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Have you read Treasure Island yet?Unit 8Alices Adventures In WonderlandLewis CarrollLewis Carroll Lewis Carroll 刘易斯刘易斯 卡洛尔卡洛尔 ,was a British author,was a British author,mathematician,Anglican logician,and amateur mathematician,Anglican logician,and amateur photographer.Although he was a mathematician,he photographer.Although he was a mathematician,he is best known as the author of is best known as the author of Alices adventures in Alices adventures in wonderlandwonderland and and Through the looking glass.Through the looking glass.His books were popular among children and adultsHis books were popular among children and adults.They are distinguished as satireThey are distinguished as satire 讽刺讽刺 and as and as examples of verbalexamples of verbal 口头的口头的 witwit 风趣风趣.HeHe wrote wrote mathematical works under his own name but for his mathematical works under his own name but for his childrens books he invented the pen-name Lewis childrens books he invented the pen-name Lewis CarrollCarroll It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy realm 想象的王国想象的王国.Alice was begining to get bored.She and her sister were sitting under the trees.Her sister was reading,but Alice had nothing to do.She felt bored and slept at the gressland.There was nothing really strange about seeing a rabbit.And Alice was not very surprised when the Rabbit said,Oh,dear!Oh,dear!I shall be late.But when the Rabbit took a watch out of its pocket,looked at it,and hurried on.Alice jumped to her feet.She ran quikly across the field after the Rabbit.The Mouse is in the pool,and it can speak french.“Dose any mouse like cats?”cried the mouse in a high,angry voice.?“Of course you re mad,only mad people come here“Said the Cat.These roses are white,but the Queen only likes red roses,and she is cruel and her pet phrase is that “Off with his head.”砍掉他的脑袋?Who took my tarts all away?The King and Queen of hearts were sitting on their thrones 宝座when Alice and Gryphon arrived.There was a great crowd of birds and animals,and all the pack of cards.There is a tial court预审法庭and the end is that nobady admitted his etrrors.The Queen felt angry and her face turning red.”Off with Alice s head”screamed the Queen.Nobady moved.“It dosent what you say,”said Alice.”Youre only a pack of cards.”Then the pack of cards flew up into the sky and began to fall on Alices face.She gave a little scream-and wake up.She was lying next to her sister under the trees,and some leaves were falling on her face.“Wake up,Alice,dear”said her sister.”Youre been asleep a long time.”“Oh,Ive had a very curious dream!Little WomenLouisa May AlcottThe writers introduction Louisa May Alcott,the second daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail Abba May was born in Germantown,Pennsylvania on November 29,1832.At an early age,Louisa and her family moved to Boston,Massachusetts where her father pursued his teaching career by setting up the Temple School.Bronson Alcott was well known for his controversial teaching methods which relied more on student involvement and a belief that children should enjoy learning.In 1840 the family moved to Concord where prominent American author and close friend of the Alcotts,Ralph Waldo Emerson,helped the family to set up residence.Louisa enjoyed the county atmosphere of Concord and found her time divided between acting out plays with her sisters which she had written,and nature walks with Henry David Thoreau.In 1843 the Alcott family took part in an experimental communal village known as the Fruitlands.Here Bronson Alcott wished to further his beliefs in transcendentalism and bring his daughters a greater understanding of nature.Unfortunately the project failed and the family returned to Concord in 1845 taking up residence at Hillside.The books introduction Little Women is a novel published in 1868 and written by American author Louisa May Alcott.The story concerns the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War.It was based on Alcotts own experiences as a child in Concord,Massachusetts with her three sisters,Anna,May,and Elizabeth.Little Women is the story of The Marches,a family used to hard toil and suffering.Although Father March is away with the Union armies,the sisters Meg,Jo,Amy and Beth keep in high spirits with their mother,affectionately named Marmee.Their friendly gift of a Christmas holiday breakfast to a neighbouring family is an act of generosity rewarded with wealthy Mr.Laurences gift of a surprise Christmas feast.However,despite their efforts to be good,the girls show faults:the pretty Meg becomes discontented with the children she teaches;boyish Jo loses her temper regularly;while the golden-haired schoolgirl Amy is inclined towards affectation.However,Beth,who keeps the house is always kind and gentle.
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