
大家都知道读原版学英语的好处超多,只要你读完了一本原版,英语都会得到巨大的提高,就好像得到了《葵花宝典》,可是看了一两页没有兴趣就放弃了。那么究竟哪些原版书适合你来读呢?什么类型的值得推荐呢?
1悬疑类
最近超级火的《白夜追凶》和《无证之罪》你在坚持追剧么?我可是每周拿着小板凳准时蹲点啊。如果你和我是一类的朋友,推荐你看《the Girl on the Train》
The NO.1 New York Times Bestseller, 《纽约时报》排名第一的畅销书。故事讲述一位离婚的伦敦女人,她的生活只剩下酗酒和乘坐地铁来往消磨人生。在地铁上,她眺望远方,她发现每天看到一对夫妻,有一天她发现女主人不见了,于是她怀疑这位妻子被人杀害了,于是开始了秘密的调查。
这部小说充满了悬疑气氛,让你爱不释手,并且词汇也很简单,中学水平即可读懂全文。句型变化也简洁,读起来毫无压力。
2言情类
如果你是一位对爱情充满幻想的小女生,沉溺在爱的河水中不能自拔,可以看《暮光之城》。情节想必大家都很清楚,讲述了高中生贝拉和吸血鬼爱德华的故事。小说分为四部,让你的英语更上好几个台阶哟。不用担心,高中词汇基本让你阅读无太大障碍。
3正能量类
如果你正在经历低谷,想要获得向上的力量,推荐你《Option B》,书的作者是Facebook首席营运官,几年前的意外,让她失去了挚爱的丈夫,丈夫的猝死使得她陷入了巨大的空虚。然而当她再次站起来也一定比别人更坚强。这本书便是再次出发的她献给世人的礼物,也是自己站起来的证明。若是你坚强,全世界人都为你打call。
4非小说
若是你不喜欢小说,可以读《Succeed: how we can reach our goals》读完了这本书你可以知道如何设置目标,怎样不拖延,以及如何自我成长等等积极的内容,并且你会变成一个更好的自己。
语言是个很神奇的东西,一门语言如果被翻译成其他语言,就不一定会有他原来的味道。把文言文翻译成英语,不一定能表达出文言文原本的意境。
同样如果把英文的原著翻译成中文,也不一定能体现出原著的厉害。有这样基本英文原著小说,个人觉得还不错,给大家推荐一下。
第一部:《阿富汗》《阿富汗》这本书主要写的是阿富汗人民的生活,将一个时代的种族,宗教以及战争融合在一本书里面。以阿米尔少爷和他的仆人兼玩伴哈桑的故事为小说的线索,来叙述以下发生的故事。包含了“父子之爱”“朋友之爱”“手足之爱”。
第二部:《灿烂千阳》《灿烂千阳》依旧与阿富汗相关,以阿富汗的战乱为背景,用细腻的笔触记录了三十年间阿富汗家族的起落变化以及那个时代妇女内心的渴望,生活,爱情,梦想。
第三部:《暮光之城》《暮光之城》已经被拍成了电影,并且是我最爱的电影,没有之一。记得第一部,初见贝拉的时候,就被贝拉的颜值所倾倒。
然后经历了四部电影的洗礼,我已经深深陷在故事情节里面无法自拔。甚至觉得这个世界上真的有吸血鬼这种生物,还傻呵呵天天想着会不会有吸血鬼来改造我,让我也变得长生不老。同样推荐大家可以看一看这本书的原著,也可以看看拍出的电影,同样都震撼人心。
第四部:《哈利波特》这本书同样也是巨著,不然也不会被拍成了电影。对于《哈利波特》我了解的并不是很多,电影也只是匆匆的看过,没有对《暮光之城》的喜欢程度深。
这本小说的女作家罗琳将哈利波特的生日刻画成和自己一样,我想,大概哈利波特就是作者本身的写照。
第五部:《傲慢与偏见》这本书的语言程度很浅,特别适合刚刚开始看原著书的朋友们。主要写的是爱情与婚姻,以男主人公达西和女主人公伊丽莎白的感情纠葛为线索,书写了一系列的爱情故事。
第六部:《简爱》《简爱》是十九世纪英国女小说家夏洛蒂勃朗特的作品。这本书我读的是译本,所以不知道原著的难易程度,不过故事情节还是很不错的。
关于英文原著书要推荐的就只有这么多,都值得阅读 希望能给大家帮助。
我看的第一本英文原版小说是哈代的《苔丝》,我初三的语文老师送给我的毕业礼物。中考结束后我在家闲着没事就开始看这本书,就是这本书,带我进了英文原版小说的坑(带得好哈哈哈)
这本小说讲的贫穷的女主角到一个远房亲戚家做女佣,却不幸被那家人的少爷诱奸了。苔丝并不愿意就此屈服于富家少爷,于是去到另一个地方开始新生活。后来她遇到了牧师克莱尔,并和他相恋。
苔丝一直没有把她的秘密告诉克莱尔,直到新婚之夜。没想到克莱尔没法接受,离开了苔丝。后来苔丝又发生了很多事情,不得已回到诱奸她的人的身边。
离开苔丝的克莱尔终于在受尽苦难后想明白,他爱的是苔丝这个人,而不是什么贞洁,于是他回去找到苔丝,表示愿意给苔丝二次机会。这时候的苔丝深觉自己的人生完完全全被诱奸她的人毁掉了,冲动之下把那个少爷给杀了,和克莱尔一起逃走。
故事的最后,苔丝被抓获,因为故意杀人,被绞刑了。
故事很简单,情节不复杂,词汇也不太多,非常适合初读英文原版小说的人阅读。后来,每次遇到有想要试着读英文原版小说的人,我都会推荐这本小说。
除此之外,《one day》也非常好看,还有《The Painted Veil》也是我非常喜欢的英文原版小说。
个人觉得,如果是一开始看英文原版小说,而且是在词汇量不是特别足的情况下,最好选择故事情节比较强,故事比较短的小说来读,容易读下去。我见过第一次读英文原版小说就读《指环王》的,没有半个钟头就放弃了。
Unit 2 English around the worldWARMING UPNANCY:Oh,there you are.Now then,did you have a good flight?JOE:Sure,we flew all the way direct from Seattle to London.NANCY:You must be very tired.Did you sleep at all on the plane?JOE:No,not really.I'm very tired.Could I use your bathroom?NANCY:Why,of course.You don't need to ask,just make yourself at home. Let me give you a clean towel.JOE:A towel?NANCY:Yes.Here you are.The bathroom is upstairs. It's the second door on the left.JOE:Thanks Nancy.If you'll excuse me now. (after a while)NANCY:Have you found it?JOE:Well,eh yes,I mean no,I mean,I found the bathroom,but I didn't find what I was looking for!LISTENING Listen carefully to the tape.Mr Brown's landlady has many house rules.Write down five of them.It's that woman,she drives me crazy.It all started right from the very first day.I would say from the very first evening when I set foot into that house."Good evening,Mr Brown could you please put your coat on the peg?Oh,no,not there.In the closet please.Yes, thank you.And oh your shoes,could you please take them off.Thank you.And eh...your umbrella.Yes could you please put your umbrella in the umbrella stand?Oh,no,not there.Here,please don't forget the key of the front door.Here you are.And remember,if you come home after midnight please lock the door.Good night. Oh,Mr Brown.Would you please be quiet after nine o'clock in the evening?And that was only the beginning."Mr Brown,don't shower after nine" she shouted.she would walk pass my door and say"Mr Brown would you please remember not to smoking in the bathroom?could you lock the door please?"Will you turn down your radio please?""Please Mr Brown,could you speak quietly on the phone?"It was terrible.Oh I could not stay there another week for sure.and then there was this letter "Dear Mr Brown." said."Could you please return the key of the front door?And one more question "Can you help me find a new talent for my flat?SPEAKING1 EMILY:Karen,can you tell me how to pronounce "kilometre"?KAREN:Sure. British people say [] and Americans say [].TEACHER:Karen and Emily,is there anything that isn't clear to you?KAREN:Emily asked me a question but I already answered her.TEACHER:What was her question?KAREN:She asked me how to pronounce: "kilometre".2 MS SMITH:Harry,take these two pizzas to Mr Thompson on Broad Street,Number 12.HARRY:Can you spell that name,please?MS SMITH: T-h-o-m-p-s-o-n. On Broad Street, Number 12.HARRY:Can you repeat the address,please?MS SMITH:Broad Street,Number 12. HARRY:Got it.MS SMITH:Take Dave's motorbike.Here are the keys.And hurry up!HARRY:Anything else?MS SMITH:Don't forget to buy me some ketchup on your way back.READING ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLDEnglish is a language spoken all around the world.There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English.Most native speakers of English are found in the United Kingdom,the United States of America,Canada,Australia,South Africa,Ireland and New Zealand.In total,for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongue.And equal number people learn English as a second language.These people will perhaps speak the language of their own country at home with their family,but the language of the government,schools,newspapers and TV is English.This situation is found in counties such an India,Pakistan,Nigeria and the Philippines.However,the number of people who learn English as a foreign language is more than 750 million.Everywhere in the world children go to school to learn English.Most people learn English for five or six years at high school.In China students learn English at school as a foreign language,except for those in Hong Kong,where many people speak English as a first or at a second language.In only fifty years,English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world.English is the working language of most international organizations,international trade and tourism.Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak Chinese.Chinese businessmen,taxi drivers and students talk with them using English.English is also the language of global culture,such as popular music and the Internet.You can listen to English songs on the radioor use English to comm -unicate with people around the world through the Internet.With so many people communicating in English every day,it will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.INTEGRATING SKILLSReading and writingAMERICAN ENGLISH AND BRITISH ENGLISHMany students want to know about the differencesbetween American English and British English.How did these differences come about?There is no quick answer to this question.At first the language in Britain and America was the same.In 1776 America became an independent country.After that,the language slowly began to change.For a long time the language in America stayed the same,while the language in England changed.For example,300 years ago the English talked about "fall".Today,most British people talk about "autumn",but Americans still talk about "fall".In the same way Americans still use the expression "I guess"(meaning "I think"),just as the British did 300 years ago.At the same time.British English and American English stared borrowing words from other languages,ending up with different words.For example,the British took "typhoon" from Chinese,while the Americans took "tornado" from Spanish.In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary.He wanted to make American English different from British English,so he changed the spelling of many words .That's why the words colour,centre and traveller are spelt color,center and traveler in American English.Except for these differences in spelling,written English is more or less the same in both British and American English.The differences are greater in the spoken language.For example,Americans say dance ,and in southern England they say/da:ns/.In America they pronounce not [];in southern England they say [].However,most of the time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.Words and expressions Unit twoNancybathroommake oneself at hometowellandladyclosetKarenpronounceThompsonbroadrepeatDaveketchupmajoritynativetotalin totalthe United Kingdomtonguemother tongueequalgovernmentsituationPakistanNigeriathe Philippinesexcept forinternationalorganisationtradetourismglobalcommunicatecommunicationexchangeservicesignalmovementpegcommandertidystandstay upcome aboutindependentfallexpressionend up withtyphoontornadoSpanishNoah WebsterpublishsouthernstatementpresidentEuropeanbring inFloridaa great manyhowlcookbookcomparereplace南希(女子名)n. 浴室;盥洗室;厕所别客气n.毛巾n. 女房东;老板娘n.壁橱;储藏室卡伦 (女子名)vt.发音;宣告;断言 汤普森(姓氏)adj. 宽的vt.& vi 重做;复述 n. 重复;反复戴夫(男子名)n.蕃茄酱;蕃茄沙司n. 多数;大半adj.本国的;本地的 n.本地人;本国人n.总数;合计 adj.总的;全部的;整个的总共英国n.舌头;语言;口语母语adj.相等的;胜任的 vt.等于;比得上n.政府;内阁n.情形;境遇;(建筑物等的位置)n.巴基斯坦 (南亚国家)n.尼日利亚 (非洲国家)n.菲律宾共和国;菲律宾群岛除了......之外adj.国际的;世界的n.组织;机构;团体n.贸易;商业n.旅游;观光adj.全球的;球形的vi.交际;沟通;传达(感情、信息)n.交流;通讯;通信vt.& n.交换;交流;兑换n.服务;服务性工作n.信号n.运动;动作;运转n.钉;栓;桩n.司令官;指挥官vi.& vi.整理;收拾 adj.整齐的;整洁的n.台;看台;摊,摊位不睡;熬夜发生adj.独立自主的n.秋天;瀑布n.短语;表情以......告终n.台风n.旋风;龙卷风n. 西班牙语;西班牙人 adj.西班牙(人,语)的诺厄.韦伯斯特(美国词典编纂家)vt.发表;出版;公布adj.南方的;南部的n.陈述;声明;综述n.总统;校长;行长;会长adj.欧洲的;欧洲人的引进;引来n.佛罗里达(美国州名)许许多多;极多vi.& n.嚎叫;怒吼;嚎哭n.食谱vt.比较vt.替换
第一篇我介绍英国散文史祖培根的 《论读书》, 这绝对是经典中的经典,有一点难,但是有中文应该还可以理解。 “Of Studies”英文原版: Of Studies is writen by Francis Bacon Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert and execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best form those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgement wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need proyning (pruning) by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in/ by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia in morse. (Studeis go to make up a man’s character. '?-be-"unt-'stü-dE-"?-"in-'mO-"rAs) Nay there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies: like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores. (Hair-splitters sim-mini sek-torr-es) If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases. So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.--培根 论读书(reference: 英语语言学文学网站:) [编辑本段]"of studies"中文译文: 读书可以作为消遣,可以作为装饰,也可以增长才干。孤独寂寞时,阅读可以消遣。高谈阔论时,知识可供装饰。处世行事时,知识意味着才干。 懂得事务因果的人是幸运的。有实际经验的人虽能够处理个别性的事务,但若要综观整体,运筹全局,却唯有学识方能办到。读书太慢的人驰惰,为装潢而读书是欺人,完全按照书本做事就是呆子。求知可以改进人性,而经验又可以改进知识本身。人的天性犹如野生的花草,求知学习好比修剪移栽。学问虽能指引方向,但往往流于浅泛,必须依靠经验才能扎下根基。 狡诈者轻鄙学问,愚鲁者羡慕学问,聪明者则运用学问。知识本身并没有告诉人怎样运用它,运用的智慧在于书本之外。这是技艺,不体验就学不到。 读书的目的是为了认识事物原理。为挑剔辩驳去读书是无聊的。但也不可过于迷信书本。求知的目的不是为了吹嘘炫耀,而应该是为了寻找真理,启迪智慧。 书籍好比食品。有些只须浅尝,有些可以吞咽,只有少数需要仔细咀嚼,慢慢品味。所以,有的书只要读其中一部分,有的书只须知其梗概,而对于少数好书,则应当通读,细读,反复读。有的书可以请人代读,然后看他的笔记摘要就行了。但这只应限于不太重要的议论和质量粗劣的书。否则一本书将像已被蒸馏过的水,变得淡而无味了。 读书使人充实,讨论使人机敏,写作则能使人精确。因此,如果有人不读书又想冒充博学多知,他就必须很狡黠,才能掩人耳目。如果一个懒于动笔,他的记忆力就必须强而可靠。如果一个人要孤独探索,他的头脑就必须格外锐利。 读史使人明智,读诗使人聪慧,学习数学使人精密,物理学使人深刻,伦理学使人高尚,逻辑修辞使人善辩。总之,"知识能塑造人的性格"。不仅如此,精神上的各种缺陷,都可以通过求知来改善——正如身体上的缺陷,可能通过适当的运动来改善一样。例如打球有利于腰背,射箭可扩胸利肺,散步则有助于消化,骑术使人反应敏捷,等等。同样道理,一个思维不集中的人,他可以研习数学,因为数学稍不仔细就会出错。缺乏分析判断的人,他可以研习而上学,因为这门学问最讲究细琐的辩证。不善于推理的人,可以研习法律案例。如此等等。这种心灵上的缺陷,都可以通过学习而得到改善 第二篇也是很经典的是塞缪尔·约翰逊的《致切斯特菲尔德伯爵书 》这是一篇很讽刺的作品,讲的是切斯特菲尔德伯爵当年拒绝了帮助塞缪尔·约翰逊出版后者的字典,后来塞缪尔·约翰逊通过自己的努力终于将他传世的字典付梓。就在这时,切斯特菲尔德伯爵无耻地写信给他要求自己成为这本字典的出版者,于是塞缪尔·约翰逊就写了这封经典的讽刺信表达对伯爵无耻行为的厌恶和憎恨。 Samuel Johnson's letter to Lord Chesterfield 致切斯特菲尔德伯爵书 To The Right Honourable The Earl Of Chesterfield 7th February, 1755. My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre;—that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a patrons my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it: till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which providence has enabled me to do for myself. Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON 伯爵大人: 近日从《世界报》馆主得知,该报刊载了两篇文章,对拙编词典颇多举荐滥美之词,这些文章据悉均出自阁下您的手笔。承蒙您如此的推崇,本应是一种荣耀,只可惜在下自来无缘得到王公大人的青睐,所以真不知道该如何来领受这份荣耀,也不知道该用些什么言辞来聊表谢意。 回想当年,也不知哪来的勇气,我竟第一次拜访了大人阁下。我像所有的人一样,深为大人的言谈丰采所倾倒,不禁玄想他年能口出大言“吾乃天下征服者之征服者也。”——虽知此殊荣是举世学人所欲得,仍希望有朝一日能侥幸获取。然而我很快发现自己的趋走逢迎根本没有得到鼓励。不管是出于自尊也好,自矜也好,我反正无法再周旋下去。我本是一个与世无争、不善逢迎的书生,但那时我也曾用尽平生所学的阿谀奉承的言辞,当众赞美过阁下。能做的一切我都做了。如果一个人在这方面付出的一切努力(不管是多么微不足道)受到完全的忽视,他是绝不会感到舒服的。 大人阁下,从我第一次候立于贵府门下,或者说被您拒于门外时算起,已经7年过去。7年多来,我一直苦苦地撑持着我的编撰工作。这些苦楚,现在再来倾诉,已经没有用处。所幸我的劳作而今终于快要出版,在这之前我没有获得过一个赞助的行为,一句鼓励的话语,一抹称许的微笑。我固然不曾指望这样的礼遇,因为我从未有过一位赞助人。 维吉尔笔下的牧童最后终于和爱神相识,这才发现所谓爱神只不过是岩穴土人而已。 大人阁下,有的人眼见落水者在水中拼命挣扎而无动于衷,等他安全抵岸之后,却才多余地伸出所谓援手,莫非这就叫赞助人么?大人而今忽有雅兴来关照在下的劳作,这原本是一桩美意,只可惜太迟了一点。迟到我已经意懒心灰,再无法快乐地消受;迟到我已经是孤身一人,无从与家人分享;迟到我已经名闻海内,再不需阁下附丽张扬。我既然本来就没有得到过实惠,自然母需怀感恩之心;既然是上帝助我独立完成这桩大业,我自然不愿让公众产生错觉,似乎我曾受惠于某一赞助人。但愿上面这番话不致被认为太苛刻、太不近人情。 我已经在根本没有所谓学术赞助人赞助的情况下使自己的工作完成到目前这个地步,那么,尽管我将要在更艰难无助的情况下—假如还有可能更艰难无助的话—完成全稿,我也绝不会感到沮丧。因为我已经早就从那个赞助的美梦里幡然猛醒;曾几何时,我还在那梦中得意非凡地自诩是大人 您门下最卑微 最驯顺的仆人 塞缪尔·约翰逊 1755年2月7日 如果这两篇太长或太难的话,我再介绍一篇比较短的是英国女作家伍尔夫的