A Journey to the Center of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by rules verge. The scientific knowledge in the book is old, but this has nothing to do with the
There are three main
The Professor was
One day, the Professor found a book,
The book is a short one. Some words in it may be difficult
2 . On Feb. 19, the same day Harper Lee passed away, the world lost another literary giant. He was 84-year-old Umberto Eco, an Italian writer, whose masterpiece The Name of the Rose won him international fame when it was published in 1980. The novel sold more than 10 million copies in about 30 languages and was made into a movie in 1986 starring British actor Sean Connery.
A USA Today obituary (讣告) thus describes: “Eco was an author of books ranging from novels to scholarly books to essay collections; Eco was enthusiastic about the obscure as well as ordinary daily life; As a scholar, critic and novelist, he also did research on the mysterious theory of semiotics-the study of signs and symbols in language and the technical languages of the Internet.
The Name of the Rose can be seen as a much more complicated version of US writer Dan Brown’s popular novel The Da Vinci Code. The book is set in a 14th century Italian Monastery (修道院) where monks are being murdered one by one in terrible manners. Two monks who travel to the monastery try to solve the murders. The book’s mystery develops around a complex-designed library and a lost Aristotle’s book on comedy.
Although the novel is full of Latin phrases and devotes many pages to analysis of Christian beliefs and ancient philosophy, it’s a fascinating detective thriller.
Eco also wrote some harsh literary criticism. He once wrote that “books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told”.
1. What can we learn about The Name of the Rose?A.It earned Harper Lee worldwide reputation. |
B.It featured the main character Sean Connery. |
C.It was translated into no more than 30 versions. |
D.It had its film adaptation following the book’s publication. |
A.Eco not only wrote novels but also some dramas. |
B.Eco was merely interested in ordinary daily life. |
C.Eco was an expert in the Internet. |
D.Eco was more than a novelist. |
A.A story copied from the novel The Da Vinci Code. |
B.Chain murdering in an Italian Monastery. |
C.A long-lost ownerless book. |
D.A complex-designed library. |
A.Stories are far from reality. | B.Creativity is hard to come by. |
C.Some books are well worth reading. | D.Writers need to polish their language. |
By 1972, Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler
“Once while travelling across the sky,” said Tony,
Our hippy-era name must never have sounded
Let me finish my speech by saying thank you
1、概要介绍 Great Expectations前四个章节 内容;
2、你对英语文学阅读的看法(至少三点);
3、发出倡议。
注意:
1、词数120左右,不包括已提供内容;
2、可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
My fellow students,
Currently, most students in our school read little English literature, not only because they consider it too difficult, but because they don’t think it necessary.
I have read the first four chapters of Great Expectations by Charlie Dickens, and I’m glad to share part of the story here with you.
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Li Hua