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1英文小说The Call of the Wild《野性的呼唤》这部英文小说的作者是Jack London ，这部小说主要讲了一只叫巴克原的狗，他生活在美国南部加州一个温暖的山谷里，后来种种原因被卖到美国北部阿拉斯加，成了一只拉雪橇的狗。这只狗目睹了强者与弱者之间为了生存冷酷无情的明争暗斗。为了活命，它变得阴险、机智。最后重返山林。2适合初中生阅读的英文小说The Secret Garden《秘密花园》《秘密花园》这部英文小说的作者是Frances Hodgson Burnett ，主人公玛丽是一个任性而又孤傲的富家小公主，不幸的是一场瘟疫让她变成了一个可怜的孤儿。随后她被在古老庄园生活的亲戚收养，她和表兄在秘密花园里恢复了孩子纯真善良的天性。3震撼人心的英文小说Frankenstein《弗兰肯斯坦》这部英文小说作者是Mary Shelley。主要讲述科学家弗兰肯斯坦创造了一个丑陋的怪物，怪物本来心地善良，向往幸福和爱情，但得到的却是人类的驱赶和敌意，他请求弗兰肯斯再给他创造一个同类被拒绝。他的一生几乎都在悲惨中度过，后来他不顾一切的报复人类，最终和弗兰肯斯坦同归于尽。这三本英文小说非常适合初中生阅读，强烈推荐给想要读书的初中生，希望你们能在读书过程中有所收获和感悟。
倒数第一丑
推荐几本小说，适合英语初学者或者喜欢通过看英语小说提高英语水平的读者：1:Half girlfriend 是一本没太多生僻单词，容易阅读的原版小说。 讲述的是两个印度年轻人爱情故事的小说。 开头用倒叙的手法讲诉男主来找作者并把女主 生前的日记交给他，但是作者担心惹事拒绝日记， 后来因为好奇心的驱使看完日记并联系男主，通过 男主的讲述了解了这两个年轻人的爱情经历。通过该小说可以稍微了解一下印度的历史和文化， 是一本容易阅读并感人的小说。2:From the distance star 虽然是一本面向青少年阅读的原版小说，但作为 成年人读起来也觉得很吸引人。讲述少女为了 拯救自己身患癌症面临死亡的爱人，去找巫婆要来 药剂，可是却发现爱人变成了一个外星人的故事。故事中女主不断遇到很多困难，但同时也有很多的 好心人帮助了她，故事传递了一个思想是不要以貌取人， 也许有的人外表看起来很凶恶，很贫穷邋遢， 但其实他们的内心很善良，愿意帮助别人。3:say goodbye for now在美国种族歧视的大环境背景下，讲述了白人医生 lucy和白人孩子pete与一对黑人父子因为一条受伤 的狗引发的故事。四个不同的人，不一样的苦难，他们的命运因为一只狗被交织在一起，平静又温暖的故事。
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●不建议你买英语沙龙,杂志确实比较精致,但从学英语的角度来讲（特别是针对大学生）效果不是很好,性价比也不高.因为它上面的词汇并不符合大学词汇要求,有很多复杂生僻词汇,表达很书面化而且有些板块没什么必要,比如中国古典诗词翻译,晦涩难懂. ●我推荐你买《21世纪英文报》,这套报纸我从初中就一直开始看,现在上大学还在看.外观时尚,上面包含各种新闻,话题,词汇也是分级的,四级,六级,托福级别,而且从今年开始每期报纸后面都有大学英语四六级专题解析.每周出版一次,所以可以了解很多新鲜资讯又方便. ●还向你推荐一本英文版童话小说《小王子》,很适合中等英语程度的人阅读内容也很不错. 另外,现在网上资源确实丰富,但是始终替代不了纸质阅读.在网上可以练练听力,听英文歌可以培养兴趣,看美国电影,美剧可以培养语感,多模仿还可以学习口语.The last but not the least,英语的学习贵在坚持.
丢了肥膘的猪
英语小说阅读《羊脂球》选文
《羊脂球》是法国作家莫泊桑创作的短篇小说。《羊脂球》是他的成名作，也是他的`代表作之一。《羊脂球》以1870—1871年普法战争为背景。通过代表当时法国社会各阶层的10个人同乘一辆马车逃往一个港口的故事，形象地反映出资产阶级在这场战争中所表现出的卑鄙自私和出卖人民的丑恶嘴脸。
Some detachments rapped at each door, then disappeared into the houses. It was occupation after invasion. Then the duty commences for the conquered to show themselves gracious toward the conquerors1.
After some time, as soon as the first terror disappears, a new calm is established. In many families, the Prussian officer eats at the table. He is sometimes well bred and, through politeness, pities France, and speaks of his repugnance2 in taking part in this affair. One is grateful to him for this sentiment; then, one may be, some day or other, in need of his protection. By treat-ing him well, one has, perhaps, a less number of men to feed. And why should we wound anyone on whom we are entirely3 dependent? To act thus would be less bravery than temerity4. And temerity is no longer a fault of the commoner of Rouen, as it was at the time of the heroic defense5, when their city became famous. Final-ly, each told himself that the highest judgment6 of French urbanity required that they be allowed to be polite to the strange soldier in the house, provided they did not show themselves familiar with him in public. Outside they would not make themselves known to each other, but at home they could chat freely, and the German might remain longer each evening warming his feet at their hearthstones.
The town even took on, little by little, its ordinary aspect. The French scarcely went out, but the Prussian soldiers grumbled7 in the streets. In short, the officers of the Blue Hussars, who dragged with arrogance8 their great weapons of death up and down the pavement, seemed to have no more grievous scorn for the simple citizens than the officers or the sportsmen who, the year before, drank in the same cafes.
There was nevertheless, something in the air, something subtle and unknown, a strange, intolerable atmosphere like a penetrating9 odor, the odor of invasion. It filled the dwellings10 and the public places, changed the taste of the food, gave the impression of being on a journey, far away, among barbarous and dangerous tribes.
The conquerors exacted money, much money. The inhabitants always paid and they were rich enough to do it. But the richer a trading Norman becomes the more he suffers at every outlay11, at each part of his fortune that he sees pass from his hands into those of another.
Therefore, two or three leagues below the town, following the course of the river toward Croisset, Dieppedalle, or Biessart mariners12 and fishermen often picked up the swollen13 corpse14 of a German in uniform from the bottom of the river, killed by the blow of a knife, the head crushed with a stone, or perhaps thrown into the water by a push from the high bridge. The slime of the river bed buried these obscure vengeances, savage15, but legitimate16, unknown heroisms, mute attacks more perilous17 than the battles of broad day, and without the echoing sound of glory.
For hatred18 of the foreigner always arouses some intrepid19 ones, who are ready to die for an idea.
Finally, as soon as the invaders20 had brought the town quite under subjection with their inflexible21 discipline, without having been guilty of any of the horrors for which they were famous along their triumphal line of march, people began to take courage, and the need of trade put new heart into the commerce of the country. Some had large interests at Havre, which the French army occupied, and they wished to try and reach this port by going to Dieppe by land and there embarking22.
They used their influence with the German soldiers with whom they had an acquaintance, and finally, an authorization23 of departure was obtained from the General-in-chief.
Then, a large diligence, with four horses, having been engaged for this journey, and ten persons having engaged seats in it, it was resolved to set out on Tuesday morning before daylight, in order to escape observation.
For some time before, the frost had been hardening the earth and on Monday, toward three o'clock, great black clouds coming from the north brought the snow which fell without interruption during the evening and all night.
