《竞选州长》中英文读后感整理加自创

1、RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR By Mark Twain A few months ago Mark Twain was nominated for Governor of the great State of New York, to run against Stewart L. Woodford and John T. Hoffman, on an independent ticket. He somehow felt that he had one prominent advantage over these gentlemen, and that was, good cha

2、racter. It was easy to see by the newspapers, that if ever they had known what it was to bear a good name, that time had gone by. It was plain that in these latter years they had become familiar with all manner of shameful crimes. But at the very moment that he was exalting his advantage and joying

3、in it in secret, there was a muddy undercurrent of discomfort "riling" the deeps of my happiness - and that was, the having to hear my name bandied about in familiar connection with those of such people. He grew more and more disturbed. Finally he wrote my grandmother about it. Her answer

4、came quick and sharp. She said: You have never done one single thing in all your life to be ashamed of - not one. Look at the newspapers - look at them and comprehend what sort of characters Woodford and Hoffman are, and then see if you are willing to lower yourself to their level and enter a public

5、 canvass with them. It was his very thought! He did not sleep a single moment that night. But after all, he could not recede. He was fully committed and must go on with the fight. As he was looking listlessly over the papers at breakfast, he came across this paragraph, and he may truly say he never

6、was so confounded before: PERJURY. - Perhaps, now that Mr. Mark Twain is before the people as a candidate for Governor, he will condescend to explain how he came to be convicted of perjury by thirty-four witnesses, in Wakawak, Cochin China, in 1863, the intent of which perjury was to rob a poor nati

7、ve widow and her helpless family of a meagre plantain patch, their only stay and support in their bereavement and their desolation. Mr. Twain owes it to himself, as well as to the great people whose suffrages he asks, to clear this matter up. Will he do it? I thought he should burst with amazement!

8、Such a cruel, heartless charge - I never had seen Cochin China! I never had beard of Wakawak! I didn't know a plantain patch from a kangaroo! I did not know what to do. I was crazed and helpless. I let the day slip away without doing anything at all. The next morning the same paper had this - no

9、thing more: SIGNIFICANT. - Mr. Twain, it will be observed, is suggestively silent about the Cochin China perjury. Mem. - During the rest of the campaign this paper never referred to me in any other way than as "the infamous perjurer Twain." Next came the "Gazette," with this: WAN

10、TED TO KNOW. - Will the new candidate for Governor deign to explain to certain of his fellow-citizens (who are suffering to vote for him!) the little circumstance of his cabin-mates in Montana losing small valuables from time to time, until at last, these things having been invariably found on Mr. T

11、wain's person or in his "trunk" (newspaper he rolled his traps in), they felt compelled to give him a friendly admonition for his own good, and so tarred and feathered him and rode him on a rail, and then advised him to leave a permanent vacuum in the place he usually occupied in the c

12、amp. Will he do this? Could anything be more deliberately malicious than that? For I never was in Montana in my life. 我们应当懂得：做任何事情，应当以正确的态度去对待，要脚踏实地的去做好每一件事情。只有用自己的实力去完成的事情，自己才会感到真正的快乐。正如在学习上，我们必须脚踏实地地去学，而不应投机取巧；反之，即使你获得了优良的学习成绩，也不能持久。We should understand this: We should deal with everything hard,in

13、 correct ways. We should handle everything step by step. We should finish everything with our own great effort. Only in this way will we feel the happiness along the journey. As we are learning, we must learn it by heart,and we should not try hard to speculate. Maybye we may get high marks in the ex

14、ams by speculating,but we cannot really learn the knowledge we should to know. 在漫长的人生路上，我们时时都会遇到对手。当我们与对手竞争时，请不要用诽谤这些手段来赢得暂时性的胜利。我们应当脚踏实地，向对手展示出我们真正的实力。这样，快乐才会降临，人生才会更有价值。 Along our long travelling of life, we may come across our opponents now and then. When we compite with them, please do not use d

15、ishonorable means to win them. Instead, we should be earnest and down-to-earth. We can show our real skill to our opponents. Thus we can catch the happiness of the match. Thus our life can be more valueable. 这篇小说揭露了美国“民主政治”的虚伪。一个正派、清白的老实人在竞选中成了最不正派、最不清白的“罪人”，这就告诉人们资本主义的所谓“自由竞选”、“民主政治”不过是资产阶级政客、残酷倾轧的

16、遮羞布。小说也暴露了资本主义“言论自由”的虚伪。资产阶级的所谓“言论自由”实质就是用谎言来诬蔑、攻击、陷害对方，来蒙蔽欺骗人民群众。小说还撕开了资本主义国家“两党制”的画皮。资产阶级政党在本质上都是一样的，都不能反映广大人民的意志。 The book critical the hypocrisy of Americans “democratic political”. An honest man take part in the free election,then he becomes the worest person in the world. This tells us that so

17、me so-called “democratic political” are just the excuses of some politicians. The politicians use it to get their power. The book also helps to know more about the right of speaking in the capitatist countries. This kind of freedom is just the excuses of some politicians,too. 资产阶级的民主与社会主义的民主集中制，对比起来

18、看待能对彼此都认识得更深刻。什么样的制度能够反映民意？这是个值得不断思考与实践的问题。世界上最难的两件事之一就是组建一个合理而有效的政府。我们对资产阶级的“民主政治”冷嘲热讽的同时，也该看到这样一个事实：在美国，讽刺政治的文章依然具有出版自由。而这些，在我们的国度可能吗？ <竞选州长>读后感               小说大意：主人公马克*吐温和另外两名候选人一起竞选纽约州州长。从此，他的生活改变了：报纸上每天都是无端指控他的文章。还有上门捣乱滋事者。

19、The book tells us such a story. Mark Twain is nominated for Governor of the great State of New York, to run against Stewart L. Woodford and John T. Hoffman, on an independent ticket. He somehow feels that he had one prominent advantage over these gentlemen, and that is, good character. From the moment on, his life has changed a lot. Three are articals which somehow accuse of him every. Further more, there are persons going to his home to make trouble . At last, Mark Twain has to give up his election. Look at this, th