不平静的坟墓读书报告-英文
英文读书报告BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Title of Book: Hero of History: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Live WireAuthor’s names: JANET& GEOFF BENGESummary: This book telling us the life story of Benjamin Franklin in time sequence, how he became a publisher, a writer, a philanthropist, a politician and a scientist, and how Franklin realized his "LIVED USEFULLY" target.S ummary of the person’s life:In January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born in boston. He was the fifteenth child of the family, and his father, Josiah Franklin wanted him to become a clergyman. But after two years studying at school, Ben went home to start making soap and candles with his father, then he fellow his brother James to run a print shop. This chance made Ben came into contact with many new books and new writers, so he began his self-study of the road. Soon, James began publishing the New England Courant, which woke Ben’s big interest to news up. He often wrote letters and shorts with fake names to contribute, after exposure, Ben was dissatisfied with the opposing from James, so he fled Boston. After a short break in New York, 17-year-old Ben arrived Philadelphia and got a job of a printer's assistant. Then Ben wrote a letter to my parents to tell them his situation and runaway reasons. This letter was seen by Governor Keith, he told Ben will give him some help but didn’t make good on the promise. Ben was caught in a dilemma in London, and he had to choose to stay and use all kinds of way to get money, including to be a swimming coach.At the age of 20, Franklin returned to Philadelphia, began his formal commercial road.In 1730, Ben and another apprentice started their own printing bussiness, publishing the first news paper Pennsylvania Gazette, then won a great success. After overcoming many difficulties, Benjamin Franklin finally became a real entrepreneur. In September 1, 1730, Ben and Debby held the wedding formally, and they lived together with the illegitimate child of Franklin named William. After marriage, Debby gave birth to two children, daughter Sara became their life happiness, and son Francis died at the age of 6, gave the couple forever pain. Franklin was also a extremely generous scientists who had many inventions(one of the most important one is the lightning rod), after he invented the high-efficiency heating stove, he refused to apply for a patent and said invention should serve the public interest. Seventeen forties, Franklin made a breakthrough on the electrical theory, in a summer night of 1752, Franklin and his son William let a kite fly to the sky.This experiment proved that lightning and electricity were the same thing and became his famous discovery.Excepting being a bussiness man, and a scientist, Benjamin Franklin also played a role in polity. But after a series of disputes with government, Ben ,who used to be a loyal English felt so disappointed to the government, turned to be a pure new American. Returning to philadelphia in 1775 at the start of the American revolution, franklin worked tirelessly for the cause of independence. Because of the urgent need of weapons, the United States decided to ask France for help, 70-year-old Ben left to France in the day the United States Congress passed the Declaration of Independence of, carried a body with lots of pain and illness. InApril 17, 1790, 11 at night, Benjamin Franklin passed away, finished his 84 springs, however, he made his dream come ture: LIVED USEFULLY.Benjamin Franklin appears on the 100 dollar bill(1988, 1996). He has a series of titled -- inventor, writer, publisher, scientists, diplomats, philosopher, enlightenment thinker.Franklin's biography is known to everyone, he had no prominent family background, but only rely on his own religious devotion, the emphasis on education, simplicity of life, and the indomitable struggle, finally, he got success in all areas, and there is a sentence to describe: he got lightning from the heaven, and got the civil rights from the tyrant.Summary Paragraph:After this book reading, I think I’ll recommend this book to my friends, from the part of studying English, this book can play a great role to teach us whatever the English words, phrases, expressions, or the most important thing: how to think in a English way, that what we really need to know. But, for myself, I am not very interested in this kind of books(biography or history one) so much, just personal preference, espeacially the parts of history and polity. And I got something from the book is: one person can do many things well, just according to how much hard working he wants to pay. And during a man’s life, there won’t be always good things, no pain, no gains, we will get the rinbow after storm. So, never stop your steps. Bibliography / Reference:Aldridge, Alfred Owen. Benjamin Franklin: Philosopher and Man.Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1965.Brands, H. W. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin.New York: Doubleday, 2000.Fleming, Candace. Ben Franklin’s Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman’s Life. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2003.Lopez, Claude-Anne, and Eugenia W. Herbert. The Private Franklin: The Man and His Family. New York: W. W. Norton, 1975.Meltzer, Milton. Benjamin Franklin: The New American. New York: Franklin Watts, 1988. Srodes, James. Frankliln: The Essential Founding Father.Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2002.Wright, Esmond. Franklin of Philadelphia.Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986.Yunkim, Wang Yongjing, 13S008247, Class20。
飘的读书报告英文版(共6篇)
篇一：飘英文读书报告tomorrow is a new dayreading on gone with the windanother day.gone with the wind has a very significant position in our society. we feel america is an incredible and strange country, but gone with the wind uncovers her too softhearted veil, making people see many things that dirty and glorious are coexisted. it also has a special significance to adolescents. this novel became famous overnight as soon as it published. this novel which reached a length of 1000 pages shocked american. the movie gone with the wind was adapted from this novel. the movie made the novel even more famous. it is quite worth reading.篇二：飘--读书报告(英文)book reportgone with the wind姓名：学号：班级：教授：book reporttitle: gone with the windauthor: margaret mitchellgenre: novelpublish place and time: aviation industry press first edition，fourth printing summary:gone with the wind was published in the usa in 1936 and was the only work of margaret mitchell in her life. margaret mitchell spent almost ten years finishing this works ,though she could not accept the reputation before she went to the heaven later, she won pulitzer prize in 1937 by gone with the wind…gone with the wind takes place in the southern united states in the state of georgia during the american civil war and the reconstruction era that followed the war. the novels unfolds against the background of rebellion in southern states, georgia among them, have declared their secession from the united states and formed the confederate states of america, after abraham lincoln was elected president with no ballots from ten southern states where slavery was legal. a dispute over states rights has arisen involving enslaved african people who were the source of manual labor on cotton plantations throughout the south. the story opens in april 1861 at the tara plantation, which is owned by a wealthy irish immigrant family, the oharas. gone with the wind was on the background that lincoln advocated emancipation of the black slaves, describing the life of scarlett ohara. when scarlett was 16,she loved ashley who was about to marry her cousin—melanie. after being suffered the refuse of ashley, scarlett married charlie quickly in order to revenge ashley and she set the date of her wedding for the day before ashley’s, in fact, ashley married on the first of may. but scarlett became a widow soon because of the civil war. the south was always retreating in defeat, and scarlett took melanie and melanie’s childto leave the dangerous city. facing the ruined tara, his abnormal father and her died mother; scarlett did not know what to do and how to do. after 5 years’ battle, the north defeated the south, at this time ashley following with the armyfrom battle came back to reunion with his wife and his son .they lost their house in the battle, so ashley with melanie and their son had to stay at tara and lived a tough life with scarlett. to our surprise, scarlett married frank—her young sister’s boyfriend. just for money, she married frank. unfortunately, frank was also died soon after their marriage. scarlett lost her arrogance and became easygoing. facing rhett’s propose marriage, she answered without hesitation. they had a beautiful and lovely girl; they put all of their love to their honey. although they had some unhappy trivial things, they still lived with each other. the misfortunate covered scarlett again, their daughter died from riding a horse. rhett suck into the sad gloom, he thought scarlett did not love him and she loved ashley as usual. at the same time, his daughter also left him, in this so-called family he found no love; he could not stay any minute, even a second! there was no reason for him to live with scarlett who did not love him, so he left scarlett and came back to his house in which he once lived. he just wanted to live a simple but happy life. scarlett found who she really loved was rhett, so she wanted to let rhett know the truth that she loved rhett so many years just she did not know, but she was not given the chance. scarlett seated herself in the house praying tomorrow is another day.review:篇三：飘读书报告安同巧 201214540311 12英语3班tomorrow is a new day------reading on gone with the windgone with the wind has a very significant position in our society. we feel america is an incredible and strange country, but gone with the wind uncovers her too softhearted veil, making people see many things that dirty and glorious are coexisted. it also has a special significance to adolescents. this novel became famous overnight as soon as it published. this novel which reached a length of 1000 pages shocked american. the movie gone with the wind was adapted from this novel. the movie made the novel even more famous. it is quite worth reading.篇四：《飘》读书报告襄樊学院计算机科学与技术专业王伟《飘》读书报告作者简介：美国女作家玛格丽特·米切尔，自1936年出版之日起，《飘》这部美国内战时期的罗曼史便打破了当时所有的出版记录。
AbookreportofaTaleoftwoCities2《双城记》英文读书报告
AbookreportofaTaleoftwoCities2《双城记》英文读书报告第一篇：A book report of a Tale of two Cities2《双城记》英文读书报告A book report of a Tale of two CitiesBy charles DickensA Tale of two Cities occupies a significant place in the canon of Charles Dickens’s works.The story set in Paris France and London England in 1757, Dr.Manette was sent to the Bastille because of a letter which denounced the crimes of the Marquis St.Evremonde.As there was no information about him that everybody thought he was dead.Two years later, his wife was dead for heart-broken and his daughter Lucie Manette was adopted by Jarvis Lorry, one of his friends.With 18 years past, Dr.Manette was released and reserved by his former servant De farge, a former domestic of Dr.Manette’s who had housed the doctor since his release.Meanwhile, Lucie Manette had grown up and as soon as she knew that her father was still alive she travelled to the French suburb of Saint Antoine.On the way to look for her father, she came across and fell in love with Charles Evremonde called Darnay.Actually, Darnay was Marquis St.Evremonde’s nephew but knew nothing about his family.Despite of hatred, Dr.Manette agreed to the marriage for the sake of his daughter’s happine ss.A thunder of revolution was on the way, Defarge’s hotel was the connection for all actions.His wife was eager to revenge and recorded the cruelty of the nobility in the scarf.In 1789, the Revolution finally broke out, when the Bastille was captured and the King was tried and put to death as well as many other aristocrats.Gabelle, an old servant of Darnay was in danger.And in order to rescue him,Darnay went to France.But when he arrived, the French Revolution was on going.He was arrested but saved by Dr.Manette as the revolutionaries treated Dr.Manette as a heroic.However, when a letter written by Doctor Manette 18 years ago unveiling Evremonde’s cruelty was found, he was rearrested.During this time, Dr.Manette tried to save Darnay, but he relapsed into a trance state and was unable to do anything.Through a series of coincidences, Carton discovered that one of the men who testified against Darnay at his trial several years earlier was working as a spy in France.Carton loved Lucie and determined to sacrifice himself to death to save Darnay.On the day of Darnay’s execution, Carton used his physical resemblance to Darnay and his ability to manipulate the spy to pull off the ultimate sacrifice.He managed to send Darnay out of the prison and into a waiting carriage that also included Dr.Manette, Lucie, and Mr.Lorry.He told no one of his plan, and not even the Manettes knew it.They were waiting in their carriage for Carton, fully expecting that he would join them and that they would leave France in a hurry.The rest of the family was in danger because of Madame Defarge, who wanted to denounce all of them.Actually the peasant that the Evremonde brothers murdered was her brother, and she wanted revenge against Darnay andhis entire family.The spy smuggled Darnay to the waiting carriage, and the family escaped France.Carton, however, went to the guillotine and died for Lucie, fulfilling his promise to her that he would die “to keep a life you love beside you.” Just before he died, he thought to himself that his final act was far better than anything else he had ever done.The story ended with the sacrifice of Carton for the sake of love which has impressed somany readers.And the Manette family managed to escape France and led a happy life.第二篇：双城记英文读书报告The Book Report ofA Tale of Two Cities英语08-5班 0808010504 王童心It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way Charles Dickens（1812～1870），one of the greatest novelist in England.I have read his A tale of two cities.And this is the beginning of the book.“A Tale of Two Cities”, one of Dickens’ works, is a well-known long story.And it has a great influence on the society at that time.When I saw the title at first, I thought it might tell something about the developing process of two cities, which might be no fun.However, after reading it , I found I had been wrong.It portrays a brutal, bloody and revengeful society as well as love and friendship.It happened before and after the Revolution in France.The ruthless and cruel landowners and noblemen exploited the miserable people who owned nothing, but these poor people worked for others day and night.Noblemen had the power that one word would doubtlessly send others to prison.As time passed by, the noise of the coming-up revolution storm in Paris was growing louder and louder.At last, it was on the fourteenth of July, 1789 that the revolution broke out.“The Bastille and its officers were in the hands of people, and the people wanted revenge andblood.” The true Freedom of France came.“The Guillotine, the new machine of death, cut off the heads of many, many people—not only the powerful and the cruel, but also the beautiful, the innocent, and the good.” Among the good, there was a man called Darney.Even though his father, wife and friends knew he was innocent, the people thought he was the enemy and would go to the Guillotine.In spite of a shadow of fear and hate here and there, we can also see the great and kind persons.I think the greatest person is Mr.Manette who had been a prisoner in the Bastille for eighteen years.What he suffered was difficult to imagine, but he was still kind and loved his daughter.He did his best to save his son-in-law, whose father and uncle were the men that had ever sent him to prison.Another great man is the lawyer, Sydney Carton, a friend of Darney.Before Darney went to Guillotine, Mr.Carton changed places with him and he said, “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever know.” Besides, the story is full of love, including the love between father and daughter, the love between husband and wife, the love among friends and so on.In short, only if you have love in your heart, the life is meaningful.At the same time, the revenge will run away with you, freedom and happiness will be around you.There is no doubt that Charles Dickens is one of the greatest writers in English.From this book, I see some true lives and moving stories from the old ages.I think you must feel the same as me that we don’t want to live in that condition.T o be frank, we all look forward to living in a peaceful and love situation.Though the present life has improved a lot, there are still wars in some places.All that we need is to solve the problems in peaceful ways instead of by force.So let’s work hard together in order to make our life much moremeaningful and happier, make our society more harmonious.第三篇：双城记英文读书报告The report of the A Tale of Two CitiesRecently, I read a tale of two cities.I think that it’s a good novel.First, I want to introduce the author of this book.His name is Charles Dickens, he is an outstanding writer.He is one of the greatest writers in the 19 century.However, he had a painful childhood.He was arrested when he was 10 years old due to household debt.He had only a few years of learning.So, in his early years, his works are more about the painful children.He criticized the black of capitalism and had the sympathy for the poor.Now, let me introduce this novel.The background of this book is the French revolution.Before the revolution, the young doctor.Manette witnessed the guilty of the French marquis.So he was arrested in the Bastille by the marquis.After two years, his wife died.His daughter Lucie was send to London by his friends Lorry and adopted by the Miss Pross who is a maidservant.After 18 years, he was released from the Bastille and was taken care by his old servant Defarge.His daughter wanted to take his father to London.In the travel, she met the son of the marquis Charles Darnay who hated the guilty of his father and uncle.Then they loved each other.And now, Charles Dannay’s father had died, so manette wanted to forget the painful memory and hoped his daughter happy.So he agreed with them.In 1789, France break the revolution.All of the marquises was send to the guillotine.Because the Darnay was a marquis.So the Defarge read the report which was written by the doctor.Then Dannay was sentenced to death.Now Carton who always hidden loved Lucie went to the prison and he pretended Dannay.So Dannay escaped the prison.And carton was killed.However Madame Defarge stillnot gave up.She wanted to killed Dannay’s wife Lucie and their young child;finally she was burned by the pross.After read this novel, let me know about the French revolution.I think the people who lived in that period were not lucky.The poor were very sad.They were too blindness.And I was moved the carton, he died for his love, and I like him very much.姓名:张喜华第四篇：双城记读书报告英文My Opinions About A Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two Cities was written by Charles Dickens, who was born in Portsmouth, England in 1812.As the second of eight children, Dickens had to go to work at the age of twelve to support his poor family, and he lived a difficult childhood.This troublesome time scarred him deeply and provided him with substantial material for such stories as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations.Though just accepted only little education, Dickens became a famous writer through his struggling self-learning and extremely hard work, and he was the representative writer of realism in the 19th century.Charles Dickens lived in the period of transition between feudalism and capitalism, when the industrial revolution originated in England swept through Europe.As large numbers of workers invaded into urban centers to earn a living, the bourgeois took advantages of the surplus of labor by keeping wages low.The poor thus remained poor, and often lived in a narrow and filthy e nvironment.Dickens’ writing depicted various directions about this society, and provided a keen, sympathetic chronicle of the plight of the urban poor.A Tale of Two Cities mainly about the great atrocities of French aristocrats compelled the poor citizens to resist violently.Doctor Manette spent eighteen years as a prisoner in Bastille because he intended to expose the atrocityafter learning thatMarquis Evrémonde killed a beautiful farmwife and her younger brother because of his brother’s lust.After Docto r Manette was free again, his daughter Lucie got married with Charles Darnay, Marquis Evrémonde’s nephew, but chose to live in England because he could not accept the cruel injustices of the French social system and the snobbish and cruel values of his unc le.However, Marquis Evrémonde continued his atrocities.After his crazy carriage crushed over a farmer’s little baby as if nothing happen, he was killed at night.A revolutionary storm was brewing.Mr.and Mrs.Defarge were the revolutionaries in the poor Saint Antoine section of Paris.They wanted to kill all French aristocrats, including Charles Darnay.Mr.Defarge used to be Doctor Manette’s servant, so he was kind to Manettes, while his wife’s heart burned with longing for revenge.At last, Charles Darnay was judged to death, But Sydney Carton, a lawyer who loved Lucie deeply, willing to die instead of Darnay, as they had similar appearance.From my personal point of view, the person A Tale of Two Cities described astounded me very much.Some of them were cruel, crazy and reasonless, while some of them were kind, moral and had own mind.Sydney Carton was the person I thought the most.He was a smart attorney, without his help, Mr.Stryver could not solve any cases.But he was lazy, alcoholic, and cared nothing and nobody, he even could not find any interests in his own life, it seems that he lived just for wasting life.But he loved Lucie deeply.Finally, hebecame a hero, because he sacrificed his life to save Darnay.I didn’t know why the author spent so many words to for m such a strange guy at frist, he used his life to love Lucie, after all.But now, I caught it.Perhaps the terrible Carton symbolized theterrible old France, and his change in the end shown that everything could change, including the old France, a new and fine society would replace the violence.Then, Charles Darnay.He was worthy of esteem or respect.He displayed great virtue in his rejection of his uncle, Marquis Evrémonde.Money and power meant nothing to him, if they came from exploitation and oppression.E ven though he had to inherit his uncle’s bequest, he left them to the poor and lived in London throught his own effort.When he realized that he must go back to Paris to help Gabelle, one of his servants, and make right the wrong his uncle had done, he acted without hesitation because he knew that was his duty.He even refused Carton’s help after he was judged to death.I thought, Charles Darnay was a shiny diamond in that cruel and violent society, and he was a hope, the hope of equality and peace.Third, Mrs.Defarge.How crazy this woman was.Nobody could stop her steps toward revenge, except the death.Although it said that wherever there is oppression, there is resistance, I didn’t agree with Mrs.Defarge totally.Her resistance was inhumane, insensible and endless.For just as the aristocracy’s oppression had made an oppressor Mrs.Defarge herself, so will her oppression, in turn, make oppressors her victims.In the end of the novel, her death by a bullet from her own gun.It shown theauthor’s belief that inordinate retaliated lust would destroy one own self.On the whole, A Tale of Two Cities is a successful novel.It shows us oppression and resistance, violence and terror, revolution and vengeance, love and friendship.I am lucky enough to live in the 21st century, when peace and development are pursued all along.Nowadays, there also are many problems and dissensions among this world, but violence does not the best wayproblems are solved.Violence just creates more problems, something every sensible person knows.What we need are talks and communication.The time A Tale of Two Cities mentions has gone, we should do enough preparation to adapt the coming age. 第五篇：双城记读书报告《双城记》读书报告《双城记》是十九世纪英国批判现实主义作家狄更斯的重要著作。
lost horizon 消失的地平线 读书报告
Book Report on Lost Horizon学生姓名王继新专业英语班级学号*********学院外国语学院The Introduction of the BookThe name of the book: Lost Horizon ---- by (U.K.) James HiltonThe press: The Chinese version: Yilin Press, 2012. The original edition: The Pocket Books, 1939.A brief introduction of the authorJames Hilton(1900-1954)was born in Leigh, Lancashire, England. He was an English novelist who wrote several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon(1933)and Goodbye, Mr.Chips(1934), Random Harvest(1941). The novel Lost Horizon won him the Hawthornden Prize in 1934. Hilton was perhaps influenced by the Tibetan travel articles of early travelers in Tibet whose writings were found in the British Library. He was married twice, but both marriages ended in divorce. He died in Long Beach, California, USA, from liver cancer.An introduction of the story1)The skills in writing the story: there were eleven chapters in the novel together with a prologue and an epilogue. Where the main story of the eleven chapters came from was explained in the prologue and epilogue, in which the author used the first person point of view, by the narrator as a neurologist. While the main plot was written in the third person point of view.2)The prologue: The neurologist and a novelist friend, Rutherford, were given dinner at Tempelhof, Berlin, by their old school-friend Wyland, a secretary at the British Embassy. During that time, they talked about the topic of Hugh Conway, a British consul in Afghanistan, who had disappeared under strange circumstances. Later in the evening, Rutherford revealed to the narrator that, after the disappearance, he discovered Conway in a French mission hospital in Chongqing, China, who had lost his memory. Later, Conway recovered his memory and told Rutherford his story in Shangri-La, a Utopian style place in Tibet. Rutherford wrote down Conway's story; he gave the manuscript to the neurologist, and that manuscript became the main plot of the novel that formed the next eleven chapters. After telling his story to the Rutherford, Conway left again. Three months later, a letter from Bangkok told Rutherford that Conway was about to set on a long journey ---- to the southwest. Maybe he was going to Shangri-La again.3)The main plot: In May 1931, India, 80 white residents of Baskul were being evacuated to Peshawar, owing to a revolution. In the airplane, there were four passengers: Conway, the British consul, aged 37; Mallinson, Conway’s young vice-consul,aged 24; an American, Barnard; and a British missionary; Miss Brinklow, a fundamentalist of L.M.S.. The plane is hijacked to Tibet. After a crash landing, the pilot died, after telling them to seek shelter at the nearby lamasery of Shangri-La. The four are taken there by a party directed by Chang, a lama at the lamasery who speaks English. In the front of the lamasery is, Karakal, meaning "Blue Moon", a mountain more than 28,000 feet high. Mallinson is keen to leave, but Chang politely putted him off. The other three eventually decided to stay in Shangri-La with their own purpose : Miss Brinklow, to teach the people the religious belief; Barnard, because his real name was Chalmers Bryant (a crime wanted by the police), and because he wanted to develop the gold-mines in the valley; and Conway, because he thought the life there suits him.A Manchu woman, Lo-Tsen, who looked very young, was at the lamasery. She did not speak English, but played the piano very well. Mallinson fell in love with her, as did Conway.The High Lama told Conway that the lamasery was constructed by a Catholic monk named Perrault from Luxembourg, in the early eighteenth century. The lamasery had since then been joined by others who found their way into the valley. If they stay in the Blue Moon Valley more than five years, their aging would be slower and live a very long life; if they then leave the valley, they would quickly change to be the appearance of their real age and even to die. Conway guessed correctly that the High Lama is Perrault, now nearly 260 years old.At the last time when they met, the High Lama revealed that he was finally dying, and that he wanted Conway to lead the lamasery. Meanwhile, Mallinson had arranged to leave the valley with Lo-Tsen. Convey thinks all the life during this time was a dream, and what the High Lama told him was a cheating, because Lo-Tsen should want to go out of the Blue Moon Valley, without fearing to die, then Lo-Tsen must be a young girl in fact but not a ninety-years old lady with a young appearance as High Lama told him. At last, he went out along with Mallinson and Lo-Tsen. This ended Rutherford's manuscript.4）The epilogue：The last time Rutherford saw Conway, it appeared he was preparing to make his way back to Shangri-La. Rutherford told the neurologist that he attempted to track Conway and verify some of his claims of Shangri-La but invain. Nobody knew anything about Shangri-La. He found the Chongqing doctor who had treated Conway. The doctor said Conway had been brought in by a Chinese woman who was ill and died soon after. She was very old, as the doctor had told Rutherford, "Most old of anyone I have ever seen", implying that she was Lo-Tsen, aged very soon by her leaving from Shangri-La.The motivation to read this bookOn the one hand, it was because of fame. As the most famous and successful work by James Hilton, Lost Horizon was filmed into movies several times. This book had a great influence to the generation between the two world war, who suffered a dark period of time due to the WWI and the Great Depression. Just like “the colony of chance-sought”in traditional Chinese literary, Hilton described Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, a western utopia where all the people who are despair with the capitalist society dreams of. Enclosed in the western end of the Kuen-Lun Mountains, Shangri-La has become a earthly paradise ---- a permanently happy land, isolated from the outside world. The success of Lost Horizon also reflected in commerce. “Shangri-La”has become a very famous commercial branch. And a county in Yunnan province, China, has changed its name into “Shangri-La” because of this book.On the other hand, it was because of its theme. James Hilton indicated a lot in this book. He explicitly noted that, there would be a worldwide crisis that would ruins the world. And having made war on the ground, human beings would have a war in space (“when they had filled the land and sea with ruin, they would take to the air”, P121), and all precious things were in danger of being lost, like the lost histories of Rome ("Lost books of Livy", P121). It hoped that, overlooked by the violent, Shangri-La would preserve them and reveal them later to a receptive world exhausted by war (“At the great distance, a new world string in the ruins, stirring clumsily but in hopefulness,seeking its lost and legendary treasures. And they will be here, hidden behind the mountains in the valley of Blue Moon, preserved as by miracle for a new Renaissance...”, P154). That was the real destiny of the lamasery; study, inner peace, and long life were merely side benefits to living there.A Review of the BookSome special features in expressionThere were so many applications of similar and beautiful description ofscenery about Tibetan plateau in this book. What’s more, there were also many sentences profound in meaning which can be used as mottoes. Taking examples as the follows:In description:1). Far away, at the very limit of distance, lay range upon range of snow-peaks, festooned with glaciers, and floating, in appearance, upon vast level of cloud.2). Then the whole range, much nearer now, paled into fresh splendor; a full moon rose, touching each peak in succession like some celestial lamp-lighter, until the long horizon glittered against a blue-black sky.3). The moon looked to have disappeared behind clouds, and starlight illumined a tremendous emptiness heaving with wind.In meaning:1). There are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen. The war was rather like that. One is fortunate if, as on this occasion, a touch of novelty seasons the unpleasantness.2). The idlest things could now be free from the curse of time-wasting, and the frailest dreams receive the welcome of the mind.3). To be gentle and patient, to care for the riches of the mind, to preside in wisdom and secrecy.---- said the High Lama.4).“We inculcate the virtue of avoiding excess of all kinds--even including, if you will pardon the paradox, excess of virtue itself.”---- said Mr.Chang5). Many religious are moderately true.6). To govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.7). If you had all the experiences I've had, you'd know that there are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do noting at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen.Analyses on this bookHilton molded his characters with the First World War, the Great Depression of the United States as the background. The appearance of the Chinese image in this novel do not rely on the reality of China, but the European imaginary world. Therefore, as far as I am concerned, there is a little prejudice in this novel.1. The European images1.1. ConwayConway was tall, deeply bronzed, with brown short hair and blue eyes. He seemed to be severe until he laughed, and then he looked boyish. He was certainly clever, and a rational thinker. Apart from being good at the languages, he’s got a sort of way with him in dealing with people. What most readers usually ignored in him was something quite negatively simple ---- a love of quietness, contemplation, and being alone. He represented the wisdom and ration and he was loved by most of the surrounding people. He was knowledgeable and and moderate naturally, which made him easily adapted to the life in Shangri-La. Meanwhile, laziness was also in his nature, though it was not quite obvious. He had lived in China for nearly a decade. Just because of his such character and experience, the High Lama regarded him as the best person to be the next high lama(“I place in your hands my son, the heritage and destiny of Shangri-La,”said High Lama, p151).1.2. Miss.BrinklowMiss.Brinklow was neither young nor pretty, but she was a helpful one in such difficulties. She was not humorous and a little bit stubborn ---- she was a Fundamentalist of L.M.S.(London Missionary Society), and she sincerely believed in the doctrine of Christ. Interesting in Shangri-L a’s culture and intending to introduce her belief there, she finally stayed in the Shangri-La to spread religious doctrine and didn’t go out with Conway. Undoubtedly, the author shaped Miss.Brinklow as a positive figure.1.3. The Chinese in the bookThere was a strange phenomenon in this novel: nearly all of the Chinese in Blue Moon Valley were the low class in the place of Chinese territory. On the contrary, the westerners composed the governing group, using their beliefs to make the common people fool, such as the doctrine of Shangri-La ---- “the exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom”(p136). Actually, there were truly classes in the Shangri-La. Otherwise, the lama Mr.Chang would not regard High Lama’s reception as the greatest honor. What’s more, there were little description of common Chinese people’s life. But many illustration of the western people’s great contribution to Shangri-La, for example, “In 1820, a Greek trader...”, “In 1822 three Spaniard...”, “Again, in 1830, there was a larger influx, two Germans, a Russian, an Englishman...”.By the main characters ---- Conway, and his fellows ---- the author showed great passion in Chinese culture. Particularly, Conway had lived in China nearly a decade. The author used the Chinese-style principle ---- moderation ---- over and over. Those reflected that Hilton tends to show the respect of Chinese culture, which was very precious in his time, when westerners lost their confidence of their own culture. They tried to seek a new culture to rescue them, just like Hilton’s attempt in this novel. However, it’s just because of that period of time, when China was invaded by foreign countries, which made westerners thought themselves as the supreme ethics. That is why there are much more descriptions of Westerners than Chinese.2. Chinese ImagesI found that the Chinese image has two meaning in most western literature: the first, it was an image that westerners regards “the East” as weak and degenerate. The second, the westerners regarded “the East” as a Utopian world they dreamed of, especially when their culture comes to its waste land.Hundreds of years ago, when Chinese beautiful silk and porcelain traded to the West, they were taken by surprise. They naively assumed that China was a beautiful and rich paradise, the West still preserved their dreams on these colonies. However, in the recent century, the West invaded and conquered the eastern countries that were backward and wild in their eyes.An anecdote about this bookThe book, published in 1933, caught the notice of the public only after Hilton's Goodbye, Mr. Chips was published in 1934. Lost Horizon became a huge popular success and in 1939 was published in paperback form. Because of its number-one position in the best-seller list of pocket editions, Lost Horizon was often mistakenly called the first American paperback book. Actually, what made it Pocket Books No. 1 was that it had the distinction of being the first "mass-market" paperback. "Mass-market" paperbacks allowed people of low income not just to own books, otherwise they might not have been able to afford, it also made it possible for them to slip the paperback into their pocket for casual reading in every where, then called "Pocket Book." By the 1960s, it was Pocket Books alone that had sold several million copies of "Lost Horizon", helping to make it one of the best-loved and most enduring novels of the 20th Century.ConclusionI could feel the Shangri-La in the novel was the place as the mixture of western ideology and eastern culture. On the one hand, the Tibetan plateau had rich culture and natural resources. The people in the Moon Valley lived in an honest, peaceful and simple lives. Those were the real reflection of the eastern culture. On the other hand, western people in the lamasery were living an advanced life. They could enjoy the system of supply heating and bath. However, they had to endure the negative of this sort of advanced society, it did great damage to many kinds of original things, including human’s inner peace. I think the Shangri-La is the place longed to live. If people lived in such an imaginary earthly paradise, they would not only enjoy the advanced living standard, but also free from their soul.成绩：评语：。
读书报告The Shawshank Redemption
15107 1501214011 徐文莉This month I did not read any English novel, so I am going to write something about an English movie called The Shawshank Redemption.I felt sorry I watched this movie so late although many people have ever recommended it to me strongly.The story begins with the trial of a young banker called Andy, who victimi zed by circumstantial evidence and was put into the Shawshank prison. At first, he was silent until he asked Red to procure a rock hammer and later a large poster of Rita Hayworth for him. He works in the prison laundry and is regularly assaulted by "the Sisters" and their leader, Bogs.Once by chance Andy overhears the captain of the guards, Byron Hadley, complaining about being taxed on an inheritance, and offers to help him legally shelter the money as long as the guards promises to offer some beers to his fellows. Then he begins to help many of these people, including the warden, to escape taxes and shelter dark money. Therefore, he got the protection and was no longer assaulted by “the Sisters”.Several years later, the elderly inmate Brooks is paroled, but he cannot adjust to the outside world after fifty years in prison and commits suicide by hanging himself. Then it comes to one of the classic dialogue “These walls a re interesting. First, you hate them, then you get used to them. Enough time passes, you depend on them. That’s institutionalizing.” I was surprised to find that our schools are just like those walls. When we are in schools, we complainabout the rules and conventions. Gradually, we find our proper places. At last, when we leave the place which we scold for a hundred times, we actually feel sad for the leaving.We are all caged birds.There is another scene which impressed me a lot. One day, Andy receives a library donation that includes a recording of The Marriage of Figaro. He plays it over the public-address system, resulting in him receiving solitary confinement. He was so brave that when the warden stood outside the door shouting at him to turn off the music, he turned it up. It was amazing. I think maybe I wouldn’t even play the music at the first place, not even to say turn it up when the power was just in front of me. He is obviously a unique man.Finally, Andy managed to escape from the prison. He spent 20 years getting through the wall by using that incredibly small hammer. When Andy got out of the prison, he extended his arms in front of him in the heavy rain as if he were welcoming the fresh air of the freedom. At that moment, I saw the faith win the darkness and his eyes filled with bright light.As the dialogue goes “Some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright.”Hope is a good thing, maybe the best thing of life.。
牛津书虫4级 2.不平静的坟墓
不平静的坟墓画作几年来，威廉斯先生一直在牛津大学博物馆工作，为该馆不断地增加其本已出名的有关英国乡村住房和教堂方面绘画作品的收藏。
收集有关住房和教堂的绘画作品本无任何惊人之处，可威廉斯先生却发现即使是这样一项很平静的工作也有其意想不到之处。
他从伦敦J．W．布里耐尔先生的商店为博物馆买入大量绘画作品。
布里耐尔先生一年两次为其所有的老主顾们寄上一份作品目录。
这样，这些老主顾们便能够选择一下他们想看看哪些作品，然后决定是否购买。
1895年2月威廉斯先生接到了布里耐尔先生寄来的目录和下面这封信：亲爱的先生：我想您可能对我们目录中的第978号作品感兴趣，如果您希望，我很乐意给您寄上。
J．W．布里耐尔威廉斯先生翻到目录中的第978号，发现了下面的说明：第978号，作者不详，画面为一座19世纪早期英国乡村住房，长40厘米，宽25厘米，售价20英镑。
这幅画似乎没多大意思，而且价格似乎也偏高。
可威廉斯先生还是在要求市里耐尔先生寄给他的画里加上了它。
一个周六的下午这些作品被送到了博物馆，这时威廉斯先生刚离开。
于是这些画又被转到他在学院的住所，以便周末就能让他看到。
威廉斯先生和朋友宾克斯先生进屋喝茶时发现了桌子上的那些画。
第978号作品画的是一座乡村大住房的正面。
房子有三排窗户，门在底部那排的中间。
住房的两侧是树，前面有一大块草地，画的一角写着A．W．F．几个字母。
威廉斯先生觉得这幅画画得不怎么样，可能出自业余画家之手，他不明白为什么布里耐尔先生觉得它值20英镑。
他把画翻过来发现后面有张纸，上面写着个不完整的名字。
他能看到的只有两行字的结尾，第一行为“——宁利府”，第二行为“——塞克斯”。
威廉斯先生想看看周一上午把画寄回之前能不能在自己的某本旅行指南中找到这座房子的名字，他觉得这样做挺有意思的。
他把画放在桌子上，这时天渐渐黑了，于是他点上灯，沏上了茶。
他们喝着茶，他的朋友拿起那幅画看着问道：“威廉斯，这座房子在哪儿？”“我正想查找一下呢，”威廉斯先生说着从书架上取下一本书。
书虫系列丛书《不平静的坟墓》、《织工马南》读后感
The feelings of《The Unquiet Grave》The book I have read during the winter vacation was The Unquiet Grave, written by M.R.James, who was famous for writing scary stories and was respected by millions and millions readers.The book The Unquiet Grave contains five parts, and each part in this book tells us a scary story. It has no relationships in the content of each article, but all of the stories’setting are totally the same—they all happened in Cambridge University, each of them were connected by a corpse which was resurge strangely, frightening the life out of the role of each chapter, causing a great many troublesome problems.I was so impressed by the first two scary stories. Mr. Williams received the painting that he was so interested in. after finishing writing a letter one night, Mr. Williams occasionally found a figure was in the middle of the lawn in the expensive painting, crawling on hands and knees, moving towards to the unknown house. The next day, Mr. Williams invited his friends Nisbet to come and discuss the mystery about the “unpleasant figure”. Luckily, Mr. Williams found the details about the unknown house—actually, it was a church named Anningly; and knew a little about the mystery of the Francis Family who were living there in twelfth-century. With the help of Doctor Green, Mr. Williams went a step further knowing the history of the Francis Family. Now, the “unpleasant figure” was in the museum, even though visitors now watched it so carefully.The second story was happened in an inn in Suffolk years ago. A young man named Thomson, coming here and searching peaceful surroundings for reading. One day, he wanted to goto the four rooms next to the room Mr. Thomson lived. When he came to the first room, he became nervous. It was something in the bed that was moving and shaking. And he was sure it could not be a rat because the figure of a person under the blanket was so clear, the shape of the head, the body…. Before he left the inn, he lied to the owner of the inn in order to have a chance to go upstairs to check out what it was on earth in the next room. When he opened the door, he found it was only a scarecrow, but it was no longer an amusement, the scarecrow could shake his head himself, moving on the floor freely…. Later, Mr. Betts told Mr. Thomson the truth. At the same time, I knew it also.It is really a good book, not only its content, but also the author’s thought in the book. I have ever said, “An excellent book is that can bring readers into the scenes of the story, and makes reader thinks a lot.” I think it can not only teach us a lot, but it will let us know what scary story is. I am certain I will be like Professor Parkins, seeing a scarecrow in a field late on a winter will make me sleepless for a whole week, or a month.The feelings of 《Silas Marner》George Eliot was one of the most famous novelists in Britain. Silas Marner is one of her most admired and loved works, in which she remind us to cherish the most valuable thing in the world –love. Though it was a short story about a linen weaver and an orphan Eppie , it is popular and moving.In the early years of the nineteenth century, the numbers of linen weavers in the English countryside was increasingly growing .The weavers were weak, pale, and hunchbacked because of years of hard work, so the villages all regarded them as wireds. Living in loneliness and quietness, Marner worked day and night at his loom in a lonely cottage near the village of Raveloe. Marner’s past was full of sadness. Once he lived in Raveloe and belonged to a religious group. His best friend, William, who he trusted most, framed a case against Marner and at last he was driven out of Raveloe. Low in spirit, he didn’t trust his friends any more, and shut himself away in his cottage, starting to live in a dark world.Once a person lost his belief in something that he trusted very much before, he had to find another thing that he could believe in to support his mental life .As he spent more time in working, he earned more and more gold coins. Gradually his gold became his reason for living, almost religion. He treasured them so much not because his was greedy about money, but he was so lonely that he could only regard money as his friends. He was rich ,but he had never shown it off in front of others or do some bad deeds by using his gold, which reflected that in fact he had a kind heart .The Squire Cass was the most important and rich person in Raveloe, who had two sons—Dustan and Godfrey. Godfrey fall in love with Molly and was cajoled by Dunstan intomarrying her .It was not long before he found he didn’t love Molly at all and regretted marrying her. He was afraid to tell his father about this matter because Squire Cass would be angry and disinherit him and for the purpose of keeping it a secret he had to give money to Dunstan, who was always asking for money from others. One day when he passed by the house of Marner, his greed caused him to steal the gold coins .Then he disappeared in the village. At that time, Slias didn’t know his fate began to change. In The days after his gold was stolen, he had nothing to forward to because the only thing that made his life worth living had gone. But one night, he found a gift that god sent him near his house --a little girl. Her mother happened to be Molly, who was Godfrey’s first wife. No one knew the parents of the baby and Godfrey couldn’t bring himself to say the truth, so she became an orphan. Considering she would be as lonely as him, Silas felt sympathy about her, and decided to adopt her. He named her Eppie .from that time on, he had been living a totally different life. When he had another reason for living, his days became happy and full. At last, it turned out to be that it was Dunstan who stolen the money, but Marner didn’t care, for he had found the real gold in his life—love. Eppie’s real parents went to her and promised her a lot of money, she refused to leave Silas to live a more comfortable life,which gave all of them a big surprise .It was a world mastered by love not by money.。
不平静的坟墓中英文对照
Chapter 1 Casting the Runes15th April 1902Dear Mr KarswellI am turning your paper on 'The Truth of Alchemy'，which you have kindly offered to read at our next club meeting．Unfortunately，we do not feel able to accept your offer．W．Gayton，Secretary18th April 1902Dear Mr KarswellI am afraid that I am not able to arrange a meeting with you to discuss your offer to read a paper on alchemy．However，the club considered your offer most carefully，and we did not refuse it until we had asked for the opinion of an expert in these matters．W．Gayton，Secretary20th April 1902The Secretary writes to inform Mr Karswell that it is impossible for him to give the name of any person or persons who were asked for an opinion on Mr Karswell's paper on alchemy．The Secretary also wishes to say that he cannot reply to any further letters on this matter．'And who is Mr Karswell？'asked the Secretary's wife．She had called at his office and had just picked up and read the last of these letters．'Well，my dear，'replied her husband，'just at present Mr Karswell is a very angry man．All I know abut him is that he's rich，lives at Lufford Abbey in Warwickshire，and considers himself to be an alchemist．And I don't want to meet him for the next week or two．Now，shall we go？''What have you been doing to make him angry？'asked the Secretary's wife．'The usual thing，my dear．He sent us a paper which he wanted to read at our next meeting．We showed it to Edward Dunning—almost the only man in England who knows about these things—and he said it was no good，so we refused it.Now Karswell wants to see me about it and to find out whose opinion we asked for．Well，you've seen my reply to that．Of course，you mustn't say anything about it to anyone．''You know very well that I would never do a thing like that．Indeed，I hope he doesn't discover that it was poor Mr Dunning．''Why do you say“poor”Mr Dunning？'said the Secretary．'He's a very happy man and quite rich，I believe．Hehas a comfortable home and plenty of time to spend on his hobbies．''I only meant that I would be sorry for him if Mr Karswell discovered his name and made trouble for him．''Oh yes！He would be poor Mr Dunning then，'agreed her husband．The Secretary and his wife were lunching with friends that day，a Mr and Mrs Bennett，who came from Warwickshire．Mrs Gayton decided to ask them if they knew Mr Karswell．However，before she could do so，Mrs Bennett said to her hus－band：'I saw Mr Karswell this morning．He was coming out of the British Museum as I was driving past．''Did you really？'said her husband．'I wonder what brings him up to London．''Is he a friend of yours？'asked the Secretary，smiling at his wife．'Oh no！'said Mr and Mrs Bennett together．'He's one of our neighbours in Warwickshire，'explained Mrs Bennett，'but he's not at all popular．Nobody knows what he does with his time and they say he believes in all kinds of strange and unpleasant things．If he thinks you have been impolite to him，he never forgets it，and he never does anything kind for his neighbours．''But，my dear，'said her husband，'you're forgetting the Christmas party he gave for the children．''Oh no，I'm not，'replied his wife．'That's a good exam－ple of what I mean．'She turned to the Secretary and his wife．'The first winter he was at Lufford this horrible man invited all the village children to a Christmas party at his house．He said that he had some of these new moving pictures to show them．Everyone was rather surprised because they thought hat he didn't like children；he used to be very angry if any of the village children came on to his land．However，the children all went and a friend of ours，Mr Farrer，went with them to see that everything was all right．''And was it？'asked the Secretary．'Indeed it was not！'replied Mrs Bennett．'Our friend said it was obvious that Mr Karswell wanted to frighten the children to death，and he very nearly did so．The first film was “Red Riding Hood”，and the wolf was so terrible that several of the smaller children had to leave the room．The other films were more and more frightening．At the end Mr Karswell showed a film of a little boy in the park surrounding Lufford Abbey—every child in the room could recognize the place．There was a horrible creature in white following the little boy．At first you could see it hiding in the trees，then it became clearer and clearer and at last it caught the little boy and pulled him to pieces．Our friend said that it gave him some very bad dreams，so you can imagine how the children felt．Of course，this was too much and Mr Farrer told Karswell that he must stop it．All Mr Karswell said was：“Oh！The dear children want to go home to bed，do they？Very well，just one last picture．”'And then he showed a short film of horrible creatures with wings and lots of legs．They seemed to be crawling out of the picture to get among the children．Of course，the children were terribly frightened and they all startedscreaming and running out of the room．Some of them were quite badly hurt because they were all trying to get out of the room at the same time．There was the most awful trouble in the village after- wards．Several of the fathers wanted to go to Lufford Abbey and break all the windows，but the gates were locked when they got there．So you see why Mr Karswell is not one of our friends．''Yes，'agreed her husband．'I think Karswell is a very dangerous man．I feel sorry for anyone who makes an enemy of him．''Is he the man，'asked the Secretary，'who wrote a History of Witchcraft about ten years ago？''Yes，that's the man，'replied Mr Bennett．'Do you re- member what the newspaers said about it？''Yes，I do，'said the Secretary．'They all said that it was a really bad book．In fact，I knew the man who wrote the sharpest report of them all．So did you，of course．You re- member John Harrington？He was at Cambridge with us．''Oh，very well indeed．But I had heard nothing of him between the time we left university and the day I read about his accident in the newspaper．''What happened to him？'asked one of the ladies．'It was very strange，'said Mr Bennett．'He fell out of a tree and broke his neck．The mystery was why he had climbed the tree in the first place．There he was，an ordinary man walking home along a country road late one evening，and suddenly he began to run as fast as he could．Finally he climbed up a tree beside the road；a dead branch broke，he fell and was killed．When they found him the next morning，he had a terrible expression of fear on his face．It was quite clear that he had been chased by something and people talked about mad dogs and so on，but no one ever found the answer．That was in 1889 and ever since then his brother，Henry，who was also at Cambridge with us，has been trying to find out the truth of what happened．He thinks that someone wanted to harm his brother but，of course，he has never been able to prove anything．'After a pause Mr Bennett asked the Secretary，'Did you ever read Karswell's History of Witchcraft？''Yes，I did，'said the Secretary．'And was it as bad as Harrington said？''Oh yes．It was badly written but what it said was very bad too，although Karswell seemed to believe every word of what he was saying．''I didn't read the book but I remember what Harrington wrote about it，'said Mr Bennett．'If anyone wrote like that about one of my books，I would never write another，I'm sure．''I don't think Karswell feels the same way，'replied the Secretary．'But it's half past three；we must go．Thank you for an excellent lunch．'On the way home Mrs Gayton said，'I hope that horrible man Karswell doesn't discover that it was Mr Dunningwho said his paper was no good．''I don't think he's likely to do that，'replied her husband．'Dunning won't tell him and neither shall I．The only way Karswell might find out is by asking the people at the British Museum Library for the name of anyone who studies all their old books about alchemy．Let's hope he won't think of that．'But Mr Karswell was a very clever man．One evening，later in the same week，Mr Edward Dunning was returning from the British Museum Library，where he had been working all day，to his comfortable home．He lived alone there，except for the two women who cooked and cleaned for him．A train took him most of the way home，then he caught a bus for the last mile or two．He had finished reading his newspaper by the time he got on the bus so he amused himself by reading the different notices on the windows opposite him．He already knew most of them quite well，but there seemed to be a new one in the corner that he had not seen before．It was yellow with blue letters，and all he could read was the name 'John Harrington'．Soon the bus was nearly empty and he changed his seat so that he could read the rest of it．It said：REMEMBER JOHN HARRINGTON OF THE LAURELS，ASHBROOKE，WARWICKSHIRE，WHO DIED 18TH SEPTEMBER 1889．HE WAS AL- LOWED THREE MONTHS．Mr Dunning stared at this notice for a long time．He was the only passenger on the bus when it reached his stop，and as he was getting off，he said to the driver，'I was looking at that new notice on the window，the blue and yellow one．It's rather strange，isn't it？''Which one is that，sir？asked the driver．'I don't think I know it．''why，this one here，'said Mr Dunning，turning to point to it．Then he suddenly stopped—the window was now quite clear．The blue and yellow notice，with its strange message，had completely disappeared．'But I'm sure…'Mr Dunning began，staring at the window．Then he turned back to the driver．'I'm sorry．Perhaps I imagined it，'he said．He hurried off the bus and walked home，feeling rather worried．The notice had been there on the window；he was sure of it．But what possible explanation could there be for its disappearing like that？The following afternoon Mr Dunning was walking from the British Museum to the station when he saw，some way ahead of him，a man holding some leaflets，ready to give to people as they passed．However，Mr Dunning did not see him give any- one a leaflet until he himself reached the place．One was pushed into his hand as he passed．The man's hand touched his，and gave Mr Dunning an unpleasant surprise．The hand seemed unnaturally rough and hot．As Mr Dunning walked on，he looked quickly at the leaflet and noticed the name Harrington．He stopped in alarm，and felt in his pocket for his glasses，but in that second someone took the leaflet out of his hand．He turned quickly—but whoever it was had disappeared，and so had the man with the leaflets．The next day in the British Museum he was arranging his papers on the desk when he thought he heard his own name whispered behind him．He turned round hurriedly，knocking some of his papers on to the floor，but saw no one he recognized．He picked up his papers and was beginning to work when a large man at the table behind him，who was just getting up to leave，touched him on the shoulder．'May I give you these？'he said，holding out a number of papers．'I think they must be yours．''Yes，they are mine．Thank you，'said Mr Dunning．A moment later the man had left the room．Later，Mr Dunning asked the librarian if he knew the large man's name．'Oh yes．that's Mr Karswell，'said the librarian．'In fact，he asked me the other day who were the experts on alchemy，so I told him that you were the only one in the country．I'll introduce you if you like；I'm sure he'd like to meet you．''No，no，please don't，'said Dunning．'He is someone I would very much prefer to avoid．'On the way home from the museum Mr Dunning felt strangely unwell．Usually he looked forward to an evening spent alone with his books，but now he wanted to be with other people．Unfortunately，the train and the bus were unusually empty．When he reached his house，he was surprised to find the doctor waiting for him．'I'm sorry，Dunning，'said the doctor．'I'm afraid I've had to send both your servants to hospital．''Oh dear！'said Mr Dunning．'What's the matter with them？''They told me they'd bought some fish for their lunch from a man who came to the door，and it has made them quite ill．''I'm very sorry to hear that，'said Mr Dunning．'It's strange，'said the doctor．'I've spoken to the neighbours and no one else has seen anyone selling fish．Now，don't worry．They're not seriously ill，but I'm afraid they won't be home for two or three days．Why don't you come and have dinner with me this evening？Eight o'clock．You know where I live．'Mr Dunning enjoyed his evening with the doctor and re- turned to his lonely house at half past eleven．He had got into bed and was almost asleep when he heard quite clearly the sound of his study door opening downstairs．Alarmed，he got out of bed，went to the top of the stairs，and listened．There were no sounds of movements or footsteps，but he suddenly felt warm，even hot，air round his legs．He went back and decided to lock himself into his room，and then suddenly，the electric lights all went out．He put out his hand to find the matches on the table beside the bed—and touched a mouth，with teeth and with hair around it，and not，he said later，the mouth of a human being．In less than a second he was in an- other room and had locked the door．And there he spent a miserable night，in the dark，expecting every moment to hear something trying to open the door．But nothing came．When it grew light，he went nervously back into his bed- room and searched it．Everything was in its usual place．He searched the whole house，but found nothing．It was a miserable day for Mr Dunning．He did not want to go to the British Museum in case he met Karswell，and he did not feel comfortable in the empty house．He spent half an hour at the hospital where he found that the two women were feeling much better．Then he decided to go to the Club for lunch．There，he was very glad to find his friend the Secretary and they had lunch together．He told Gayton that his servants were in hospital，but he was unwilling to speak of his other problems．'You poor man，'said the Secretary．'We can't leave you alone with no one to cook your meals．You must come and stay with us．My wife and I will be delighted to have you．Go home after lunch and bring your things to my house this after- noon．No，I won't let you refuse．'In fact，Mr Dunning was very happy to accept his friend's invitation．The idea of spending another night alone in his house was alarming him more and more．At dinner that evening Mr Dunning looked so unwell that the Gaytons felt sorry for him and tried to make him forget his troubles．But later，when the two men were alone，Dunning became very quiet again．Suddenly he said：'Gayton，I think that man Karswell knows that I was the person who advised you to refuse his paper．'Gayton looked surprised．'What makes you think that？'he asked．So Dunning explained．'I don't really mind，'he continued，'but I believe that he's not a very nice person and it could be difficult if we met．'After this Dunning sat in silence，looking more and more miserable．At last Gayton asked him if some serious trouble was worrying him．'Oh！I'm so glad you asked，'said Dunning．'I feel I really must talk to someone about it．Do you know anything about a man named John Harrington？'Very surprised，Gayton could only ask why he wanted to know．Then Dunning told him the whole story of the notice in the bus，the man with the leaflets，and what had happened in his own house．He ended by asking again if Gayton knew any- thing about John Harrington．Now it was the Secretary who was worried and did not quite know how to answer．His friend was clearly in a very nervous condition，and the story of Harrington's death was alarming for anyone to hear．Was it possible that Karswell was involved with both men？In the end Gayton said only that he had known Harrington at Cambridge and believed that he had died suddenly in 1889．He added a few details about the man and his books．Later，when they were alone，the Secretary discussed the matter with his wife．Mrs Gayton said immediately that Karswell must be the link between the two men，and she won- dered if Harrington's brother，Henry，could perhaps help Mr Dunning．She would ask the Bennetts where Henry Harrington lived，and then bring the two men together．When they met，the first thing Dunning told Henry Harrington was of the strange ways in which he had learnthis brother's name．He described his other recent experiences and asked Harrington what he remembered about his brother be- fore he died．John was in a very strange condition for some time before his death，it's true，replied Henry Harrington．Among other things，he felt that someone was following him all the time．I'm sure that someone was trying to harm him，and your story reminds me very much of the things he experienced．Could there be any link between you and my brother，do you think？''Well，'replied Dunning，there is just one thing．I'm told that your brother wrote some very hard things about a book not long before he died and，as it happens，I too have done something to annoy the man who wrote that book．''Don't tell me his name is Karswell，'said Harrington．'Why yes，it is，'replied Dunning．Henry Harrington looked very serious．'Well，that is the final proof I needed，'he said．'Let me explain．I believe that my brother John was sure that this man Karswell was trying to harm him．Now，John was very fond of music．He often went to concerts in London，and always kept the concert programmes afterwards．About three months before he died，he came back from a concert and showed me the programme．'“I nearly missed this one，”he said．“I couldn't find mine at the end of the concert and was looking everywhere for it. Then my neighbour offered me his，saying that he didn't need it any more．I don't know who he was—he was a very large man．”'Soon after this my brother told me that he felt very uncomfortable at night．Then，one evening，he was looking through all his concert programmes when he found something strange in the programme that his large neighbour had given him．It was a thin piece of paper with some writing on it—not normal writing．It looked to me more like Runic letters in red and black．Well，we were looking at this and wondering how to give it back to its owner when the door opened and the wind blew the paper into the fire．It was burnt in a moment．'Mr Dunning sat silent as Harrington paused．'Now，'he continued，'I don't know if you ever read that book of Karswell's，The History of Witchcraft，which my brother said was so badly written．'Dunning shook his head．'Well，'Harrington went on，'after my brother died I read some of it．The book was indeed badly written and a lot of it was rubbish，but one bit caught my eye．It was about “Casting the Runes”on people in order to harm them，and I'm sure that Karswell was writing from personal experience．I won't tell you all the details，but I'm certain that the large man at the concert was Karswell，and that the paper he gave my brother caused his death．Now，I must ask you if anything similar has happened to you．'Dunning told him what had happened in the British Museum．'So Karswell did actually pass you some papers？'said Harrington．'Have you checked them？No？Well，I think we should do so at once，if you agree．'They went round to Dunning's empty house where his papers were lying on the table．As he picked them up，a thin piece of paper fell to the ground．A sudden wind blew it to- wards the open window，but Harrington closed the window just in time to stop the paper escaping．He caught the paper in his hand．'I thought so，'he said．'It looks just like the one my brother was given．I think you're in great danger，Dunning．'The two men discussed the problem for a long time．The paper was covered in Runic letters which they could not under- stand，but both men felt certain that the message，whatever it was，could bring unknown horrors to its owner．They agreed that the paper must be returned to Karswell，and that the only safe and sure way was to give it to him in person and see that he accepted it．This would be difficult since Karswell knew what Dunning looked like．'I can grow a beard，'said Dunning，'so that he won't recognize me．But who knows when the end will come？''I think I know，'said Harrington．'The concert where my brother was given the paper was on June 18th，and he died on September 18th，three months later．''Perhaps it will be the same for me，'Dunning said miserably．He looked in his diary．'Yes，April 23rd was the day in the Museum—that brings me to July 23rd．Now，Harrington，I would very much like to know anything you can tell me about your brother's trouble．''The thing that worried him most，'said Harrington，'was the feeling that whenever he was alone，someone was watching him．After a time I began to sleep in his room，and he felt better because of that．But he talked a lot in his sleep．''What about？'asked Dunning．'I think it would be better not to go into details about that，'replied Harrington But I remember that he received a packet by post，which contained a little diary．My brother didn't look at it，but after his death I did，and found that all the pages after September 18th had been cut out．Perhaps you wonder why he went out alone on the evening he died？The strange thing is that during the last week of his life all his worries seemed to disappear，and he no longer felt that someone was watching or following him．'Finally，the two men made a plan．Harrington had a friend who lived near Lufford Abbey；he would stay with him and watch Karswell．If he thought they had a chance to arrange an accidental meeting，he would send a telegram to Dunning．Meanwhile，Dunning had to be ready to move at any moment and had to keep the paper safe．Harrington went off to his friend in Warwickshire and Dunning was left alone．He found waiting very hard，and was unable to work or to take any interest in anything．He felt that he was living in a black cloud that cut him off from the world．He became more and more worried as May，June，and the first half of July passed with no word from Harrington．But all this time Karswell remained at Lufford Abbey．At last，less than a week before July 23rd，Dunning received a telegram from his friend：Karswell is leaving London for France on the boat train on Thursday night．Be ready．I will come to you tonight．Harrington．When he arrived，the two men made their final plan．The boat train from London stopped only once before Dover，at Croydon West．Harrington would get on the train in London and find where Karswell was sitting．Dunning would wait for the train at Croydon West where Harrington would look out for him．Dunning would make sure that his name was not on his luggage and，most importantly，must have the paper with him．On Thursday night Dunning waited impatiently for the train at Croydon West．He now had a thick beard and was wearing glasses，and felt sure that Karswell would not recognize him．He noticed that he no longer felt himself to be in danger，but this only made him worry more，because he remembered what Harrington had said about his brother's last week．At last the boat train arrived and he saw his friend at one of the windows．It was important not to show that they knew each other，so Dunning got on further down the train and slowly made his way to the right compartment．Harrington and Karswell were alone in the compartment，and Dunning entered and sat in the corner furthest from Karswell．Karswell's heavy travelling coat and bag were on the seat opposite him，and next to where Dunning was now sitting．Dunning thought of hiding the paper in the coat but realized that this would not do；he would have to give it to Karswell and see that Karswell accepted it．Could he hide Karswell's bag in some way，put the paper in it，and then give the bag to him as he got off the train？This was the only plan he could think of．He wished desperately that he could ask Harrington's advice．Karswell himself seemed very restless．Twice he stood up to look out of the window．Dunning was just going to try to make his bag fall off the seat when he saw a warning expression in Harrington's eye—Karswell was watching them in the window．Then Karswell stood up a third time，opened the window and put his head outside．As he stood up，something fell silently to the floor and Dunning saw that it was a thin wallet containing Karswell's tickets．In a moment Dunning had pushed the paper into the pocket at the back of the wallet．Just then the train began to lose speed as it came into Dover station，and Karswell closed the window and turned round．'May I give you this，sir？I think it must be yours，'said Dunning，holding out the wallet．'Oh，thank you，sir，'replied Karswell，checking that they were his tickets．Then he put the wallet into his pocket．Suddenly the compartment seemed to grow dark and very hot，but already Harrington and Dunning were opening the door and getting off the train．Dunning，unable to stand up，sat on a seat on the platform breathing deeply，while Harrington followed Karswell the little way to the boat．He saw Karswell show his ticket to the ticket collector and pass on to the boat．As he did so，the official called after him：'Excuse me，sir．Has your friend got a ticket？''What d'you mean，my friend？'shouted Karswell angrily．'Sorry，sir，I thought there was someone with you，'apolo gized the ticket collector．He turned to another official beside him，'Did he have a dog with him or something？I was sure there were two of them．'Five minutes later there was nothing except the disappearing lights of the boat，the night wind，and the moon．That night the two friends sat up late in their room in the hotel．Although the danger was past，a worry remained．'Harrington，'Dunning said，'I'm afraid we have sent a man to his death．''He murdered my brother，'replied Harrington，'and he tried to murder you．It is right that he should die．''Don't you think we should warn him？'asked Dunning．'How can we？'replied his friend．'We don't know where he's going．''He's going to Abbeville，'said Dunning．'I saw it on his ticket．Today is the 21st．We could send a telegram in the morning to all the main hotels in Abbeville saying：Check your ticket wallet．Dunning．Then he would have a whole day．'After a pause Harrington agreed．'I see it would make you feel happier，'he said，'so we'll warn him．'The telegrams were sent first thing in the morning but no one knows if Karswell received any of them．All that is known is that on July 23rd a man was looking at the front of a church in Abbeville when a large piece of stone fell from the roof and hit him on the head，killing him immediately．The police re- ported that nobody was on the roof at the time．From papers found on the body they discovered that the dead man was an Englishman，named Karswell．Some months later Dunning reminded Harrington that he had never told him what his brother had talked about in his sleep．But Harrington had only said a few words when Dun- ning begged him to stop．Chapter 2 'Oh，Whistle，and I'll Come to You，My Boy''Are you going away for the holidays，Professor？' The speaker was sitting next to the Professor at dinner in St James's college．。
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ABOUT THE STORY
• Dead people are not always live in the grave. Sometimes when they are in this world , there are something they are not done or want to finish it they will come out to finish it. Such as kill someone. Perhaps that they do something that is not good for people even go in to he hell(地 狱).They will come back to being something nightmare(噩梦)for the people that they are alive.There are five story in this book,there will be someone die any time , and the way that they die is very strange(奇 怪).Such as when the professor picked up a whistle（口哨）is only the wind to answer, or something else?Something you faceless(看不见)、 can’t heart . You can not imagine how terrible things there is .
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Its main research areas of
medieval（中世纪） religion(宗教) and
history ,He is very enjoy and
specialty in these place.
He is Famous for its ghost stories,
when these stories come out a lot
The Unquiet Grave
不平静的坟墓
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Writer：
M.R. James(1862-1936) A
UK academics he is the
provost of King‘s College
Cambridge(剑桥大学国王学院)
and of Eton College(伊顿学院).