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1、英国文学 选读Of Studies P181.We are now living in the age of“ information explosion. What” lessons can welearn from Bacon s in our access to information?Ourplanetisdevelopingforward.Thefast-movingdevelopmentofscienceandtechnologymakesitmoreconvenientforstudentstogetsufficientandeffectiveinformation by cou

2、ntless ways. That is the external condition for our study, which wecan appropriately make full use of. But what we have to keep in mind is that the eternalmaster of study is no one but ourselves in the process of studying.2.In what sense does reading make a full man?Reading makes a full man. Histori

3、es make men wise, poets, witty; the mathematics,subtle;naturalphilosophy,deep;moral,grave;logicand rhetoric,abletocontend.Reading histories makes people learn lessons from the ancient time, avoid making thesame mistakes and predict the development of things. People who read histories will bewiser th

4、an these who just act according to their own preferences without learning fromhistories. Reading poem s makes people learn the beauty of language, the beautifulclassical style of art and live a poetic life. People who read poems will be wittier thanthese who haven t feel the beautiful mood and pure

5、life. Readingmathematics makespeoplefocusontheaccuratecalculation,developa scientificattitude,andform apragmatic spirit. People who read mathematics will be more subtle to consider thingsfromallaspectsanddo thingsfromthedropcarefullythanthesewhodon tread.Reading natural philosophy makes people pursu

6、e truth, explore the unknown mystery,and practice actively. People who read natural philosophy will be deeper than these whodon t learn the theory of reflecting the truth. Readingmoral makes people learn the wayof harmony living, form the principle of ethical behaviors and develop correct outlookson

7、 values. People who read moral will be graver than these who behave without correctprinciples and can t deal with different relationships.Reading logic makes people mastertherulesofthinking,dealingwithdifferentthingsandexploringobjectivereality.People who read logic will be more contend to have clea

8、r ideas, mater the principles ofobjective truth than these who don t act according to rules.Different kinds of reading materials play different roles in making a full man. Peopleshouldgetintodifferentreadingfieldsandtrainthemselvestobecomeacomprehensive talent. Reading will do good to one s physical

9、 health according to somereadingmaterials of physical training. What s more important, reading promotes thedevelopment of logic thinking and morality. People can be called a full man on conditionthattheyhavefinequality,delicateself-cultivationandstrictmorality.Trytoreadextensively and become a full

10、man .Poems:HamletP81.Whyissleepsofrightening,accordingtoHamlet,sinceitcan“ end ”theheartacheandthethousandnaturalshocks”? Nobodycanpredictwhathewilldream of after he falls asleep.Death means the end of life, you may go to or unknownworldandyoucan tcomeback,.Ifhe dies,Hamlets cantrealizehiswill.Thoug

11、h“ sleep ” can end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks, it is a state of mind.精品文库Hamlet didn t know at all. He is frightened by the possible suffering in the long.“ dream ”He can t predict what will happen in the sleep, may be good may be evil.2.Whywouldpeopleratherbearallthesufferingsoft

12、heworldinsteadofchoosing death to get rid of them, according to Hamlet?Death is so mysteriousthat nobody knows what death will bring to us. Maybe bitter sufferings, great pains,heartbreaking storiesBecausepeople hold the same ideato grunt and sweat undera weary life, butthat thedread of something af

13、ter death-the undiscover d country,form whose bourn no traveler returns-puzzle the will, and make us rather bear thoseills we have than fly to others that we know not of?” People also are frightened by themyths in another world after death.3.What, after all, makes people lose their determination to

14、take action? Pleaseexplain in relation to the so-called hesitation of Hamlet.Conscience and over-considerations. He wants to revenge, but doesn t know how. Hewants to kill his uncle, but finds it too risky. He lives in despair and wants to commitsuicide. However, he knows if he dies, nobody will com

15、fort his father s ghost. He is inface of great dilemma.They don t know the result after their taking the action. Such asHamlet, he doesn t know what would happen if he kills his uncle or kills himself . SoHamlet was hesitated.Sonnet 18P131.How does the poet answer the question he puts forth in the f

16、irst line?(Page14)The poet opens with a question that is addressed to the beloved, Shall I compare theeto a summers day? This question is comparing“ thee ” to the summer time of the year .It isduringthistimewhenthe flowersareblooming,treesarefullofleaves,theweather is warm, and it is generally consi

17、dered as an enjoyable time during the year.Thefollowingelevenlinesinthe poemarealsodedicatedto similarcomparisonsbetween the beloved and summer days. In lines 2 and 3, the speaker explains whatmainly separates the young woman from the summers day: she is more lovely andmoretemperate.(Line 2)Summerda

18、ysaresometimesshakenbyrough winds(line3) which happens and is not always as welcoming as the woman. However in line4, the poet gives the feeling again that the summer months are often too short bysaying, And summer lease hath too short a date. In the summer days, the sun, theeyeofheaven(line5),often

19、shinestoo hot,or toodim,his goldcomplexiondimmed (line 6) as every fair from fair sometime declines. (Line 7) The final portionof the sonnet tells how the beloved differs from the summer in various aspects. Herbeauty will be one that lasts forever, Thy eternal summer shall not fade. (Line 9), andnev

20、er end or die.At last two lines ,the poet explains how the beloveds beautywill accomplishthiseverlasting life unlike summer days. And it is because her beauty is kept alive in thispoem, which will last forever. It will live as long as men can breathe or eyes can see.(Line 13) the poem is outwardly a

21、 simple statement of praise about the beauty of thebeloved woman and perhaps summer to the speaker is sometimes too unpleasant withthe extremes of windiness and heat that go along with it. However, the beloved in thepoem is always mild and temperate by her nature and nothing at all like the summer.欢

22、迎下载2精品文库At last , the poet starts to praise that the beloved is so great and awing that she is tolive forever in this sonnet. The beloved is so great that the speaker will even go as faras to say that, So long as men breathe, or eyes can see, so long lives this and this giveslife to thee.line”(13 、

23、14 ) that the beloved is deserving to live on forever.2. What makes the poet think that“ thou ” can be more beautiful than summerand immortal?At theverybeginning, thepoetputs forth a question:“ Shall Icomparetheetoasummer s day?” Then he gives an answer:“ Thou art more lovely and more temperate.”On

24、the one hand,“ Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, and summer s leasehath all too short a date;” on the other hand,“ Sometime too hot the heaven shines,and often is his gold complexion dimmed.” So from the above two aspects the poetthinks that“ thou ” can be more beautiful than summer . In

25、 addition,“ And every fair fromfair sometime declines, by chance, or nature s changing course untrimmed.” Comparedwith immortal,“ But thy eternal summer shall not fade, nor lose possession of that fairthou ow st, nor shall death brag thou wand rest in his shade, when in eternal lines totimesthougrow

26、 st. Therefore,”the poetdrawsaconclusion:“ So longas mencanbreathe or eyes can see, so longlives this, and this gives life to thee.” In this poem, thepoet makes “ thou ” more beautiful than summer and immortal because of his beautifullines. So in this case,“ thou ” in the poem can be regarded as fem

27、ale because love canbeautyeternal.Or “ thou ”canbereferredto male,forfriendshipcanmake beautyeverlasting. Even“ thou ” can be abstract“ love ” or“ beauty” which will become eternal inthe wonderful poem.The TigerP50Why does the poet mention the Lamb? Do you think both the Lamb and the Tiger can illum

28、inate each other?The Tygeris corresponding toThe Lamb . Both the poems show the poet s exploration,understanding and plaint of the mysterious creation. In this poem, the author impliesthat the Tiger is created by God as well as the Lamb. So either the Tiger or the Lamb isessential to God.I think bot

29、h the Lamb and the Tiger can illuminate each other. Although the Lamb canrepresentthekind “ innocentsociety,”it will be lackof enoughmotivationto makeprogress. While the Tiger will cause social misery, unrest or even disruption, but it canmake people release their creativity. So the poet believes th

30、at the Tiger is the symbol ofstrength and courage. And he also praises its passion, desire and all the lofty beauty.2.What is the symbolic meaning of the tiger? What idea does the poet want toexpress?The symbol of the Tyger is one of the two central mysteries of the poem (the otherbeing the Tyger s

31、creator). It is unclear what it exactly symbolizes, but scholars havehypothesized that the Tyger could be inspiration, the divine, artistic creation, history,the sublime (the big, mysterious, powerful and sometimes scary. Read more on this inthe Themes and Quotes section), or vision itself. Really,

32、the list is almost infinite. Thepoint is,the Tyger is important, and Blake s poem barely limits the possibilitiesThe tiger is the embodiment of Gods power in creation: the animal is terrifying in its beauty, strength, complexity and vitality. The poem is divided into six parts. In the first欢迎下载3精品文库

33、part,theauthorimagined thathemeta terribletigeronadarknightandwasfrightenedbyitsawfuleyesight.Therearecreationsand creators.Howgreatthecreator is that he could create such an awful creation like tiger! In the second part, theauthor continues to ask, where comes the eyesight like fire, sea or sky? Th

34、e followingtwoparts,theauthordescribesthecreatoras asmith.Hecreatesthetiger .Whatbehind the questions is the frightening and respect of the author to the creator. In thefifth part, the author changes his tone and asks when the stars throw down their spears,why they are not happy? The last part is as

35、 same as the first part, the creator is toomysterious to understand.The tiger shows its outstanding energy. It s thewhichvitalitythe author thinks highly of.The key sentence of the poem is Did he who made the Lamb make thee? It challengesthe one- track religious views of the 18 s century. The view o

36、nly concluded that godcreate the lame, he is so kind a father. But it didn t know god also create the tough tiger.He can also be very serious. The god is someone who can t be truly understood byhuman beings.I Wandered Lonely as a CloudP571.What is the relation between the poet and nature as describe

37、d in the poem?Theme of Man and the Natural World :Wordsworth is the granddaddyof all nature poets, and he s in top form in I wandered lonely as a Cloud. In her journalentryabout thedayinquestion,WordsworthssisterDorothywroteabouttheirsurprise at finding so many daffodils in such a strange place, nex

38、t to a lake and undersome trees. How d those get there? she wondered, even guessing that maybe theseeds floatedacrossthelake.Theeventisoneoftheminormiraclesthatnatureproduces all the time, as anyone who has seen the documentaryPlanet Earthor theDisney movie Earth knows. Wordsworth s natureis full of

39、 life and vitality.Heappreciates its wildness and unpredictability, but he humanizes the landscape and fits itto his own mind.Theme of HappinessI wandered lonely as a Cloud is a poem that just makes you feel good about life. Itsays that even when you are by yourself and lonely and missing your frien

40、ds, you canuseyourimaginationtofinenewfriendsintheworldaroundyou.AsJohnMiltonfamously wrote, The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, anda hell of Heaven. The speaker of this poem makes a heaven out of a windy day and abunch of daffodils. His happiness does not last forever

41、he s not that unrealisticbutthe daffodils give him a little boost of joy whenever he needs it, like recharging hisbatteries.Theme of SpiritualityThe19thcenturyScottishwriterThomasCarlylecoinedthephrasenaturalsupernaturalism, which has been used by later critics to describe how the Romanticpoets, and

42、 especially Wordsworth, viewed the natural world as a spiritual realm. Theidea is that Heaven comes down to earth and is viewed aspartof the world. This poemillustrates the principle of natural supernaturalism. The daffodils are like angels andtwinklingstars,andtheblissofheavenoccursinspeaker simagi

43、nation.HeusesChristian ideas and images to make an ode to nature without any reference to God.欢迎下载4精品文库Theme of Memory and the PastI wandered lonely as a Cloud is almost like a simpler version of Tintern Abbey , one of Wordsworth s other most famous works. In both poems, the memory of beautiful thin

44、gs serves as a comfort to the speaker even after the experience of viewing them has ended. He can always draw on his imagination to reproduce the joy of the event and to remember the spiritual wisdom that it provided. In the case of I wanderedlonely as a Cloud, we do not realize just how far in the

45、future thespeaker s perspectiveis located until the fourth stanza, when he describes just how often the daffodils havecomforted him.2.Do you think nature can have healing effect on mind?I think nature can have healing effect on mind, but the precondition is that the natureshould be peaceful and eart

46、hly. Let s imagine a scene. At the very beginning, we felt alittlesad.Then,weplaceourselvesata peacefulandcleanlake.Wesitonthecomfortable and green grass. There are several wild flowers on the grass. Some little birds are walking near us with chirp. We can breathe the smell of the earth. When we are

47、 watching it glistening in the sunshine, there may be a smile on our face again.Nobody will be not touched in this condition unless there is something wrong with his mind. It is just like a picture. Or it is just like a clean bracing and ethereal melody. We can close our eyes to listen to it without

48、 any distracting thoughts. It always can comfort our hearts, and we will not feel that desperate. Every time I feel not happy I will listen to a piece of piano music. That makes me good, all my fidgeting will go away from me. Sometimes I will reflect where the problem is. Peaceful music is just like

49、 the nature.Both they can give me a kind of feeling like mother. Do not be scared at all. SometimesI suppose if the criminal can live in the nature and experience it, they will not do that evil. In another hand, those artists maybe can not create the works. As the author said, a host of golden daffo

50、dils beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze. The memory made him excited and brought his lonely heart happiness. Ifa writer does not watch any beautiful scenery, I believe he or she can t be. a good writerPeaceful nature is a place people can release themselves and

51、remove the unhappiness.In this circumstance, the writer digs their inspiration.Yes, I think so. Some people may think that our nature has been highly polluted by ourhuman beings. And it won t have any effects on us. The others may think the naturehas bad influence on our bodies because of the contam

52、ination. But I think nature must have a lot of healing effect on mind. As the development of the society, people may meet more and more difficulties, and it may lead to more stress. For example, when a person has worked for a long time, it is hard for him to do more. He would like to spend sometime

53、travelling to somewhere. The place is best to be beautiful, clean, comfortable,with clear sky and green grass.People can breathe the fresh air there. When he lieson the grass and watches the sky, he may forget all the stress on work. The only thing he can do is to enjoy the charming scenery and grea

54、t nature.Nature also can affect people when they are ill especially serious disease. The patient may feel their life meaningless. At that time, their families will take them to a remote place. They may also let the patient have a pet. During the feeding period, the patient may feel that a life is so

55、 difficult to bring up. He will heal the spirit to live. Different欢迎下载5精品文库people have different ideas. I can t say that nature doesn t have mischief, but in myopinion, its good effects are more.Novels:The Canterbury Tales1.Howisthesettingofthetalesdescribed?Withsucha setting,couldyoupredict the gen

56、eral tone of the tales?Early spring. General tone: happy, easy, lively, humorous.2.Character of the Knight?The knight displays many traits which make him seem almost too good to be true, and a true gentleman that rarely exists in reality. The knight holds four main admirable traits, making him the m

57、ost liked traveler in The Canterbury Tales, and also amplying the doubt of his realism. From the characters impressive introduction, it is clear thatthis man is the most valued and honorable traveler among the group. This perfect gentleman holds a love of ideals that are often not displayed by peopl

58、e. First and foremost, he believes in the ideals of chivalry, and always stays true to its principles. Healso feels that one should be honest, truthful and faithful, which many people are not all of these ideals. The knight thinks one should only do what is right, and what will gainhimhonorandreputa

59、tion.Thischaracteralsobelievesinfreedomandgenerositytowards all, and displays this ideal repeatedly throughout the novel. And lastly, the knight also strongly feels that any proper person should display courtesy and eleganceat all times.Another aspect ofthis characters lifewhich makeshim seem too pr

60、estigious to betruthful is his impressive military career. He fought in the holy war, The knight obviouslyheld a very respectable reputation, and was treated with much honor and respect. Hewas a perfect gentleman, showing kindness and understanding to everyone he came incontactwith. Theknightwasextr