1 . Greg Heffley is the main character in Jeff Kinney’s best-selling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series of books. Greg is a middle school student with big dreams. In his diary, he writes stories about his struggles to fit in and draws pictures to go with them.
Greg Heffley is a thin but ambitious kid with an active imagination and big plans to be rich and famous — he just has to survive middle school first. To make matters worse, Greg’s lovable best friend, Rowley seems to sail through life and succeed at everything without even trying! As details of his extremely funny — and often disastrous — attempts to infill the pages of his journal, Greg learns to appreciate true friends and the satisfaction that comes from standing up for what is right.
The first live-action movie based on Diary of a Wimpy Kid came out in 2010. Now an animated film based on the original book is about to hit screens.
“The new Diary of a Wimpy Kid is going to feel a lot different from the live-action movie,” Kinney told TFK reporter Lucy Sandor. “Parts of that first movie were reimagined. But the animated version just came to life from the pages of the book,” he said.
Humor inspires Kinney to write. Whether it’s a movie script or a book, he likes to start with jokes. “When I think of a joke, it often comes with a picture in my mind,” he said.
“Then I write. And in the end, I do the drawings.”
Diary of a Wimpy Kid will be available on Disney+ beginning December 3.
1. What is Greg Heffley’s dream?A.To be rich and famous. | B.To have a best-selling book. |
C.To be a famous director. | D.To write a best-selling novel. |
A.How to draw cartoons. | B.How to write a diary. |
C.How to save a friend. | D.How to appreciate a true friend. |
A.The animation is reimagined. | B.The animation is a sound movie. |
C.The animation comes directly from the book. | D.The animation has more audience. |
A.A book. | B.Humor. | C.A movie. | D.A character. |
2 . From political problems to environmental protection, the following books cover all kinds of topics. There is no doubt that they have become a must for young adults who show great interest in these matters.
An Inconvenient Truth by AI Gore
AI Gore caught the attention of the world with his book An Inconvenient Truth, which later was adapted (改编) for a movie. Based on his lecture tour on global warming, the work explains climate change in a user-friendly way and opens the public’s eyes to our planet.
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
When John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in Literature, he was praised for his great writings, including The Grapes of Wrath. It focuses on a family of farmers who are forced off their land during the Great Depression. While it touches on the important problems such as agricultural industry changes, it also explores universal themes of power, family and self-interest.
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Focusing on the meat-packing industry in Chicago, Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle explores the life of immigrant workers in the early 20th century. The best-selling work forced President Theodore Roosevelt to pass a law about food safety.
The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Rrugman
Economist Paul Krugman tells 80 years of American history in The Conscience of a Liberal, which examines the fall and rise of economic and political situations. Many believe the2007 book was a clear call to take control of the country’s economic future.
1. Which book tells something about climate change?A.The Jungle. | B.An Inconvenient Truth. |
C.The Grapes of Wrath. | D.The Conscience of a Liberal. |
A.It was adapted for a movie. |
B.Its author won the Nobel Prize. |
C.It is about the economic development. |
D.It explores the value of a happy family. |
A.It helped bring a new law into effect. |
B.It changed the life of immigrant workers. |
C.It forced people to care about meat-packing. |
D.It helped develop the meat-packing industry. |
Today, I would like to recommend a book to you, which taught me an important lesson about prejudice and racism.
The main character in this novel is a lawyer named Atticus Finch from the American South. The American South in the 1960s was known to be a place where many white people looked down upon black people, except for Finch. When the local judge asked him to defend a black man named Tom Robinson, who was wrongly accused of raping a white woman, Finch agreed.
The author Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama in 1926. In her childhood, she, like Scout and Jem, learned about racial prejudice and the damage it could do. To Kill a Mockingbird was her first and only novel published.
For me, the most memorable quotes in the book are “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but… sing their hearts out for us.
A.It took her seven years to complete. |
B.Racism exists at all levels of society. |
C.People worked for the rights of black people. |
D.But many people tried to stop Finch from doing his job. |
E.That’s why it is morally and totally wrong to kill a mockingbird. |
F.To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel published in1960 by American author Harper Lee. |
G.And they finally understood the importance of looking at the world with an unprejudiced mind. |
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