嘈杂的课堂

It was the first day of school.As the principal(校长)made his rounds,he heard a terrible com-motion(动乱)coming from one of the classrooms.He rushed in and spotted one boy,taller thanthe others,who seemed to be making the mostnoise.     

提灯女神南丁格尔

Florence Nightingale was a nurse who saved many lives in the 19th century.She was named after the city of Florence in Italy,where her parents went after they got married in 1818.Her family was rich and they had two homes in Britain.     

Reading and education for students of immigrant origin in some Swedish municipalities

Researchers from Mid Sweden University and Kalmar University organised surveys on reading skills in Swedish municipalities. This paper will focus on the surveys made in four municipalities between 2002 and 2007. All students in grade 8 in these four municipalities participated in the surveys--in total 16,287 students. These surveys included a reading test for the students and information about the students collected from the teachers, including participation in instruction in Swedish as a second language and in their mother tongues. Students of immigrant origin in Sweden are offered the possibility to participate in instruction in Swedish as a second language and in instruction in the student＇s mother tongue. No obvious trends over time in the participation in Swedish as a second language and mother tongue instruction were found in the four municipalities on the tests we gave, in spite of national trends. There was no difference in results on the reading tests in Swedish between those students who participated in mother tongue instruction and those who did not, but there was a difference in test results between those who participated in Swedish as a second language and those who did not. Those who did not participate （in Swedish as a second language instruction） did, on average, score higher on the test. When different language groups are compared, it can be noted that a majority in all groups of immigrant students neither participate in Swedish as a second language nor in mother tongue instruction. However, there are important differences between boys and girls and between language groups. Girls seemed to be more willing than boys to participate in voluntary mother tongue instruction, while boys more often than girls had to participate in compulsory lessons in Swedish as a second language.     

On the Conflict between Rationality and Emotion in Seize the Day

Saul Bellow’work mainly describes the human who cannot find the standpoint in American society, and they dangled between the ideal and the reality, insisting the belief of love. Seize the Day presents a several-hour experience of a middle-aged man who had lost his job, was estranged from his wife and children, and deserted by his father. With the double writing methods of narrative and recollection, the author reveals thriftily how individual was threatened by social prejudice and the important position of money. He extremely pays attention to the conflict between emotion and rationality to show people’s anxiety and contradiction in today’s America.     

A Tragedy of Human Beings,A Comedy of A Little Boy:Reflection of Social Conventions and Human Tragedy in Acorn-gatherer

Richard Jefferies presented one tragedy after another in a small and backward village in 19th England in his short story Acorn-gatherer.The paper explored the fundamental cause of those tragedies and drew a conclusion all those tragedies were the expression of human tragedy resulted from social conventions in the form of religion and the tragedy was actually a comedy for the little boy who was just the symbol of human tragedy in the story due to his special identity:an illegitimate child.     

The Ideological and Artistic Power of “Sister Carrie”

Theodor Dreiser was one of the most important American writers who came from the lower classes and the European immigrants of the 19th century. He was born in a large, poor and intensely religious family in Terre Haute,Indiana and received a good education in an Indiana high school where a teacher found his talent and gave him some money for his going to Indi-     

话“昆虫”

A fly in the ointmentSomeone or something that ruins a situation which could have been nice or successful.＂We had a great Christmas. The only fly in the ointment was my aunt, who was in a really bad mood all the time.＂     

On Thoreau’s Individualism

Henry David Thoreau, the most influential American writer, naturalist, philosopher in 19th century, who was also an important representative figure of the American Transcendentalism Movement, the out...     

天才诗意的一面

Near the end of his life,Pablo Picasso predicted to a friend he would be remembered as a "Spanish poet who dabbled in painting, drawing,and sculpture. "The most famous artist of the 20th century was certainly joking.Picasso (1881-1973) knew he would be forever identified as the figure who rejected Renaissance traditions, ushering in a complex new relationship of the artist to the visible world and the audience. Pablo Picasso' s writing-done in the raw,unpunctuated style of the Surrealists-receives its first major translation into English in a new volume of poetry.     

维多利亚时代的凶杀案

Someone is murdering Victorian gentlemen by tearing off their trousers in public places. Can the police catch this villain before he strikes next？ And who will the next victim be？ Inspector Nottingham Forest of Scotland Yard is the only man who can solve this crime. With twenty years of service in the police and another twenty years before that in Her Majesty＇s imperial army, he is absolutely sick and tired of working for a low wage and constantly being passed over for promotion. Inspector Forest works with his trusted sidekick Hamilton the Academical. Hamilton has a pensive, peaceful and positive approach to life and work. This puts him in a unique position to disagree with everything Inspector Forest says and does.     

An Analysis of the Dual Sides of Shylock’s Character

The Merchant of Venice is one of the most outstanding comedies of Shakespeare. The story happened in Venice in 16th century. Shylock is a typical character in this play. Shylock was looked down upon and humiliated by Christians as a Jew. Shylock, who found everyone in that society was against him, felt him isolated by Christians in Venice. But it is true that as a usurer, shylock was greedy and miserly, he lost kindness and reason; Shylock was oppressed and humiliated as a Jew. This paper focuses on the dual sides of Shylock’s character. On one hand he is miserly, unfeeling, vicious and sly; on the other hand, he is oppressed and humiliated.     

办公室幽默

People always say that hard work never killed anybody. Oh yeah？When was the last time you ever heard of anyone who ＂rested to death＂？ Being punctual in our office was of no benefit whatsoever. There was never anybody around to appreciate it. Our office was always on the cutting edge of technology. Not only did we have computers that spoke and listened, some of them even got ulcers. Did you ever notice how the people who complain the most about not having enough time to do all their work, are the same ones who always stop and tell everyone that they don＇t have enough time to do all their work？     

STORIES

It was time for Mr Bell to close his shop. He was checking his money.His son Tom, who was 15, then, a big man walked into When Tom came back, Tom could see the gun in the had just gone outside to the shop with a gun in his buy a newspaper. Just hand. he could hear the man asking his father for money. man＇s hand, but the man didn＇t see or hear Tom.     

不学无术(英文)

In the reign of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty,Grand General Huo Guang was a minister who occupied a decisive position at court and was deeply trusted by the emperor． when Emperor Wudi was dying,he     

成语故事两则(英文)

Contradicting Oneself(自相矛盾) In ancient times,there was a man who sold spears(矛)and shields(盾;防护物).He used to boast,“My spears are the sharpest in the world.They can penetrate(刺穿,穿透)anything.”A moment later he would boast,“My shields are th     

·简·爱性格的独立性剖析·

1.IntroductionShallotte Bronte was one of the great female novelistsin the 19th century English literature,who was famous forher great novelJane Eyre.This book has molded a woman's image of not surrendering to the common customs pres-sure but being a inde…     

Scarlett’s Character on Gone with The Wind

I .Scarlett is a girl who has the spirit of rebellious
Searlett is born in plantation family of Civil War period. Although her father is not a really aristocrat, hut through he hard-working, he becomes rich. When Scarlett was born, the family is first-grade class in Georgia. In her family, her mother is mild, industry and capable. Her father seems serious. But under him serious, he is a really good-tempered father. Her Mammy who is stern, also love Scarlett deeply. Her two sisters, who have a complete different characters.     

Easy Money

One morning a young woman,who had recently lost her first post,was examining the advertisements in the paper in search of other work.Suddenly she called out to her mother, who was in the kitchen."Listen to this, Mother I " she cried. "I've found an easy way of     

Have a Contest

中学生英语读写[争当翻译家]竞赛题Ⅰ郾在下面对话的空白处填入一个适当的词（第一个字母已给出），使句意通顺句法正确。A：A to what is said above，can it be said that Cartier is the first p who discovered Canada？B：No.Cartier can be said to b the first European who discovered Canada. B he was not the first person who have discovered eNorth America or Canada. It is now generally b that the Eskimos and Indians s down in what is now Canada several thousand years e than the Europeans. They went th…     

谁最先发现美洲大陆?

On 12th October 1492, Christopher Columbus, an explorer, landed in America. This is an epic event in world history. Since then, it has been accepted that Columbus was the first person who discovered America.However, Mr Gavin Menzies, a British historian and map expert, challenged the traditional belief on 15th March 2002. Mr Menzies is a former Royal Navy submarine commander. He spoke to more than two hundred diplomats, historians, academics, top navigators and chart makers from around the world at a conference held by the Royal Geographical Society in London.Mr Menzies has been involved in a research for fourteen years. He stated that Columbus reached America seventy-two years behind a Chinese expeditionary force. The force sailed in 1000-foot-long ships and circumnavigated the