Book Report on THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE

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现代大学英语精读1unit5thenightingaleandtherose课文翻译

18第五单元Translation of Text A夜莺与玫瑰1 “她说若是我给她带去红玫瑰，她愿意和我一路跳舞。

”年轻的学生哭喊道，“但满院子都没有一朵红玫瑰。

”2 这番话给在老橡树上自己巢中的夜莺听见了，她通过橡树叶张望，心中惊讶。

3 “在我的花园没有红玫瑰！”他哭着说，他美丽的大眼满含泪水：“啊，圣贤之书我已读完，哲学奥妙尽藏心中，但是缺少一朵红玫瑰却使我的生活瞬时暗淡！”4 “终于有一名重情感的人了，”夜莺说，“我曾日日夜夜为他歌唱，此刻我终于见到他了。

”5 “王子明晚将举行一个舞会，”年轻的学生喃喃道：“我的爱人也将前去我若为他采得红玫瑰，她将和我一直跳舞到天亮。

我会揽她入怀，而她也会偎依在我的肩头。

但在我的花园没有红玫瑰，因此我只能独自坐那儿黯然神伤，心痛超级。

”6 “他确实是一个重情感的人，”夜莺说。

真爱是美好的，它价胜千金。

7 “乐工们将奏乐助兴，”年轻的学生道，“我的爱人将和着竖琴和小提琴声翩翩起舞。

她的身姿是如此的轻盈宛似蜻蜓点水般。

但他是不会和我一路跳的，因为我没有红玫瑰献给她。

”于是他扑倒在草地上，双手捂着脸放声痛哭起来。

8 “他为何哭泣呢？”一只绿色的蜥蜴翘着尾巴通过他身旁时问道。

9 “是啊，到底为何呢？”一只在阳光下挥动着翅膀的蝴蝶问道。

10 “到底为何呢？”一朵雏菊用低沉的声音对他的邻居说道.11 “他为一只红玫瑰哭泣。

”夜莺说。

12 “为了一朵红玫瑰？”他们叫道，“太荒谬了！”那本来就有点愤世嫉俗的小蜥蜴肆无顾忌的笑道。

可是夜莺了解男孩的悲痛，默默无声地坐在橡树上。

13 突然她张开自己棕色的双翼，向空中飞去。

她犹如影子般穿越树林，又如影子般越过花园。

14 在草地的中心一棵美丽的红玫瑰树傲然屹立。

她看到后当即向它飞去：“给我一朵红玫瑰，”她高声喊道，“我将为你献上我最甜美的歌声。

”15 可是树儿摇了摇头。

16 “我的玫瑰是白色的，”它说，“白如海之浪花，白胜高山千年积雪。

夜莺与玫瑰读书报告

2012/2013第二学期基础英语课程作业Book Report姓名：学号：班级：AbstractThe nightingale and the rose is a famous fairy tale written by Oscar Wilde. The story tells about a tragedy of a nightingale, who sacrificed his life for a rose in order to complete the love of a student to his dream lover. Finally the girl rejected the student and the rose in the price of the nightingale was thrown into dust.Key words: nightingale, sacrifice, loveThe Stupid Little ThingThe nightingale and the rose by Oscar Wilde is a fairy tale from his collection Nineteenth Century Short Stories, published in 1888. Oscar Wilde is well known to have “used the form of fairy tale to reflect on modern life and to debate ideas”.1Today he is remembered for his epigrams and plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment which was followed by his early death.In the fairy tale the nightingale and the rose, the author tells us a melancholy story of love. A nightingale overheard a student crying for being not able to dance with the daught er of his professor, because he couldn‟t bring a red rose for her. The nightingale decided to find the red rose at the cost of her life. The student found the red rose the day after her death. But tragically, he angrily threw the rose into the gutter because the professor‟s daughter rejected him again for what she really wanted was ascendancy and wealth.After finishing this so-called fairy tale, I felt so mournful that I couldn‟t say a word. Maybe this is the saddest fairy tale I have ever read.In my opinion, the reason why this story is so sad is that Oscar Wilde has great passion for love and has been persistently pursuing it for his whole short life. In this story, the nightingale became his tongue and mouth, singing the sweetest song and pressing his breast into the thorn to grow a crimson rose.Hence, the sacrificial nature of the Bird is much reflective ofWilde himself during his last years, when he sacrificed his freedom for the love of his male lover, and against the statutes of Victorian Law. And, as the bird, Wilde also did it maybe all in vain- life went on as usual, even after he tried to do the heroic act of accepting himself in society. I‟d like to illustrate my opinions from its details.Apparently, this story follows the theme of love.The theme is conveyed in this story through the actions of the Nightingale.The story is set in a garden of fantasy—it‟s full of talking creatures and plants. Through the mouth of the plants and creatures, the author demonstrates how impenetrable a man in love is by using the sentences like:'For a red rose!' they cried; 'how very ridiculous!'and the little Lizard, who was something of a cynic, laughed outright. By contrast, the nightingale …understood the secret of the Student's sorrow‟ and this implies the tragic ending for us. What I find very interesting is that the author uses many marvelous dictions to describe the beauty of the world, such as:“a Butterfly, who was fluttering about after a sunbeam”; “…roses are whiteas white as the foam of the seaand whiter than the snow upon the mountain…”. Maybe the author wants to demonstrate the cothurnus before the little nightingale died; the world is so terrific but the little bird would rather die than to live just because her pure love for the man. And just a few lines before the nightingale died she said:“Yet Love is better than Life, and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?” Through this sentence, the author tells us what love is in the nightingale‟s heart—to sacrifice for what she loves. And before the night she died, the nightingale flies to the young student and says a lot of stuff to tell him to be a true lover. But sadly, the student couldn‟t understand her. When I read these paragraphs, all I felt is just deep grief. As Rabindranath Tagore wrote in his famous poet “The most distant way in the world”, “The most distant way in the world / is not the way from birth to the end. / It is when I sit near you / that you don't understand I love you.” She is going to exchange her life for his rose, but he doesn‟t know and at the same time he is thinking about another girl. Isn‟t the most sorrowful thing in the world?When describe the death of the bird, the author uses tons of vivid dictions and imageries to express how much the nightingale sacrificed for the stupid little thing—love, such as “So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her…the Nightingale's voice grew fainter, and her little wings began to beat, and a film came over her eyes.” Being in stark contrast, the author describes the beauty of the rose with flowers of speech:a delicate flush of pink came into the leaves of the rose, like the flush in the face of the bridegroom when he kisses the lips of the bride; crimson was the girdle of petals, and crimson as a ruby was the heart.”What is the result of the rose at the cost of the nightingale? Through the mouth of the professor‟s daughter, the author tells us the silliness of love:“Everybody knows that jewels cost far more than flower.” So the student “threw the rose into the street, where it fell into the gutter, and a cart-wheel went over it”. It was torn into pieces and may decay into dust.In the end of the story, the author uses a monologue of the student to demonstrate how stupid love is. 'What a silly thing Love is,' said the Student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as Logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to Philosophy and study Metaphysics.' I think this paragraph is both bitter and sarcastic. Truly and practically, love is indeed visional, especially when you are in love someone whose heart belongs to another one. Maybe we should learn the student,“returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.”。

现代大学英语第二版 Unit 5 The Nightingale and the rose

the nightingaleandthe rose•1. About the Author •2. Text Analysis •3. Imagery Analysis •4. Writing Skills •5. ExercisesOscar Wilde （1854—1900)Life•In 1845, Oscar Wilde was born at 21 Westland Road, Dublin.•In 1874, Wilde entered Magdalen College, Oxford, with a scholarship, there he became particularly well known for his role in the aesthetic.•In 1884, Wilde married Constance Lloyd. They had two sons, Cyril (1885) and Viviane (1886).LifeOscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas•In 1891, his meeting LordAlfred Douglas changed his rolefrom a husband to a homosexuallover.•After that, he suffered adramatic downfall and wasimprisoned after been convictedof “gross indecency ”forhomosexual acts.•In 1900, Wilde died of cerebralmeningitis .Wilde’s tombMajor Works:Novel:The Picture of Dorian Gray《道林·格雷的画像》,1891 Plays: A Woman of no Importance《无足轻重的女人》,1893The Importance of Being Earnest《认真的重要行》,1895Salomé《莎乐美》,1893•Poetry:Poems 《诗集》,1891The Ballad of Reading Gaol《瑞丁监狱之歌》, 1898•Fairy tales:The Happy Prince and other Tales《快乐王子和其他故事》, 1888The House of Pomegranate《石榴屋》, 1891•Novel:The Picture of Dorian Gray《道林·格雷的画像》,1891•Plays: A Woman of no Importance《无足轻重的女人》, 1893 The Importance of Being Earnest《认真的重要性》, 1895Salomé《莎乐美》, 1893•Lady Windermere's Fan1892. •An Ideal Husband 1895Wilde’s aestheticism •Oscar Wilde adopted the aesthetical ideal: heaffirmed “my life is like a work of art”.•Art used only to celebrate beauty and the sensorial pleasures.•The artist = the creator of beautiful things.•Art for art’s sake•The only purpose of the artist is art, not religion, or science, or interest. He who paints or writes only for financial return or to propagandize political and economic interests can only arouse feeling of disgust.Works •Quotes on Men•Men become old, but they never become dy Windermere's Fan.•Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed.It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.In Conversation.•Men are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not.A Woman of No Importance.•One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age.A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything.A Woman of No Importance.•Women know life too late.That is the difference between men and women.A Woman of No Importance.•Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.The Sphinx Without a Secret.•One should always be in love.That is the reason one should never marry.In Conversation.•A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.The Picture of Dorian Gray.•Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faithless and cannot. The Picture of Dorian Gray.•We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars•我们都生活在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。

The Book report on The Prince and the Pauper

A Book Report on The Prince and the PauperBy LeeBrief introduction about the authorThe Prince and the Pauper is one of masterpiece of Mark Twain (1835-1910) , an American writer, journalist and humorist. His formal education ended soon after his father’s death in 1847, when he became a printer’s apprentice, working for a time on Missouri Courier. While working for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, he adopted the pseudonym “Mark Twain” and his original name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Twain’s first book, Jumping Frog,appeared in 1865 and then he won a worldwide audience for his stories of the youthful adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Twain used contemporary language in his books to bring his characters to life. This realistic prose style influenced numerous American writers. Ironically, for his time Twain was liberal on racial and many social issues. Mark Twain was an incredibly prolific American author who lived through the times that played an important role in shaping American culture. Mark Twain is called “the father of American Literature”. Mark Twain's the Prince and the Pauper is a popular novel and a classic from American Literature.Summary of the novelThe Prince and the Pauper was based on the 16th century's England society, published in 1881. However, it is naturally for readers to associate the plot with 19th century's America because it satirize and reveal the speculation of American, craziness of money worship, the gloominess of society, and inhumanity of racial discrimination.This novel is very attractive. It is a story about two young boys who are identical in appearance: Edward Tudor, the Prince of England and Tom Candy, a pauper who lived in a very poor family. Their lives and status changed when they two changed their clothes accidentally. From then on, their adventure life began. Tom, the pauper was treated like a mad prince and lived a luxurious life in the palace. But he did not like that kind of life. He missed his mother and his two sisters. Meanwhile, the Lady Jane Grey talks with him and becomes very confused about Tom's behavior.So he said to everyone in the palace that he wasn’t the prince. But nobody believed him, and everyone thought that his prince was mad. Soon the King died, and Tom had to join the coronation and become the King of the England.On the contrary, the true prince, Edward was treated as a pauper and had to lead a vagrant life. Then Tom’s father mistook him for Tom, always beat him and ask him to beg in the street. The prince met Hendon and made friends with her, who used to be a noble but now his cousin took his place unlawfully by chance. Hendon help the prince a lot, they became close friends. And the prince promised that the Hendon has the right to sit in the presence of the King of England as well as his son and grandson. During the prince’s exiled life, he found that the law of the England is much too unfair and cruelty, and the life of the paupers are much too rough, So he made up his mind to change these law and made the life easier to the paupers.At the end of the novel, Tom help Edward to regain his crown of England. At the same time Edward help another hero of this novel— Miles Hendon to return to his home and get his fortune and beloved wife. Different person has different life. Almost people are unsatisfied with their present life, and envy others’ life. But when we live in others life we will be unsuitable. At that time we will find our life is more appropriate for ourselves.Personal comment:Although the novel of The Prince and The Pauper is not famous as other works Mark Twain wrote. But this novel is one of his most tightly plotted novels. It is strongly thematic. It described the contrasting lives of rich and poor, the lives of the nobility with the lives of the lower classes. And in this point, Mark Twain reappear his main writing style--- satire to show that a prince dressed in a pauper’s clothing will be treated as a pauper. Another satiric point is that as a king, he has no real power and but is enslaved to the powerful people of his family.The main characters in this novel: first is Edward, a prince, enjoyed the easy and comfortable life and flattered by others. He was born of nobility and had no experience of hardship. But when he was banished out of the palace, he experienced a hard life as a pauper. Although all his hard sufferings were aim to come back to the palace, but I can not ignore his endeavor and his lenient. Second is Tom, I was affected by his kindness and honesty. He lived in a high mixed together, but he kept his own characters. However, at first he was not willing to give the throne back to the true prince, but he finally returned to the little boy who is kind and honest. When he was left at the palace, though he enjoyed the resplendent and magnificent surroundings, he tired to explain to the lady that he is not the real prince. Although he lived the life as a prince, he did not lose his original quality. At the end of the story, when Edward came back, Tom performed his honest and king characters again. He backed space to Edward on his own initiative. That is the most cherished thing. Therefore, I’m deeply influenced by their qualities of kindness, honest, lenience and so on. At last, I have to say that this novel is not just a novel written by the author himself but also the reflection of the true society at the nineteen century. Even though, the novel is written on the fact of the English history, but there must be something overstated and something not conformed to the true history. And in the reality, we had better not expect that one day we will be the prince as Tom. Everything we should do at the moment is to do well of our study.。

The Nightingale and the Rose夜莺与玫瑰

After Oscar‘s downfall, Constance took the surname(给… 姓氏) Holland for herself and the boys . Cyril was killed in France in World War I . Vyvyan also served in the war and later became an author and translator.
In 1895，Marquess of Queensberry found his son Douglas called Bosie was kept company with Wilde for four years ,and charged Wilde .Then he went to the club stuck“ To Oscar Wilde ——Mincing Sodemite (装腔作势的鸡奸客）”.After that Douglas got angry , then he asked Wilde to appellate court. But he failed and even been committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons(与其他男性发生有伤风化的行为).
He went back to the Ross and lived with him. Although Wilde loved Douglas ,Ross still gave him lots of helps . Soon he died of tubercular meningitis(脑膜炎）in a hotel in Pairs ,46 years old . Only Ross and a another friend were with him .

The Nightingale and the Rose 夜莺与玫瑰

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• So she spread her brown wings for flight and soared into the air. She swept over the garden like a shadow she sailed through the grove. 于是，她便展开了自己棕色的翅膀，冲向天空。她像影子似的飞过花园，又像影子似的飞越了小树林。 • And a delicate flush of pink came into the leaves of the rose, like the flush in the face of the bridegroom when he kissed the lips of the bride. 这时，一层淡淡的红晕爬上了玫瑰花瓣，就像新郎亲吻新娘嘴唇时脸上泛起的红晕一样。

Book report of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Book reportName: XXX Student Number：XXXXXXXTeacher: XXXXXDate:XXXXXBook report of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The author —C.S.LEWISClive staples "Jack" Lewis（November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963), often called C S Lewis or Lewis，he was the British famous writer and apologist, and he was born in Northern Ireland, Belfast, but living in England. His works of children's Literature "the legend of Narnia" and famous, in addition to the medieval theology, literature research and other works. Background of the author’s writingThe whole story was written during the 20 country 30s, and the aim of written the whole story was to give the author’s litter daughter Lucy Barfield, he hoped his daughter can read the story when she old enough to start reading fairy tales again.A Summary of the BookThis is a wonderful fairy tale, and it is a funny story, too. The total story begins with a wardrobe, and at first it is Lucy who comes into the world of Narnia by accident, luckily, Lucy meets a kind people that is Faun, who named Tummus, he provides Lucy withfood and shelters to stay and tells her some Important information, what’s more, he sends Lucy back and warns Lucy of never coming back again, so Lucy could return her owns world safely. However ,the second time when Lucy and Edmund entered Narnia by chance , they have different experience , Lucy also is the luck, but Edmund is not , he meet the bad woman , the evil witch, and she gives him some poisonous candies and cheats him ,too , she asks him to bring his brothers and sisters there ,and Edmund agrees that .So this time Lucy and Edmund come back home safely again . Then one day ,there are many people who visit their house ,in order to avoid the grown-ups disturbing them ,the four children get into the wardrobe and want to wait for the people’s leaving , and it is this action makes them all (including Peter Susan Edmund and Lucy ) inters Narnia , the wonderful and dangerous world, from then on ,they start their adventure . Firsty, they meet the first Narnian, the Mr. Beaver, and then know his wife, at the same time the four children know the fact that the Tummus has been arrested by the witch, so they decide not to leave until they saved the Faun. So they begin to think ideas about how to save the Faun, but during this time, Edmund betrays them and runs to the witch there and tells all their plans, so the witch takes her action and tries her best to kill the others .Fortunately, the witch dose not kill them successfully, andgradually Edmund realizes what he have done in wrong. On Lucy’s part, they know more about the witch, and also know that Asian is the only one who can defeat the witch and also he can deal with the matter of whole winter in Narnia all the time, so they find Alsan and go with him all the way, meanwhile, they save lots of Narnian when they are fighting against the witch, and these people they saved play an important role in the later battle between themselves and the witch. And finally the four’s group win the war , and they frees all the Narnian, so the four children are voted to be the kings and the queens of Narnia, and then they lives there for many years ,and they almost forget their own world , but one day when they are hunting , a animal leads them to the lamp-post from which they entered Narnia , but they forget it , out of curiosity, they through the post , suddenly ,they remember everything and they return home at the same place and the same time .Comments or My View on the BookAs for as I’m concerned, I like this story very much, and I learned a lot of lessens from the story, such as before we really know a thing, we should not draw a conclusion to it. And we should be kind man, and always remember “Actions speak louder than words”, in addition, the most important it that “Together, individuals can make a difference ’’.。

《现代大学英语精读1》第五课nightingaleandtherose剖析

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• The prince asked who she was and how she came there; She looked at him tenderly and with a sad expressions in her dark blue eyes, but could not speak
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• “That is it!” said the little girl. “Listen, listen! And it’s sitting there!”
• And she pointed to a little gray bird up in the boughs.
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• 6. s____________ 6. to fly high up into the sky • 7. w___________ 7. very unhappy • 8. s___________ 8. a ray of sunlight • 9. e____________ 9. a bright green precious stone • 10. g____________ 10. a channel at the edge of a road next to the
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Unit5 The-Nightingale-and-the-Rose原文及翻译

The Nightingale and the RoseOscar Wilde "She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,"cried the young Student; "but in all my garden there is no red rose."From her nest in the oak tree the Nightingale heard him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered."No red rose in all my garden!" he cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. "Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.""Here at last is a true lover," said the Nightingale. "Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not: night after night have I told his story to the stars, and now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon his brow.""The Prince gives a ball to-morrow night," murmured the young Student, "and my love will be of the company. If I bring her a red rose she will dance with me till dawn. If I bring her a red rose,I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand will be clasped in mine. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass me by. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break.""Here indeed is the true lover," said the Nightingale. "What I sing of, he suffers--what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely Love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold."夜莺和玫瑰奥斯卡·王尔德&说，她说如果我给她带来红玫瑰，她会和我一起跳舞，”年轻的学生喊道，“但是在我的花园里没有红玫瑰夜莺从她在橡树的巢里听到了他的声音，她透过树叶向外望去，感到奇怪。

大学生英语读书报告范文

⼤学⽣英语读书报告范⽂英⽂读书报告撰写格式 1.字体均为times new roman 报告题⽬为3号⿊体居中学⽣姓名、专业班级、学号、正⽂及参考⽂献均为⼩4号双倍⾏距 2.打印纸张规格：⽤a4纸单⾯打印。

3.报告第⼀页第⼀⾏应为：报告题⽬第⼆⾏靠右应为：学⽣姓名、专业班级、学号接下来是正⽂;参考⽂献在正⽂之后。

4. 报告字数为1000---1500字。

附：英⽂读书报告写作知识 the book report 1. three main parts of a book report generally speaking, a book report consists of the following three main parts: ? information about the author and his times ? a summary of the book a description of the author’s times should be given together with a brief account of his life. it should include the circumstances that led to the writing of the book under discussion and the historical and social background related to the content of the book. to make these things clear, the writer perhaps needs to read some reference material, such as biographies of the author and histories of the period described in the book. 2. writing of the book report 1) the summary of the book should be self-contained, clear, and easy to understand. above all, it should be objective. 3) the summary of a novel or a play is usually written in the present tense, while that of nonfiction, in the tense of the original work: for example, the past tense should be used for a history, and the present for a scientific work. reading report for extensive reading course (times new roman⼀号加粗居中) (分两⾏，reading report单独⼀⾏，中间空⼀⾏) (上端空三⾏，中间空四⾏) number： term： name： date: times new roman, 四号，居中，两端对齐，段前0.5) title (times new roman, 四号，居中，加粗) (title 与body之间空⼀⾏) body(1000字以上) (正⽂每段缩进四个字符，⼩四，⾏距1.5，times new roman) 2011—2012—2英语阅读(4)期中作业班级英语1103班姓名⽥⼩星学号 1101901307 成绩篇三：英语读书报告要求及范⽂(1) 英语读书报告格式要求范⽂ there is no standard form for a book report. however, every book report should contain the following four parts: 1. identification. give the title and author’s name. if the book is one with which your readers may not be familiar, identify it further. give the name of the publisher, the place and year of publication, the price, and the number of pages. writing book reports can be a valuable exercise in clear thinking and precise writing. it also gives you the opportunity to improve your writing and to develop a style of your own. 注意：题⽬统⼀为: a book report on 英⽂书名(斜体)，标题居中，正⽂两端对齐; 内容的⼏个部分可以成若⼲个段落写，但不能出现1，2，3，4序号字样; 英⽂中没有书名号, 书名斜体;注意其他英⽂标点符号使⽤及字母⼤⼩写的规范; 字体为times new roman, 字号为⼩四号，⾏距为固定值20磅; 页码置于页⾯底端居中。

Unit-4-The-Nightingale-and-the-rose课件

diction playwright of skill and subtle humor
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To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance. Phrases and Philosophies for
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One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything. A Woman of No Importance.
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The only purpose of the artist is art, not religion, or science, or interest. He who paints or writes only for financial return or to propagandize political and economic interests can only arouse feeling of disgust.

夜莺颂赏析英文作文

夜莺颂赏析英文作文英文：Nightingale Ode is a famous Chinese poem written byTang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi. It is a poem that praises the beauty and talent of a nightingale. The poem is dividedinto three parts, each describing a different aspect of the nightingale.In the first part, Bai Juyi describes the nightingale's beautiful singing voice and how it can move people's hearts. He compares the nightingale's voice to that of a celestial being, and describes how it can make even the trees and rocks come to life.In the second part, Bai Juyi describes thenightingale's appearance, with its bright eyes and colorful feathers. He also praises the nightingale's intelligenceand how it is able to adapt to different environments.In the final part, Bai Juyi reflects on thenightingale's life and how it is able to live freely in the wild. He compares the nightingale's life to that of a scholar who is able to pursue their own interests without being constrained by society.Overall, the Nightingale Ode is a beautiful poem that celebrates the beauty and freedom of nature.中文：《夜莺颂》是唐代诗人白居易所作的一首著名诗歌，赞颂了夜莺的美丽和才华。

夜莺与玫瑰英语读后感

夜莺与玫瑰英语读后感Reflections on "The Nightingale and the Rose"Oscar Wilde's poignant tale "The Nightingale and the Rose" resonates deeply, not only with its captivating narrative but also with its profound themes of love, sacrifice, and the unattainable ideal. This short story, though brief in length, is a masterpiece of symbolism and allegory, leaving the reader with much to ponder.The story begins with a young student, deeply in love with a professor's daughter, who seeks a red rose to present to her as a token of his affection. However, the season for roses has passed, and the student finds himself in despair. It is then that the nightingale, a symbol of love and sacrifice, hears his lamentations and offers to help him. The nightingale knows that the only way to obtain a red rose is for her to pierce her breast against a thorn bush and let her blood stain the white roses, turning them red. Despite the student's initial reluctance and warningsof the nightingale's imminent death, she persists in her sacrifice, driven by the purest form of love.The nightingale's sacrifice is a powerful metaphor for the lengths to which one might go in pursuit of love. It is a reminder that true love often requires self-sacrifice, even if it.。

夜莺与玫瑰论文

王尔德童话《夜莺与玫瑰》中的唯美主义Aestheticism in Oscar Wilde’s FairyTale The Nightingale and the Rose摘要本文从形式和内容入手，探讨了王尔德《夜莺与玫瑰》童话中的唯美主义体现，从而揭示了王尔德“为艺术而艺术”，“艺术高于一切”的唯美主义价值观。

在形式上，分别从修辞、意象入手，分析了童话在文字层面上精巧华丽的美以及作者构造奇幻图画的写作技巧。

在内容上，从更深层次的讽刺、象征、人物刻画、死亡与悲剧之美以及二元对立等方面分析，表现了作者强烈的情感，对爱与艺术美的追求，对善的颂扬以及对恶的摈弃，并从中反映了艺术与当时社会现实生活的关系。

关键字：唯美主义，修辞，意象，对立ABSTRACTFrom the aspects of form and content, this thesis will analyze the embodiment of Aestheticism in Oscar Wilde‘s The Nightingale and the Rose, in order to manifest his aesthetic values of ―Art for art‘s sake‖ and ―Art is superior‖. From the aspect of form, the paper argues from rhetoric and image to analyze the writing methods to construct fantastic images and magnificent beauty on the literal level. From the aspect of content, the thesis analyzes from irony, symbol, depiction of characters, beauty of anticlimax and binary antithesis of two specific elements, expressing the authors‘intense emotion, pursuit towards art and beauty, glorification of goodness, and critique towards vice.Keywords: Aestheticism, rhetoric, image, antithesisContents1 Introduction (1)2 Previous Studies (4)3 Embodiment of Aestheticism in form (5)3.1. Beauty of rhetoric (5)3.1.1 Use of repetition (5)3.1.2 Use of antithesis (5)3.1.3 Use of synaesthesia (6)3.1.4 Use of personification (6)3.2 Beauty of image (7)3.2.1 The combination of movement and stillness (7)3.2.2 Converting between concrete and abstract images (8)4 Embod iment o f Aestheticism in co ntent (10)4.1 Beauty of rhetoric (10)4.1.1 Use of sarcasm (10)4.1.2 Use of symbol (11)4.2 Beauty of imagery (12)4.2.1 The nightingale (12)4.2.2 The student (14)4.2.3 Beauty of anticlimax (death and tragedy) (16)4.2.4 Binary antithesis of two specific elements (17)4.2.4.1 The binary antithesis of poem and reality (17)4.2.4.2 The binary antithesis of deep and shallow emotion 185 Conclusion (19)Works cited (20)1IntroductionOscar Wilde (1854—1900) is a famous dramatist, novelist and poet in the 19th century‘s England. He has a great deal of accomplishments in nearly every field of literature. His novel The Portrait of Dorian Gray, comedies Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance as well as The Importance of Being Earnest all created sensation when they were published. With gifts of language, Wilde was once acclaimed by Y eats: ―I never before heard a man talking with perfect sentences, as if he had written them all overnight with labour and yet all spontaneous.‖（吴伟仁，2006）In the 19th century in England, industry developed rapidly. Following the development of industry, the principle of materialism infiltrated into every status of the society. Wilde thought that in the age he lives ―to be practical is everything‖, in his words: ―Present people‘s life has been entirely affected by business.‖As English female writer V erginia Woolf wrote in her later observation: ―Behavior of human-beings have been changed tremendously.‖（章安祺，2003)In intellectual sphere, people generally feel the shortage of culture and loss of beauty. Thus aesthetic movements developed in the universities and intellectual circles in the last decades of the 19th century. It reflected artists‘ sense of frustration and uncertainty against materialism and restrictive moral code of bourgeoisie. Because of this, artists withdrew from political and social stage, and escaped into aesthetic isolation. Wilde is the main representation of the aesthetic movement. His aesthetic opinion can be summarized as ―Art is superior.‖In detail, Wilde‘s aestheticism can be related in several aspects below: He advocates the pure artistic theory. ―Art for art‘s sake‖–Art has independent life, which is far away from the real world, not related to ethics. All excellent works of art pursue pure art effect. So, ―the only beautiful thing is that irrelevant to us.‖―Artists should neither have any purposes of utilitarianism, nor be restrained by ethics.‖He emphasizes ―the admiration of form‖ He considers that art has one highest principle, the principle of form. As he once said: ―You needn‘t have superb rationalimagination, deep satire towards life, even excited emotion.‖―Form is all you need.‖About the relationship between life and art he thought, ―Life imitates art much more than art imitates life.‖ Art is always ahead of life. It‘s not art reflecting the reality but the reality reflecting art. The real society is ugly and vulgar. Only ―beauty‖has perpetual value. ―Art is superior to life. Life is dull and disorderly. But art can satisfy our emotion need of love and resent, joy and pain.‖He believes art superior to all other things. ―In order to pursue entertainment and beauty, one can disregard and sacrifice anything.‖―Art is life itself. It is ignorant of death, which is absolute truth, ignorant of facts.‖ (Ellmann, 1988) Here art has its broaden meaning, which includes beauty entertainment and joy. Here beauty is some kind of free beauty which is sublime epicurean and irrelevant to utilitarianism; joy is not purely sensory enjoyment, but coming from life, creation and love.The fairy tale The Nightingale and the Rose is chosen from his The Happy Prince and Other Tales,1888. His another book about fairy tale is A House of Pomegranates. They are regarded as works of superior quality among the world‘s creation of fairy tales. The famous Chinese writer ZhouZuoren said that: ―The two books are purely poems…In my opinion their feature is the plentiful words and wit of spirit.‖(王开林，2002)These fairy tales extol love beauty art and kind heart, satirize selfish and cruel behavior and show sympathy to the insulted weak. ―The different elements of narration provide social satire, comedy of manners, moral allegory and a commentary on aestheticism for the cognoscenti.‖ (Varty, 2005) In The Nightingale and the Rose, the theme is also around above topics. A student wept sadly, for the reason that the girl he loved promised to dance with him if he got a red rose. But he can‘t find one in his garden. A nightingale saw and was moved by the student. Regarding him as a true lover, she decided to find a red rose for him. Disregarding some insects‘ query and sneer, she flied over the garden, from white rose-tree to yellow rose-tree, and then finally found a red rose-tree. The tree answered it wouldn‘t have any rose that year, but if she wanted a red rose she must sing all night long with her breast against a thorn. The thorn must pierce her heart and her life-blood must flow into tree. Death is a great price to pay for a red rose.But the nightingale believed love is more precious than life. Thus she did what the red rose-tree told her to do. She died and a rose as red as ruby was produced. The student discovered the red rose in his garden. He was so excited for he had never seen any rose like it. However, when he hopefully brought the rose to the girl, she refused, because she wanted to dance with the Chamberlain‘s nephew who had sent her some real jewels. Angrily the Student threw the rose and a cart-wheel went over it. He thought love silly and went back to read books again.This fairy tale praised the nightingale kind-hearted, selfless, and persevering in the pursuit of love. It also criticized the girl ungrateful superficial. Rodney Shewan claimed this fairy tale to be ―the most concise social critique‖. (Shewan, 1977) Through the whole story, Wilde‘s views of Aestheticism are manifested themselves. In the following paragraphs, I will analyze them from the aspects of form and implied meaning, to reveal how Wilde‘s Aestheticism is embodied in this fairy tale by more specific and detailed analysis on the aspects of rhetoric and imagery. Thus we can have deeper understanding of the writer, his Aestheticism and his works.2 Previous StudiesPredecessors have ever since researched this fairy tale and have already made profound achievements in some aspects.They analyzed and eulogized various kinds of beauty, from superficial level of diction and sentences to deep level of theme and emotion. They wanted to probe the inner spirit of the fairy tale, Wilde‘s individual temperament and style, and connect them to the aesthetic purpose of Wilde‘s creation and the whole social background. Wilde once wrote to a friend that the tales were ―meant partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy, and who find in simplicity a subtle strangeness.‖(Beckon, 1970) which I think may be his main purpose to write these fairy tales. He wanted to bring people simple joy and made them ponder in the seeming simplicity.Otherwise, they also probe the usage of various writing methods, such as peculiar imagination, humorous irony combined with philosophy, and the changing of characters and readers‘emotion. Wilde‘s friend Alexander Galt Ross (1860—1927) wrote: ―One of the chief functions of the true fairy story is to excite sympathy.‖ (Beckon, 1970)Wilde is the representative of aestheticism and decadent literature. Some people criticized his aesthetic works to be decadent; while others thought him to be writer of real art and beauty. In his works, we realized the antithesis of dream and reality. He took art beauty and love as his ideal, having the sense of justice. On the other hand, he was extremely individualistic.Since a long time ago, Wilde‘s theory of ―Art for art‘s sake‖has been considered disadvantage outweighing advantage, because he overstressed literary beauty, letting the relationship between art and life upside down. Especially in the domestic art sphere, where artists paid more attention to life, their social responsibility was stressed. Aestheticism was condemned having messed people‘s course of recognizing things and induced writers into the concept of ―Form is everything.‖3 Embodiment of Aestheticism in form3.1 Beauty of rhetoricWilde is best adept at visual refined language abounding in color and sound. Rhetoric is one aspect of the beautiful language. Repetition, contrast, metaphor, personification and synaesthesia are often used in this fairy tale. The seemingly simple rhetoric has polished the fairy tale a lot.3.1.1 Use of repetitionThe rhetorical effect of sentence repetition varies with individual cases, but most writers use it to add force and emphasis to their statement.（冯翠华，1995）―Give me a red rose,‖ she cried, ―and I will sing you my sweetest song.‖（奥斯卡·王尔德，1996）This sentence appears three times in the fairy tale. It indicates the nightingale‘s eager mood to find the red rose. It was a long process. She failed to find a red one the first and second time, but didn‘t give up. She insisted on her seeking and at last achieved her expect. From the repetition we can see the hardship in finding a red rose. Facing continuous failure, the nightingale maintained a resolute and positive attitude. The repetition transfers to us a shock and more intense emotion.3.1.2 Use of antithesis(contrast)Antithesis is the deliberate arrangement of contrasting words or ideas in balanced structural forms to achieve force and emphasis. The form of the expression is very important for effect, for the force of the emphasis, whether for profundity of judgement, for humor or for satire, depends chiefly on the juxtaposition of direct opposition, of glaring contrasts.（冯翠华，1995）Wilde has used several contrast to manifest a kind of beauty that exist between two opposite things or two opposite aspects in one thing. For example, the death of the nightingale and the blossom of the red rose forms striking contrast. The exhaustion of nightingale leads to the blossom of the rose. Nightingale‘s crimsonblood dyes the rose red. As nightingale pressed closer to the thorn, ―Bitter, bitter was the pain, and wilder and wilder grew her song‖ (奥斯卡·王尔德，1996) The marvelous rose grew from white to pink then to crimson. It was the nightingale who let her life-blood and energy ebbed away from her and transferred to the red rose. The red rose was the fruit of nightingale‘s death, also the bitter price of the nightingale‘s pursuit of love.3.1.3 Use of synaesthesia―the mixing of sensations; the concurrent appeal to more than one sense; the response through several senses to the stimulation of one‖（文军，1991）Wilde is good at describing a scene with various blended senses, and makes the readers as if be present at the scene.Take examples, ―It is pleasant to sit in the green wood, and to watch the Sun in his chariot of gold…Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn.‖ Here from visual sense and sense of smell Wilde described the pleasure and bright of life. The brilliant Sun with chariot of gold and the crystal Moon with chariot of pearl enhance each other‘s beauty in the sky, forming a splendid spectacle. While fragrance of flowers floats far and near, making people refreshed in mind and heart.―…blossomed a marvelous rose, petal following petal, as song followed song.‖―Bitter, bitter was the pain, and wilder and wilder grew her song.‖ (奥斯卡·王尔德，1996) From visual sense, sense of hearing and sense of pain, the heroic scene of nightingale‘s sacrifice reappears before readers.3.1.4 Use of personification―attributes human qualities and abilities to inanimate objects, animals, abstractions, and events.‖(Bander, 1978)Unlike in other stories, personification is widely used in this fairy tale which becomes an outstanding feature of it. Every animal and plant has been personified, from big sun and moon in the sky to little insects on the ground. Their language is lively and vivid. Each character has distinctive personality which makes the story touching. For example, the offish attitude of the Green Lizard the Butterfly and the Daisy reflects the general attitudeof the English in those years.3.2 Beauty of imageBeautiful language is an outstanding feature of this fairy tale which produces many exquisite images that constantly emerge in the fairy tale. ―An image is a literal and concrete representation of a sensory experience or of an object that can be known by one or more of the senses. It is the means by which experience in its richness and emotional complexity is communicated.‖(Holman & Harmon, 1986) Light and shadow, color and smell, sound and shape, quality and movement, the multitudinous image interweave with one another, constructing poetic imagery. And in these images, we can find out some special writing methods.3.2.1 The combination of movement and stillness―but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon his brow.‖(奥斯卡·王尔德，1996) Sorrow is originally a kind of static state which presents itself on people‘s face. But here it comes into a movement. It climbs up on the boy‘s face. That is more vivid than just stating the fact.―And a delicate flush of pink came into the leaves of the rose‖ (ibid) Here we can feel the process how the color of the rose changes. It changes little by little from delicate to dark.―Echo bore it to her purple cavern in the hills, and woke the sleeping shepherds from their dreams. It floated through the reeds of the river, and they carried its message to the sea.‖ (ibid) Here the author describes the nightingale‘s last song with movement. Like a deliver, it fluctuates and spreads far away, and brings message and blessing to all creatures.3.2.2Converting between concrete and abstract imagesIn this fairy tale, when describing abstract things, the author likes to use some concrete images to deepen their value and impression in readers‘hearts. Otherwise, when describing concrete things, the author sometimes use abstract images to create a romantic and hazy atmosphere.For example, when describing color, the author uses concrete images a lot. They can avoid the monotony of using simple color words. White is drawn as ―pale ivory‖, ―the foam of the sea‖, ―the snow upon the mountain‖, ―pale as the mist that hangs over the river‖, ―pale as the feet of the morning, and silver as the wings of the dawn.‖Y ellow is drawn as ―the hair of the mermaiden who sits upon an amber throne‖, ―the daffodil that blooms in the meadow before the mower comes with his scythe‖ And red is drawn as ―the feet of the dove‖, ―the great fans of coral that wave and wave in the ocean-cavern‖, ―crimson like the rose of the eastern sky‖, ―crimson was the girdle of petals, and crimson as a ruby was the heart.‖ (奥斯卡·王尔德，1996) When describing the value of love, the author wrote like this: ―It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.‖(ibid) After comparing with concrete precious jewelry, this sentence indicates that love is priceless. It can‘t be substituted by money or material in reality.The nightingale‘s voice is described like ―water bubbling from a silver jar‖(ibid). From the concrete simile, we can feel the sweet of the voice as if we have heard the bump of water in dear silver container.When referring to the image of a true lover, the author wrote like this: ―Flame- coloured are his wings, and coloured like flame is his body. His lips are sweet as honey, and his breath is like frankincense.‖ (ibid) The image of a lover is originally hard to definite, but here the author describes it with concrete elements. Being emphasized on body lips and breath, the lover mingles with flame honey and frankincense, like an angle with wings. With the image, readers can image keen and beautiful passion in love.Moreover, Wilde also used some abstract images to describe concrete things. For instance, ―As the shadow of a rose in a water-pool, so was the rose that blossomed on the topmost spray of the Tree.‖―She swept over the garden like a shadow, and like a shadow she sailed through the grove.‖ (ibid) In these two places, description of a rose turns to its shadow in a water-pool, and description of the flyingnightingale also turns to its abstract shadow. The rose becomes hazy and romantic while the nightingale‘s quick movement and slender figure is revealed thoroughly, as if both of them are living in two artful pictures.4Embodiment of Aestheticism in content Through the contrast of beauty in visual world and frightfulness in real world, Wilde has used beautiful images to embody abstract beauty in his aesthetic opinion. His purpose is definite, that he wanted art not be constrained by materialism and restrictive moral code in the society. He wanted to create a world of art, which should be imitated by the real life. He tried to rectify evils in the world with beautiful art, providing an ideal mode for people‘s life.4.1 Beauty of rhetoric4.1.1 Use of sarcasmThere is much sarcasm used in this fairy tale, from which ingeniously mirrors Wilde‘s hatred towards the money worship and gang of philistine in the English society at that time. He wants to use the ―beauty‖ of art to resist the ―ugly‖ in vulgar reality.For example, ―Why is he weeping?‖asked a little Green Lizard, as he ran past him (the student) with his tail in the air. ―Why, indeed?‖ said a Butterfly, who was fluttering about after a sunbeam. ―Why, indeed?‖ whispered a Daisy to his neighbour, in a soft, low voice. ―He is weeping for a red rose,‖said the Nightingale. ―For a red rose?‖they cried, ―how very ridiculous!‖and the little Lizard, who was something of a cynic, laughed outright. (奥斯卡·王尔德，1996)Above is the conversation between the nightingale and other animals and plants. The Lizard represents some arrogant person. They have no sympathy towards others. Like cynics, they often laugh at others‘misfortune or disadvantage, building their happiness upon others‘ sadness. The butterfly represents one kind of people who like flattering. They don‘t judge things themselves but depend on others. The Daisy represents some coward people who have concern towards others but dare not show this concern directly.Towards the three types of people Wilde showed his sarcasm. These people are the miniature of partial people existed in the society in that era, who were foolishvulgar indifferent and snobbish. When principle of materialism infiltrated into the society, they didn‘t comprehend love and art, but doubted and criticized Wilde‘s aestheticism.The other sarcasm exists in the conversation between the student and the daughter of the Professor at the end of the story. But the girl frowned. ―I am afraid it will not go with my dress,‖she ……went into the house. (ibid) Facing the red rose which was gotten after great hardships, the girl went back on her words. Her attitude was so indifferent and merciless. She‘s a person full of vanity. What she pursuits is money and status. So she looked down upon the student and received the invitation of the Chamberlain‘s nephew who had sent her some real jewels. She‘s the representation of utilitarian people who were the targets Wilde hold displeasure and complaints in that society.4.1.2Use of symbolIn literature, a symbol is a thing that refers or suggests more than its literal meaning. Often symbols we meet in fiction are inanimate objects. In a broad literary sense, a symbol is such a trope that combines a literal and sensuous quality with an abstract or suggestive aspect.（钱坤强 & 袁宪军，2004）Some seemingly simple things or scenes may transfer Wilde‘s profound implication.Such as, ―But the winter has chilled my veins, and the frost has nipped my buds, and the storm has broken my branches, and I shall have no roses at all this year.‖ (奥斯卡·王尔德，1996) Here we can see, the tree of red rose has been broken by the winter, the frost and the storm. The sentence also implies cruelty of reality. It‘s like a person who has encountered adversity and numerous setbacks, depressed and feeble. This is the impediment ahead of the nightingale on her way to get the red rose. It also implies that Wilde‘s way to pursue art is not smooth. There exists much impediment, such as not understanding and critique of the sphere of intellectuals then.However, Wilde decided to insist on his proposition, even if he would sacrifice what he owned. We can see it in the fairy tale from the nightingale‘s attitude. ―Thereis a way,‖ answered the Tree; ―but it is so terrible that I dare not tell it to you.‖―Tell it to me,‖said the Nightingale, ―I am not afraid.‖(ibid) These sentences imply Wilde‘s determination. The solution is hard, while the future is rough. But in order to achieve her target, bravely and firmly, the nightingale is ready to cope with her challenge.At last the nightingale succeeded. The song she sang when she pressed her breast against the thorn symbolizes the process of passion between a couple, from ―birth of love in the heart of a boy and a girl‖ to ―the birth of passion in the soul of a man and a maid‖ to ―flush in the face of the bridegroom when he kisses the lips of the bride‖to ―the Love that is perfected by Death, the Love that dies not in the tomb‖. (ibid) The passion experiences the process from naive to mature, from mild to beautiful and ardent.―Press closer, little Nightingale,‖ cried the Tree, ―or the Day will come before the rose is finished.‖ (ibid) It symbolizes the dark before the dawn. That time may be the most crucial moment, when the leading role will often go through the most difficult trial. And the nightingale was also experiencing her most painful moment before the rose was finished.From the beginning to the end, we can feel a kind of persistent and dauntless spirit of the nightingale, which symbolizes Wilde‘s attitude towards art. That is, regardless of hardship and impediment, be brave enough to pursue.4.2Beauty of imagerySeveral characters have appeared in the fairy tale, the nightingale the student the girl and other animals and plants which are all personified. Each of them symbolized one kind of crowd in the society at that time. From them, we can find some of Wilde‘s aesthetic opinion.4.2.1 The nightingaleThe nightingale is the protagonist of this story. Even though she is feeble in figure and energy, with extreme courage, she has done great thing for strangers that in this aspect she even overpasses those wise and strong people. We can take thenightingale as the symbol of Wilde, for they share similarity in some aspects. Wilde always eulogizes love as the eternal theme in his fairy tale. Love is also the nightingale‘s pursuit all through her life.She‘s a typical idealist. In her mind, love is the most valuable thing in the world. ―Surely Love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious than…nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.‖ (奥斯卡·王尔德，1996) She even sacrifices her precious life for seeking of sincere love. Love is powerful supreme and holy. It can neither be influenced by social conventions nor by fame and money in reality. ―Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty.‖(ibid) All these are the reflection of Wilde‘s Aestheticism, for Wilde once said ―In order to pursuit comforts and beauty, one can disregard and sacrifice everything.‖Love here is what he said comforts and beauty. However, in the era when Wilde was living ―practice is every thing‖, what people pursued was money power and status. Selfless love was not welcomed in the reality. So she was destined to have a tragic finale.She‘s warm-hearted and always ready to help others. All of these originate from her universal love to the world. She has ardent love for life, ―Life is very dear to all. It is pleasant to sit in the green wood, and to watch the Sun in his chariot of gold, and the Moon in her chariot of pearl. Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn, and sweet are the bluebells that hide in the valley, and the heather that blows on the hill.‖ (ibid) Life is happy and bright in her mind. She has ardent love for others and sympathy to the student. Though she knew the student not, she was willing to sing of him and tell his story to the stars night after night, and selflessly devoted her life in helping the student to find a red rose. Finally even though her flesh and blood exterminated, the spirit of love she having expressed was imperishable.In fact what she has done and said reflected the inner hope of herself. She wants to fulfill her own wish. For in her values, love is of the first importance. It‘s pure and lofty. It‘s the objective of her living. By helping others to obtain love, herself can also obtain inner-heart‘s satisfaction. ―she sat silent in the oak-tree, and thought about the mystery of Love.‖―Love is better than life.‖―All that I ask of you in returnis that you will be a true lover.‖ (ibid)She longed for and pursued love, regardless of some opposite features in her surrounding. In fact she just lives in the beautiful dream she made for herself. Even though the student didn‘t comprehend her intention; other animals and plants failed to understand or even sneered at the nightingale as an idealist, she never changed her mind. ―In an age of turmoil, in the horrible moment of disputes and despair, only the palace of beauty makes us forget and merry. Where shall we go if we don‘t go there?‖（王尔德，1988）Above reflected Wilde‘s aesthetic philosophy. Love symbolizes comforts and beauty, in other words, art. Her opinion that love is superior to all other things in the nightingale‘s values actually means that art is superior to all other things. It breaks away from the real life to a certain degree. For in reality, not everyone agrees with the values. Many people take material and money as their pursuit, like the daughter of the Professor. The student thought love stupid at the end of the fairy tale. Even more people can‘t comprehend it. So actually the opinion of ―Love is superior to other things‖ (ibid) just lives in the nightingale‘s mind which is her beautiful dream. ―Art has its independent life.‖―It‘s irrelevant to reality, ……‖ (ibid)4.2.2The studentHe is also a performer of Aestheticism. But at the same time he is ignorant and stubborn. He has no difference with other animals and plants. So his pursuit towards Aestheticism is destined to fail.He‘s also an idealist, because he is still dreaming of love and tortured by it. ―But with me she will not dance, for I have no red rose to give her.‖ (奥斯卡·王尔德，1996); and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in his hands, and wept. He was indeed an infatuated young man.Another aspect of the student as a performer of Aestheticism is his complete dependence on books. Even when encountering problem, he expected to find solution from books. ―I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.‖。

文学作品The Nightingale and the Rose汉译实践与赏析

2352018年03期总第391期ENGLISH ON CAMPUS 文学作品The Nightingale and the Rose 汉译实践与赏析文/傅梅珍【摘要】文学作品The Nightingale and the Rose 是英国诗人奥斯卡·王尔德的代表作品，文风浪漫，翻译文学作品应适当删减关联词，保留原作的风格，注意传达原作的感情色彩。

【关键词】文学翻译；关联词；风格【作者简介】傅梅珍，女，福建莆田人，福州大学外国语学院，硕士，研究方向：英语笔译。

翻译本作品时，主要注意以下几点：首先，英文重形合，这篇作品中也是如此，多次出现 “so”、“but”等逻辑词，而中文重意合，无需过多的关联词。

其次，还应注意保留原作的修辞。

文学作品有较强的感情色彩，因此多用重复、排比、拟人的手法，一般情况下应保留此类修辞，但有时为了译文的流畅度和可读性，可适当删减重复片段。

一、汉译实践And when the moon shone in the heavens the nightingale flew to the rose tree, and set her breast against the thorn. All night long she sang, with her breast against the thorn, and thecold crystal moon leaned down and listened. All night long she sang, and the thorn went deeper and deeper into her breast, and her lifeblood ebbed away from her. She sang first of the birth of love in the heart of a boyand a girl. And on the topmost spray of the rose tree there blossomed a marvelous rose, petal following petal, as song followed song. Pale was it, at first, as the mist that hangs over the river—pale as the feet of the morning, and silver as the wings of the dawn. As the shadow of a rose in a mirror of silver, as the shadow of a rose in a water-pool, so was the rose that blossomed on the topmost spray of the Tree. (163 words excerpted from The Nightingale and the Rose)月光照亮苍穹，夜莺飞向玫瑰树，胸口抵在刺上。

ABookReportonTheLittlePrince（5篇材料）

ABookReportonTheLittlePrince（5篇材料）第一篇：A Book Report on The Little PrinceA Book Report on The Little PrinceThe Little Prince is a fairy tale written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry(1900.6.29-1944.7.31), a pilot and writer who was born in France.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry enjoys adventure and freedom.He devotes his whole life to French aviation undertaking.When serving for aviation company, he sets up many new air lines and finishes his tasks carefully.In 1944, he is missing during a task, then it becomes a mysterious legend.He has many works, such as the Little Prince, Southern Mail, The Wisdom of the Sends, Letter to a Hostage, Night Flight, A Sense of Life, Wartime Writings, Flight to Arras and Wind, Sand and Stars.He also wins some awards, such as French Fermi prize for Literature, L’Institut de France prize for Literature and so on.And The Little Prince even has a reputation of the book only second to Bible.The little prince is a lovely boy who lives in a planet which is a little bigger than him.The only one to company with him is a rose which he loves.But her vanity hurts the little prince, then he leaves the planet and starts his journey.He visits six planets one after another.What he sees and hears makes him very sad, he feel that the adults are ridiculous and abnormal.Obeying to the advice of geographer, the lonely little prince comes to the earth.And on the earth, he meets the pilot.He finds that human beings lack im agination, they can only repeat other’s words just like a parrot.He misses his little rose on his planet more and more.Then, he encounters a fox, and he conquers the fox patiently and makes friend with it.The fox tells him a secret, that eyes can’t see the nature of the world, we can only penetrateanything by our soul, as a gift for the little prince.With this secret, the little prince and the pilot find the water of life together.Finally, the little prince let the a snake bite him and he goes back to his planet.Or sadly, in fact, he dies on the earth.In fact, at the first, I don’t think it is an attracting novel.However, when I read it the second time, I find that it contains a lot of deeper meanings.Childhood is the period that we look forward to miracle, chase for warmth and full of dreams.On the contrast, the adults seem to be less active, vanity and superficial.Cildren should be the model of the adults.The adults are lonely.In order to possess wealth and authority, they forget their lives’ true needs and value.They lose their valuable purity and imagination.The novel also tells me that we should take our responsibilities of anything.Now that we choose something, we have the obligation to do it well.As in the novel, the little prince should take responsibilities on his rose and fox.The little prince always ask various questions, and it always makes him upset.But he continue to do it, he keeps looking for the truth of life.We all should learn from him, keeping a pure heart and chasing for our dreams.。