Jane Austen & Pride and Prejudice

About the Authoress:Jane Austen was born at Steventon,Hampshire,in 1775,the daughter of a clergyman. At the age of nine she was sent to school with her elder sister Cassandra,who was her lifelong friend and confida-nte,but largely taught by her fath-er.She began to write for recreation while still in her teens.In 1801 the family moved to Bath,the scene of so many episode in her books and,after the death of her father in 1805,to Southampton and then to the village of Chawton,near Alton in Hampshire.Here she lived uneventfully until May 1817,when the family moved to Winchester seeking skilled medical attention for her ill health,but she died two months later.She is buried in Winchester Cathedral.     

《破产姐妹》——野百合也有春天

Set in the Williarmsburg neighborthood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the series chronicies the lives of two waitresses in theri mid twenties-Max,who comes from a poor working-class family,and Caroline,who was born rich but is now disgraced and penniless due to her father,Martin Channing,getting caught operating a Ponzi scheme（庞氏骗局）-working together at a Brooklyn restraurant.     

Catherine Earnshaw:An Irreproachable Woman in Wuthering Heights

Different people have different opinions about the heroine of Wuthering Heights.Catherine Earnshaw is a woman who possesses a dual personality in the novel.On the one hand,Catherine is a simple and innocent girl free away from any worldly desire.On the other hand,there is a trace of vanity in her personality.This thesis analyzes her experience from her childhood to death,her family and social background at that time,and analyzes the influences that time brings to her disposition,at last,gets the final conclusion:Catherine is an irreproachable woman in Wuthering Heights.     

善意的谎言

He met her at a party.She was so outstanding,with many boys around her,while he was so normal,with nobody paying attention to him. At the end of the party,he invited her to have coffee with him.She was surprised,but due to being polite,she agreed. They sat in a nice coffee shop.He was too nervous to say anything, and she felt uncomfortable,thinking,"Please let me go home."Suddenly he asked the waiter,"Would you please give me some salt? I’ d like to put it in my coffee."Everybody stared at him—so strange!His face turned red,but,still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.     

Jane Eyre

Young Jane Eyre was orphaned(成为孤儿） and sent to live with her uncle,who died shortly after her arrival.Her stepaunt despised(讨厌） her and sent her to Lowood School so that she could become a governess(家庭教师）。She was the friendship of everyon there,but her life was difficult because conditions were poor at the school.     

"花样女子"张曼玉

Biography: Maggie was born in Hong Kong and emigrated(移民)with her family to England at the age of eight. She once worked as a cashier(出纳员)in a London bookstore. Upon completing her secondary school education,she returned to Hong Kong and first     

Pretty Bird by Bob Sinclair

Recently I was reminded of a story which my mother swears is trus (though she doesn't call me Bobby muchanymore):Back in 1958,when I was just past four years old,my parents gave me a young parakeet.My mother determinedthat our parakeet would learn to talk,and to this end sat at the microphone of a borrowed tape recorder for a full 1/2hour,saying over and over again:“Pretty bird!Pretty bird!Pretty bird!Pretty bird!...”and so on.The resultingtaped message was played for our parakeet at least once per day.For weeks.One of Mom's friends often dropped by for an early morning cup of coffee,and was well aware (due to the in-cessant taped message) of her attempts to teach our bird to talk.And one day,while the friend was at the kitchentable,the bird began to speak,but very quietly and indistinctly.She excitedly called my mother into the room,andtold her that the bird was trying to say something.The two women carefully leaned toward the parakeet's cage,andheard him say,very clearly now-“Bobby!Stop that!”     

一见钟情(英文)

Many years ago,my uncle owned a restaurant at a small airport in Illinois. My mother was the assistant manager and I was the hostess.One afternoon,my mother and I went to a dine for lunch.Our waitress,Debbie,was so sweet that we took an immediate liking to her,and my mother offered her a job at my uncle's restaurant on the spot. Debbie accepted. We invited her to our home for dinner that evening and during our conversations with her,we learned that she had never married and that she had no boyfriend.She told us that five years before while on a flight back east, she met "her pilot" and that it was love at first sight.     

The Deterioration of the Compson Family——From Character’s Perspective

The Sound and the Fury is William Faulkner’s greatest work; four narrators tell the story of the deterioration of the Compson family from different perspective, exploring the cause of deterioration indirectly. The novel centers on Caddy’s moral decay from different perspective. The thesis analyzes the processing fall of the Compson family through the analysis of three characters, Caddy, Quentin, and Jason. Caddy’s deterioration is closely related to her loss of virginity, and her impending wedding causes Quentin to commit suicide who loves her deeply and possessively. However, Jason is heartless who he does not care his family. His tragedy lies in the decay of human nature. The thesis gives the general cause of the downfall of the family and readers will have a general concept of the family’s deterioration.     

How foolish you are!

Christmas was coming. Mr Smith had no money to buy any presents for his children. His wife was ill and he spent a lot of money on her medicine. And the harvest was bad and all his family were going to be hungry the next spring. He was quite worried about it."We had only a cock,"said Mrs Smith one day. "You'd better take it to the town. Sell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our children."     

小记克劳迪娅·希弗

Born in Germany in 1970, Claudia Schiffer was to become one of the most successful supermodels in the early Nineties. With over 500 magazine covers to her credit, her success in the cut-throat world of fashion has been down to a combination of astute management and stunning blonde looks. The 17-year old Schiffer was first spotted in 1987, at a Dusseldorf disco, by Michel Levaton, boss of the Metropolitan Model Agency. Schiffer was then introduced to agent Aline Souliers, who quickly secured her an appearance in French Elle, sparking a flurry of interest around Europe. Her management carefully selected jobs to "stimulate demand" for Schiffer' s wholesome looks and, half a dozen magazine covers later, she was chosen by Karl Lagerfeld to be the new Face of Chanel.     

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.     

Mr Shaw and a Young Man

Mr Shaw wrote a lot of nice novels(小说) and all the world knew him. He didn't like the arrogant(傲慢的) rich men and often laughed at them, so most people liked him.Mr Shaw was often asked to all kinds of parties. A lot of important men hoped to know him. One day a famous singer asked him to her party. When Mr Shaw came in, all the people stood up except a young man. The singer hurried to meet him and asked him to sit down next to the young man. The young man's father was one of the riches…     

Drama at the Theatre

Jane went to the theatre on her birthday with her sister and brother-in-law.It was a historical play,set in the eighteenth ceutury,so allthe actors were wearing costumes of the period.The first act was quiteexciting.It was about a gipsy who had hypnotic powers.At firsthe had used these powers to help people who were ill,but now he wasusing them for the sake of money.He had hypnotized a nobleman and     

The Awakening of Female Consciousness:Analysis of Jane Eyre’ s Character

Jane Eyre is the masterpiece of Charlotte Bronte,who was a famous British woman novelist.In Jane Eyre,the author describes a heroine Jane Eyre who shows her rebelliousness to the indifferent and unequal society in her time and revealed the tragic life of common people,especially of women and children,under Capitalism.Meanwhile,this novel also provides such an important theme that women should enjoy an equal position with men both in family and social life.The heroine Jane is neither beautiful,nor rich,but her rebellion,independence and her pursuit of love strike us deeply.Jane Eyre sets a good example for women.Therefore,Jane Eyre becomes the typical figure with female consciousness.This paper is to analyze the typical character in Jane Eyre from the different periods of her life and conclude that Jane comes to self consciousness in this process.From the analysis of Jane’s splendid character,we can see the awakening of female consciousness in that period of time.     

麦琪的礼物(亲情版)

As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas 1 for her father. She 2 that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was 3 satisfied with perfume(香水). 4 , shopping at this time of the year was a most 5 job. People 6 on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and     

中国姑娘吉利安·唐

The only Chinese person who worked in my office was Gillian Tang. She had come to London from south China to complete her education and this was her first job. To us westerners she was a most unusual person. She was kind to everyone, and never suspected that anyone might abuse her kindness. She was the sort of person who, if she heard any of us talking about a book or a video or something else which we wanted to borrow or buy, she     

Humour

My friend's father was proud of his family of six children. He frequently referred to his wife as "Mother of Six" , much to her annoyance(烦恼). Finally, she cured him of his habit. At the end of a party, he called out loud enough for everyone to hear,     

A Friendly Sheep

One summet day,a little sheep was going to have a birthday party.She a lot of friends and she asked all her friends to come to her party.The friends came.A cow brought a basket of fresh grass for her.A pig gave her some nice vegetables.A deer sent her some green leaves.