独立日观后感 篇1
我们作为一名炎黄子孙，中华人民共和国的已为合法公民，理所当然熟悉我们的国庆日，不如先说说美国的独立日。
美国独立日是美国的主要法定节日之一，日期为每年7月4日，以纪念1776年7月4日大陆会议在费城正式通过《独立宣言》。《独立宣言》由托马斯·杰佛逊起草，1776年7月4日经大陆会议专门委员会修改后通过，并由大陆会议主席约翰·汉考克签字生效。《独立宣言》开宗明义地阐明，一切人生而平等，具有追求幸福与自由的天赋权利；淋漓尽致地历数了英国殖民主义者在美洲大陆犯下的罪行；最后庄严宣告美利坚合众国脱离英国而独立。《独立宣言》是具有世界历史意义的伟大文献。通过《独立宣言》的这一天也成为美国人民永远纪念的节日，定为美国独立日。
既然我们要了解美国独立日的由来，就必须先了解美国这个国家。美国位于北美洲南部，原是印第安人的聚居地。从15世纪末起，西班牙、荷兰、法国、英国开始向北美洲移民。17世纪到18世纪前半期，英国在北美大西洋沿岸建立了13个殖民地，并加强了对殖民地人民的压迫和剥削，激起了当地人民和新兴资产阶级的反抗。1775年，北美13个殖民地的人民开始掀起推翻英国殖民统治的独立战争，组成了“大陆军”，由乔治·华盛顿任总司令。1776年7月4日，殖民地代表在费城召开了第二次大陆会议，通过了《独立宣言》，正式宣布建立美利坚合众国。
《独立宣言》发表以后第5年的9月，英国军队主力在约克镇被击溃，被迫同美国讲和，并于1783年签订《巴黎和约》，正式承认13个殖民地脱离英国独立，美洲出现了第一个资产阶级共和国。后来，7月4日被定为美国国庆日。
从此以后每年的7月4日便是美国的独立纪念日。这一天，举国欢腾，万家同乐，展现着美国人民的爱国热诚。美国开国元勋约翰·亚当斯（John Adams）说：“这个节日将成为重大的周年庆典，人们应铭记这个获得解放的日子！从东岸到西岸，从现在直到永远，都应该举行盛大庆典和，都应该通过表演、娱乐、体育竞赛、放礼炮、鸣钟、放烟火和张灯结彩，隆重庆祝这个日子。”每年的独立日这一天，全美大小教堂钟声齐鸣，而头一个敲响的是费城的自由钟。
7月4日也是一个重要的公民日，体现深植于英—美政治自由的传统。每年，大批游人会在独立日前后拥到国家草坪广场（National Mall）──即美国国会山与华盛顿纪念碑之间的大草坪，参加一向在7月4日前后两个周末举行的史密森民间艺术节（Smithsonian Folk life Festival）。
在7月4日这天，除了首都的国家大草坪，还包括地方城市公园，全美各地普遍会举办大大小小的烟火晚会。在纽约市，梅西百货公司（Macys department store）赞助的独立日烟火燃放活动已有31年历史，号称是美国7月4日最大规模的烟火表演。梅西30分钟的2008年烟火晚会将燃放35000枚礼花弹，由停泊在东河（East River）和纽约港的6艘驳船发射。据梅西估计，将有300多万人直接观看。近年来这项活动一直得到全国电视转播，7月4日也是家庭欢庆的日子。
人们通常到郊外野餐或者在户外烤肉。美国的7月夏日炎炎，成千上万美国人会利用这段时间去海滩或其他度假场所避暑。美国的很多法定假日固定在星期一或星期五，但独立纪念日例外，很多上班族会利用年假让自己享受一个长周末。
有时，一些重要的公共工程选择在7月4日开工。伊利运河（Erie Canal）、华盛顿纪念碑（Washington Monument）及美国第一条铁路巴尔的摩—俄亥俄铁路（Baltimore and Ohio Railroad）都是在7月4日破土动工，从而让这些改善民生的工程更具象征意义。
此外，总统们的激情演说也是独立日的一大看点。民选官员和其他公众人物往往利用7月4日独立纪念日的场合发表演说，颂扬美国传统和价值观，独立节曾记录下美国一些最激动人心的自由言论。
1788年，开国元勋詹姆斯·威尔逊（James Wilson）在费城举行的也许是当时这个新生国家建国以来规模最大的独立节庆祝集会上发表演说，呼吁公民同胞批准《宪法》草案。他说：“一个自由、文明国家的人民，建立并批准一种政体……全国人民首次行使最高权力──行使自己的主权，前所未有、无拘无束。”
布什总统1852年7月4日，黑人新闻工作者、废奴主义人士弗雷德里克·道格拉斯（Frederick Douglas）控诉了当时仍在美国南方盛行的奴隶制的罪恶，同时确定有一种力量从《独立宣言》（Declaration of Independence）及其体现的伟大原则以及美国现行制度的优越性中汲取力量，这种力量必将使奴隶制崩溃。
九十年以后，在第二次世界大战最黑暗的时刻来临前，弗兰克林·罗斯福（Franklin D· Roosevelt）总统提醒全国人民：对“精疲力竭、饥寒交迫、赤手空拳的美国革命军来说，7月4日是鼓起希望和激情的力量，现在仍如此。”在这黑暗时刻为自由而斗争的坚忍不拔、不屈不挠的人们牢记着它的信息──上帝面前人享有自由权利的保障──所有的人、所有的种族、所有的群体，所有的国家，在世界所有的地方。
2001年7月4日，乔治·W·布什总统在《独立宣言》诞生地费城独立厅（Independence Hall）外发表演说。他说，《独立宣言》继续体现“我们要求他人达到的标准，也是我们衡量自己的标准。我们不辜负这些理想，就能取得最伟大的成就。我们背离这些理想，就会经历最深重的悲剧。”在这一天，全国各地——即便是在最基层——公民领导人会发出同样的声音，而他们的听众则深深感谢建国一代人为全体美国人民所赢得自由。
那么在介绍了大洋彼岸的美国独立日之后，我们来看看我们的十一国庆日。
首先请允许我为国庆下一个定义：“国庆”一词，本指国家喜庆之事，最早见于西晋。西晋的文学家陆机在《五等诸侯论》一文中就曾有“国庆独飨其利，主忧莫与其害”的记载、我国封建时代、国家喜庆的大事，莫大过于帝王的登基、诞辰（清朝称皇帝的生日为万岁节）等。因而我国古代把皇帝即位、诞辰称为“国庆”，今天称国家建立的纪念日为国庆。
众所周知，1949年10月1日，是新中国成立的纪念日。
独立日观后感 篇2
6月29日星期三下午，是个非常值得高兴的日子，我们班和二（4）班一起组织看电影，这是我们两个班第一次组合在一起。当所有的同学都到影厅的时候，我们听从队长的指挥排着整齐的队伍陆陆续续地进了放映厅，一进放影厅，这部《独立日》的电影在我的脑海幻想着……
电影的开头部分让我有点小失望，并不向我想的那样精彩，我觉得自己有点看不懂，因此开始做我的小动作了，当电影放到蜂后带着许多外星人来侵入地球时，我的注意力，马上又回到了影片中来，外星人的`侵入，破坏了我们人类的地球，英国人通过电脑来向全国发起求救信号，各国收到信号后，纷纷派了许多飞机来帮助英国，大家齐心协力，把外星人打败了。
看了这部电影，让我学到了，只要不怕困难，就能成功。这是一部惊险、刺激，关于冒险的科幻电影，同时，让我感受到我们的科学武器真厉害呀！带着许多问题，我依依不舍的离开了电影院。
独立日观后感 篇3
今天，我看了一部电影，名字叫《独立日2》。
独立日讲述了一个外星种族，经过二十年的准备又一次的袭击了地球，盗窃地球的地核，作为飞船的燃料。虽然地球只剩10%的人类，但这一次地球人联合起来，团结一致，一同抗击外星人。最后，外星人被打的落花流水。我们还收获来自外星的一个球体，球体声称愿意帮助我们打败外星种族，原来球体是一个和我们遭受同样的侵略者侵略的种族的最后一个人，球体的科技能让我们的文明推进几千年，我们是时候打回去了。
我最喜欢莱来森局长和主人公杰克驾驶拖引机开过伦敦上空时，他说了一句话：“have up must have down（有升必有落）。”所有被飞碟的引力吸过去的东西都倒了下来，地标都被毁了，列入大本钟，伦敦桥等。我们最后虽然失去了家，亲人，但我们拥有了新的友谊，爱。
主人公杰克和席德上校原本是仇人，杰克因为意外使席德的家人去世，席德怀恨在心，与主人公杰克不共戴天。但是这次大浩劫之后，他们两个成了战友，虽然他们失去了家，亲人，但他们从仇人变成战友；人们更加团结；科技更加发达，也许这就是灾难给我们带来的两面性。
独立日观后感 篇4
两小时二十四分钟，很投入的看完了全部剧情，内容就不复述了。
电影是一门综合艺术，尤其是科幻，已知的，未知的，过去的，将来的，都会在一部成功的科幻片里面体现出来。至少，对《独立日》是这样的。
人类，这个话题真的好大，我从来不敢用语言来表述我的世界观，因为它真的好大，大到让我无法组织语言来定义。
而每当我看到人类存亡问题时，总会激动得不停的深呼吸，因为在这个话题面前，我们真的太小太小，小到无法找到自己，无法定义自己的存在性，无法看清自己忙碌意味着什么。
但有一点是清楚的，在灭亡面前，任何生物都是清醒的，包括人类，死亡即将来临，所有生物的本能就是：活下去，活下去。他们会想到珍惜自己的最爱的同类，并努力让他活下去。“活下去”，好简单，甚至很多人在平淡的生活中厌倦它。
未来的未知性。所以，活着的时候，敢爱敢恨敢奋斗，这样，就不会像电影里的角色那样，在死亡前才想起来自己所失去的，而只有很少很少的幸存者能够醒悟。
独立日观后感 篇5
凌晨看了首映，第一次在电影院睡着。
《独立日》电影遵循这样一个主脉络：地球人被突然袭击，没有时间反应，地标建筑被打的稀巴拉。信心满满组织反击，又被外星人先进科技给干趴下。在一片哀鸣中，聪明的人找到了方法，勇敢的人去实践，终于打败了外星人。
但相比而言，独立日第二部比第一部在剧情上弱太多，人物脉络交错上变得莫名其妙，分出了好多条线，越搞越快，越快越乱，让剧情推进得毫无章法。开始一个小时，我以为在看《普罗米修斯》中的冒险和《2012》的科学论证灾难之结合体。
总体而言，特效比当年进步，毕竟现在都是CG特效。而剧情上相比第一部中的各个分支点运用恰到好处而言，这一部简直弱爆了。毫无新意不说，演员都是花瓶，硬性广告让人作恶，中国演员北鼻的每一个镜头，你只能看到她在那儿使劲睁大眼睛。如果您还没有买票，劝您等资源在电脑上看看好了。
影片开场在中国人管辖的月球基地，这个基地和地球上绝大多数的飞行器等新科技一样，都是20年前外星人玩剩下的科技。月球基地的建造的目的就是为了保护地球的战前哨所，主要武器就是第一部中外星人使用的强悍激光；第二道屏障就是环绕在地球上空的许许多多激光发射器组成的卫星群；第三道武器，就是结合了外星飞行器反重力功能的新型战斗机绑定的核弹头。好了，这就是人类所有武装防御力量。要我说建造这些都是在浪费纳税人的钱。特别是月球基地基本可以划掉，可能它的主要用途就是给蒙牛和QQ做广告。
我要是外星人，我一定嘲笑愚蠢的地球人，就你们这点废铜烂铁，劳资根本不鸟好吗？果不其然，外星人的半个地球大的飞碟来了，来得就这么突然，对，地球人毫无防备地出现了。捎带手秒了第一、二道屏障，直接在大西洋里降落钻洞吸收地核。俺们根本不鸟你们地球人好伐？
嘲笑地球人第二点。上次你们打败我们的原因，就是带个核弹打入我们母舰内部。你以为我们上一次当不够吗？我故意放你们到我母舰里来，就是关门打狗啊，你们还傻乎乎地自己就进圈套了。
影片在编剧上另一败笔就是把外星人集团弄成了蜂后和工蜂的关系。拜托，电影里自己就说外星文明比我们文明不知高出多少倍。你把人家的社会组织形式弄成这么原始低级就是为了好一击制敌结束战斗吗？
然后事实证明，地球人果真弱爆了。怎么办呢？地球人总归要胜利的，那就搞一个另一种族的外星人来帮忙。这个种族外形是个蛋，其实就是不需要躯体的智能机器，他能够分分钟学会地球人说话，这比坏蛋外星人借助人体喉部发声强多了。但就是这么个小东西，要大BOSS亲自出马，然后我就睡着了。我想后面的剧情应该是在好外星人的指点下，坏蛋外星人的智商瞬间被拉低了。编剧和导演面对如此强大的外星人，能做的只有开挂干掉蜂后这个大BOSS，然后世界被拯救了，我们又回到了和谐幸福的生活。
总体，此片展现了好莱坞特效的高度，此外就是典型的科幻片生硬续作。全程无沸点，感情戏无论是外星人还是地球人都品滋无味。要不我怎么睡着了呢？
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.
1620年，一百多名逃避宗教迫害的英国清教徒，乘坐一艘叫“五月花号”的船只，开始了前往美洲新大陆的航程。在“五月花号”即将登上北美大陆之前，船上41名成年男子在甲板上签订了一份契约，这就是《五月花号公约》。公约规定，船上的人到达北美新大陆后，自愿结为一个民众自治团体，并制定和实施有益于团体利益的公正法律、法规、条例和宪章。全体成员保证遵守和服从。《五月花号公约》在美国的历史上有着不可取代的价值，因为它可能是第一次，在没有任何监管之下，一群人聚集在一起，决定要形成属于自己的社会和政治性契约，并用他们所认为的公平法律来实行自我管理。
另一方面英国人比较重视对于商业的控制，而不是对于领地的严格监管，这使得北美殖民地能够在英国一定程度的控制之下，同时形成自己的政府。自治的管理系统使得美国人能够参与管理社会，对公共事务发表意见，享有独立的权利。虽然在这样的管理体系下，田园牧歌式的氛围并不差，但是大英帝国的不断扩张，使得财政入不敷出，于是决定在北美殖民地增加税收，以化解财政危机。向北美殖民地征收的税收是由英国议会通过的，而英国议会中并没有殖民地的代表，这就背离了《五月花号公约》中最根本的原则。一个管理者最重要的就是诚信，而在当时美国民众的心里，《五月花号公约》是他们同管理者签订的一个契约,一旦一方违约，另一方势必会起身抗议。于是矛盾开始激化。
1775年4月19日，新大陆东北部的一声枪响，划破了纯静的天空，改变了这片大陆的历史航道。这天，一支英国军队与北美殖民地马萨诸塞州列克星顿镇的民兵发生冲突，枪声让这场冲突上升为战争，史称“美国独立战争”。
1776年7月4日，13个英属殖民地联合签署了《独立宣言》，宣布脱离大英帝国的统治，组成美利坚合众国。这一天，被确立为美国的独立日。《独立宣言》称：“人人生而平等，造物主赋予他们一些不可剥夺的权利，其中包括生命权、自由权和追求幸福的权利。”虽然一个国家诞生了，但是守业比创业更难。接下来要做的就是如何去管理这个初生的“稚儿”。事实也证明了战争换来的独立，并没有实现国家的稳定和繁荣。
于是，在宣布独立11年后的1787年，来自各州的代表终于在费城坐在了一起。他们要在这里协商新国家的未来。美国历史上有名的制宪会议开始了。来自各州的代表们对如何建立一个有权威的联邦政府、同时又能充分保障个人自由这一难题进行了激烈的争执和辩论。最终在1787年9月17日，美国第一部成文宪法形成了。
宪法对美国的经济发展非常重要，它把美国从一个殖民地，从受制于英国商业限制的经济体制，转变成一个可以保持经济长期发展的体制。从此，这个新国家不仅有了统一的政府，还有了统一的市场，统一的货币，统一的税收。在经济的运行上，则直接采用了英国的自由主义经济模式。为了改变当时美国经济明显落后于欧洲的状况，美国的联邦政府还从欧洲搬来了金融和财政制度。这一时期，还有大量移民带着欧洲工业化进程的成果来到了美国。这一切都为美国早期的工业革命的序幕奠定了基础。技术上的进步不仅为领导者提供了很好的物质基础，也使美国呈现了大好的前景，并以此吸引了大量的外国移民，这为美国在短时间内开垦荒地提供了劳动力。所以虽然美国的工业革命起步稍晚，但其速度和力度却超过了欧洲。而这一切是全国人民有着共同目标齐心努力的结果。同样的道理，如果企业员工能够上下一心，为一个目标奋斗，那么不管前方有多大的困难，都一定可以克服。
1862年，就在南北战争期间，美国总统林肯签署了著名的《宅地法》。它点燃了美国人到西部去创造未来的巨大热情。此后，成千上万的美国人以及来自各地的移民，开始大规模地进入这片区域，开辟这里的土地。已经推行了半个多世纪的西进运动，在政府强有力的推动下，出现了一个新的高潮，从而使美国的发展从东部沿海的狭长地带向更广阔的西部腹地延伸。从这个事例中我们可以看出如果领导者能够给予员工需要的奖励措施，就能提高员工的积极性。但是要谨记奖励措施一定要是从员工的角度出发，否则奖励反而会成为员工工作懈怠的原因。
“为促进科学和实用技艺的普及，对作家和发明家的著作和发明，在一定期限内给予专利权的保障。”这是制宪代表们一致通过的一条款项。联邦政府用专利制度保护了发明人的权益，同时也保护和激发了整个社会的创造热情。这就是他们需要的奖励，找对了方向，所有人的积极性就能最大限度地被激发。
自从1894年成为世界第一经济强国之后，美国的经济一直保持着持续高速的发展。在这样的时期做总统，或许应该是一件爽快轻松的事情。但西奥多·罗斯福却从上任的第二年开始，实施了一系列政府监管经济的措施，尤其限制了托拉斯的发展趋势，打击了托拉斯。这一举措使得市场的平等又再次出现，特别是在美国，自由的选择以及平等的机会，被认为是至高无上的，哪怕牺牲一些效率，也要保证机会的平等。所以罗斯福的这一项措施正是弄到人们的心坎里了。
对于一个真正的领导者，能想员工之所想，是非常必要的。不要总想着自己是高人一等的，也不要把自己的地位定的太高，对于一个公司要的不是一个喜欢端架子不做实事的人。只要能对公司有利，就请忘了自己是一个高层，不要吝于付出。关心员工，不会折减你的威望，反而会让员工真正的敬重你，把公司当作自己的家。
大国崛起美国观后感第三篇
在世界地图上，一个有着963万平方公里国土的国家静静地立在北美洲上，它以它强大的实力居高临下，俯视世界。
它就是美国。但又有多少人知道，如此发达的国家却是有13个英属殖民地发展而来的。当美洲这片新大陆被欧洲各国发现，英国的几十名清教徒来到了这，并建立了13个应属殖民地。然而，连绵不断的战争使英国大量资金流失，1763年、1773年、1774年，英皇不停地向殖民地征税，但是，殖民地的人们并没有言听计从，他们有自己的想法，他们抗税，要独立。频繁的冲突最终升级到了战争，美国的独立之战就此爆发，也最终取得了胜利，美国诞生了，并发展成了影响世界、促进科技的强国。
