大学生自学英文作文【一】
曾有一个朋友擅长于刻橡皮章，成品的效果已不亚于机械制造的印章，甚至还可以卖出赚钱。一时间，刻章引起了我极大的兴趣。
那些精美的章子确实令人艳羡，也不免感叹其手艺之精巧。一个章子，一把小刀，几下工夫便能有一个精致的印章，不论是diy自己留作纪念还是拿来送礼都是绝佳之选。带着好奇心与喜爱，我想我何不自己尝试学习这一门技艺呢？
在强烈的兴趣使然下，我踏上了初学刻橡皮章的道路。在了解完毕关于刻橡皮章的简介与常识后，和朋友再三商讨与确认后，我购买了刻橡皮章的材料。虽然在他人看来这可能是一件耗费钱财、时间与精力的事情罢了，但我想我似乎已很久没有尝到自己如此积极去自学的兴奋了，所以我还是怀揣着小小的任性与激动，去自学这一门技艺。
最基础的步骤与留白的方法是自己在网上寻找的视频所学，可尽管已依着视频中的教学一步一步去做了，我手中的章子不过是坑坑洼洼的一片，印出来的图片与教材中的成品简直为天壤之别，不禁懊恼不已。为此，我还特地向朋友要来了一块她的成品进行研究，才发现是我下刀的方向出了错误，且在控刀上面大有不足。
此一对比大大激起了我的胜负欲与好强心，很久没有这般剧烈燃起斗志的我，铁定了心要学会这份技艺且想超越过我的朋友。
我开始像入了魔般的刻橡皮章，在完成学校任务以外的时间，基本都在握着笔刀日以继夜地练习了。倘若没有充裕的时间刻出一个成品，就拿来一块边角料练习留白以及控刀的技术。好在脑袋还算灵光，在自己的研究下几下就摆平了留白总会刻断线条的问题，也在练习中自个儿琢磨出了几个小技巧。余下的问题，大概只是刻出的线条粗细不一，看着自己一步一个脚印地走向成功，自己的努力造就了内心极大的满足感，不禁心情愉悦。
我逐渐发现，线条的优劣决定于我们的耐心，慢慢地依着原图的线条边缘刻，才能得到更流畅的线条。于是我不再心急着不断练习，而是开始放慢脚步，把完成印章的时间延长至一周甚至一个月。果不其然，之后的作品精巧程度远优于原先的作品，线条的流畅程度亦如我所愿的大有提高。但我却从未因此停下了刻章的脚步。
自初学至今，我刻橡皮章已有近一年之久。回想最初的目的，学会这份技艺，恐怕我已早早完成。可在自学后，我却发现一个更开阔的世界，更多进步的空间，橡皮章已渐渐地融入我的生活，成为我放松自我的方式，而不是像完成任务一样的去刻橡皮章。如今我诚然已能刻出优秀且难度较高的作品，虽刻章已不如初学时那样频繁，但我从未停止过自学，刻橡皮章如今于我而言不只是一门技艺，而是一门艺术，我依旧有广阔的进步空间，我仍在努力的自学，提高我的.技术。
通过一次有意无意的自学，我收获了一份特长，它俨然是让我在快节奏生活中慢下来的事物，我意外地得到了我期望以外的事物。
满足感、兴奋快乐以及完成后的成就感，这都是自学带给我的，也让我懂得自学是无止境的，你能够去学的永远多于你已经学会的。在反复无常的生活中，何不尝试自学一门新特长来丰富自己的生活呢？遵循别人的脚步与自我的挖掘与探寻终究是不一样的，自学能够真切得体验与认知到更广阔的世界，通过自己努力而得到的事物总是不易失去的。
自学刻章的这条路上，我仍在前行着，带着最初的兴奋与信念。
大学生自学英文作文【二】
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大学生自学英文作文【三】
This is a story about a special and unreserved woman who has been exposed to a hostile environment but continuously and fearlessly struggling for her ideal life. The story can be interpreted as a symbol of the independent spirit.
It seems to me that many readers’ English reading experience starts with Jane Eyer. I am of no exception. As we refer to the movie “Jane Eyer”, it is not surprising to find some differences because of its being filmized and retold in a new way, but the spirit of the novel remains----to be an independent person, both physically and mentally.
Jane Eyer was a born resister, whose parents went off when she was very young, and her aunt，the only relative she had，treated her as badly as a ragtag. Since Jane’s education in Lowwood Orphanage began, she didn’t get what she had been expecting——simply being regarded as a common person, just the same as any other girl around. The suffers from being humiliated and devastated teach Jane to be persevering and prize dignity over anything else.As a reward of revolting the ruthless oppression, Jane got a chance to be a tutor in Thornfield Garden. There she made the acquaintance of lovely Adele and that garden’s owner, Rochester, a man with warm heart despite a cold face outside. Jane expected to change the life from then on, but fate had decided otherwise: After Jane and Rochester fell in love with each other and got down to get marry, she unfortunately came to know in fact Rochester had got a legal wife, who seemed to be the shadow following Rochester and led to his moodiness all the time ----Rochester was also a despairing person in need of salvation. Jane did want to give him a hand, however, she made up her mind to leave, because she didn’t want to betray her own principles, because she was Jane Eyer. The film has finally got a symbolist end: Jane inherited a large number of legacies and finally returned. After finding Rochester ’s misfortune brought by his original mad wife, Jane chose to stay with him forever.
I don’t know what others feel, but frankly speaking, I would rather regard the section that Jane began her teaching job in Thornfield as the film’s end----especially when I heard Jane’s words “Never in my life have I been awaken so happily. ” For one thing, this ideal and brand-new beginning of life was what Jane had been imagining for long as a suffering person; for another, this should be what the audiences with my views hoped her to get. But the professional judgment of producing films reminded me to wait for a totally different result: There must be something wrong coming with the excellence----perhaps not only should another section be added to enrich the story, but also we may see from the next transition of Jane’s life that “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you would get.”
What ’s more, this film didn’t end when Jane left Thornfield. For Jane Eyer herself, there should always be somewhere to realize her great ideal of being independent considering her fortitude, but for Rochester, how he can get salvation? The film gives the answer tentatively: Jane eventually got back to Rochester. In fact, when Jane met Rochester for the first time, she scared his horse and made his heel strained, to a certain extent, which meant Rochester would get retrieval because of Jane. We can consider Rochester’s experiences as that of religion meaning. The fire by his frantic wife was the punishment for the cynicism early in his life. After it, Rochester got the mercy of the God and the love of the woman whom he loved. Here we can say: human nature and divinity get united perfectly in order to let such a story accord with the requirements of both two sides. The value of this film may be due to its efforts to explore a new way for the development of humanism under the faith of religion.
大学生自学英文作文【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.
大学生自学英文作文【五】
p;三毛本名陈平，原籍浙江定海，1943年生于四川重庆。
1948年底，举家迁居台湾。童年的三毛并未立志当一名作家，却喜爱美术，她幻想将来成为一位画家的妻子。
三毛小时曾读过一本《三毛流浪记》，对她影响很大，从此便沉迷于书海之中了.疯狂地爱上了文学。长大后开始写作，她不署名陈平，而以“三毛”为笔名，作为纪念。读小学、中学时，三毛的文章写得不错。在小学时，她便开始给报刊投稿了，参加学校讲演的稿子都是她亲笔写的。在初中，她还学过写诗。
三毛早年的人生道路是崎岖坎坷的。就读于台北某女中时，三毛对数学不感兴趣，成绩很差，老师则以此嘲讽她，好强的三毛为不受歧视，发奋用功，终于获得了好成绩。但这位老师却误为“作弊”，竟在她脸上画圈，叫她绕跑道跑，在她幼小的心灵上留下巨大的创伤。她忍无可忍，只好逃学。她父亲得知此事后，并未责怪她，而是让她休学。
从13岁到20岁整整7年的时间里，三毛都是在家自学的。她的父亲陈嗣庆是一位律师，母亲终进兰也有很好的文学修养，都耐心教导她。回忆往事，三毛说：“不是妈妈的熏陶，我写不出来这许多文章。”在那段不短的岁月里，三毛用功读书，孜孜不倦。她读唐诗、宋词、《古文观止》、看《红楼梦》、《水浒》……，学绘画，弹钢琴，还学会了英、日、法、德文，尤为出色的是西班牙文学。
20岁那年，三毛的好友鼓励她进大学求知。在得到台湾中国文化学院院长张其昀的允诺后，三毛进该校深造。最初她学的是哲学，两年后转入新闻系。在大学读书时，她的老师读了三毛写过的一篇3万多字的文章后感动得哭了，认为三毛是他的学生中“最有才华”的一位。
三毛出版过10多本着作，大都是散文集，其中有《雨季不再来》、《稻草人手记》、《撒哈拉的故事》、《哭泣的骆驼》、《温柔的夜》、《梦里花落知多少》、《背影》、《送你一匹马》、《倾城》、《我的宝贝》等。三毛还译有《兰屿之歌》、《娃娃看天下》等书。后者是1000页的西班牙漫画书。为译此书，三毛与丈夫荷西曾历时8个月，每天晚上不看电视，将门锁上，工作到深夜。
三毛满怀激情地把漫游世界的所见所闻，挥笔成篇。她写的多是真实的事情，自称其作品“几乎全是传记文学式”的。她还说过，“我并不是作家，只是一个生活的记录者。”她的作品自成风格，生活气息浓厚，感情真挚。有人评论她的作品风格是“朴实、自然、坦率、真情”。
70年代中期，三毛的作品在台湾极为畅销，一度出现过“三毛热”。有人说，三毛在台湾文坛掀起了撒哈拉沙漠的\'风暴，让喜爱她的读者噙着泪水，带着微笑，注视着她的足迹，从沙漠到海岛，拨动了无数读者的心弦。1986年她还被评为“台湾最畅销书十作家之一”。
一位台湾作家指出，三毛的文笔清新通俗，具有强烈的个性，这可能是她的作品特别受读者欢迎的原因。一位台湾心理学教授分析说，三毛将南美洲描写得那么好，事实上那儿却是战火连天，充满人间的苦闷。现实生活既然有这么多的苦闷、束缚，尤其年轻人，面对着现有制度下巨大的压力和挑战，大家多么希望在精神上暂时舒放自由一些，逃避到一个没有战争，没有恨，到处充满爱的世界。这也许是三毛文章受欢迎的原因。
大学生自学英文作文【六】
高等教育自学制度在我省建立近20年来，为我省培养了合格的大中专毕业生20余万人，他们在各自的工作岗位上取得了优异成绩。自学考试以高标准、高质量、严要求的办考原则赢得了社会的广泛赞同，获得了较高的社会信誉。为了更好地发展我省的自学考试事业，适应我国加入世界贸易组织后的新形势，根据教育部考试中心的要求，自20XX年下半年起我省在考试管理方面将进行一定的调整。望广大的考生认真学习有关内容，积极配合我们的工作，共同创造我省自学考试事业的美好未来。现将调整的内容公告如下：
1、更换我省自学考试的考务考籍管理系统。新的管理系统是全国考办开发的考务考籍管理系统。新系统使用的标准是国家统一标准，与我们以前使用的管理系统要求的标准有不一致的地方。为此，老考生的个人基本信息需要重新采集。新系统启用后，考生不再需要交照片，而是采用现场照相的\'方式采集考生的照片信息。使用新的管理系统后还有其他许多变化，在此不一一列举，届时我们将报名工作和考试管理工作中的所有问题编辑成册，印发给每一位考生，为广大考生的报名和参加考试提供方便。
2、老考生档案的整理工作。根据新的管理系统的要求，将建立考生的电子档案。为此，对我省自学考试制度建立以来的所有的考生档案进行分类整理。近二十年来，我省建立的考生档案126万余份，这其中有些考生因借考等原因建立了多个档案号。为了搞好档案的整理工作，需要考生做好如下工作，在20XX年7月份（包括7月）以前考试课程合格一门以上的，考生须持身份证、长期准考证和全部的单科合格证书到所在市考办指定的时间、地点办理登记手续。有多个档案号的考生应根据要求将全部的档案号准确的进行登记，以便于档案的整理工作。如果在考生登记工作中因考生个人原因出现了及格课程的遗漏而导致的毕业时间迟延等问题，责任自负。档案整理是一项非常复杂和繁重的工作，望全省广大考生认真遵守有关规定，积极配合，确保档案整理工作的顺利进行。
3、考生准考证的更换问题。根据新的管理系统的要求，自20XX年9月份高教自考报名期间进行全省考生准考证的更换工作。本次更换的准考证是中国银行长城卡的借记卡，根据银行的规定，应收一定的工本费。届时考生应根据省考办和中国银行的有关规定认真填写有关表格和办理有关手续。新准考证的启用时间是20XX年4月，同时旧准考证作废。
4、考试合格课程8年有效期的问题。省考委[20XX]6号文件规定：为使高等教育自学考试的考务、考籍管理工作制度化、规范化和科学化，确保考试质量，根据全国考办[1998] 7号文件"关于颁发《高等教育自学考试考务、考籍管理工作规则》的通知"第五十八条的规定，山东省高等教育自学考试自20XX年起施行合格课程8年有效期的规定，即自20XX年起，考生8年前（1996年及以前）考试合格的课程成绩一律无效，须按当时的专业考试计划重新考试应考课程。
5、教材问题。为了使考生能快捷准确地拿到正版自学考试教材，教材供应也一并纳入新的考务考籍管理系统进行管理，使考生在报名的同时就可以办理教材订购手续，对于手中已有教材的老考生将通过考生信息采集卡进行信息采集，以避免考生重复订购教材造成不必要的经济损失。
重要启示：最近接全国考办[20XX]1、7号文件，文件要求自20XX年上半年考试开始，在以下六门课程的考试中贯彻江泽民同志《在庆祝中国共产党成立八十周年大会上的讲话》精神。该六门课程为：1、马克思主义哲学原理，2、邓小平理论概论，3、法律基础与思想道德修养，4、毛泽东思想概论，5、马克思主义政治经济学原理，6、政治经济学原理（财经类）。请有关考生注意学习江泽民同志"七、一"讲话。
大学生自学英文作文【七】
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.
