美国独立日英文作文【一】
Independence Day is a day of family celebrations with picnics and barbecues,showing a great deal of emphasis on the American tradition of political freedom.Activities associated with the day include watermelon or hotdog eating competitions and sporting events,such as baseball games,three-legged races,swimming activities and tug-of-war games.
Many people display the American flag outside their homes or buildings.Many communities arrange fireworks that are often accompanied by patriotic music.The most impressive fireworks are shown on television.Some employees use one or more of their vacation days to create a long weekend so that they can escape the heat at their favorite beach or vacation spot.
Independence Day is a patriotic holiday for celebrating the positive aspects of the United States.Many politicians appear at public events to show their support for the history,heritage and people of their country.Above all,people in the United States express and give thanks for the freedom and liberties fought by the first generation of many of today's Americans.The Statue of Liberty is a national monument that is associated with Independence Day.
The first description of how Independence Day would be celebrated was in a letter from John Adams to his wife Abigail on July 3,1776.He described "pomp and parade,with shows,games,sports,guns,bells,bonfires,and illuminations" throughout the United States.However,the term "Independence Day" was not used until 1791.
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and to the Republic for which it stands.One nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all.”
Happy birthday,America.
美国独立日英文作文【二】
This past Independence Day, I saw two things that disturbed me greatly: First, people bashing America and its shortcomings; Second, people defending America blindly, while giving no thought to others’ criticisms. I’m a liberal and I more than acknowledge that there are problems with our country. Our executive branch is larger and more powerful than I’d like, our education system is broken, and our economic policy is not optimal for growth. I also know America has a lot of ugly secrets in its past. From the genocide of Native Americans to slavery to our foreign policy nightmare with Latin America in the early twentieth century, it’s easy to see why so many are angered by the jingoistic attitude that July 4th celebrations can incur. But I also recognize how remarkable of an achievement it was for those few men to break away, in the name of independence, and take a risk by establishing a democracy back in 1776. I also recognize that although the sins of our Founding Fathers were great, their accomplishments were greater, leaving a legacy of democracy and national sovereignty that would spread like wildfire throughout the world. The revolution was important and the ideals that this country was founded on, ideals of equality, respect for one another, and a commitment to progress, are ideals to be proud of, even if we don’t always live up to those ideals. I know many liberals hate to hear it, but the majority of the world is worse off than us, from third world countries to dictatorships, the world has got a lot of bad in it. And the much longer, more troubled histories of nations such as England have more mistakes and terrible acts in them than ours do. America has ideals and a commitment to democracy and freedom you can find nowhere else. Our spirit is strong and even if our government doesn’t live up to that spirit all the time, our citizens strive for it. Independence Day isn’t about petty squabbles and historical smear campaigns. This day is about celebrating our achievements and our ideals, acknowledging our mistakes, and reaffirming our commitment to make this country better so that, one day, those principles that the men who drafted our Declaration of Independence put forth, will be fully realized.
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇1
"Mom always said life is just like a box of chocoles. Youll never know what you gonna get."
Ever find the grind of life getting you down? Is the day-to-day struggle threatening to drag you under? If so, there is a movie out there that can replenish your energy and refresh your outlook. Passionate and magical, Forrest Gump is a tonic for the weary of spirit. For those who feel that being set adrift in a season of action movies is like wandering into a desert, the oasis lies ahead.
Forrest Gump who is unfortunately to be born with a lower IQ and the muscle problem, usually, people always think this kind of person cant be successful in doing anything.But, instead, this unlucky man has achieved lots of incredible success, he is a football star, a war hero, and later a millionaire!
In the contention of the best picture of the 67th Oscar Award in 1995, film Have got six Grand Prixes , such as the best picture , the best actor , the best achievement in directing , adapting drama , the best achievement in film editing and the best visual effect bestly ,etc. at one blow . The film was passed to a intellectual disturbance person the description of life has reflected every aspect of U.S.A.s life, important incident of social political life make and represent to these decades such as U.S.A. from one unique angle. Film adapt Winston novel of the same name of Groom since.
Forrest Gump mould incarnation of virtue is honest keeping ones word , conscientiously , brave paying attention to emotioning among film. In the film, Forrest Gump is a very pure image, but Jenny has become the degenerate symbol. And write the great discrepancy originally in this. To all that narrated, since beginning all behave with a kind of tender feeling and well-meaning attitude after all for the film, having even joined poesy composition, this makes the film seem soft and have no injury. The film advocates to traditional moral concept and embodiment. Make film apt to accept by people, director superb lay out skill and film application of language make the film very attractive too. Succewith commercial for film content of the film has given security, and the treatment on directors art makes the film more excellent, this is reason that the film succeeds. It was the box-office hits the most in that year to become U.S.A. in < Forrest Gump>.
Tom Hanks very much sincere naturally performance having among film. He has obtained the laurel of the best actor of Oscar for the behavior in this film. This second movie emperors money already whom he obtained in succession looks like. Succeof < Forrest Gump>, make Tom Hanks become one of the most popular movie stars in Hollywood too. To Tom Hanks, those two years are the luckiest period of time in his performing art careers .
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇2
Agam is a mentally retarded child. The first time to see Agam ，I was laughing.Agam has funny actions, funny look and he is too silly.
But for the second time, I start think. Agam is so serious about every sentence of his mother ,he listens carefully and remember it. So serious and persistent, Agam eventually become a millionaire. Since a fool can be serious and successful, why cant we?
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇3
On The Way To Love And Courage
——Film review of “Forrest Gump”
The film “Forrest Gump” is a story of a simple man ,Gump , who was unfortunately to be born with a lower IQ-75 , meanwhile he has a muscle problem. Most of us would think he can’t be successful in his life .But , instead , Gump rose above his challenges , he was a football star , a war hero , and later a millionaire . He proved himself with his determination , courage and love .
In the film , Gump is almost a representative of all the virtues : honesty and trustworthiness , serious work , courage fearless . But Jennifer , Gump’s best friend , is a symbol of degradation , She has been infected with almost all of the bad habits . But Gump always loved her . This also reflects his innocence and goodness .
Gump’s mother was a vivid character who was always philosophical and considerate . I still remember her words :“Life was like a box of chocolates , you never know what you are gonna get”. I consider that this means everyday is a mystery , you never know what the next day is , happy or sad , but you are supposed to be optimistic to everyday.
At the end of the film it reads :“But I tell you , friends , Sometimes at night , I look up to the stars ,then see the whole sky on the laid there , I do not think I remember nothing . I still have a dream , like everyone else , I would occasionally think of another situation in life , like son , And then , blink of an eye , I have forty , fifty , six-year-old , you understand , right ?”
I believe that here , everyone’s sense of fear that will not be reduced , but at the same time we also feel a sense of detachment and great strength , although a number of issues have not be resolved , but they are now less important . Time is always circulating ruthlessly , it urged us not to let too much time fly under thinking .
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇4
Mr. A Gan has his own perseverance, keeping on running without of any reason, JUST RUNS. He said: “Man has t look forward, and never encumbered by foretime. I thank thats the meaning of my running.” Say goodbye to foretime and dont stay in-place. Although so many people in the world are used to follow others and few people can stick to one thing, Mr. A Gan does and becomes “GOD”. There is another character Captain Dan. Dan lost his legs in Vietnarm War. He said that his fate is death in war. However, Mr. A Gan saved him and let him be alive.
After losing legs, Dan was decadent and disgusted with life, complaining that A Gan shouldnt save him. When he adjusted his mind, living on fishing with A Gan, he started to enjoy the wonderful life and thank A Gans help. The movie is intended to tell people that life is wonderful by this character. Rainbow is always after cloud. The key point is that whether we have a good mind and an opportunity to ourselves to change bad situation. The movie is also sent such a message to us: do well what we should do, and life will return us well. There will be a miracle if only there is perseverance.
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇5
After watching the movie, as we can see ,the film shows kindness, thankness and honest. Forrest Gump who is unfortunately to be born with a lower IQ and the muscle problem. In all his childhood ,otherboys look down upon him and often laugh at him.but his mother regards him as a normal child and tells him that he is the same as the other boys. on the contrary ，he leads his life in his own ways and never complains anything and never gives up. because of this,he gets surprising upshots every time。
Joseph Natoli once said: "This is a satire of secular behavior to show the audience such a Gump character ."From the movie we can see，In all his childhood,otherboys look down upon him and often laugh at him. Because of his lower IQ. Obviously， there are many normal people in society.we cannot be look down upon by others and Hurt someones heart. What’s more, someone own conditions is almost always better than Gump’s, But they did not make good use of its own conditions and they will not succeed. This makes us feel deeply ashamed.He is very honest and hardworking .The film was passed to a intellectual disturbance person the description of life has reflected every aspect of U.S.A.s life, important incident of social political life make and represent to these decades such as U.S.A. from one unique angle.
I am very agree with the philosophy of Gump’s behavior. He is honest , brave and kind-hearted. Personally , I admire him for these outstanding qualities. And I think Success at anything takes work. When you hear about an overnight success story, don’t forget about all of the work that came before. You may have to do work you do not enjoy and trudge through the trenches of planning, building, refining, moving up, out, over and redefining before you get to the place where success clicks. And we should be upbeat and hopeful .Finally ,Slow down and take one thing at a time, one day at a time.
Some people think this movie rewrote USA history fraudulently. In my view, Forrest Gump is the most representative movie about American dream rather than one that rewrite the history of the United States. The film was passed to a intellectual disturbance person the description of life has reflected every aspect of U.S.A.s life, important incident of social political life make and represent to these decades such as U.S.A. from one unique angle.
What an amazing and moving story. This movie teaches me so much about life and the meaning of it. That life isnt as bad as most people feel. Forrest Gump, the innocent man can impact so many lives with his innocence. The meaning of the movie to me is that everyone needs to have a better outlook on life. That we need to appreciate more of the little things and not let the big things hold us back.
As his mother said, life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you gonna get.
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇6
Forrest Gump, an inspirational movie, a touching story. At the beginning of the film using the technique which tell the story, composed of a feather, it fly in the wind, across the car, landed on someones shoulder and gives the final stop in Forrest Gump feet, was he came into the book. The film begins...
Forrest Gump who is unfortunately to be born with a lower IQ and the muscle problem, usually, people always think this kind of person cant be successful in doing anything. But, instead, this unlucky man has achieved lots of incredible success; he is a football star, a war hero, and later a millionaire! Running forward is a kind of spirit, in the face of fate, he never worry about their own IQ only 75, he has done, focus, just do the best he can do. This is also we must learn from him, we should do things to look forward and focus on the things we can do, rather than put it in our abilitys reach. Only in this way can we accomplish more. And we have too much advantage for Forrest Gump, thus we should be more easily than his achievement.
This is a great, successful movie, it is worst to watch. We should learn Forrest Gump’s optimistic life attitude. We should try us best to do everything we can do, it’s enough.
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇7
A white feather dances in the wind with the music gradually from soft to strong.In the blue sky the feather shining brightly seems like an angle.How wonderful and peaceful the world is!The film 《Forrest Gump》 begins with the beautiful sence.It is a good start.At last,the feather appears again.It flies over the field,the house .It takes audiences to another magic world,and takes on a ture world to the audiences and stands for a miracle.
The film shows kindness,thankness,honest,serious,bravry and all of beautiful things in our souls.It tells the story by Forrest Gump himself.He sits on the chair by the road and tells his experiences in his past time to the persons who are waiting for the bus.They come and go,however Forrest talking and talking.He doesnt mind what they are doing and how they are feeling .When I see the sences,I feel it risible.But this just accouts Forrest is a clinging man.
Forrest Gump isnt a genius man.He is even thought a big fool.In all his childhood,otherboys look down upon him and ofen laugh at him.But his mother regards him as a normal child and tells him that he is the same as the other boys.
One day he finds that he could run fast like wind.After thathe begin to run without any reason. Maybe he wants to escape from the unkind laughter and indignity.He may be a fool.But in the first he is a man.he has his own motions.He leads his life in his own ways and never complains anything and never gives up. Because of this,he gets surprising upshots every time.He escapes from the fiece fight.He is saw by several presidents and gets his lover he loves so much.What a luckey dog he is!Most people would think that they prefer to be a fool like Gump.
The story is very interesting.In addition,there are some moving plots.
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇8
His life was a miracle.He was a football player,a soldier,a ping-pong player ,a fisherman ,a runner as well as a father.
To our surprise,he was successful in all these parts.
Why a man of such low IQ lived so successfully?The answer is :his warm heart helped him a lot.
It is just a movie,so maybe it doesnt work like that in real life.
But the story of Forrest tells us success doesn’t depend on intelligence only.
Your heart decides the most.
You experienced many different thing through your life.It can be as long as Forrest’s wise mother’s,also it can be short like Jenny’s.
You may have varieties of experienced like Gump,or you will just be common like most of us.
No matter how your life is like,just run.Never look back.
“You got to put the past behind you,before you can.”
Remember,not everything needs a particular reason.Sometimes you do it just because yourself feel like doing it.
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇9
The lines touching me most in the book is ‘My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are goanna get.’
Yes, life is full of uncertainty & puzzle. For someone, they wish to have the power to forecast future. Because they can be well prepare for the opportunities and challenges and even know the lucky numbers of lottery beforehand. But for me, I don’t want to have such ‘ability’ at all. Life is a mystery and everyone has his own way. I enjoy the surprise of receiving gift from my classmates on my birthday and running into an old friend on the street in another city, etc. There are so many amazing incidents in my life which can’t be happen if I have the power to forecast the future.
To Forrest Gump, who was born with intellectual disturbance and muscle problem in his leg, he never imagined that he could become a famous American football player, a war hero and even a millionaire. Forrest won dignity and respect though his strive and perseverance.
I believe I can make a better life for those I love though my own effort. Have a little faith for your life. Let’s enjoy our life everyday with dignity, honesty, braveness and love just like Forrest Gump!
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇10
The lines touching me most in the book is ‘My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are goanna get.’ Yes, life is full of uncertainty & puzzle. For someone, they wish to have the power to forecast future. Because they can be well prepare for the opportunities and challenges and even know the lucky numbers of lottery beforehand. But for me, I don’t want to have such ‘ability’ at all. Life is a mystery and everyone has his own way. I enjoy the surprise of receiving gift from my classmates on my birthday and running into an old friend on the street in another city, etc.
There are so many amazing incidents in my life which can’t be happen if I have the power to forecast the future. To Forrest Gump, who was born with intellectual disturbance and muscle problem in his leg, he never imagined that he could become a famous American football player, a war hero and even a millionaire. Forrest won dignity and respect though his strive and perseverance. I believe I can make a better life for those I love though my own effort. Have a little faith for your life. Let’s enjoy our life everyday with dignity, honesty, braveness and love just like Forrest Gump!
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇11
After seeing the movie, I cant help thinking a lot. As his mother’s word, "Life is like a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what youre going to get. " , we never lose heart and always go ahead towards our planned goals until we make it.
In fact, in the movie Aghan is the symbol of virtue, honesty, seriousness, and courage and he is a very pure and nice man. During the whole movie, what you feel is the gentle and soft feelings expressed through harmonious plots and lines and even with some poetic components. Especially at the beginning of the movie, a white and light feather is flying here and there and finally it falls at the foot of Aghan who is sitting on the bench and waiting for a bus. In my opinion, it implies that he is a pure and nave man.
From the movie we can learn half of his life is created by his mother and the other by himself. Maybe he is not destined to be a wonderful person, but God is fair and God makes him realize what the true life is. In some point, some born excellent maybe never appreciate the life deeply like him.
Aghan’s mother plays a very important role in his life, or we can say, his mother factually is hi spiritual fortune which influences all his life. As he is telling of his legendary life to a strange passerby when he is sitting on the long bench, he adds my mother says to every beginning of his words. For instance, my mother says, you must know you are same with others and you have nothing different from them, nothing. My mother says, when I do one thing, I just tell myself, I will spare no efforts to do it as I am your mother, and you have no choice. God gives you to me, my child, then I should make great efforts to do it and I make it.
He is a very obedient boy and he keeps all the works in his mind. As he says, the man who is stupid can have his own field. When jenny asks him to run, he begins to run unsteadily and at last, he throws away his first pair of magic shoes and at the same time he finds that he is good at running. From hen, he is always running and later, he runs into the rugby team, then university, then his life from the war and then honor and friendship.
He has no ambition and of course he also loses a lot. He has only a few friends and he is always being made fun of by others. He knows how to love. Although he is not clever, but he knows how to let the life full of hope and so he wins honor, fortune and love which can’t be got by ordinary people at the same time.
We can find that in every stage of his life he has a goal which directs how to advance ahead. Therefore, he makes his mind to try to achieve the goal without distraction. He is a man who has no other selfish thoughts and only this kind of person can smile at the life at any time.
As a matter of face, our life is just like this, and just like at the beginning and the end of the film, a white feather is floating. Most of our life, we are also floating without definite direction, aimless, and maybe boring. However, maybe a turnaround can be controlled by ourselves. What you need to do is to make it perfect and don’t mind what you will get and how much you will get and then only in this way will you fly higher and higher until up to the heaven. So I believe his success is anything but a coincidence. In fact, there is nothing in life that occurs unexpectedly and it always follows some kind of rules. only if you have been prepared, wonder is to come.
This kind of story always moves us and leaves us an unforgettable impression in our life. Maybe, in ten ears or twenty years, even longer time, we still remember that there is a stupid man named Aghan who is always running and running and at last he runs a distinctive life.
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇12
The lines touching me most in the book is ‘My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are goanna get.’
Yes, life is full of uncertainty & puzzle. For someone, they wish to have the power to forecast future. Because they can be well prepare for the opportunities and challenges and even know the lucky numbers of lottery beforehand. But for me, I don’t want to have such ‘ability’ at all. Life is a mystery and everyone has his own way. I enjoy the surprise of receiving gift from my classmates on my birthday and running into an old friend on the street in another city, etc. There are so many amazing incidents in my life which can’t be happen if I have the power to forecast the future.
To Forrest Gump, who was born with intellectual disturbance and muscle problem in his leg, he never imagined that he could become a famous American football player, a war hero and even a millionaire. Forrest won dignity and respect though his strive and perseverance.
I believe I can make a better life for those I love though my own effort. Have a little faith for your life. Let’s enjoy our life everyday with dignity, honesty, braveness and love just like Forrest Gump!
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇13
“Life is like a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what youre going to get.”Forrest gump mothers this words, in the beginning of the film with this sentence gave me a deep thinking: Every life are in different places there, and is unique there.
Forrest gump life movement is it according to this word, such teaching and step by step walk different life path In the film, forrest gump from IQ is only 75 points and have to enter the special school, to master football, to the Vietnam war hero, to shrimp boat captain, went to the United States… Forrest gump with birth defects body, to many people may sound intelligence throughout his life also elusive height. On him, we see the loyal, honest, persistent, friendly these in human nature which is most.
outstanding .We also see the persistence of life, a life of hope, faith and the ordinary life, dash forward show the unusual life. So the story always let us be moved, and then let us hard to forget.
Maybe, in ten years, twenty years, even more ancient later, we still remember that once intellectually disabled but ran out of the different lifes forrest gump.
阿甘正传英文观后感 篇14
To be honest, Ive never seen anyone like Forrest Gump in a movie before.Forrest Gump who is unfortunately to be born with a lower IQ and the muscle problem, usually, people always think this kind of person cant be successful in doing anything. But, instead, this unlucky man has achieved lots of incredible success, he is a football star, a war hero, and later a millionaire!
Forrest Gump not only shares his innocence and purity with others, ,he also manages to retain that innocence through some very difficult times. I love Forrest that he doesnt lose his purity through the movie, or maybe he just cant ,but either way, this shows us dont need to be evil or really intelligent to be recognised or successful.
It is just a movie, so maybe it doesnt work like that in reality.A simply means is that the acting and story of this film got a high level like the real . And in my definition thats what a good movie should be able to do.
当仔细品读一部作品后，相信大家的视野一定开拓了不少，何不写一篇
瓦尔登湖英语读后感1
When Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) set out for the Walden woods in Massachusetts on Independence Day, 1845, the United States was still a young nation. The book that he published in 1854, Walden, is based upon his experiences as a youth.
1845年美国独立日那天，亨利·戴维·梭罗出发前往位于马萨诸塞州的瓦尔登湖畔的树林，那时美国还是一个年轻的国家。1854年出版的《瓦尔登湖》，便是他基于自己年轻时的经历所著。
The young don’t yet know how to live. They must experience the world and reflect upon their experiences in order to gain knowledge. The same is true of a nation. The book’s status as a classic shows that what Thoreau had to say echoed in the souls of other Americans.
年轻人还不懂得如何生活。为了获取知识，他们必须感受这个世界并反思自身经历。一个国家也是如此。这本书的经典之处就在于梭罗书中所言在其他美国人的心中产生了共鸣。
And it’s not just his fellow countrymen who relate to the story – Walden is read all over the world. If it can be enjoyed by non-Americans, this is because Thoreau set out to find what the basic principles of life are, no matter where we’re from. We may not agree with his answers, but we identify with his quest for meaning. This is probably why Walden is still loved by so many people, even 200 years after Thoreau’s birth, the anniversary of which will fall on July 12 this year.
不仅仅是他的同胞和这个故事息息相关 —— 《瓦尔登湖》在世界各地都广泛流传。如果美国之外的读者也喜爱这本书，那是因为梭罗是从寻找人生真谛出发的，不论我们来自于何处。我们或许并不赞同他的答案，但我们和他对于生活意义的追求是一致的。这或许便是《瓦尔登湖》在梭罗诞生200年后依然深受喜爱的原因。今年的7月12日，梭罗将迎来诞辰200周年。
Thoreau looked around him and saw the beginnings of industrialism and found it ugly. He disliked the factories and he disliked what they produced. He objected to consumerism, suspectingthat it took people away from their real concerns. Men and women lived lives of “quiet desperation” because modern life was leading them astray.
梭罗环视周遭，目睹了工业主义的开端并发现了其丑恶之处。他并不喜欢工厂，也不喜欢它们生产的东西。他拒绝消费主义，怀疑它会将人们带离他们真正关心的事情。男男女女都生活在“寂静的'绝望”之中，因为现代生活将他们引入歧途。
In Walden, he would find what he hoped was really “essential”. As he writes near the beginning of the book, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” This is the major theme of the book. He hoped nature could be his guide and his teacher.
在《瓦尔登湖》一书中，他发现自己所希望之事的确十分“基本”。正如他在该书开篇所写“我到林中去，因为我希望谨慎地生活，只面对生活的基本事实，看看我是否学得到生活要教育我的东西，免得到了临终之时，才发现我根本就没有生活过。”这是该书的重要主题。他希望自然能够成为他的向导和老师。
We should not think that Thoreau was simply withdrawing from the world. He didn’t go to Walden only to stare into the surface of lakes and observe wildlife. He went there because he was disgusted by modern civilization. Ironically, some of the people that Thoreau met around Walden wanted the opposite to him. If he wanted to escape from civilization, they wanted to get out of nature and leave it for a more exciting existence in the town.
我们不该认为梭罗只是在逃避现实世界。他前往瓦尔登湖，不仅仅是为了凝视湖面，观察野生动物。他去那儿是因为他对现代文明感到厌烦。讽刺的是，梭罗在瓦尔登湖周围遇到的一些人和他的想法恰恰相反。如果说，梭罗想要的是逃离文明社会，那么这些人想要的便是逃离自然，前往城镇过上更刺激的生活。
Thoreau was greatly influenced by ancient Greece and Rome. And in a sense, the philosophy of the book he wrote is very classical. Socrates once said that the “unexamined life is not worth living”, but what was Thoreau doing in his cabin in the woods if not examining life? Not only was he examining his own, but the life of America and its people in general.
梭罗深受古希腊与古罗马的影响。在某种意义上，他书中的哲学十分经典。苏格拉底曾说：“未经审视的人生不值得一过，”而梭罗在林中的小木屋里所做的如果不是审视人生，那又会是什么呢？他不光审视了自己的人生，还审视了美国和美国人民大众的人生。
瓦尔登湖英语读后感2
"Walden" is the American writer Henry. David. Thoreaus creation of a collection of essays, the book recorded in Thoreau Walden when living and feeling what one sees and hears. This book consists of 18 essays, "economic", Thoreau recorded the communication between farmers and farmers, learned that the hard life in the exchanges, not hard and criticized the peasants lived a luxurious life of the rich. In the species bean, Thoreau recorded the process of growing beans, gained the harvest through his own planting, and experienced the joy of labor and harvest from this process.
In so many essays, what impressed me most is "brute neighbors", the author describes himself in some animal see Walden when living. They left a footprint of the life in Walden, brings vitality to open peaceful Walden, also from experience to people with self harmony and warm enthusiasm.
"Walden" shows the beauty of nature to us, in fact, the book of creation, the United States is in agriculture era to the industrial age stage, the rapid development of economy, industrialization to stimulate people to pursue wealth, for money in the exploitation of natural resources fling caution to the winds to destroy nature. Follow all kinds of environmental problems, the natural ecological environment has been seriously polluted, Thoreau want to appeal to people to protect nature through his admiration of nature in the pond.
In fact, not only in the last century, now industrialization still brought many environmental pollution, we also know that some factories secretly discharge of sewage and waste gas, make clear and clean water to become stinking, dark. The rivers of many rivers are still drifting through the white belly of the fish. Although many laws now prohibit enterprises from dumping waste water and sewage, the punishment is not enough to make enterprises feel scared, but they still go their own way.
There are some businesses in order to meet some people desire to capture the state protected wild animal to sell, once when the pangolin is an animal so common, is now difficult to find traces of them in the mountains, most of them are delicious dishes on the table. Now children even think that pangolin is only the animal in the book.
In order to seek economic development and develop natural resources, the forest coverage rate is becoming smaller and smaller, and the clarity of rivers is becoming lower and lower. Not only to humans, but also to many of the river water for the survival of the animals lost their place to live. But how can man live in harmony with nature? Only when we protect nature can man and nature become more harmonious.
瓦尔登湖英语读后感3
Walden is a masterpiece written by Henry David Thoreau （1817-1862）， who was born in Concord, Massachusetts. The age he lived had witnessed the flourish of capitalism as well as the prosperity of industrialization and urbanization. During the 19th century, the American economy developed at so fast rate that most people were bound up in pursuing the material satisfaction , while ingored the spiritual life to a great extent. But Thoreau was quite different from other people, he disdained the modern civilization and attached more importance to the spirit than the material. He thought many people of his time lived in a non-human-like modern society and many modern appliances, such as trains and telegraphs, had done harm to peoples harmonious life peace and also broken the relationship between human and nature.
In order to prove that without the modern instruments , people can also live a happy life, in 1845, he moved into a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond and live there alone for two years to get close to the nature .Walden, is the famous book mainly talks about his life and thoughts during those days living in the woods .
Thoreau was so happy with the life living near the lake of Walden that he felt it a sweet grace to have the nature accompany and even the sounds of rain and the sights around his house were full of sincere friendship. In his eyes, the nature was an intimate friend of him and all things in the nature were lively and vivacious. And all kinds of animals in the wood, such as field mouses, robins and wild rabbits were amicably treated and regarded as his adorable companions. He even thought that plants were also had the right to live equal with human beings. Just because of this, he even blamed himself for hitting chestnut trees with stones. From many words or sentences, we can easily feel Thoreaus deep love and care towards nature.
Besides, Thoreau was a pioneering nature lover, who called on people to stop destorying nature but protect it by setting himself an example to others. The consciousness of the environmental protection is becoming more and more important in our modern society, while the whole world is trapped in some serious ecological crisises resulting from hunting and killing animals, cutting down trees and polluting the rivers for pursuit of human beings own interests. We all have the common sense that the number of wildlife is decreasing, the area of lake is shrinking, and the water is not clear any more. Whats worse, environment problems such as globe warming, climate change and air and water pollution are deteriorating during the commercial process . So its high time that we should realize we never be the dominator of the whole world conquring nature, but should spare no efforts to improve the environment right away. That is, we should comply with the natural laws, make reasonable utilization of natural resources and keep the harmonious development between the society and the environment. Only in this way will we has an opportunity to embrace a bright future and achieve a sustainable society .
In the book, Walden, Thoreau not only advocated the protection of nature, but also encourage people to comprehend and return to nature. He told us using his own experience that by living a simple life close to nature, we human beings will find out the true value of life and significance of existence.
After reading the book, what impressed me most is the description of the fascinating scenery around the Walden pound, especially these sentences: "A lake is the landscapes most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earths eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. The fluviatile trees next the shore are the slender eyelashes which fringe it, and the wooded hills and cliffs around are its overhanging brows". To Thoreau, the Walden lake is like a charming and melting girl , who has slender eyelashes and likes to dress herself in different beautiful clothes with the changes of different seasons.
Every morning after getting up, Thoreau would have a bath in the Walden lake to start a new day. After that, he used to wander around the pond and refresh himself with the fresh air. In summer days , he cultivated a piece of land and growed beans, blackberries, johnsworts and the like. The depiction of his leisure rurality spontaneously reminds me of Tao Yuanming, the famous Chinese poet, who lived in the Jin Dynasty and made his life meaningful by returning to the nature and perfecting himself. If Thoreau and Tao Yuanming lived in the same period and place, they would probably become best friends.
From the book, we know that during the years when Thoreau lived near the Walden, he did not completely isolate himself from the outside world. Sometimes he went to the town and did odd jobs and would receive visitors and friends in his cabin at times. As I mention before, the intention for his living in the woods was that he wanted to teach people how to live a simple life, achieve enjoyment from the nature, free oneself from the strained daily life and what is more important is to reevaluate the value of social life.
Thoreaus though of enjoying a simple life has a more realistic significance and have become a valuable spiritual wealth in our modern society. With the development of the material civilization, peoples desires are swelling limitlessly and many people are busy with the pursuit of wealth and luxurious life by any means, including at the expense of nature. However, even in the society materially affluent and technologically advanced , people are not be more happier than those people who lived centuries ago, but even feel less satisfactory and complaint more about their present life as a result of having unbounded desires of getting more and better. Therefore, many people who possess a lat have become slaves of machine, working more but do not have the ability to enjoy what they have.
In the book Walden, Thoreau had realize this problem several hundreds ago. Thus, he set his mind to give a enlightenment to awake people and encourage them to live a simple life. His thoughts have great similarity with the belief of our Chinese humanism, that is, the meaning of life lies in the sane and healthy enjoyment of a simple life. In fact, Thoreau and his teacher and friend Emerson praised highly on Confucianism and both them benefited a lot from it. I am very happy to see the interlinked place between Chinese culture and western culture.
Reading this book is like having a tranquil steam flow through my heart, washing the dust in my mind. It teaches me how to keep a pure spirit in the complex society, set proper goals for my life as well as enjoy the endows of nature. In short, I feel it quite worthwhile to read the book Walden. I sincerely hope more and more people would like to read this book and receive benefits from it .
瓦尔登湖英语读后感4
Henry David Thoreau （1817-1862）， the author of Walden, was born in Concord, Massachusetts. When he was a child, he always went to the woods and field with his old brother. So he loves the nature very much. In the middle of 19th century, American economies developed so rapidly that most people pursuit the material life and ignore the spiritual life. But Thoreau wants to live a simple life. Also for the Transcendentalist Movement was centered in Concord and Emerson had a great influence on him. All these made Thoreau go to build a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond and live alone to close to the nature in 1845. Later, he wrote the famous book, Walden, which mainly talks about his life and thoughts during he lived alone in the woods near Walden Pond.
When Walden was published in 1854, it was not well accepted by people. Instead it was regarded as "wicked and heathenish" .It was published only one time until Thoreau died of disease. But many years later especially in twentieth century, it was gradually known and appreciated by lots of readers all over the world.
This is a book which tells in spring Thoreau starts building a cabin in the woods， thinking about life, reading some books, and listening to the sound of nature. In autumn, he cultivates beans, observes Walden Pond. In winter, the Walden Pond freeze, lots of animals accompanies with him. As?springs coming, the Walden?and other ponds melt. Every thing in nature is awake and reborn including Thoreau. After two years,?Thoreau leaves.
Thoreau first writes that most people pursuit their necessary things of life such as fashionable clothes, houses and equipment. They pursuit these things while Thoreau go to the woods to building a cabin which only costs $28.12, eating simple food and?needing little furniture. So?one of chapters in his book, “Higher Law", emphasizes more on the spiritual aspect instead of the satisfaction of material. Further more; he urges people to read more classic literature such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and?other great writers’ masterpiece.
He also writes that though he?lives alone in the woods, he is close to?nature and makes himself as a part of nature. He?lives alone, but sometimes he also?talks with his visitors who are honest, sincere, thinkable and loving their life.
Thoreau also mentions that the noise?in the town and the whistle of train disturb the quite life of the town. However, in the woods?life is quite. When?he?lives in the woods, he can listen to animals sounds such as birds singing, owl’s hooting, cockerel’s crowing etc. He?lives with animals friendly. He also describes the?Walden Pond. The water, blue and green, clear and pure, freezes in winter and melts in spring.
When I was reading Walden?I felt that?I was listening to a wise man’s talking. The words and phrases about the nature?especially the Walden Pond are beautiful and?fascinating. The sentences are full of wisdom and philosophy.
Reading this?book reminds me of those people who work hard to earn money, waste lots?of money to buy luxury and expensive things, waste time to entertain themselves. In my?point?of view, they may easily lose themselves, and though their bodies are full, their minds are hungry. The real life is to?make every?complicate thing to?be simple and?enrich our heart?and soul. In a word, just simplicity 、simplicity and simplicity!
One of?Thoreaus thoughts about solitude attracts me deeply for I’m the person who likes to be alone. There are some reasons for why I like to be alone: Firstly I think that living with others is?easy going to have a conflict whatever?you?are best friends. Secondly just as Thoreau?saying ‘a man thinking or working always alone and let him be where he will’。 I?always spent most of time to study, and I like to make myself busy all the time, so I have little time to stay with others. In addition to, what Im?thinking and interested in is quite different from others. I like studying at library and reading books but dont like pursuit fashionable and new trend things for it makes me feel tired and bored. So I always live alone and people who around me think I must be lonely. Actually its not true. They dont understand me at all. When Im studying, learning or reading, I dont think other things, just immersing in the ocean of knowledge .My heart is quite calm. And if learn new knowledge I got a feeling of happiness, satisfaction and fulfillment. So I was so surprised that what Thoreau said was exactly same to what I thought. I was so glad to find a person who has the same idea with me.
When Thoreau lived alone in the woods, people did not understand him, even Emerson thought what he did was wrong. And now, people who around me think my life is not good. But I think Thoreau’s life was successful, meaningful and happy, so do I. Because I think that the success and happiness of life all come from exactly value. Everyone deeply desires of themselves life. When you know what the value of yourself is, meanwhile you can enjoy your life according to the value every time. You will find that everyday you have full of energy and enthusiasm to do anything, hear the sure sound from your heart, and often feel intense achievement, the most important is that your heart is peace and calm.
Last but not least, I envy Thoreau so much for he lives in such a beautiful and comfortable nature environment. He can breathe the fresh air, live with wild animal friendly; appreciate the scenery of Walden Pond etc. While in modern society, people pursuit their own interests to hunt and kill animals, cut down trees and pollute the rivers and so on. As a result, the number of wildlife is decreasing, the area of lake is shrinking, and the water is not pure any more. The environment problems such as globe warming, climate change and air and water pollution have been becoming increasingly serious. Reading this book makes me be aware of protecting the environment to realize the harmony between human and nature.
The concept of responsibility is a necessary fiction. Although socities must hold their individuals accountable for their own actions, peoples behavior is largely determined by forces not of their own making."
In the title statement, the speaker holds the contention that the concept of individual responsibility is no existence but a fiction. Moreover, the speaker says that the behaviors of human beings are fundamentally determined by the environment which out of their control. Admittedly, ones actions are deeply influenced by laws, societies, schools and families and other exterior forces; individual responsibility exists and functions as a significant role to rule peoples behaviors as well.
On one hand, the highest social animal as human being is, any individual has his specific role in a certain society. And this specific role gives one social identity and individual responsibility through education in schools and influence of ethical and moral standards. Though some times one would feel that the certain responsibility is obligation from the society and organizations rather than his individual responsibility at first, in most cases, the accountability would presumably become ones own eventually followed by the final identification of his specific social identity, and then direct ones behaviors without the force from the exterior world. For example, a soldier would think it is his duty to obey the rules without any hesitation; a surgeon would consider healing the patients as his accountability; and a historian would feel it is his responsibility to discover what is behind the historical descriptions. In fact, different careers and roles form diverse individual responsibilities, which result in individuals’voluntary behaviors.
On the other hand, there are not only specific individual responsibilities in diverse areas but also some fundamental values and accountabilities, which we all human beings cherish. From the moment one can speak or even is born, the society begins to instill the moral and ethical standards, which is so called humanity in every ones mind. The older one is, the deeper influence the humanity would be. When one is just a little child, he would go directly to what he like and claim it. Then when he is old enough, he would realize that it is incorrect and ashamed. And because of the awareness of what is right and wrong, one would probably never do any misdeed again. Actually, humanity is just the common individual responsibility shared by all of us.
However, every one lives in a certain society thereby ones behavior is more or less influenced by forces not of their own making. And to operate normally, every society has its laws, though many times have differences among them. It is true that humanity plays an essential role in ruling individuals behaviors; yet laws are necessary. Under the control of laws, people who have little individual responsibility would probably not dare to do any crime in fear of law punishment. Besides laws, for example in school, rules are also an important factor as well as individual responsibility. Nowadays, in most universities, a student who does not pass some certain courses in his four years college life would not get his diploma of bachelors degree. So even if a student does not like his discipline, or dose not care about his GPA, the pressure of graduating forces him not to playing computer or basketball all the time.
In addition, individual responsibility and forces from outside world have overlapped parts some times. For instance, studying diligently is some hard- working students individual responsibility as well as the pressure from schools and society.
Generally speaking, it is hasty and incorrect to conclude that the concept of individual responsibility is a necessary fiction. On the contrary, individual responsibility plays an important role which cannot be replaced. However, laws and the exterior force also have their significance as well. Thus we can not put either of them aside and pay more attention to another
Although I may not understand Thoreaus thoughts completely, I’m really benefited from reading the book, Walden.
瓦尔登湖英语读后感5
Read through some of the more than half of the "Walden Pond", to be honest look at a lot of paragraphs do not really understand, but say it is fun sections of animals that people read fresh.
The first animal is the rooster attention, and that the most common birds, however the authors pen in the air all of a sudden and very poor. Thoreau is the author described them this way: the rooster, pheasant was originally, and their chirping is the worlds most beautiful music, better than all the other animals, but most of the time to fill the gaps in their voice is their wife - the mother chickens are noisy, its no wonder that they ultimately can only be the poultry, not to mention what kind of a chicken egg. These words can not help people desperately want to remember the music Chenming rooster, the result was a loss, except in writing from the mechanical "oo" sound. As for the hen, they can only remember them after the end of each time it is under the "giggle" to stop the Called.
Walden Pond, how can there are so many wild animal? Every day it seems that the author and not the name they say hello. Are familiar with Ant, but where the ants are like the soldiers how to ah, make that an ant war was afraid to read the small bio of contempt. Lovely fledgling partridge destitute people, they only obey the instinct of mothers and their own Oh, the fullness of their long feathers of the body of small branches and leaves together to maintain the same posture, where to stay motionless, It picked up when a stranger or follow it, it continues to stay as motionless, or take your eyes clean. Scary, of course, most diving birds, and it always sent laugh, when it is from this lake first dive, the observer much hunting or after a lot of fun. what it is, you can go to the bottom of the lake to fish in the bird.
After all the human animal is, ah, just high-level animals. The author predicted that the result of human progress must be to give up meat, as the savage to the civilized around after people give up bad habits, like eating. I do not know human beings are not one day give up meat, it is very curious about the rabbit call. In the book, the author said: rabbit to the end, the truth was a child cry. On rabbits, the most profound impression that the tree hit a hare, but there is no written record of our had been a poor hunt rabbits.
