福尔摩斯英语读书报告.docx

1、福尔摩斯英语读书报告福尔摩斯英语读书报告The Truth-A book report of Famous Cases of Sherlock Holmes The book is composed of four stories-The Solitary Cyclist, the Beryl Coronet, the Engineers thumb, The Red-headed League.The main character named Sherlock Holmes, he is a detective. He is a cautious man, and has a strong

2、observation. In all cases, we can find that most of them were figured out by his observation. He is also good at inferring, even through a petty thing, he can discover something immense. He solved a lot of difficult cases for others through his strict reasoning. After so a lot of difficult cases wer

3、e settled by him, he is famous in England, so, if someone has troubles that polices cant solve, they will turn to him. Accompanied him is a doctor called Watson who is acted as a secretary of Holmes. He is not a very intelligent man, but he is willing to listen to Holmess word, so, he helped Holmes

4、a lot.The novel is written by Mr. Watson,who is the first person tells us these stories. So it makes us thought that the book is a novel composed of many real stories. That shows the intelligence of the author of this book-Conan Doyle-the father of Holmes. We gotta say that Conan Doyle is really a m

5、aster that he can make readers think these cases really occur.Arthur Conan Doyle, the son of Charles Doyle and Mary Foley, was born in Edinburgh on 22nd May father was an alcoholic and the family was always short of money. Atschool, Arthur developed a strong interest in the books written by Sir Walt

6、er Scott and Edgar Allan Poe. He studied at Edinburgh University and helped to fund his course by working as a surgeon on following year he worked on Mayumba, a passenger ship bound for West Africa. On this voyage Conan Doyle nearly died of typhoid.On his return, Conan Doyle set up as a doctor in So

7、uthsea, a suburb of Portsmouth. With very few patients, Conan Doyle attempted to make money by writing detective stories. His main character, Sherlock Holmes, was based on Dr. Joseph Bell, a surgeon and criminal psychologist, who lectured at Edinburgh infirmary. In 1819 Conan Doyle published six She

8、rlock Holmes stories in the strand magazine. The following year he was paid 1,000 for a whole series on Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle really wanted to write historical novels like his hero, Sir Walter Scott, and in 1893 decided to kill off Sherlock Holmes in the , after suffuring from considerable pr

9、essure from his fans, he returned to write his best known detective story The Hound of the Baskervilles. Arthur Conan Doyle was died in 1934.The Solitary Cyclist is a tragedy related to a female bicyclist. One day she came to Holmes home, said that she was followed by a stranger and asked Holmes hel

10、ped her. At first, Holmes didnt pay attention to it. But after his investigation, he found the truth and save the woman from the villain. The Beryl Coronet is about a father wronged his son of stealing his jewels. But the fact is that his son is the one who protect it and the realthief is his niece

11、who trusts most. The Engineers Thumb tells us a story of a hydraulic engineer cheated by a colonel who is a real one steal money. He found the something strange by chance and is cut the thumb. With the help of Holmes, the police found that place, but unfortunately those guys have escaped. The Red-he

12、aded League writes a red-headed person happened to a lucky job that he can do nothing in four hours but gain 200dollors a year. But after two month he found the league disappeared. Actually, it is a fraud. Its about a robbery, but is seen through by Holmes.These entire four stories are similar in a

13、respect that is because of the observation that these cases can be worked out. I thought the reason why this novel is so successful is that the cases in it are very changeful. They can always go beyond our mind. Sometimes the case gets stuck in some troubles, and we thought the leading character wil

14、l have nothing to do, but then it will get out of it. Sometimes we consider that the case will develop in the way which we imagine, but it happened in the opposite way. One of the brilliant aspects is that it is hard for us to judge who is the real bad person, whats more funny is that the person who

15、 we guess is the bad person because of misunderstanding, and is the real good man who sacrifices himself for protecting something. All these sides show the superb the skill of the author and meanwhile, they become the charm of the novel.As far as I am concerned nothing is more admirable and surprisi

16、ng in the hero Sherlock Holmes than his profoundknowledge which has certainly assisted him a lot when he was studying the case. According his stories, he has studied different kinds of newspaper, cigarettes, peoples footprints and other special things as well. Therefore, he seems to have the mastery

17、 of anything relevant to the cases he deals with. Expect for his brilliant knowledge, Holmes also specializes in arranging the facts in order and then finding the fact leading him to a great discovery or even the truth itself. From his speaking “Even mystery has an answer” we can readily shape the i

18、mpression of a man with great intelligence and inflexible will. In this case, after getting rid of unrelated facts Sherlock Holmes eventually grasped the clue and discovered the amazing fact. e step down, only have struggled to achieve it.- Guo Ge Tech英文读书报告范文20xx年01月23日 星期六 10:171. 简爱Oliver Twist,

19、one of the most famousworks of Charles Dickens, is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in 18th century.The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to expose the horror and vi

20、olence hidden underneaththe narrow and dirty streets in London.The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, who was thrown into a worldfull of poverty and crime. He suffered enormous pain, such as hunger, thirst, beating and abuse. While reading thetragic experiences of the little Oliver, I w

21、as shocked by his sufferings. I felt for the poor boy, but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodnesseventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a happy life in the end. One of the plots that attracted me most is

22、 that after the theft, little Oliver wasallowed 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.How can

23、such a little boy who had alreadysuffered 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 everydifficulty. Although I dont thinkgoodness is o

24、mnipotent, yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more happily than those who areevil-minded.For me, the nature of goodness is one of the most necessary character for aperson. Goodness is to humans what water is to fish. He who is without goodness is an utterly worthless person. On th

25、e 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 anduseful person. People receiving his helpare grateful to him and he also getsgratified from what he has done, and thus he can do good to both the people

26、he has helped and himself.To my disappointment, nowadays somepeople seem to doubt the existence of the goodness in humanity. They look down on peoples honesty and kindness,thinking it foolish of people to bewarm-hearted. As a result, they show no sympathy to those who are in trouble and seldom offer

27、 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 theirkindness, they draw back when others are faced with trouble and even hit a man when h

28、e is down. They are one of the sorts that I really detest.Francis Bacon said in his 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, wretchedthing, no better than a kind of vermin.That is to say a

29、 person without goodness is destined to lose everything.Therefore, I, a kind person, want to tell those vermin-to-be to learn from the kind Oliver and regain the nature of goodness.2.双城记After reading “A tale of two cities”A tale of two cities” is one ofDickenss most important representative novel pr

30、ofoundly exposed thesociety contradiction before the French Revolution,intensely attacks thearistocratic social class is dissolute and cruel,and sincerely sympathizes with the depressed novelalso described many magnificent scenes like the revolt people attacked Bastille and so on,which displayed peo

31、ples great strength.The novel has portrayed many different people. Doctor Manette is honest and kind but suffers the persecutionactually ， Lucie is beautiful andgentle ，Charles is graceful and noble，Lorry is upright and honest ，Sydney is semblance of indifferent, innermost feelings of warm,unconvent

32、ional butalso selfless and lofty，Miss Pross is straightforward and loyal，Evremonde brothers are cruel andsinister.The complex hatred ishard to solve, the cruel revenge has made more hatreds, loves rebirth in the hell edge,but take the life as the price.As an outstanding writer,in Dickenss work,the language skill iskind of rhetorictechnique,like the analogy,theexaggeration,the contrast,thehumorous,and the