《少爷返乡》英语简介

• His uncle is unfriendly and he thinks money is the most important.So he isn’t sad to know his brother was dead.He lets Nicholas go to Dotheboys Hall to be a teacher.Dotheboys Hall’s master is Squeers.He is like Nicholas’ uncle.In fact,Dotheboys Hall isn’t a school.The boys do the housework every day.But they are always hungry.Smike is the most pitiful boy.Nicholas saves him and they leave the Hall.They return to London.Nicholas goes to look for a job and he meets Cheeryble Brothers.They give him a good job.
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author n. 作者 especially adv.特别，尤其 debt n.债；借款 pitiful adj. 可怜的；令人同情的
• Nicholas Nickleby is a book.It’s a story ,too.The auther is Charles Dickens.His family was poor,so he had to go out to work in a factory at the age of 12.Dickens never forgot this difficult time,and many books of his discribed the problems of poor people,especially poor children,and the wide differences between the rich and the poor.The book is one of them. In fact,the story is very simple.It’s about a young man,Nicholas Nichleby.His father died earlier,so he goes to London to look for his uncle with his mother and sister.
• There is a poor girl,Madeline.Nicholas always buys her paintings. Madeline must marry a man who she doesn’t like to pay off her father’s debt.So Nicholas saves her and the get married.At last,Nicholas,Madeline,his mother,his sister,his sister’s husband and Smike ,live together and they are very happy. • After reading the story,I get much harvest.When we are poor,we mustn’t give up.We should try our best to change our life.Life is in our hand,we can change it to be better.

•That’s all. •Thank you.
关于作者 about author 查尔斯-狄更斯
查尔斯· 狄更斯（1812—1870）生于英格兰的朴茨茅斯，一生大部 分时间都在伦敦和伦敦附近生活。他家境贫困，十二岁时就不得 不离家到工厂做工。狄更斯一生都没有忘记这段苦难的时期，他 的许多作品也描写了穷人的问题，尤其是穷孩子，以及贫富间的 巨大差距。年纪稍大一些时，狄更斯开始为报社工作，之后写了 最为著名的几部英语小说，包括《艰难时世》。《艰难时世》也 是“书虫”系列读物之一。