老人与海英文读书报告

老人与海英文读书报告（精选8篇）

老人与海英文读书报告 篇1

A Book Report of The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway, an American novelist.The story is set in the 20th century after World War II, which is based on the novel written true story Hemingway himself has experienced.Exactly, it’s a story of an epic struggle between an old, seasoned fisherman and the greatest catch of his life.Leading character Santiago, an aged Cuban fisherman, has set out to sea and returned empty-handed.At first 84 days, he did not even fish one fish.He did not have enough food, and many locals to doubt his fishing technique.Some even laugh at him.So, He decided to go to the sea to fish food and proved that he is a skilled fisherman.On the eight-fifth day of his unlucky streak, Santiago does as promised, sailing his skiff far beyond the island’s shallow coastal waters and venturing into the Gulf Stream.At noon, a big fish, marlin, take the bait that Santiago has placed before.Although the old man expertly hooks the fish, but he cannot pull it in.Instead, the fish begins to pull the boat.He knows perfectly well very difficult to win, but still did not give up.Since then, they began their three-day fighting.The entire time, Santiago, endures constant pain from the fishing line.Eventually, the third day, the fish tires, and Santiago manages to pull the marlin in close enough to kill it with a harpoon thrust.However, things do not go smoothly as he expected.On his way home, he is attacked buy several crowds of shark.Although he kills the sharks in the end, they have devoured the marlin’s precious meat, leaving only skeleton.The old man arrives home before daybreak, and sleeps very deeply.Later on, the old man wakes up and finds the little boy Mandolin staying with him, and decides to go to sea to fish again.In fact, the story contains many different symbols and themes.By reading this book, I was deeply impressed by the old man and what he said “a man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Santiago, though destroyed at the end of the novella, is never defeated.Instead, he emerges as a hero.Santiago’s struggle does not enable him to change man’s place in the world.But the struggle somehow enables him to meet his most dignified destiny.The old man sets a good example for us.He teachers us that we should fight and never lose faith, never give up.No matter how hard the life is, it’s possible for us to overcome the difficulties.

希腊神话英文读书报告 篇2

——《希腊神话故事》读书报告 读了《希腊神话故事》，我很庆幸我通过它对希腊天神的描写，了解了西方人文精神的起源、西方古典艺术的辉煌。《希腊神话故事》并不是单纯记叙神话传说的，它反映了一些神化了的历史事实，如特洛伊战争、七将攻忒拜等都是有历史依据的；许多都是人们对某种现象或事物来源的解释，如关于普罗米修斯的故事就是对火的来源的解释。

《希腊神话故事》中的“神”实际上是人化了的神，而“人”（英雄）实际上是神化了的人，显示了希腊神话的进步性、现实性。对神的肯定和赞扬，实际上就是对人的肯定和赞扬。神与人不同的地方，在于他们是永生不死的，而且主宰着人间的祸福与命运。古希腊人崇拜神，但并不把神明放在一个特别崇高的地位，也不把神明作为道德衡量的标准，而是把他们作为世俗的反映。希腊神话故事正是以这种人文精神，以动人的故事和丰富的思想内涵，令人百读不厌，甚至成为后代文学艺术创作丰富的思想源泉。总之，《希腊神话故事》中的神既是人性化的，也是世俗化的。

一、《希腊神话故事》中神的人性化

首先，他们生活的世界像人类生活的世界一样，有各种各样的生活、不同的行业，甚至是等级制度。众神生活的世界就像人类的一个社会。在这个社会中，宙斯就是最高统治者。在他的统

治下，有统帅，像阿加门农；有将军，像阿喀琉斯；有负责各个部门工作的神，像农神得墨特耳、海神波塞冬、火神赫淮斯托斯、战神阿瑞斯等等。他们分工明确、各司其职。神也有法庭。重大的事情不是某一位神说了算，而是在法庭上裁决。

其次，希腊神话中的神会追求爱情，他们也有七情六欲，他们也会贪婪好色。希腊神话中的神——女神多爱慕体魄健壮的男神，男神则钟情美丽多情的女神。这方面尤其以宙斯为最。虽然他是众神世界的最高统治者，可是并没有那种皇者应有的涵养。他迷恋尘世的女子，或化身灵兽，或化身俊男，接近引诱美貌的女子，到处留下风流种子。当那些女子知道他就是万神之主宙斯时，除了认命还能怎么办呢？宙斯的妻子赫拉嫉妒心极重。对于同为女性的受害者，她不但没有给予足够的同情，反而把怨恨发泄在她们身上，仿佛是别人引诱她的丈夫而不是她的丈夫诱骗别人。他们夫妻之间的怄气，直接造成了别人的痛苦。伊俄就是其中一名典型的受害者。当宙斯知道自己引诱伊俄的事已被赫拉知晓后，为了不让赫拉找到伊俄，他把伊俄变成了一头牛。但是这还是让赫拉识破了，她派了一名奴仆看守着伊俄。从此伊俄有家归不得，亲人近在咫尺却不能相认，最惨的还要离乡背井，备受相思之苦。

再次，和所有的人类一样，希腊神话中的神也善妒好争。整个希腊神话的叙述就是以克洛诺斯向乌拉诺斯进行残酷复仇开始的。与人类一样，希腊神话故事中的众神也会为亲情、爱情而 复仇，也会为荣誉而战。这些复仇行为无论是复仇的缘由还是手段都与人类行为极为相似，唯一不同的是人类缺少神的神力。总之，希腊神话中神都有人性化的一面，人类的贪婪、虚假、报复、妒忌、正义、勇敢，都能在他们身上得以体现。

二、《希腊神话故事》中神的世俗化

中国神话中对神的褒贬则多以道德为标准，而在希腊神话中，对神的褒贬标准多以智慧、力量为标准。“不食人间烟火”是中国神话中神仙们的重要特征。在中国的很多经史典籍中，中国上古的神仙们，例如伏羲、女娲、炎帝、黄帝、尧、舜、禹等等，都是无比崇高的。他们不苟言笑，从不戏谑人类，更不会嫉妒和残害人类。在个人的私生活上，他们从来都是十分规矩和检点的，十分注重小节、注重品行和道德的培养，并且尊贤重道。几乎每一位神仙都不会有“红杏出墙”或“乱播滥情种子”的现象。在他们的身上，只有神圣的光环、纯洁的品性和高尚的情操。相反，在希腊神话中，我们所看到的大大小小的天神都是世俗的，是满身人间烟火味的形象：众神之王宙斯狂放不羁，拈花惹草，在神界与人间留下了一大串风流债，更严重的是他任意行事，不讲原则，充满嫉妒和个人爱好；神后赫拉，本是众神和人间的表率，但她却经常为嫉妒和仇恨而迷失了本性，做出一些残酷的蠢事来，没有丝毫让人类敬重的地方。主神如此，他们手下的众神也都有着极为相似的品性。在希腊军队与特洛伊的战争中，阿喀琉斯让阿伽门农把抢来的女俘克里塞斯送还到他的父亲阿波罗的祭司身边，因为此时阿波罗正为他的祭司的女儿被劫而用瘟疫来消灭希腊军队，阿伽门农认为自己受到了侮辱，硬是将女俘克里塞斯留在了自己的身边，阿喀琉斯愤而带领他的军队撤出了战斗，使特洛伊大将赫克托耳很快地杀掉了还没有死于瘟疫的希腊士兵。又如，阿波罗因同玛耳绪比赛吹笛子而失败，便残酷地剥了玛耳绪的皮，并把它挂在树上。再如月神与阿波罗兄妹，因尼俄泊嘲笑了他们的母亲提坦巨人勒托只生下一子一女，并禁止忒拜妇女向勒托献祭，他们便射杀了尼俄泊众多的儿女。不胜枚举。可见，在希腊神话故事中，神与人除了力量上的差别外，在情感上却是相同的。当天神们脱掉神的外衣之后，个个就都成了世俗的凡人。中国诸神所普遍体现的献身精神，更是希腊神话中的天神所不具备的。在希腊神话中，其开辟神话充满了血腥：宇宙最先生下了卡俄斯、胸怀宽广的地母该亚、冥土塔耳塔洛斯、爱神厄洛斯。卡俄斯又生了黑夜之神尼克斯和黑暗之神埃瑞波斯。尼克斯和埃瑞波斯结合后生下了太空和白昼。该亚则生了乌拉诺斯、大海、高山。这时乌拉诺斯成了主宰，他与母亲该亚结合，生了六男六女共十二位天神。后来，第一代主神乌拉诺斯被儿子克洛诺斯阉割了。克洛诺斯与妹妹瑞亚结合也生下了六男六女，宙斯是最小的一个。克洛诺斯害怕他的儿女们像他推翻父亲一样来推翻 他，便将自己的所有儿女都吞进了肚子之中。在宙斯出生之前，瑞亚在地母该亚的帮助下逃到了克里特岛，上岛之后才生下了宙斯，宙斯这才幸免于难。后来宙斯联合诸神推翻了父亲克洛诺斯，逼他吐出了哥哥姐姐们。宙斯于是便在奥林匹斯山上建立了神性王国，自己做了至上神。这则希腊神话表明，宙斯的神界秩序是在代代天神们的血肉之躯上建立起来的，更严重的是这种杀戮还都是骨肉之争。

总之，《希腊神话故事》是我们了解西方文化的捷径。我们可以通过它，了解西方人文精神的起源，了解西方古典艺术的辉煌，从而提高自身的文化修养。篇二：古希腊罗马神话读书报告

《古希腊罗马神话》读书报告 20114206 孙嘉潞 希腊神话主要是歌颂英雄的事迹，但同时也深深地揭露和批判了人性的丑恶。当然也描绘了一个个栩栩如生的人物，鲜明的人物性格也正是它的亮点所在，庄严又爱嫉妒的赫拉，温柔却又胆小的德墨忒尔，智慧却又寡语的雅典娜等等。一个个鲜活的生命跃然纸上，以最美丽的姿态，诉说着那段曾经的辉煌；那段神庙里的高歌。在这个神话的世界里，神的力量占据着统治地位。马克思曾说，希腊的神话和史诗是人类童年时代发展的最完美的产物，具有永久的魅力。

古希腊罗马神话，说是神话，但其中的众神却是极富有人性的，这也使人更有兴趣读这本书，毕竟，有谁喜欢呆板的一成不变的神呢？

在这么多的故事中，我最喜欢的是伊阿宋取金羊毛的故事。其中的女主角美狄亚背叛父亲，而后因为伊阿宋的背叛而做出了更加凶残的举动。虽然凶残，甚至让人难以原谅和理解，但却是敢爱敢恨的真性情。这个故事很好的凸显了人性的善恶的矛盾。如此激烈的冲突大概也只能在古希腊罗马神话中见到吧。虽然神话主要是歌颂英雄的事迹，但同时也借此深深地揭露和批判了人性的丑恶。神话中的众神，之所以有喜怒哀乐，拥有人的一切感情，正是因为他们是人创造的。正是这样，我们可以说，是人创造了神，不是神创造了人。篇三：希腊神话读后感英文 in the first chapter, it mainly talked about the prometheus, who was only seed of the ancient god family that exiled by zeus.he is intelligent and wise, created human beings according to the god’s appearance, and stuffs they need.all prometheus did was caused zeus’ envy, and stole fire make him tied in the mountain and pecked by the eagle sent by zeus.then the story begins from here.whatever the zeus, the main god and also has abundant emotions, just like man.and his wife hera is the daughter of cronus, and in charge of the family and marriage, she has a strong jealous heart, killing and revenge filled with the world, killing cause vengeance, vengeance and repetitive killing.even god also exist human selfishness and ugly.zeus in this aspect reflects particularly special.although he is the lord of the gods, but there is no that kind of emperor feeling who should behave.he is infatuated with worldly woman, or incarnation spirit beast, or incarnation, handsome, close to lure beautiful woman, everywhere leave merry seed.the woman knew that he was the lord of all gods besides accept this destiny, can still how to do? nothing.zeuss wife hera jealousy extremely heavy.as the same victims for the women, she not only did not give enough sympathy, but resent and revenge in their body, as if someone else is seduce her husband not her husband cheat others.the unhappy or angry between this couple, directly caused the pain of others.iraq is one of the typical victims.when zeus know he seduce the iraq things have been known by hera, he put the iraq into a cow in order not to let hera find the iraq.but it still make hera found out, she sent a servant guarded the iraq.from now on iraq cannot back to home even she has family, they cannot recognize each other even loved ones near at hand, the worst is leave their homes and the undertake the lovesickness.greek mythology to person to god has made a real show, not whitewash light, and also do not cover the darkness.not because he is a hero and cover the mean, not because he is god and conceal its hypocrisy.criticism of human nature is deeply rooted in this soil, so critical to appear deep powerful.through man’s fantasy, with a kind of involuntary artistic way processed natural and social form is made by imagination and the aid of imagination to conquer nature, control the forces of nature to visualize.so the myth is an exploration of human nature and ego and natural and self-relationship.marx said that.《希腊的神话和传说》读书报告 2012170125 吴桂文 光电工程学院 随着文明时代的开始，神话和传说时代告终。但是作为一种丰富多彩的民间口头文学的希腊神话，却为我们留下了全面而生动的记录。它反映了阶级社会前人类生活的广阔图景，也以数以千计的人物形象表现了当时的社会风貌和人类童年时代的自尊、公正、刚强、具有着不朽的魅力。

为了进一步了解古希腊的灿烂文化，我利用假期的时间，阅读了由德国作家斯威布整理编著的《希腊的神话和传说》。这本书内容丰富，情节生动，具有较强的趣味性和可读性，该书仿佛把人们带入了3000年以前的希腊古代文明，再现了欧洲爱琴海地区辉煌灿烂的上古文化和英雄辈出的“荷马时代”。这对于我们理解和研究欧洲文学、哲学、美学以及历史学等方面有很大的辅助作用。神的故事和英雄传说，是《希腊的神话和传说》两个主要部分。神的故事内容丰富多样，从宇宙的产生、人类的起源到神的家族谱系、日常生活中的七情六欲和种种行为业绩，实际上展示出来的是人类与自然作斗争的壮丽图画。

要想彻底理解希腊神话，首先要先了解新神谱系。在新神谱系中，诸神都居于俄林波斯山上，一般认为有十二主神：

宙斯：天神之父，地上万物的最高统治者。赫拉：宙斯的正妻。是女性的代表，掌管婚姻和生育。性格特征是嫉妒。

雅典娜：起初被视为女战神，后逐渐变为智慧女神和雅典城的守护女神。

阿波罗：在诗与艺术中表现为光明、青春和音乐之神，又是太阳神。

阿尔忒弥斯：月神，又是狩猎之神、妇女之神，是女性纯洁的化身。

狄俄倪索斯（又称巴古斯）：是洒神与狂饮欢乐之神。阿佛洛狄特（又称维纳斯）：爱情女神。她的忠实随从小爱神厄洛斯（又称丘比特，手持弓箭，被射中者即跌入情网）。

波赛东：海神。

哈台斯：冥王。

赫斐斯托司：火神。

阿瑞司：战神??? 十二个主神都有鲜明的性格与七情六欲。他们具有人的性格和情绪，具有超人的特殊本领。

古希腊神话的特点是，每个神都像人一样，有血有肉，有思想有情感，有职务有分工。这也正是吸引我们的原因之一。宙斯，是想象中的最高天神，身体很健壮，很威严，像皇帝、国王，能呼风唤雨，统治万民。宙斯住在奥林匹斯山上，希腊人都以宙斯为最高天神，每四年开一次奥林匹亚赛会纪念他，今天的奥运会就是源于这个典故。

在这本书里，神的形象其实既是英雄和战士的代表，又是人类想象中的神奇保护神。众神居住在希腊奥林匹克山上，他们的生活与尘世的贵族生活十分相似:他们爱享乐，好争权夺利，爱慕虚荣，很任性还有嫉妨心和报复心，有时还会溜下山去与人间的美貌男女谈情说爱，他们决不是十全十美的不食人间烟火的圣洁之神，而且，主神宙斯和大多数神都喜欢捉弄人类，显得有点邪恶，有失公正。

在神话故事中，普罗米修斯的故事最为感人。普罗米修斯是神的后裔，伊阿珀托斯之子，用泥土与河水照着神的形象塑造了人类，教给人类观察星辰、计算数目、驯服动物等生

产和生活的技能，使人类的生活变得有意义。但宙斯为奴役人类，拒绝给人类完成文明所需要的最后一物——火，普罗米修斯用茴香管把天火偷下赐予凡人，使人类进入文明时氏。这使宙斯极为恼怒，他命火神造美女潘多拉降害于人类，继之又报复普罗米修斯，用强力与暴力的链子将普罗米修斯吊在高加索山上，每天让鹫鹰啄食普罗米修斯的肝脏，白天啄去，晚上又长出来，使他永远感到痛苦。普罗米修斯坚强不屈，宁愿忍受3万年的痛苦，也没向宙斯屈服，过了许多世纪，大力士赫拉克勒斯取金苹果路过此地，将他释放。

英雄传说有许多故事系统，基本上都是以一个英雄的家族为中心，所叙述的是神与人所生的后代在与自然作斗争过程中的英勇业绩。这些英雄人物大都具有刚强、勇敢的精神，充满智慧和力量。

赫拉克勒斯力大无究，在摇篮里就捏死了来伤害他的两条毒蛇。他成年时，“堕落的享受”（又叫“幸福”）和“美德”同时向他抬手，他坚定地选择了“美德”。“美德”之路坎坷不平，荆棘重重，赫拉克勒斯不畏艰险，迎难而上。他征服了凶猛的涅墨亚狮子；杀死了危害人类的九头怪兽许德拉??他的英雄业绩，感动了美神雅典娜，她让赫拉克勒斯由人变神，长生不老。提修斯英勇善战，富有智慧和仁爱之心；俄狄浦斯爱国爱民，为救民于瘟疫而自责自励，死而后已。这些英雄高贵的人格，在人们心中极受珍视，他们永远是人类的光辉典范。

希腊神话艺术地反映了古代希腊人对自然和社会的认识，表达了他们对美好生活水平的热爱和向往。在文学艺术上，希腊神话具有天真美丽的幻想和清新质朴的风格，它的艺术魅力永存。

希腊神话是古希腊人民口头创作的民间文学。由于那时生产力水平低下，人们无法科学地解释默默的自然现象以及人与人之间、人与自然之间的关系，于是用幻想的故事来阐释它们。如《潘多拉的匣子》这个故事，就解答了饥饿、瘟疫、水灾等自然灾害的来历；《欺骗死神的人》这个故事，西斯夫用智慧三次避开了死神，可他最终还是战胜不了死神，这个故事暗示人类：人类有时能改变自然，但最终摆脱不了自然规律的束缚。

阅读这本书，我们需要将神话和历史紧密结合起来，通过本书的介绍及自身的思考，我基本认识到：古希腊文化是欧洲文化的源泉。古希腊、古罗马文化是西方奴隶制社会文化发展的最高阶段。它对后世产生深远的影响。奴隶制经济的高度发展为古希腊、古罗马文化的繁荣奠定了基础。

众所周知，一谈起西方文化，就像西方人说的“言必称希腊”。对于西方人来说，对稍微受了一点教育、受过一定文化熏陶的人来说，你要跟他打交道，问他属于什么文化，我想，绝对多数的人会毫不犹豫地说：“我们是基督教文化”。一直到今天，尽管西方科学技术高度发达，但对于西方人来说，他仍然觉得自己是基督教文化。基督教文化之于西方就好比儒家文化之于中国一样，它已经深入骨髓了，已经成为一种文化形态，而不单单是一种宗教信仰了。而基督教文化的源头就得从希腊、罗马文化说起。希腊文化是整个西方文化的摇篮，是西方文化最早的一种文化形态。我们一旦谈起希腊文化，不管对希腊文明有多少了解，脑海里必定会浮现出我们所熟悉的那些偶像，而这些偶像又往往都是和希腊的神话有关系的。比如太阳之神阿波罗、众神之王宙斯、智慧之神雅典娜等等。可以说，希腊的神话和传说，都深深地渗透到了很多人的心中。可以说，《希腊的神话和传说》这本书是我们了解希腊文化的一个不错的工具，它保留了古希腊神话形象生动，意境优美的特色。在艺术手法上，既有浪漫主义的幻想夸张，又有现实主义的真实描写，像一幅幅反映古代劳动人民生活和斗争的色彩浓艳的风俗画，显示出丰富多彩的艺术魅力。《希腊的神话和传说》中所写的神是高度人格化的。他们具备人的思想感情，性格十分鲜明，同人一样，有爱与恨，有喜怒哀乐，时常到人间与男女谈情说爱。有时甚至好嫉妒，慕虚荣，在道德上不如人。与凡人不同之外在于他们长生不死，具有无边的法术和智慧。有着超越凡人的力量。因此说，希腊神话具有人神同形同性的特点。

雾都孤儿读书报告英文版 篇3

As you have read ‘Oliver Twist’, a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in 18th century which has became one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens, you can really understand the worlds‘regain the nature of goodness’.Charles Dickens was born in a poor family ,having a poor background ,he wrote this novel in his twenties ,who was just with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals,as well as to expose the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London.The hero of ‘Oliver Twist’ was an orphan named Oliver Twist, when he was born ,hewas thrown into a world which is full of poverty and crime.He has suffered enormous pains, such as hunger, thirst, beating and abuse.While reading the tragic experiences of the little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings.I felt really sorry for the poor boy, but at the same time I detest the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill.To my relief, as all the happy stories do, the goodness eventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a

happy life at the end.One of the plots which attracted me most is that after the theft, little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs.Maylie and Rose and began a new life.He went for walks with them, or Rose read to him, and he worked hard at his lessons.He felt as if he had left behind forever the world of crime and hardship and poverty.Sometimes,in the deep and quiet nights,I keep asking myself,how can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive affliction remain pure in body and mind? The reason is the nature of goodness.I think it is the most important information implied in the novel by Dickens-he believed that goodness could conquer every difficulty.Although I don’t think goodness is omnipotent, yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more happily than those who are evil-minded.Reflect on myself,I define the nature of goodness to be one of the most necessary character for a person.Goodness is to humans what water is to fish.He who is without goodness is an utterly worthless person.On the

contrary, as the famous saying goes, ‘The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose’, he who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person.People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he has done, and thus he can do good to both the people he has helped and himself.To my disappointment, nowadays some people seem to doubt the existence of the goodness in humanity.They look down on people’s honesty and kindness, thinking it foolish of people to be warm-hearted.As a result, they show no sympathy to those who are in trouble and seldom offer to help others.On the other hand, they attach importance to money and benefit.In their opinion, money is the only real object while emotions and morality are nihility.If they cannot get profit from showing their ‘kindness’, they draw back when others are faced with trouble and even hit a man when he is down.They are one of the sorts that I really detest.There are some worlds in an essay, ‘Goodness, of all virtues and dignities of the mind, is the greatest, being the character of the Deity, and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of

老人与海英文读后感 篇4

The old man and the sea

I first read the old man and the sea when I was a middle school student and I didn’t really know what the author wanted to express.I just regarded it as an interesting story.Nowadays, I read it again, only then did I know what it really means.The main character in the story is an unlucky old fisherman, but very strong.One day he found a big marlin.Although he knew it was very difficult to win, he still tried his best to catch the fish.Unluckily, the blood of the fish attracted many sharks.Perhaps, the result of the story is not important now.I have to admire his courage and perseverance.There are still some questions for us to think about.When we meet difficulties, should we avoid them or face them?

The old man told us the answer.he struggled with the nature, although compared to nature he was too small.He also exceeded himself.This book teaches me a lot about the attitude towards difficulties.

老人与海英文读后感 篇5

Santiago, an old man about sixty years old, fished alone with nothing caught in eighty four days. No one would like to talk to him for his extremely bad luck except a boy who always came to help after the day and finally left to another boat under the pressure of his parents. Ignoring the contempt from the younger fishermen and sympathy from the older, on the morning of the 85th day, the old man started his fishing with determination and rowed his old boat very far in the sea where he believed there would be big fish. Fortunately the old man met with a big fish as he had wished and finally defeated the big Marlin with two days and nights struggle after overcoming great difficulties. But more unfortunately there were many sharks coming after his boat attracted by the smell of the blood of the big Marlin. After death-and-life struggle, when he finally got rid of the sharks coming after the boat, the big Marlin was bare skeleton.

The Old Man and the Sea tells a frustrated experience of the old man who fishes alone in the sea in plain languages. Through the simple lines, a “tough guy” image is shaped and heroism is praised. The whole story starts with a peaceful beginning which is some trivial of life and talking with the boy, and suddenly turns to its climax which is the dangerous fighting with the big fish and sharks alone in the sea, and ends with the old mans return with the bare skeleton of the big Marlin. Though the boy only appears at the beginning and the ending in the novel, he plays an indispensible role, it is his inspiring and supporting that helps the old man to be “graceful under heavy pressure”.

In the book, the old man prepared his fishing properly and preciously than any other fishermen so that “Then when luck comes you are ready” as the old man thought to himself. In reality, some of us keep complaining that they are born in wrong time or good luck never knocks their doors. In fact, good luck sometimes just comes when they are not ready. Taking Newton for example, if he had not acquired a lot, millions of apples could never make him discovery the gravity. So if we just keep studying as much as we can, good luck will finally find us and a bright future is ahead of us. The old man never gives up hope. When all of people think he is doomed, he still strongly believes that he will get a big fish. And he does. So never giving up hope is very important to us. This reminded me of the sentence in Churchills speech “Never give up, never, never, never…”“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated” has always been inspiring me when I counter with some setbacks in my life. Setbacks are inevitable in pursuit of our goals, but we should never be frustrated and should be “graceful under heavy pressure” like the old man. It is his relentless pursuit that contributes to the victory.

老人与海读后感英文版 篇6

Why didnt Hemingway let the old man win in the end? In the words of the old man in the novel, “a man is not born to be defeated”, “a man can be destroyed, but he cant be defeated.” This is the philosophy of the old man and the sea. Theres no denying that as long as its human, its flawed. When a person admits this defect and tries to overcome it instead of succumbing to it, whether he can finally overcome his own defect, he is a winner, because he has overcome his own compromise on the defect, he is the winner of his own courage and confidence. The old fisherman is the winner who dares to challenge his own defects and courage and confidence. From the perspective of worldly view of victory, the old fisherman is not the final winner, because although he defeated the great Marlin at first, the great Marlin was finally eaten by the sharks. He just returned to the shore with the white bone shelf of the great marlin, that is to say, the sharks are the winners. However, in the eyes of idealists, the old fisherman is the winner, because he has never been to the sea, not to the great marlin, not to the shark compromise and surrender. As music master Beethoven said, “I can be destroyed, but I cant be conquered.”.

Human nature is strong, and human beings have their own limits, but it is precisely because people like the old fishermen challenge the limits again and again, and surpass them that the limits are expanded again and again, placing greater challenges in front of human beings. In this sense, such heroes as the old fisherman Santiago, whether they challenge the limit of success or failure, are worthy of our eternal respect.

圣诞老人的由来（中英文对照） 篇7

the concept of the american santa claus originated with st.nicholas, who was born in asia minor in 280 a.d.he was known as a kind, benevolent man;indeed made a saint because of his generosity.为了纪念圣-尼古拉斯，按照欧洲传统，12月6日就是交换圣诞礼物的日子，也标志着圣诞假期开始。

in honor of st.nicholas, december 6 became the traditional day in europe for the exchange of christmas gifts and the beginning of the holiday season.荷兰移民把他们关于赠送礼物的圣-尼古拉斯的形式带到了美国，他们的发音是“sinter klass”。美国人不习惯于荷兰发音，把他改为“santa claus”，这就是广受孩子们喜爱的、圣诞节标志性的圣诞老人。

老人与海读书笔记 篇8

《老人与海》的故事中，始终有一个灵魂。牵绊着每一个读懂它的读者的心。

一个名叫桑提亚哥的老渔夫，独自一个人出海打鱼。在一无所获的84天后钓到了一条奇大无比的马林鱼。这是老人从来没见过也没听说过的比他的船还大两英尺的一条大鱼。鱼大劲也大，拖着小船漂流了整整两天两夜。老人在这两天两夜中经历了从未经受的艰难考验，终于把大鱼刺死，拴在船头。然而这时却遇上了鲨鱼，老人与鲨鱼进行了殊死搏斗，结果大马林鱼还是被鲨鱼吃光了，老人最后拖回家的只剩下一副光秃秃的鱼骨架。

一个看似简单的故事，一个看似可怜的老头。从世俗胜利观的角度看，老渔夫不是最后的胜利者，鲨鱼才是。因为他在苦苦战斗了许久后却没有得到那应有的回报，最后只带着鱼骨上岸。然而老人并非一无所有，战胜自然，战胜自我而获得的生命自由就是他胜利的象征。虽然只有残骸，但是老人的帆上，已经写尽了坚持不懈的精神。他始终没有向大海，没有向大马林鱼，更没有向鲨鱼妥协和投降，始终在努力着、奋斗着。他其实是一个敢于挑战自身缺陷及自己勇气和信心的胜利者。或许从书中，我们更多读到的应该是海明威赋予的老人在压力下优雅而坚韧的形象。

极其简单的老人与海的故事，却沉淀着许多人生的哲理。在命运与坎坷前，如何求得更好的生存。面对突如其来的变故，如何求得更好的人生价值。读完了《老人与海》，这是一个值得深思的问题。

老人与海，是体现人在自然面前不屈不挠地对抗的一个过程，这是一个奋斗的过程。无可否认，只要是人就都会有缺陷。努力的奋斗可能没有结果，可能一切都会是一场空空的“骨架”，但是，有一点我们必须承认，奋斗的过程是何其令人赞赏？我们对老人最后的结局抱着肯定的态度，欣赏他的坚毅，他的勇敢，真是因为我们肯定了整个过程。这就像一场比赛，观众并不关心比赛后的输赢，而是比赛中的激烈斗争的过程，即使最后结果并不理想，也依然赞叹选手们在比赛过程中的出色表现。

贝多芬说过，我可以被摧毁，但我不可以被征服。老渔夫就是这么一个形象。其实我们整个中华民族也正是这么一个不屈不饶的的渔夫形象。从南方雪灾到汶川地震，灾难，就像鲨鱼一样，撕扯着无数同胞的心。我们痛苦过，挣扎过，哽咽着，心痛着，„„虽然我们的帆早已千疮百孔，我们的船也遭遇了百年难见的大风暴，可是我们从未低头屈服过。千千万万的同胞们手拉手，用血泪筑起了一道抵御灾难的围城。我们有着像桑提亚哥那样的决心和信心，或许也是一种执着。前进的脚步不会停止，哪怕沿途有再多的风浪。最终，我们会拖着我们的战利品，留下骄傲的目光。人不是为失败而生的，一个人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败。这是老人的誓言，也是我们整个名族的誓言。

人生的跌宕起伏总是充满着跌宕起伏，就如一片汪洋，很宽阔，也很危险。它可以把你推向一个高度，也会瞬间让你跌入冰冷的水中，失去自己所有的温暖。我们为了保留这一丝温暖，会努力地向浪尖奔去，用仅有的一点力量搏击那深不见底的强大力量。