英语读书报告_2

英语读书报告

华南理工大学广州学院英语专业学号

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批阅老师（2012级）读书报告201230097023 姓名英语（2）班完稿日期成

绩黄玉珍20xx年5月30日

Love or Money ? I. Bibliographical information

1. Type of materials you selected to read: a book written in English B. an article written in English)

2. Topical area: B. Linguistics C. Translation D. Education E. Trade F. Miscellaneous)

3. If you read a book, provide its bibliographical information below: Title:

Author(s):

Love or Money? Edition: Oxford Univ Pr Year of publication:

Place:

Publisher:

II. Information about your reading

The reasons why you selected the book or the article: (≥20 words) At first I thought that this story was love story which was about the love and the money between men and women, but it wasn’t. I like mystery stories, so this book

1. The amount of time you spent reading the book or the article: Two weeks

2. If you finish reading the entire book or article, SIGN your name here: 黄玉珍

3. If you did not finish reading the book, how many pages did you read? __64___ ( __64__ pages in total)

III. A brief summary of the book or the article (≥150 words)

In Clarkson family, everyone are thirsty for the big fortune of the host——Molly. What’s more, all of them expect that she can die early, so they can get her house, her big garden and her amazing heritage. They all need money to make their lives more luxurious and more comfortable. As a matter of fact, none of them love Molly. At one family party, her two daughters, her son, and her brother-in-law came together. They forced Molly to give them money by saying some words. Molly was going mad, so she came upstairs. Next day, unlucky thing

happened. When her little daughter Diane came to her mother’s house, she found her mother dead on the bed. She shouted. And then the police found a bottle of sleeping pills in milk. Finally, they proved she died of an overdose of pills, but committed suicide. Therefore, the police began to make a survey. After dinner, everybody paid respect to Molly before sleeping. And they asked for her help in money again. They were hypocritical. And Molly refused their requests. At last, the truth surfaced. To my surprise, the murder was her elder

daughter——Jackie. And the only reason was that her mother didn’t agree with her marriage, and she was dissatisfied. In the end, they go the money, Albert, Roger, Diane. They are all rich now.

( 225 words)

IV. Comments on the book or the article

1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the book or the article? (≥50

words)

The strengths are easy to read and understand. The vocabularies in that book are simple. Also it reveals the attitude between money and family relationship. Led most of us think about the important things that we should treasure.