周艷霞

《瓦爾登湖》一書為梭羅隱居瓦爾登湖畔時所寫?！锻郀柕呛废蛭覀冋故玖送郀柕呛厦啦粍偈盏娘L景，記錄了作家隱居生活的點滴。

1?By?the?author?Henry?David?Thoreau，?Walden?was?published?in?1854.?It?is?an?account?of?the?experiences?of?Thoreau?over?two?years，?two?months，?and?two?days.?It?is?set?in?Massachusetts?in?a?woodland?that?Ralph?Waldo，?his?mentor，?owned?and?also?where?Thoreau?built?his?cabin.

2?The?book?is?largely?structured?around?the?seasonal?changes?that?Thoreau?observed?during?his?two?years?at?Walden?Pond.?It?takes?a?huge?focus?on?the?season?changes，?and?they?structure?his?days?there，?which?were?filled?with?things?most?of?us?would?never?take?the?time?or?the?opportunity?to?do，?like?farming?and?observing?different?plants?and?animals?that?inhabited?the?area.

3?Nonetheless，?Walden?is?a?difficult?book?to?read?for?three?reasons.?First，?it?was?written?by?a?gifted?writer?who?uses?surgically?precise?language，?long?and?complex?paragraphs?and?sentences，?and?vivid，?detailed，?and?insightful?descriptions.?Second，?its?logic?is?based?on?a?different?understanding?of?life，?quite?contrary?to?what?most?people?would?call?common?sense.?And?third，?quite?often?any?words?would?fail?to?express?many?of?Thoreau?s?insights?into?truth.?Thoreau?must?use?non？鄄literal（非字面意義的）?language?to?express?his?ideas，?and?the?readers?must?read?beyond?the?lines.

4?Relatively?neglected?during?Thoreau?s?lifetime，?Walden?achieved?tremendous?popularity?in?the?20th?century.?Thoreau?s?description?of?the?physical?act?of?living?day?by?day?at?Walden?Pond?gave?the?book?authority，?while?his?command?of?a?clear，?straightforward，?but?elegant?style?helped?raise?it?to?the?level?of?a?literary?classic.?Quotes?from?Walden?like?“The?mass?of?men?lead?lives?of?quiet?desperation”，?“If?a?man?does?not?keep?pace?with?his?companions，?perhaps?it?is?because?he?hears?a?different?drummer”?and?so?on?are?often?repeated.

5?If?you?wish?to?live?a?boring?and?conventional?life，?Thoreau?is?not?for?you.?If?you?wish?to?experience?life，?then?you?will?find?that?Thoreauvian?insight?can?free?up?your?time，?energy，?and?possibilities.?Maybe，?you?could?also?be?a?hermit?like?Thoreau?when?you?finish?the?book.

Ⅰ.?Complete?the?following?table?with?only?one?word?for?each?blank

Ⅱ.?Critical?thinking

As?a?civilian?in?a?more?social?society?today，?what?do?you?think?of?Thoreau?s?life?as?a?hermit？?Which?kind?of?life?do?you?prefer，?a?hermit?life?or?a?more?social?life？?Why？

近日，瘋狂英語雜志社正在舉行主題為“My?favorite?book”的征文比賽。請給雜志社寫一篇短文，介紹你最喜歡的一本書。內(nèi)容要點：

1.?書的名字;

2.?喜歡的原因;

3.?書的簡介。

注意：

1.?詞數(shù)80左右;

2.?可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

My?favorite?book