大学作文英文短篇【一】
一个风和日丽、阳光明媚的早晨，小鸟在枝头歌唱，一片生机勃勃的景象。
在一片西瓜地里，西瓜们都坐着谈天说地，快乐地享受着生活。此刻，一阵风把一只红气球吹到了西瓜地。那只红气球穿着一身红色的连衣裙，头上还系着一个粉色的蝴蝶结，漂亮极了。西瓜们望了望，又继续聊起来。
红气球昂着头、挺着胸，摆了摆手，说：“嗨，大家好!”西瓜们也都向它打声招呼，红气球边摆弄自己的裙子，边说：“看看你们一个个穿得衣服，一点鲜艳的颜色也没有，真难看!”绿西瓜们只是微微一笑。红气球又用轻蔑的口吻说：“你们难道一直都在这个破地方呆着呀?真不可想象有多枯燥，一点情趣都没有。”一个西瓜憨厚地说：“对呀，我们可没有你本领大，能飞到别的城市。”红气球故意用怜悯地口气说：“唉，你们好可怜啊!”另一个西瓜说：“我觉得我们一点也不可怜，在这里生活照样很精彩。你都去过什么地方啊?”一阵微风轻轻吹来，红气球有点飘飘然了，夸起口来：“我去过伟大的首都北京，游览过闻名世界的万里长城，还有上海的东方明珠……”红气球接着炫耀下去，其实它从来没去过那么多地方，只是想让西瓜们羡慕自己，而西瓜们早就听得不耐烦了。这是又一阵风吹来了，红气球还没玩而够呢，就被吹上了天，西瓜们都哈哈大笑。空中的红气球更骄傲了，便展示自己飞的本领。一只鸟从天空飞过，以为红气球是什么好吃的，飞过去一啄，红气球破了。
红气球消失了，而绿西瓜们还在地里快乐的生活着。
大学作文英文短篇【二】
在宽阔的江面上，渔船撑起白帆顺流而下。
白帆鼓满了风，推送着渔船前进。它欣赏着自己在水中的倒影：那就像一张巨大的白蝴蝶的翅膀，多神气，多威风!
于是，白帆嘲笑起躺在船舷旁的木桨了：“木桨啊，你这个又无能又懒惰的家伙，渔船冲波踏浪，飞快地前进，全靠有我这张帆!你呢?什么事情也不能干，只会躺在那里睡懒觉!”
木桨一声不吭，好像真的睡着了。
傍晚，渔船要返航了。渔夫解开缆绳，白帆“刷”地从桅杆上落下，卷了起来。接着，渔夫拿起木桨，点破江水，划动起来，渔船便掉过头返航了。
白帆焦急地喊起来：“为什么把我卷起来呢?为什么使用那无能的木浆呢?”
“哈哈，现在你该明白了吧?”木桨带着哗哗的水声，说：“你只能在顺风的时候神气十足!而我，虽然本事不大，却肯于逆风而上!”
大学作文英文短篇【三】
Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but in my opinion, this book is an illustration of the society at that time. She perfectly reflected the relation between money and marriage at her time and gave the people in her works vivid characters. The characters have their own personalities. Mrs. Bennet is a woman who makes great efforts to marry off her daughters. Mr. Bingley is a friendly young man, but his friend, Mr. Darcy, is a very proud man who seems to always feel superior. Even the five daughters in Bennet family are very different. Jane is simple, innocent and never speaks evil of others. Elizabeth is a clever girl who always has her own opinion. Mary likes reading classic books. (Actually she is a pedant. Kitty doesn’t have her own opinion but likes to follow her sister, Lydia. Lydia is a girl who follows exotic things, handsome man, and is somehow a little profligate. When I read the book, I can always find the same personalities in the society now. That is why I think this book is indeed the representative of the society in Britain in the 18th century.
The family of gentleman in the countryside is Jane Austen’s favourite topic. But this little topic can reflect big problems. It concludes the stratum situation and economic relationships in Britain in her century. You can find these from the very beginning of this book.
The first sentence in this book is impressive. It reads: “It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in poss ession of a large fortune must be in need of a wife”. The undertone is very clear: the foundation of the marriage at that time is not emotion but possession.
People always think that Austen was an expert at telling love stories. In fact, the marriage in her book is not the result of love, but the result of economic needs. After reading this book, I know the truth is that a poor woman must be in need of a husband, a wealthy man.
I couldn’t forget how eager Mrs. Bennet wants to marry off her daughte rs. If you want to know why she is so crazy about these things, I must mention the situation in Britain at that time. Only the eldest son had the privilege of inheriting his father’s possessions. Younger sons and daughters who are used to luxurious lives have no choice but marry a man or woman in possession of a large fortune to continue their comfortable lives. Thus, we can see that getting married is a way to become wealthier, particularly for women without many possessions. Jane Austen told us that money and possession determined everything, including marriage and love in her century.
In “Pride and Prejudice”, the sister of Mr. Bingley strongly opposed his plan of marrying Jane because the Bennets don’t have many possessions and their social positions are much lower than them. From this, we can see there are a lot of obstacles for a not very rich woman to marry a wealthy husband. The society, the relatives would not allow them to get married.
In modern society, although the marriages of economic needs have decreased rapidly, the concept of “money determines everything” is still rooted in some people’s mind. A lot of parents try hard to interfere their children’s marriages. Education background, possessions, jobs remains the main reason that may influence one’s marriage. Marry for money is still a big problem in our
society. We can’t help thinking: can money determine everything?
Austen left this problem for us to think. The genius of Jane Austen lies in this perfect simplicity, the simplicity that reflects big problems. Although Austen was only 21 when she wrote “Pride and Prejudice”, her sharp observation of social lives makes the style of this book surprisingly mature and lively. The plots in her works are always very natural. The development of the plot is as inevitable as a problem in mathematics. I think the depth of Pride and Prejudice is the reason that makes this book prominent and classic. Today, her book still can be the guide telling us the economic relationships both at her time and in modern time.
大学作文英文短篇【四】
I read the Chinese version of “Camille” a few years ago. At that time I was deeply moved by the main character Marguerite Gautier. “Camille” or “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas, fils, is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid 1800's, and how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and then tries to escape from her questionable past. Unfortunately, it comes back to haunt her and she ends up returning to that life and dies painfully and alone, but with the knowledge that she was a noble woman at heart. When I first began to read the book, I did not care for Marguerite or her attitude or lifestyle, but as I got further into the narrative, I realized that her saucy attitude was a front to cover the lonely woman that she really was. She felt used, abused and unloved, until the gentle Armand Duval came into her life and showed her that he loved her as a person and not for what she could do for him. It must have taken great courage for Marguerite to leave the life she had lived for so long, knowing all along that it was probably too good to be true and would not last indefinitely. And it also showed that Marguerite really loved Armand Duval for she could even change herself for him.
However, happiness didn’t last for long. When M. Duval, Armand's father, came to her, pleading for her to leave Armand to save both Armand's reputation and that of his younger innocent sister, Marguerite saw a way to become pure of heart, if not in body. She felt that it was her duty, because she loved Armand so much, to do this even though it meant giving up her own happiness and hurting Armand temporarily. She reluctantly returned to her former life, knowing that.some day Armand would forgive her. Sadly, she died in debt and basically alone, except for her one female friend, Julie Duprat, who helped her during her illness. She had her journal sent to Armand after her death, explaining why she had made the choices she had. I think Dumas's last few lines about Marguerite being the exception, not the rule were quite true, and I also agreed with his view that while her lifestyle could not be condoned, we as a society assume that all of these type of women are cold and heartless, while this may not always be the case. A person can make the wrong choices in life when they are young, and try to redeem themselves, but sometimes past situations prevent them from changing their lives, even though they desperately wish to do so. This applies to both men and women in many different types of circumstances: involvement in crime; drug or alcohol abuse; gambling; prostitution; financial problems; poor marriage choices; etc. And this is the fact, which exists in the whole society.
As far as the other characters in the book, I think Marguerite was right in saying that no one truly cared about her, but only wanted something from her, the only exceptions being Armand and Julie Duprat. Of course, the Comte de G. and Comte de N. wanted her body and appearance. The
Duke needed to “wake up and smell the coffee” and realize that she could never replace his dead daughter. If he truly cared, he could have helped her leave her lifestyle without “keeping” her himself. And lastly, Prudence was a blood-sucking leech who used Marguerite almost worse than the men. I also think she was jealous of the fact that Marguerite had so much more courage than herself and someone truly loved her.
Last morning, when tiding my bookshelf, I took this book out of the shelf, and a dried flower flew away from the book. It was pale blue, very transparent, with thin fine veins. a dried flower flew away from the book. It was pale blue, very transparent, with thin fine veins. I held it against the morning light and blew on it. The soft breeze carried it away. Camille is just like the camellia, she could never escape from the destiny of withering. But it wasn’t her fault; it’s because of the evil of Capitalism and the hideousness of that society.
Suddenly, I remembered a saying: “Women are like the flowers”. Those pretty women are like those beautiful flowers; their delicate beauty makes people feel they are the miracle of life. However, even the God envies their beauty. It seems that beautiful women always have tragic endings. As we are normal persons, even we can see the hideousness of humanity that results in their fate of withering, we can at most ask quietly in our hearts: Where have those beautiful flowers gone? Where have they gone?
The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe
It seemed to be such a coincidence that the night after I finished reading The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe, I was to dine in a restaurant distinctly related to the book itself. This restaurant was no other than the famous American-styled “Friday ’s. ” The reason for mentioning this restaurant is quite straightforward to all the gentlemen, ladies and children who have read the novel and enjoyed it, which is the fact that this restaurant was, most likely, named after the American Native in Robinson Crusoe, called Friday. This restaurant offers very exceptional service, for instance when the waitresses are asked to order dishes they kneel rather than stand, which, unlike the other restaurants I have been to, makes it easier for the customers to hear them speak. Moreover, Friday’s friendly services to the customers help them to make better choices when ordering dishes. I remembered when I went to Friday ’s last time; the waitress kindly described the items on the menu with precise details. It turned out that the combo I initially wanted was designed to be shared among a large group, not to be eaten by one person. I think this restaurant shows many commendable features similar to that of Friday. Friday brought emotional warmth to the people around him with his appealing personality. I think it was this personality that affected Crusoe and made him say that he loved Friday when Crusoe didn ’t express love for his parents, brothers, sisters, or even his wife. “When he espied me, he came running to me, laying himself down again upon the ground, with all the possible signs of an humble, thankful disposition, making many antic gestures to show it to let me know how he would serve me as long as he lived.” This was what Friday did after Crusoe had rescued him from the two savages chasing him. It was easy for me to see why Crusoe had loved Friday. After sometime, Crusoe and Friday were to rescue Friday’s father. When Friday reunited with his father, the scene was easy to move anyone: “It would have moved anyone to tears to have seen how Friday kissed him, embraced him, hugged him, cried, laughed, halloed, jumped about, danced,
sung; and then sung and jumped about again, like a distracted creature. It was a good while before I could make him speak to me.” This is my favourite chapter in the whole book. It is hard to see why Friday is an ex-savage when he can have personalities more praiseworthy than many civilized people, viz. Crusoe himself. “When he (Friday went to him (Friday’s father, he would sit down by him, open his breast, and hold his father’s head close to his bosom, half an hour together, to nourish it; then he took his arms and ankles, which were numbed and stiff with the binding, and rubbed them with his hands.” Furthermore, Friday’s expression of loyalty in asking Crusoe to kill him rather than leave him is more heartfelt than anything Crusoe ever says or does.
Crusoe, on the absolute contrary, seems incapable of deep feelings, as shown by his account of leaving his family—he never shows any emotions. After a moving lecture from Robinson’s father about his future, he still decided to follow his own wandering ambition. Careless was he about the wishes of his parents to keep him alive and prosperous, as he was the only child left in the family. When he came back from the island which he had lived on for twenty eight years, he found that it had been too late to tell his parents that he was still alive, but yet again he did not feel sorry for them; he also did not feel sorry for the two people who had to live in misery for nearly thirty years under the allusion all of their sons were dead. He had the same feelings for his wife: when he was married, he said it was “not either to my disadvantage or dissatisfaction”, implying that it was also neither to his advantage nor his satisfaction. Moreover, after his wife died, Robinson did not think of looking after the three children they had, but went back to the island, which he had lived on for twenty-eight years. It was on this trip which Robinson Crusoe revisited “His Island ” as he called it. I feel that Robinson ’s indifference to his family is almost emotionally cruel.
Before had clearly shown the contrast between Crusoe’s and Friday’s personalities, as when Friday, in his joyful reunion with his father, displayed far more emotion toward his family members than Crusoe, whereas Crusoe never mentions missing his family or dreams about the happiness of seeing them again. I think Defore is very successful in introducing Friday as part of the novel, it makes the whole novel seem much more complete and gripping to the reader, as well as proving that Defoe’s ideology of racism is civilized unlike many other Europeans at that time; natives and savages are not worse than others but can perhaps even be more modern and civilized. Those are the reasons of why I like The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe and Friday.
大学作文英文短篇【五】
小猫问妈妈：“早饭吃完，我能出去玩一会儿吗?”
“今天早上不行，”妈妈说，“今天要去医生那儿做一个检查。”
医院里人很多。小猫和妈妈跟每一个认识的人打招呼。
他们看见兔爸爸的儿子头上套着水桶，感到很奇怪。兔爸爸说：“我听到两个孩子吵闹，赶过来一看，才发现这个孩子头上套着个水桶，卡在那里拿不下来。”
小猫和妈妈又碰到了青蛙妈妈。青蛙妈妈说：“这孩子玩游戏的时候跳得太高了，碰到了天花板，头都磕破了。”
熊妈妈也在。猫妈妈说：“熊妈妈，你的小家伙看上去也不太好呀!”“对，”熊妈妈说，“我的孩子玩火烫伤了手。”
医院里有那么多人都在等大象医生。大象医生很和气，他给每一个病人都看好了病，这才轮到小猫。
大象医生笑着说：“我给你检查一下身体。”
医生先给小猫称体重，又给他量身高。
大象医生拿出一个细细长长的`东西。“哦，是象鼻子吧?”小猫说。
象医生笑着说：“这是听诊器，它能让我听到你身体里边的声音。”
“哦，能听见我身体里面的声音?真奇妙!”小猫想。
医生拿听诊器听着小猫的胸口。“深呼吸!”她说。
小猫很深地吸了一口气，又慢慢吐出来。
“很好。”象医生说。
象医生把听诊器给小猫，让他听一下自己身体里的声音。“咚咚咚”，声音那么大!小猫很惊奇，自己的心就像一面鼓在敲。用听诊器来检查，真奇妙!
接下来，象医生又给小猫检查视力。小猫什么都看得清清楚楚。象医生笑着点点头，说：“你的视力真不错!”
检查完视力以后，象医生站在小猫的身后很轻很轻地说话，来检查他的听力。
小猫听得明明白白。象医生满意地说：“很不错!你的听力很好。”
象医生把一面小镜子戴在额头前，还拿了一个好像小电筒的东西来检查。
“你的耳朵真干净啊!喉咙和眼睛也没有病。”象医生说。
象医生又让小猫躺在床上，摁摁他的肚子。
小猫觉得痒痒的，“嘿嘿”地笑起来问：“你摁我的肚子，是想知道我早饭吃了什么吗?”
象医生也笑了：“我知道你吃了很多早饭，把肚子都涨得鼓了起来，像个小皮球。”
象医生拿出一个小橡皮锤。小猫问：“象医生，你拿个锤子干吗呀?”象医生说：“检查你的腿和脚呀。”象医生对着小猫的膝盖轻轻一敲，小猫的脚一下子弹起来。小猫笑起来：“咯咯咯……一点都不痛，再敲一下，再敲一下。”象医生又挠了一下小猫的脚底。小猫痒得“咯咯”笑起来。他心里想：小锤子轻轻敲，还要挠脚底板。多好玩的检查呀!
象医生都检查完了，高兴地拍了拍小猫，笑呵呵地说：“你很健康。还有，你也很勇敢!一点都不害怕。” 小猫说：“谢谢象医生!这样的检查真有趣!”
