thumb and four fingers. In bats, the bones of the arms and the four fingers of the hands are very long. This bone structure helps support the web of skin that stretches from the body to the ends of the fingers to form wings. Although bats cannot see colors, they have good vision in both dim and bright light. Since most bats stay in darkness during the day and do their feeding at night, they do not use their vision to maneuver in the dark but use a process called echolocation. This process enables bats to emit sounds from their mouths that bounce off objects and allow them to avoid the objects when flying. They use this system to locate flying insects to feed on as well. Typically, insect-eating bats emerge at dusk and fly to streams or ponds where they feed. They catch the insects on their wingtip or tail membrane and fling them into their mouths while flying. There are about 1,000 species of bat, ranging in size from the bumblebee bat, which is about an inch long, to the flying fox, which is sixteen inches long and has a wingspan of five feet. Each type of bat has a specialized diet. For seventy percent of bats, the diet is insects. Other types of bats feed on flowers, pollen, nectar, and fruit or on small animals such as birds, mice, lizards, and frogs. (continued on back)
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Original: My neighbor's children love playing hide-and-seek as all children do, but no one imagine that a game they played last week would be reported in the local newspaper. One afternoon, they were playing in the vacant lot down the corner. Young Paul, who is only five years old, found the perfect place to hide. His sister, Natalie, had shut her eyes and was counting to ten when Paul noticed the storage mail box at the corner and saw that the metal door was standing open. The mailman had just taken out several sacks of mail and had carried them to his truck which was standing at the curb a few feet away. Paul climbed into the storage box and pulled the door closed so hard that it locked. Soon realizing what he had done, he became frightened and started crying. Meanwhile, Natalie was looking for him everywhere but could not find him. It was lucky that she happened to pause at the corner for a minute and heard her brother's cries. She immediately ran to tell the mailman who hurried back from his truck to unlock the metal door. Paul was now free, but he had had such a bad scare that he could not stop crying. The mailman, however, soon found a way of making him laugh again. He told him that the next time he wanted to hide in a mail box, he should remember to put a stamp on himself! Summary: The children were playing hide-and-seek in a vacant lot one afternoon. Finding that the storage mailbox had been left open, Paul hid and locked himself in it accidentally. His sister, Natalie, heard his cries and realized where he was hiding, so she immediately told the mailman to unlock the metal door. After letting him out, the mailman made him stop crying by telling him to put a stamp on himself the next he wanted to hide in a mailbox. Original: Why do some animals die out? In the past two hundred years people have caused many kinds of animals to die out--to become extinct. People keep building houses and factories in fields and woods. As they spread over the land, they destroy animals' homes. If the animals can't find a place to live, they die out. Sixteen kinds of Hawaiian birds have become extinct for this reason. Other animals, such as the Florida Key deer, may soon die out because they are losing their homes.Hunters have caused some animals to become extinct, too. In the last century, hunters killed all the passenger pigeons in North America and most of the buffalos. Today they are fast killing off hawks and wolves. Pollution is killing many animals today, too. As rivers become polluted, fish are poisoned. Many die. Birds that eat the poisoned fish can't lay strong, healthy eggs. New birds aren’t born. So far, no animals have become extinct because of pollution. But some, such as the bald eagle and the brown pelican, have become rare and may die out. Scientists think that some animals become extinct because of changes in climate. The places where they live become hotter or cooler, drier or wetter. The food that they eat cannot grow there any more. If the animals can't learn to eat something else, they die. Dinosaurs may have died out for this reason. Summary:
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名利场读后感3则 名利场读后感3则 范文一: 长篇小说《名利场》是萨克雷的成名作和代表作。它以辛辣讽刺的手法，真实描绘了1810～1820年摄政王时期英国上流社会没落贵族和资产阶级暴发户等各色人物的丑恶嘴脸和弱肉强食、尔虞我诈的人际关系。 这部小说篇幅宏大，场面壮观，情节复杂，心理刻画深入，其尖锐泼辣的讽刺风格更为精彩。《名利场》是萨克雷的成名作品，也是他生平著作里最经得起时间考验的杰作，在英国现实主义小说的发展史上开辟了新的天地。 不得不承认，这个故事很现实。名利场里的人看不清，名利场外的人同样看不清。所有的人都渴望金钱，地位。一旦你拥有了其中的一样，其他人都会对你另眼相看。 都宾用一生的爱等到了他心爱的人，他的青春，他的年华献给了那个名利场中的可怜人。艾米利亚的单纯和爱戴给她半生的苦痛。然而结局是好的。作者不忍心让好人受苦吧，善良的人得到了幸福，在名利场中出入。那些贪婪的，自私的，愚蠢的，骄傲的，不择手段的人得到了应有的报应。把结局看了几遍。有点高兴，有点伤心。 这不只只是一部小说，这是一个社会的缩影。不光那时的英国，就是今天。谁又不是为名利二字所累呢？其余的一切都是建立在这个基础上的。当物质生活问题没有解决时，又有谁去追求一种纯洁的莫须有的理想呢？所以，大学生学习的目的成了工作，工作的目的是有
一份可以让人另眼看待的生活。当然，这没有错，我们都是命运手中的一颗棋子。算计着自己的身价，算计着该怎么样去抬高自己的身价。无奈啊，人们只会去崇拜，谈论那些光鲜的人物，你不去做，会有人去做的。 萨克雷认为： 小说的艺术是表现本质，即尽可能强烈地表达真实的情感。他的这种理论主张在他的成名作《名利场》中得到了极好的体现。故事发生在19世纪初。在写出《名利场》以前的十余年对于萨克雷来说基本上是一个准备阶段，在这个期间萨克雷对社会上各式各样上等人的观察越来越深入细致，艺术手法也日益成熟。《名利场》便是在这个基础上完成的现实主义的杰作。《名利场》里创造了比较丰满的人物形象，描写了社会生活的广阔画面，并通过人物命运的交织而对生活作了总的评价。 《名利场》通过情节的安排企图说明一切都是浮名浮利，他揭开了资本主义社会五光十色的繁荣外表，让人们看到它的本质。萨克雷自己说过，他在《名利场》里要写一群极端愚蠢自私的人，不顾一切地为非作歹而又热烈追求浮名浮利，同时，他又说，书中所描写的全是死亡、争吵、金钱和病痛。《名利场》并没有严密的故事结构，故事的内容基本上是由两个女主人公利蓓加与爱米丽亚的生活道路串联起来的。爱米丽亚是一位资产阶级小姐，而利蓓加则是个一无所有、在资本主义社会里浑水摸鱼的女人，通过这两个主人公的命运，萨克雷描绘出了当时上流社会中形形色色的众生相。 范文二:
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一篇英语summary范文英语Summary写第一步：阅读 A.认真阅读给定的原文材料。如果一遍不能理解，就多读两遍。阅读次数越多，你对原文的理解就越深刻。 B.给摘要起一个标题。用那些能概括文章主题思想的单词、短语或短句子作为标题。也可以采用文中的主题句作为标题。主题句往往出现在文章的开头或结尾。一个好标题有助于确定文章的中心思想。 C.现在，就该决定原文中哪些部分重要，哪些部分次重要了。对重要部分的主要观点进行概括。 D.简要地记下主要观点——主题、标题、细节等你认为对概括摘要重要的东西。 第二步：动手写作 A. 摘要应该只有原文的三分之一或四分之一长。因此首先数一下原文的字数，然后除以三，得到一个数字。摘要的字数可以少于这个数字，但是千万不能超过这个数字。
B. 摘要应全部用自己的话完成。不要引用原文的句子。 C. 应该遵循原文的逻辑顺序。这样你就不必重新组织观点、事实。 D. 摘要必须全面、清晰地表明原文所载的信息，以便你的读者不需翻阅原文就可以完全掌握材料的原意。 E. 写摘要时可以采用下列几种小技巧： 1) 删除细节。只保留主要观点。 2) 选择一至两个例子。原文中可能包括5个或更多的例子，你只需从中筛选一至二个例子。 3) 把长段的描述变成短小、简单的句子。如果材料中描述某人或某事用了十个句子，那么你只要把它们变成一两句即可。 4) 避免重复。在原文中，为了强调某个主题，可能会重复论证说明。但是这在摘要中是不能使用的。应该删除那些突出强调的重述句。
5) 压缩长的句子。如下列两例： “His courage in battle might without exaggeration be called lion-like.” 可以概括为：”He was very brave in battle.” “He was hard up for money and was being pressed by his creditor.”可以概括为：“He was in financial difficulties.” 6) 你还可以使用词组代替整句或者从句。请看下面的例子： “Beautiful mountains like Mount Tai, Lushan Mountain, and Mount Huang, were visited by only a few people in the past. Today, better wages, holidays with pay, new hotels on these mountains, and better train and bus services, have brought them within reach of many who never thought of visiting them ten years ago.”
名利场读后感(共9篇)
名利场读后感(共9篇) 高二年级读后感：读名利场后的心得 上流社会风雷动追名逐利几时休? ——英·萨克雷《名利场》读后感 我迫不及待地想要结束这个绵长厚实的故事，想要一窥尊贵的多宾少校的人生结局，看他是否在别处获得了应得的幸福;想要了解谎话连篇、机灵多变的丽贝卡是否恶有恶报，最终被印度文官约斯驱逐，归于流浪。至于那个天真可怜的阿米莉亚我并不关心她接下来过着什么样的生活，因为目前看来她的生活还挺不错，在小说里她已时来运转，重新过上贵族生活，金钱匮乏的时期于她一去不复返，无论何种处境在小说里关于她的戏份总是比较乏味，虽然作者在前面部分对他赞赏有加。 阅读《名利场》这部小说花了我两个多星期的时间，包括十几个夜晚和业余空闲时间。我是奔着这本吸引人的书名和萨克雷的名号而去的。我最早看的一部外国小说《简·爱》的作者夏洛蒂·勃朗特就曾直言尊崇萨克雷先生，此番我也借由此领略了他的小说之气度与风采。 且不谈小说关于十九世纪初英国上流社会事无巨细的描绘，对尊贵场面与名流宴饮的宏大叙事，也不谈小说描写的人物覆盖之广，上至欧洲各国皇室、达官贵人，中至发达商人及其亲属家眷，下至小摊小贩、佣人婢女的行为心理刻画，皆活灵活现、真实可触。作者光是对几位主要人物的塑造就能深入人心，造就世界小说人物画廊里的典型。几位主要人物形象皆立体丰满，血肉丰沛，故事绵长
完整，一波三折，趣味性与知识性并具。 军官多宾是作者塑造的正面人物形象之一，虽然作者并未故意划分，但事实就是如此。这位军官至始至终保持着诚实、勇敢、善良、虔诚的高尚品质，有过些许人生经历的人大概都知道一直保持诚实品质是罕有而不易的，可是我们这位尊贵的先生做到了，他虽然身为英国绅士，可是却值得冠以“东方君子”的美称，这是一位真正具有君子品格的男士，故事里几乎每个诚实而善良的人都热爱他。 多宾对天真善良的阿米莉亚一见钟情，他的钟情不只于相貌，更多的集中在对阿米莉亚善良品格和温柔性格的倾慕，两人还同为虔诚的基督教徒。多宾在彼此相识之后的十八年中以乔治·奥斯本(此时阿米莉亚为乔治的女友)最好朋友的身份为他俩提供尽可能多的帮助，这位可怜的人儿为心中那份羞涩的爱情做过很多疯狂的事情：在得知乔治变心、阿米莉亚父亲经商失败倾家荡产之后，竭尽全力说服乔治迎娶阿米莉亚，因为单纯的阿米莉亚只为乔治茶饭不思、神魂颠倒，多宾忍痛将心爱的人亲手送进别人的婚礼;在阿米莉亚家道中落乃至穷困潦倒后暗地里拿出大笔资金接济可怜的寡妇和她和乔治的孩子，为他们购买、寄送数不清的高贵礼物;他的朋友乔治·奥斯本在世时多宾没有动过一点歪念头，只是虔诚地希望他心爱的阿米莉亚物质充裕、心灵快乐。在乔治去世已久在十八年之后，在阿米莉亚一如既往地践踏他的好意和尊严的时候，他幡然醒悟：她对他从来只懂索取，而不考虑任何回报，十八年来一直如此残忍而自私。 可是我们的作者不知出于何种意图，在故事的结尾还是让这对善良的人儿走到了一起，多宾盼了十八年，终于遂愿取到了心爱的姑娘，虽然此时他已年届四十，她已为人母，儿子跨入大学殿堂。作者还安排阿米莉亚与多宾成婚，并有幸为他生了个女儿，从此他对女儿视若珍宝，宠爱至极。也许看到这样的结局我们读者应该感到欣慰，为多宾坎坷的命运而多一点庆幸，可是这样的安排似乎显得突兀而不够真实，终究我还是对阿米莉亚一直愚昧的虔诚与坚守表示不屑。她虽
英文Summary写作方法、范例及常用句式
摘要是对一篇文章的主题思想的简单陈述。它用最简洁的语言概括了原文的主题。写摘要主要包括三个步骤：（1）阅读；（2）写作；（3）修改成文。 第一步：阅读 A．认真阅读给定的原文材料。如果一遍不能理解，就多读两遍。阅读次数越多，你对原文的理解就越深刻。 B．给摘要起一个标题。用那些能概括文章主题思想的单词、短语或短句子作为标题。也可以采用文中的主题句作为标题。主题句往往出现在文章的开头或结尾。一个好标题有助于确定文章的中心思想。C．现在，就该决定原文中哪些部分重要，哪些部分次重要了。对重要部分的主要观点进行概括。 D．简要地记下主要观点——主题、标题、细节等你认为对概括摘要重要的东西。 第二步：动手写作 A. 摘要应该只有原文的三分之一或四分之一长。因此首先数一下原文的字数，然后除以三，得到一个数字。摘要的字数可以少于这个数字，但是千万不能超过这个数字。 B. 摘要应全部用自己的话完成。不要引用原文的句子。 C. 应该遵循原文的逻辑顺序。这样你就不必重新组织观点、事实。 D. 摘要必须全面、清晰地表明原文所载的信息，以便你的读者不需翻阅原文就可以完全掌握材料的原意。 1 / 19
E. 写摘要时可以采用下列几种小技巧： 1) 删除细节。只保留主要观点。 2) 选择一至两个例子。原文中可能包括5个或更多的例子，你只需从中筛选一至二个例子。 3) 把长段的描述变成短小、简单的句子。如果材料中描述某人或某事用了十个句子，那么你只要把它们变成一两句即可。 4) 避免重复。在原文中，为了强调某个主题，可能会重复论证说明。但是这在摘要中是不能使用的。应该删除那些突出强调的重述句。 5) 压缩长的句子。如下列两例： “His courage in battle might without exaggeration be called lion-like.” 可以概括为：”He was very brave in battle.” “He was hard up for money and was being pressed by his creditor.” 可以概括为：“He was in financial difficulties.” 6) 你还可以使用词组代替整句或者从句。请看下面的例子：“Beautiful mountains like Mount Tai, Lushan Mountain, and Mount Huang, were visited by only a few people in the past. Today, better wages, holidays with pay, new hotels on these mountains, and better train and bus services, have brought them within reach of many who never thought of visiting them ten years ago.” 2 / 19
Vanity Fair 名利场 简介 英文情节
The story opens at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies, where the principal protagonists Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley have just completed their studies and are preparing to depart for Amelia's house in Russell Square. Becky is portrayed as a strong-willed and cunning young woman determined to make her way in society, and Amelia Sedley as a good-natured, loveable, though simple-minded young girl. At Russell Square, Miss Sharp is introduced to the dashing and self-obsessed Captain George Osborne (to whom Amelia has been betrothed from a very young age) and to Amelia's brother Joseph Sedley, a clumsy and vainglorious but rich civil-servant fresh from the East India Company. Becky entices Sedley, hoping to marry him, but she fails because of warnings from Captain Osborne, Sedley's own native shyness, and his embarrassment over some foolish drunken behavior of his that Becky had witnessed at Vauxhall. With this, Becky Sharp says farewell to Sedley's family and enters the service of the crude and profligate baronet Sir Pitt Crawley, who has engaged her as a governess to his daughters. Her behaviour at Sir Pitt's house gains his favour, and after the premature death of his second wife, he proposes to her. However, he finds that she is already secretly married to his second son, Rawdon Crawley.
英文summary写作范例教学提纲
英文s u m m a r y写作范 例
Article Children Must be Taught to Tell Right from Wrong William Kilpatrick Many of today’s young people have a difficult time seeing any moral dimension (道德层面) to their actions. There are a number of reasons why that’s true, but none m ore prominent than a failed system of education that eschews (回避) teaching children the traditional moral values that bind Americans together as a society and a culture. That failed approach, called “decision-making,” was introduced in schools 25 years ago. It tells children to decide for themselves what is right and what is wrong. It replaced “character education. (品格教育)” Character education didn’t ask children to reinvent the moral wheel (浪费时间重新发明早已存在的道德标准); instead, it encouraged them to practice habits of courage, justice and self-control. In the 1940s, when a character education approach prevailed, teachers worried about students chewing gum; today they worry about robbery and rape. Decision-making curriculums pose thorny (棘手的) ethical dilemmas to students, leaving them with the impression that all morality is problematic and that all questions of right and wrong are in dispute. Youngsters are forced to question values and virtues they’ve never acquired in the first place or upon which they have only a tenuous (薄弱的) hold. The assumption behind this method is that students will arrive at good moral conclusions if only they are given the chance. But the actual result is moral confusion. For example, a recent national study of 1,700 sixth- to ninth-graders revealed that a majority of boys considered rape to be acceptable under certain conditions. Astoundingly, many of the girls agreed. This kind of moral illiteracy is further encouraged by values-education (价值观教育) programs that are little more than courses in self-esteem (自尊). These programs are based on the questionable assumption that a child who feels good about himself or herself won’t want to do anything wrong. But it is just as reasonable to make an opposite assumption: namely, that a child who has uncritical self-regard will conclude that he or she can’t do anything bad. Such naive self-acceptance results in large part from the non-directive (无指导性的), non-judgmental (无是非观的), as-long-as-you-feel-comfortable-with-your-choices mentality (思想) that has pervaded (渗透) public education for the last two and one-half decades. Many of today’s drug education, sex education and values-education courses are based on the same 1960s philosophy that helped fuel the explosion in teen drug use and sexual activity in the first place. Meanwhile, while educators are still fiddling with (胡乱摆弄) outdated “feel-good” approaches, New York, Washington, and Los Angeles are burning. Youngsters are leaving school believing that matters of right and wrong are always merely subjective. If you pass a stranger on the street and decide to murder him because you need money—if it feels right—you go with that feeling. Clearly, murder is not taught in our schools, but such a conclusion—just about any conclusion—can be reached and justified using the decision-making method. It is time to consign (寄出) the fads (风尚) of “decision-making” and “non-judgmentalism” to the ash heap of failed policies, and return to a proved method. Character education provides a much more realistic approach to moral formation. It is built on an understanding that we learn morality not by debating it but by practicing it.