英文读书报告 Book Report

第一篇：英文读书报告 Book Report

A Book Report of a Thousand Splendid Suns A Book Report of a Thousand Splendid Suns

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Brief Introduction A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini.It is his second, following hisbestselling 2003 debut, The Kite Runner.Mariam is an illegitimate child, and suffers from both the stigma surrounding her birth along with the abuse she faces throughout her marriage.Laila, born a generation later, is comparatively privileged during her youth until their lives intersect and she is also forced to accept a marriage proposal from Rasheed, Mariam's husband.The author Hosseini has remarked that he regards the novel as a “mother-daughter story” in contrast to The Kite Runner, which he considers a “father-son story”.It continues some of the themes used in his previous work, such as the familial aspects, but focuses primarily on female characters and their roles in Afghan society.The Author ＆ Background Khaled Hosseini(born

March

4，1965)

is

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Afghan-born American novelist and physician.After graduating from college, he worked as a doctor in California, an occupation that he likened to “an arranged marriage”.He has published three novels, most notably his 2003 debut The Kite Runner, all of which are at least partially set in Afghanistan and feature an Afghan as the protagonist.Following the success of The Kite Runner he retired from medicine to write full-time.Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan.His father worked as a diplomat, and when Hosseini was 11 years old, the family moved to France;four years later, they applied for asylum in the United States, where he later became a citizen.Hosseini did not

A Book Report of a Thousand Splendid Suns return to Afghanistan until 2001 at the age of 36, where he “felt like a tourist in hisown country”.Hosseini visited Afghanistan in 2003, and “heard so many stories about what happened to women, the tragedies that they had endured, the difficulties, the gender-based violence that they had suffered, the discrimination, the being barred from active life during the Taliban, having their movement restricted, being banned essentially from practicing their legal, social rights, political rights”.This motivated him to write a novel centered on two Afghan women.Title

The title of the book comes from a line in the Josephine Davis translation of the poem “Kabul”, by the 17th-century Iranian poet Saib Tabrizi: “Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eye Through the bazaars, caravans of Egypt pass

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs And the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls”

In an interview, Khaled Hosseini explains, “I was searching for English translations of poems about Kabul, for use in a scene where a character bemoans leaving his beloved city, when I found this particular verse.I realized that I had found not only the right line for the scene, but also an evocative title in the phrase 'a thousand splendid suns,' which appears in the next-to-last stanza.”

Summary The novel centers around two women, Mariam and Laila, how their lives become intertwined after a series of drastic events, and their subsequent friendship and support for each other in the backdrop of Kabul in the 20th and 21st century.It is split 2

A Book Report of a Thousand Splendid Suns into four parts that focus on individual stories: Part one is about Mariam, part two is on Laila, part three is on the relationship between the two women, and Laila's life with Tariq is in part four.The last section also happens to be the only part written in the present tense.Mariam lives in a kolba on the outskirts of Herat with her embittered mother.Jalil, her father, is a wealthy businessman who owns a cinema and lives in the town with three wives and nine children.Mariam is his illegitimate daughter,and she is prohibited to live with them, but Jalil visits her every Thursday.On her fifteenth birthday, Mariam wants her father to take her to see Pinocchio at his movie theater, against the pleas of her mother.When he does not show up, she hikes into town and goes to his house.He refuses to see her, and she ends up sleeping on the street.In the morning, Mariam returns home to find that her mother has committed suicide out of fear that her daughter had deserted her.Mariam is then taken to live in her father's house.Jalil arranges for her to be married to Rasheed, a shoemaker from Kabul who is thirty-years her senior.In Kabul, Mariam becomes pregnant seven successive times, but is never able to carry a child to term.This is a sad, disquieting reality for both Rasheed and Mariam.Ultimately Rasheed grows more and more despondent over his wife's inability to have a child and particularly a son.As their marriage wears on Rasheed gradually becomes more and more abusive.Part Two introduces Laila.She is a girl growing up in Kabul who is close friends with Tariq, a boy living in her neighborhood.They eventually develop a romantic relationship despite being aware of the social boundaries between men and women in Afghan society.War comes to Afghanistan, and Kabul is bombarded by rocket attacks.Tariq's family decides to leave the city, and the emotional farewell between Laila and Tariq culminates with them making love.Laila's family also decides to leave Kabul, but as they are packing a rocket destroys the house, killing her parents and severely injuring Laila.Laila is subsequently taken in by Rasheed and Mariam.3

A Book Report of a Thousand Splendid Suns After recovering from her injuries, Laila discovers that she is pregnant with Tariq's child.After being informed by Abdul Sharif that Tariq has died, she agrees to marry Rasheed, a man eager to have a young and attractive second wife in hopes of having a son with her.When Laila gives birth to a daughter, Aziza, Rasheed is displeased and suspicious.This results in him becoming abusive towards Laila.Mariam and Laila eventually become confidants and best friends.They plan to run away from Rasheed and leave Kabul but are caught at the bus station.Rasheed beats them and deprives them of water for several days, almost killing Aziza.A few years later, Laila gives birth to Zalmai, Rasheed's son.The Taliban has risen to power and imposed harsh rules on the Afghan population, prohibiting women from appearing in public without a male relative.There is a drought, and living conditions in Kabul become poor.Rasheed's workshop burns down, and he is forced to take jobs for which he is ill-suited.He sends Aziza to an orphanage.Laila endures a number of beatings from the Taliban when caught alone on the streets in attempts to visit her daughter.Then one day Tariq appears outside the house, and he and Laila are reunited.Laila realizes that Rasheed had hired Abdul Sharif to inform her about Tariq's fake death, so that he could marry her.When Rasheed returns home from work, Zalmai tells his father about the visitor.Rasheed starts to savagely beat Laila.He nearly strangles her, but Mariam intervenes and kills Rasheed with a shovel.Afterwards, Mariam confesses to killing Rasheed in order to draw attention away from Laila and Tariq.Mariam is publicly executed, allowing Laila and Tariq to leave for Pakistan with Aziza and Zalmai.They spend their days working at a guest house in Murree, a summer retreat.After the fall of the Taliban, Laila and Tariq return to Afghanistan.They stop in the village where Mariam was raised, and discover a package that Mariam's father left behind for her: a videotape of Pinocchio, a small sack of money, and a letter.Laila reads the letter and discovers that Jalil had regretted sending Mariam away.Laila and

A Book Report of a Thousand Splendid Suns Tariq return to Kabul and use the money to fix up the orphanage, where Laila starts working as a teacher.Laila is pregnant with her third child, and if it is a girl, Laila has already named her Mariam.Comments After reading the novel,I am deeply touched and shocked.I am touched by the patience and suffering of Mariam and the friendship between Mariam and Laila.I am shocked by the violenceand abuse of Rasheed.It is a beautiful, heart-wrenching story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond and an indestructible love.Although Mariam and Laila suffer many pains, yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.Love may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you consider the war-ravaged landscape of Afghanistan.But that is the emotion—subterranean, powerful, beautiful, illicit, and infinitely patient—that suffuses the pages of Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns.As in his best-selling first novel, The Kite Runner, Hosseini movingly examines the connections between unlikely friends, the fissures that open up between parents and children, the intransigence of quiet hearts.Nowadays,there are still many wars in this land threatening the lives of the people stay there.And I wonder how will these Afghan women do, and more important, what can WE do.A Book Report of a Thousand Splendid Suns Style ＆ Technique A Thousand Splendid Suns received significant praise from reviewers, with Publishers Weekly calling it “a powerful, harrowing depiction of Afghanistan” andUSA Today describing the prose as “achingly beautiful”.Lisa See of The New York Times attributed the book's success to Hosseini “understandingthe power of emotion as few other popular writers do”.Natasha Walter from The Guardian wrote, “Hosseini is skilled at telling a certain kind of story, in which events that may seem unbearableare made readable.He doesn't gloss over the horrors his characters live through, but something about his direct, explanatory style and the sense that you are moving towards a redemptive ending makes the whole narrative, for all its tragedies, slip down rather easily.”

第二篇：双城记英文简介 bookreport专用

A Tale of Two Cities It was the year 1757, the doctor Manette lived in Pairs.And one day he treated a young woman who was hurt by ME family.And the young woman’s husband was killed by them.The doctor felt very angry when he heard the young woman’s miserable experiences.He decided to claimed crimes of ME to the king’s court.So he wrote a letter to the court.Some days later, several men came to Manette’s house and asked him to treat a patient.Manette agreed and followed these men.But these man were ME members.They put Manette into prison.Manette’s family didn’t find him anywhere.Just several months later his wife gave birth to a baby called Lucie.18 years had passed.It was 1775.The doctor’s daughter Lucie was 18 years old.At that time she lived in London.She just was brought up by Miss Spross, because when Lucie was 2 years old her mother was dead.One day she suddenly received a letter that said she should immediately went to Pairs for getting some information about her father.She felt shocked and went to Pairs as soon as possible.On the ways to Pairs, Lucie met other main character in this book--Charles.He was a son of the ME’s leader.But he hated his father and relatives’ cruel actions to low class people, so he moved to England and exchanged his name to Charles.At that time, no one knew his real identity.He fell in love with the beautiful Luciel.When Lucie arrived in the Pairs, she met her father’s old friend Mr.Lorry.Mr.Lorry brought Lucie to meet her father’s former servant--Ernest Defarge.At that time Defarge and his wife Madame Defarge ran a bar in Pairs.Through all people’s effort, Lucie met her father at first time.Her father was weak and filthy.When Manette knew he had a daughter in the world he held his daughter and cried.Then Mr.Lorry, Lucie and her father came back to London.Lucie and her father had a harmonious and peaceful life in London.Lucie took care of her father very well.And her father recovered, he became a doctor again.After 5 years, Charle whom I told you before Lucie met him on the way to Pairs was sued.Lucie who was a witness also joined the trial.In the trial, Charle’s lawyer Carton discovered remarkable details for proving Charle was innocent.Finally the jury announced the verdict –Charle was not guilty.During the trial, the lawyer Carton who perceived Lucie’s golden quality and beauty also fell in love with her.Some days later, Charle took courtship to Lucie and Lucie accepted.During the wedding, Charle told Lucie’s father, who is the doctor, his real identity that he came from ME and so on.The doctor felt shocked.He stayed prison for 18 years just for ME.But doctor decided to keep this secret because he was more concerned about his daughter’s happiness.After the wedding, Carton still kept very close relationship with the young couple.In his mind, his happiness is not marrying her but knowing her happiness.In 1789, the revolution erupted in France.When Chale got this news, he had to go back to France to help his old friends in Pairs.But when he just arrived on Pairs, he was arrested for he was an/the Emigrant.Because revolutionist hated the English Emigrant very much, he was put into the prison.In London when Lucie, Manette, Carton and Mr.Lorry heard the bad news, they rushed to Pairs.The revolutionists welcome Manette due to his suffering in Bastill.Soon, at Charle’s trial, by a unanimous vote, Charle was freed.But a few hours later, Charle was arrested again for his real identity.And he was denounced by Madame Defarge.Several days later, the court announced that Charle was one of ME, a former noble man, and an enemy of the Republic, one of family of tyrants that lived off the blood of the people!Court decided to execute Charles by guillotine in twenty-four hours.Everyone felt painful and hopeless except Madame Defarge.Someone can ask why Madame Defarge hated Chale so much and why she still wanted to kill him? Now, please look at block broad.Can you remember that ME hurt a young lady and killed the lady’s husband? Madame Defarge was the last survivor in this pathetic family.Until now, whole things became clear and reasonable.When Carton saw Lucie’s pale face and hopeless eye, he felt some swords penetrated into his heart.He made a holy and brave decision.He decided to save Charles who was in prison and replaced him to die because of loving Lucie.At that time, Madame Defarge was saturated into revenge, so she brought pistol to Lucie’s apartment.She not only wanted to kill Charles, but also wanted to kill his whole family.She had been deeply indulged in the revenge.On the fight between Madame Defarge and Lucie’s servant, Defarge was killed by her pistol.Soon Carton went to the prison and bribed a prison official to let him go into the prison.Then, he drunk Charles and exchanged their clothes.Finally, the prison official brought Charles to Lucie’s apartment.The last minute came and Carton was brought to the guillotine.As his cart rumbled toward the platform, he turned his eyes toward London and said: I see them holding a special place for me in their hearts, remembering me with love.Yes, this is a far, far better thing that I am doing than anything I have ever done in my life.END 因为爱情 简单的生长

依然随时可以为你疯狂

因为爱情 怎么会有沧桑

所以我们还是年轻的模样

第三篇：英文读书报告格式

英文读书报告(BOOK REPORT)的格式

1.Introductory Paragraph

The first sentence should state for which instructor and class the book-report is being written.The second sentence should state the title of the book and the author's name.The third sentence should tell how many pages the book has and the name of the publisher.The fourth sentence can state basic bibliographic information about the book.Bibliographic information means not only the author and title but also what company published the book, what year it was published in and any other relevant information such as the edition and if the book has been translated, simplified or abridged.(see copyright page and the back of the title page.)

The next sentence should state the reason(s)you decided to read this book.Why did you choose this particular book? Typical reasons might be:

o You like the author.o You like this type of book(i.e.mystery, western, adventure or romance, etc.).o Someone recommended the book to you.o It was on a required reading list.o You liked the cover.These reasons do not have to be complex.Most people choose the books they read because they like the author or somebody recommended it to them.If you chose the book because you like the author, then state why you like that author.An optional sentence can be used if the cover(back cover)of the book gives you any additional information then add a sentence with that information.o Was the book a best seller?

o Are there X million copies in print?

o Did it win any major awards?

2.Main Character(s)Paragraph

The first sentence of this paragraph should state who the main character or characters of the book are, and why they are important.Refer to this person or these persons as the Main Character or Main Characters.You will need at least a complex sentence for this, and probably more than one sentence.3.Other Characters Paragraph

You should compose at least one sentence for each of the other prominent or important characters in the book.State the name of each of the other important characters, and the key role that each one plays in the book

Most books have five or six prominent characters besides the main character, so simply listing each one and stating their role in the book will give you a good sized paragraph.4.Plot Summary Paragraph

This is perhaps the hardest paragraph to write in five sentences or so.If you have to write a bit more don't worry.Here are the main points to cover:

o State the type of book(Mystery, Western, etc.).o What place or country was the book set in?

o What time period was the book set in?(19th century, the present, ancient Rome, the 23rd century).o Other physical locations which are important, like: ships, airplanes, houses, or buildings.o Other notable attributes of the book.(Was it violent, scary, fast paced, etc.).o What is the main character trying to do?

o What is the outcome of the book?

o etc.Make sure you cover all of the major parts of the plot.You might have to go back through the book, chapter by chapter, and make a few notes.5.Personal Impressions and Conclusion Paragraph

Simply talk about what you liked or did not like about the book.Use this paragraph as your conclusion.It should summarize your overall impressions of the book and bring the report to a close.o Start with a sentence that states that you are now writing a conclusion.(For example: “My final thoughts on 'A Fine Balance' are that it is a fascinating book but I am not entirely sure if I completely understood the thematic message of the book.”

o Restate your reasons why you liked and/or disliked the book using different words.o Write two sentences that talk about the books good points and weak points.o Write a sentence or two about what you learned from the book.o Close with a sentence that states whether you would recommend the book to others.Don't be afraid to give your own honest impressions of the book.After all, if you've read the book thoroughly, you are entitled to your own interpretation of it.Typically, your book report should not exceed two double-spaced pages, and it should be somewhere between 600 and 800 words in length.Book report on Robinson Crusoe

gone with the wind

第四篇：英文读书报告

Class: 08本二班

Name：李秀清 NO：200841010234 page: 1

Afterthought of “Shuang Leng Chang He”

Friendship

Recently, I read a book named „Shuang Leng Chang He‟which is written by Yu Qiuyu.There are some essays about philosophic theory of human life in this book.However, I was attractive by the essay of friendship for I was told the essence of friendship and learnt how to make friends with others.Friendship is an eternal theme we examine and explore.But what is friendship? What is the real meaning of friendship? As we know, friendship is a life-long treasure.With friends, we share our joys and tears.Friendship is not a commodity with a price, nor should we alienate our friends by questioning or judging their virtues.In traditional culture of China, most of the literary men admire the friendship between Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi.They hold the point that mountain stream with a knowing ear is the luckiest thing and looking forward to this kind of friendship in their whole life.However, a bosom friend is not easy to find in the real world.It usually comes that the person is your friend today, and tomorrow would be your enemy.Even more, when a person was deceived or betrayed by his friends, he would never trust any friends.Usually, people will try their best to help their friends, even their lives when needed.However they find it hard to forgive the friend who betrayed them.Hence, how to establish friendly relationship is very important and necessary for human beings.There is a Chinese saying goes, you depend on your parents when you stay at home, and you depend on your friends when you go out.This kind of saying indicates that the importance of friends, at the same time it means the value of friends is for dependence.Therefore, will you make friends with a person who has no use for you? Or anyone helped you can become your friends? What do we expect from our friends? From my point of view, a real friend does not care your background, your wealth, your appearance.The truest friend of all is one that reads your very soul, one who is always there when needed.A real friend does not expect something from their friends or depend on his friends.Friendship is an in-depth relationship combining trust, communication, and understanding.Some people hold the idea that finding a friend is like coming home.When you come “home” to a friend, you can relax;unbosoming you pains and sorrows and you needn‟t pretend or act tough.But do not forget one point that is keeping distance between you.Most people of China are likely to ignore this kind of problem, which sometimes causes some unnecessary troubles.From my point of view, we should better keep proper distance with our friends if you want keep a stable relationship.Generally, as a Chinese, people would rather receive excessive kindness than say “NO‟‟ to their friends.In their opinion, a good friend should not turn down their friends, if this happened, their friends would be regarded that they were looked down by their friends and felt loosing face.For example, one of your friends is afraid of exam and he asks for your help during the examination.What would you do? To be or not to be? Even though you are unwilling to cheat in the exam, you still promise to offer help and endure the suffering yourself from treating.Every man alone is sincere.At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.Emerson said “A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.I do not wish to treat friendship daintily, but with roughest courage.” From these words, we know that friendship is built on sincerity, and sincerity is based on equality of personality.Without sincerity and equality of personality, people will not trust others and make friends with others in heart.In addition to this, Aristotle also said that wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.Maybe it only takes one second time to be friends, but you will spend more time to establish friendly relationships.Pure friendship without judgment can enrich our life.We have our own judgments on our friends according to their virtues.Though you find virtues in your friends, he was your friend before you found them.If you choose your friends on the ground that you are virtues and want virtuous company, you are no nearer to true friendship than of choosing them for commercial reasons.Though you may choose the virtuous to be your friends, they may not choose you as a friend.Nevertheless, without judgment does not mean that you should ignore what is right and wrong to support you friends without condition.Unquestioning support will bring disaster finally.From this article, people may feel that it is not easy to find a real friend.In fact the problem is we require too much from friendship, such as the sense of belonging, obligation and other virtues.If we get rid of this kind of demand and fetter, we will understand the friendship clearly and enjoy it completely.Friendship is just like a seed which we should look after carefully.Cherish is a virtue.A friend is a friend;you should cherish the relationship maintain it with hearts.What‟s more, we should

learn how to keep distance, how to keep the independence of spirit and personality;learn to distinguish what is right and what is wrong and make the exact choice.Person whom possesses his own idea and character would win the real friendship.Last but not least, no matter how eager we are to make friends with others, we should not forget the point, that is, action is one of the best ways of expression of your sincerity.Beautiful words do not give any sense.An action is better than thousands words.2011年 3月20日

第五篇：读书报告 傲慢与偏见 英文

浙江万里学院

外语学院英语专业

（2011级）

读

书

报

告

学号 _2011013041____姓名___潘圣玲______ 班级___英语118班___专业____英语_________ 完稿日期_2012/12/8___成绩______________________

Title: Pride and Prejudice

I.Bibliographical information

Author(s):_ Jane Austen______Edition:_ 段鸿欣编译__________

Year of publication:____ 2010年6月_______________

Place:___ 北京复兴门外大街2号___ Publisher:___ 中国国际广播出版社____

II.Information about your reading

1.The reasons why you selected the book:(≥20words)_ because Jane Austen was hailed as a truly great British novelist by critics and literary historians in

twentieth century and the novel is regarded as the most classic sense of the novel.2.The amount of time you spent reading the book:two weeks

3.If you finished reading the entire book, sign your name here:__潘圣玲

If you did not finish reading the book, how many pages did you read? ______

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

Pride and Prejudice is the story of four marriages in British country of 18th century.Jane Austen shows the pictures of the current social life in Britain through the marriage matter, it also reflects her views on marriage.The book describes the

virtuous and emotional entanglements among the single young Darcy and the second Miss.Elizabeth, and the wealthy single Bingley and the eldest Miss.Jane.The most important love story naturally happens between Elizabeth and Darcy.There’re three marriages interspersed in it.Collins and Charlotte’s business marriage just satisfies their dreams.Collins wants a wife, and Charlotte wants a husband.Wickham and Lydia’s frivolous marriage just meets their benefits.Lydia completes her “pursuit”, and Wickham gains some money.Bingley and Jane’s marriage is happy with true

feelings, like Darcy and Elizabeth’s.They have feelings for each other in the ball, and have deeper contacts with each other.But they two can’t determine the other’s mind;Bingley is persuaded by Darcy to give the affection and he leaves Jane.Jane lives in sadness.So does Bingley.He comes back to chase Jane and the lover immerses in the joy.They two are all gentle persons, so their marriage will be comfortable and filled with tender and sweet.(207 Words)

IV.Comments on the book

1.What are the strengths and weaknesses of the book?(≥50words)

Although Austen’s theme is narrow, the story is quite dull, but she is good at

shape distinctive characters in ordinary daily things.Whether Elizabeth and Darcy that the author thinks should be positive character, or Collins this kind of being the object of sarcasm, she presents themin a real way.At the same time, Austin’s language is after temper, she in a dialogue art exquisite humor, satire, often with funny witty language to foil character's personality.This kind of artistic

innovation made her works have their own characteristics

2.What is the part of this book that had the greatest impact on you? Why?(≥

50words)

With the revealing of the truth, Elizabeth’s prejudice on Darcy becomes deeper.Until when Elizabeth refuses Darcy’s long love letter, she experiences the fierce shock.After undergoing a period of painful and profound thought, she could not help but to shout how despicable she is。When we see the blame from heart, we find her

shortcomings and the courage that she could face herself directly.It is her bringing that plays a role;she starts to give up the bias caused by self-esteem, truly and seriously understand Darcy.Elizabeth wouldn't believe the shameless lies about

Darcy said by Han and eliminate the misunderstanding and prejudice.She finally falls in love with Darcy.Is the writing effective, powerful, difficult, or beautiful?(≥50words)

I think it is helpful.The different treatments and attitudes towards these marriages reflect Jane Austen’s views on marriage.It’s wrong for marriage to pursue property,money and high status.She stresses the importance of an ideal marriage and takes the feelings of both men and women as the cornerstone of the ideal marriage.We also learn that pride and prejudice are the very common problems and weaknesses in human’s personality.Everyone is easy to be driven by their own subjective

consciousness or other people’s wrong comments.It may cause a misunderstanding toward a thing or a person.What we should do is to avoid these weaknesses and make them under good regulation.Everything must be based on objective sense and commented with a deeper understanding.1.If you could talk to the author, what would you say?(≥50words)

In this great book, you amply demonstrates your point about love and marriage.And you let me know that at that time, according to the social conditions in

Britain, a good marriage for a young woman was critical.And in the 19th

century, women were not well respected compared with the ones in the present society.There was no equality.between woman and man.Women were

considered to be inferior to men in terms of intelligence and capacity.Now

through this book I find the courage to show ourselves.What did you learn about yourself as a result of reading this book?(≥50words)Thank you.after reading your book I form a positive attitiud to the marrige.now, I thinklove and marriage only by appreciating the marriage founded on the basis of mutual understanding and true love, but also by satirizing the marriage founded on the basis of origin and desire.The marriage based on social position and money can’t bring happy life.3.Note down five useful expressions you learned from your reading and make

on sentence for each expression.1)[Useful expression](p.6)She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.[Sentence you made]: He is a man in possession of a good fortune.2)[Useful expression](p.4)``My dear Mr.Bennet,'' replied his wife, ``how can you be so tiresome!You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.''

[Sentence you made]: From the fact that after 100,000 years or a million years or whatever it is, eventually life would grow tiresome, that hardly shows that life has grown tiresome after 50 years or 80 years or 100.3)[Useful expression](p.60)``Indeed I have, Sir,'' was her answer.``She is a great deal too ill to be moved.Mr.Jones says we must not think of moving her.We must trespass a little longer on your kindness.'

[Sentence you made]: I will trespass on your hospitality

4)[Useful expression](p.124)``I remember hearing you once say, Mr.Darcy, that you hardly ever forgave, that your resentment once created was unappeasable.You are very cautious, I suppose, as to its being created.'’

[Sentence you made]: I remember hearing you once say , that you hardly ever forgave, that your resentment once created was unappeasable

5)[Useful expression](p.292)Elizabeth could not repress a smile at this, but she answered only by a slight inclination of the head.[Sentence you made]: However, because they don’t have the emotional tools to integrate the hurt caused by abusive adults, they often repress their feelings as their first line of defence.General remarks:(≥200words)

The writer Jane Austen disclosed mid-class young ladies’ different ideas of marriage and love through describing the different ways in which the Bennet girls doing with their marriage problems, and this undoubtedly shows the writer’s idea about love and marriage: it’s wrong to get married just for property, wealth and status while neither would it be without caring about those elements.Jane Austen just attached great

significance to marriage through her novel by telling people that marriage should be regarded carefully because it is not a game you could just enjoy without prudent

consideration.She also wanted to deliver information that marriage should be based on real love between the lovers.The female subject Elizabeth is a mid-class girl, and Darcy proposed to her regardless of the gap between them, but Elizabeth refused

because of his pride had formed Eli’s prejudice.Cause Darcy’s pride was a suggest of status gap between he and Eli, he wouldn’t have the same thought with Eli and

consequently the ideal marriage.But later Darcy’s doings especially his change of the prideful manner eliminated Eli’s misunderstandings and prejudice about him, and Eli accepted his proposal.Those two opposite attitudes reflect females pursue of

independent personality and equality.I think Elizabeth has personality ethic which caused her independent idea about love and marriage and in consequence she earned a happy life.There’re also Eli’s sisters’ love stories served as contrasts to the female subject’s ideal marriage, such as Charlotte and Collin’s life: they do had a luxury life, but there’s noreal love between them and this kind of marriage is surely a tragedy of society.(_270_ Words)

Author’s Statement

The undersigned hereby warrants that the reading report is original and that he/she is the author of the reading report.Signature: ______________