寂静的春天英文读后感

　　寂静的春天英文读后感

　　“There was a strange stillness. The birds, for example—where had they gone?” “The feeding stations in the backyards were deserted. The few birds seen anywhere were moribund; they trembled violently and could not fly. It was spring without voices.” “On the farms the hens brooded, but no chicks hatched.” “The roadsides, once so attractive, were now lined with browned and withered vegetation as though swept by fire. These, too, were silent, deserted by all living things. Even the streams were now lifeless.”

　　This is a strange scene described by Rachel Carson, who is regarded as “the mother of modern environmental protection movement”。 Silent Spring is her representative work which lighted the fire of environmental protection in America and the whole world. Before 1960s, no books or magazines talked about things like environment and ecosystem. Such a phenomenon means that environmental protection had not come to people’s mind and the social consciousness. Indeed, the main opinion in human society from the very past about nature is to “set war against” or “conquer” it. In fact, many of human’s progresses are made on the base of such opinion. Rachel Carson was the first person who doubted the correctness of the belief and brought the topic under focus.

　　In Silent Spring, Carson described a miserable village which was dying under the using of DDT. The village used to be prosperous and beautiful. “In spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields. In autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of color that flamed and flickered across a backdrop of pines. Then foxed barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields, half hidden in the mists of the fall mornings.” She thought that with the using of variety kinds of pesticide, especially DDTs, the village suffered enormous and irreversible damage and gradually withered and died. Soon it became just like the one described in the beginning. From her fine and smooth describing, I can even feel the groan of the town. Moreover Carson also sharply pointed out that the deep-seated cause for the environmental problem is the human’s arrogance and ignorance. So she asked people to correct the attitude toward the nature and reconsidered the developing path of human being.

　　Carson thought that because of the antibody and differentiation, pesticides would never be completely useful. On the contrary, those more and more poisonous medicines, because of the enrichment effect, would accumulate in humans’ body. It’s quite sarcastic that we hurt ourselves much badly while hurting the others. Then she analyzed many poisonous components in pesticides. Those are all unfamiliar names except DDT, such as chlordane, chloronaphthalene, compound 497, etc.

　　Those things really make me feel scared. We are on the top of the food chain, and it is such a perfect and fragile system. We human beings are just part of it and we depend on all of the creatures who stay on the lower positions. It is so hard and ridiculous to try to match the nature. ”Only in the state does man have a rational existence.” Every species have their value to be on this world. Then no one knows what would happened if we force them to disappear. For example, let’s imagine the food chain as a meticulously made castle built by billions of little blocks and we human beings are the top one. There might be several tiny blocks on the bottom which you think is useless and dispensable. But what would happen if we take them away? Perhaps nothing happened, and perhaps the whole castle ruined.

　　Destruction is always much easier than recovery, not counting those incurable ones. Humans always think that we are much cleverer than the other animals, so we become more and more conceited and firmly believe that we are the king. We didn’t see that the nature is so magical and knows how to revenge. The pay back is much more violent and cruel. We need balance and order. The nature has its own rule. Our aim is to use it and live in harmony with it. The ecosystem is so delicate that even a tiny disturbance could lead an unexpected consequence, just like the butterfly effect.

　　At the last chapter, some scientists came up with other ways to solve the pest problem----biotic control. There is now a strongly running tide of interest in chemical sterility. Those sterile insects are released and mate the normal ones so that they won’t have any larva and get extinct gradually. This “solution” seems to be reasonable and helpful, but thinking about it carefully, you’ll find that it is just another way to ruin the food chain castle. Not only spring, but also summer and autumn would be still and silent in the future.

　　It is lucky that Rachel still kept her mind clear. She didn’t agree with the way of conquering the nature. At the very end of the book, she wrote, “The ‘control of nature’ is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man.” This sentence can be regarded as the book’s theme topic which is widely quoted in all kinds of articles about environmental protection.

　　Carson is a great woman and fighter. When writing the book, she was suffering from huge pain of the operation for mammary cancer. After the book was published, the widely affect brought her not honor and fortune, but fierce attack from the chemical estate. She died only one year after the book’s publishing. On the spring of 1964, the great woman passed away, but Silent Spring made her voice never silent.

　　The 20st century was a time that technology and economy developed rapidly, especially the 40 years after Silent Spring was published. But every spring, when flowers bloom, trees sprout, and water begins to flow, we used to recall a woman and her enduring works. We opened the window, and wonder if the spring is silent today, if it will be silent tomorrow.

　　嘉莉妹妹英文读后感

　　Theodore Dreiser, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, was raised in poverty and in a German-speaking environment. He left home for Chicago at age 16. After a period of odd jobs and a year at the University of Indiana, he became a Midwestern newspaper reporter and, in New York after 1894, a magazine feature writer. In 1892, married Sara White, but their marriage wasn’t happy, so they have been separated since 1909 and never officially divorced

　　Sister Carrie （1900）， his first and still highly regarded novel, was withheld from general distribution because of it was supposed amoral, and its commercial failure plunged him into financial distress and mental breakdown. Some reasons which caused the difficulties of publish can be seen from the social background of the society of that time. At the time, United States is experiencing a rapid social change, it was transforming from free capitalism transition to the monopoly capitalism. The whole American literature was indulged in idealism, many writers preferred to describe the optimistic aspect of life. The novel is regarded as entertainment products; works is full of illusory ideal and covered by romantic color. The exploiter and exploitee lived a completely different life. The ugly phenomenon in the society was not reflected in literature works. In Sister Carrie, Dreiser truthfully reveals the dark side of the social life, and that’s the reason why the author constantly suffered from persecution. The novels have been classified as "banned", and can not be published in the America.

　　Sister Carrie is about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, and later becoming a famous actress. It has been called the "greatest of all American urban novels."

　　The personal life of the writer has very close relationship with his work Sister Carrie. There are some similarities between the author and the heroine. First, the heroine was born in a poor family just as same as the author. That’s why the author can know so clearly about the psychological activity of the poor girl Carrie and described it in such delicate words. Second, it can be seen from the novel that the place where the girl chase her dream was Chicago. The author also has gone to the same place to fulfill his dream. So he saw what Carrie saw. For instance, how the rich men lived, how they enjoy their life, what was the poor’s life like, with such a living experience, the gap between the rich and the poor was so truly reflected before our eyes. Third, they all once are earning meager support from menial jobs. Forth, they all have the same dream. Dreiser has admitted that he was once chased after the pleasure from material things, but he despised it afterwards. Carrie’s life was always surrounded by her chasing for a better material life. At the beginning, she left her hometown and came for her sister. But when her sister’s living couldn’t attract her anymore, she went to the salesman Drouet, then Hursthood and at last the theater. Except the heroine, the character Hursthood was not so happy in his marriage life, so was the author. Hursthood was suppressed and looking for something new, thrill and beautiful. Maybe Hursthood’s mental state was just like the author’s during that period. Sven Hanson, Minnie's husband, of Swedish extraction and taciturn temperament. As we all know, Dreiser’s father was a Swedish, a severe rigid and distant man. We can slightly suppose that the character of Sven Hanson was originated from his father.

　　As for Carrie, there’s such a sentence in the book: “In Carrie—as in many of our worldings do they not?— instinct and reason, desire and understanding, were at war for the mastery. She followed whither her craving led. She was as yet more drawn than she drew. ” This seems tells us that the currency of the society is an overwhelming power that pushes one to do something and defines the view of value for the people. I think this sentence is the perfect description for Carrie and all her stories, every choices she made just show us how suitable this description is for her. Through the heroine, the author tries to reveal the human nature nakedly before our eyes. When Sister Carrie ran out of her sister’s home without any money, she met Drouet and he gave her ten soft dollar bills. On the one hand, she felt ashamed because she has been weak to take it. But on the other hand, her need was so dire, she was still glad. That’s the contradiction of her nature. After she met Hursthood, she was attracted by him. On the one hand, she felt guilty. But on another, she was longing for a better life. And it’s also the same situation when she left Hursthood when he became poor. As for Drouet, the book tells us in regard to his pursuit of women, he meant them no harm, because he did not conceive of the relation which he hoped to hold with them as being harmful. He chased women not because he was a cold-blooded, dark, scheming villain, but because his inborn desire urged him to that as a chief delight. That’s the contradiction of Drouet’s nature.

　　Most people say Sister Carrie’s story is a story of her American dream comes true. But I disagree with it. Carrie does have her dream come true, finally she lives a rich life and is admired by others. But what is American dream? It is a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward?social mobility?achieved through hard work. While from the book I can’t see a hardworking girl. When Carrie’s looking for a job, she is so timid and can only see the material things that workers get instead of the pain they bear. After she get a job of making shoes in a factory, she does feel happy at first, but soon facing the easy money from she does want to do this work anymore. Of course, as a girl, in such a society, with such economic situation, she might not have so many choices. But, although Carrie did something not so good, I still can not hate this character. Because she’s so real, she just follows her nature to live her life. She’s beautiful and smart, if she is born in a wealthy family, then she will not depend men to live. But no one can choose where to be born; destiny seems just so unfair sometimes. The most pity thing I think is that although Carrie lives a rich life at last, but she doesn’t find the true meaning of living. But the true meaning of life is always obscure; nobody knows exactly what it is. So why bother to think about it, just live our life good.

　　爷爷铁床下的密室第七个钥匙孔读后感（一）

　　在假期里，我读了一本有趣的书，书的名字是：《爷爷铁床下的密室——第七个钥匙孔》，这本书讲述了众人抢钥匙并误入地下密室，经历了种种历险，最后终于逃出来的故事。

　　书中我最喜欢的部分是“定时炸弹”，这个故事主要写一心想报复继父的幽灵作战参谋王春袖被幽灵中将绑上了45分钟爆炸的炸弹，就在炸弹快爆炸之时，王春袖的继父却突然挺身而出，在负伤的情况下救出了王春袖，保护了大家的安全。

　　读完这本书，我有两个感受：第一个是从他的继父舍身救人这件事可以看出亲情是最伟大的情感，温暖了我们的心灵，因为亲情，我们愿意付出一切，甚至生命；第二个是王春袖在误入了密室后，竟然当了叛徒，这真是件很不道德的事情，无论在什么条件下，我们都应该有坚强的意志，不能背叛朋友和亲人。看完这本书，我也很想与主人公一起进入密室，看看那些既恐怖又有趣的东西，总之，这是一本很有意思的书，我很喜欢。

　　爷爷铁床下的密室第七个钥匙孔读后感（二）

　　读了《爷爷铁床下的密室—第七个钥匙孔》一书，感受颇多，与其说这是一部儿童作品，不如说是以儿童说事儿的小说，借用小品里一句话：“除了小孩，谁会这样行事呀！”

　　故事有些编造的不完全合理，故事情节虽然编排有序，只是常见“穿越”的痕迹；而康熙皇帝喝黄泥汤，大有参考传统相声“珍珠翡翠白玉汤”的意思；还有什么灵魂、犹太人、钢琴曲、灰太狼等元素，也是各历史元素的汇集，历史层次不清，小学生读起来会困惑。

　　更有意思的是书中的主人公的名字叫“阿培”，而王春袖这个问题家庭的问题男孩也只是个配角，这个“阿培”刚好与作者“同名”，难怪周星驰拍的片子主角可能叫小星，(www.lzdaxue.com)成龙的片子则叫阿龙，那我的是不是该叫玉树临风了。

　　不过从小学生的角度，来读这篇大作，还是有许多学习的地方，比如“穿越”情节的设计，那些玩具会说话之类，就有点象过家家，只不过更复杂一些；当然那些乱起八糟的社会现象：牌友、夜总会、再婚、小嘴情人之类就免了吧，我更不喜欢一个好孩子和高肯这个二流子搅在一起，而且居然去“抢银行”，这故事也得改一改。文中有许多好词倒是可以多记记。

　　书中无厘头将一点点一战或二战中的少量历史事件穿插其中，连某将军名字也取为“鸟巢”，而那些柴科夫斯基，TNT炸药之类的“专业”描述，也是当今时代的产物，因为现在会弹钢琴的太多了，连我都可以弹八级曲子，但以作者年令的那个年代，家里有钢琴的就太少了，所以“小白”的设计有些无巧不成书的意思。

　　还有那个最早的“薄荷巷”故事，有点令人费解，尽管我宁原它是真的。经历这8国联军、日寇践踏的小巷子，如果能令武装到牙齿的侵略者迷路，那中国就不会被割让那么多、占领那么久了，俄国人也好、日本鬼子也罢他们是混蛋，但绝对不是笨蛋。前不久我刚去英国，包括书中提及的爱丁堡，还去了大英博物馆，那里收藏的那么多中国国宝还在讲述许多故事，所以书中的野史部分当相声看还行。

　　爷爷铁床下的密室第七个钥匙孔读后感（三）

　　暑假我读了《爷爷铁床下的密室-第七个钥匙孔》，这是一本充满冒险色彩的探险小说，作家以丰富的想象，扣人心弦的情节，引领孩子们走进一个陌生而神奇的世界。让孩子们懂得了什么是正义，什么是勇敢，什么是善良，什么是真正的男子汉。

　　《爷爷铁床下的密室-第七个钥匙孔》，这本书讲述了：薄荷巷子从三百多年前就开始流传着神秘的故事，因而笼罩着充满传奇色彩的影子。男孩阿培家里有一个大铁床，这可不是一个普通的铁床，这可是一个可以同时睡下47个人的铁床。一天阿培无意中得到了一串形状奇异的钥匙，打开了爷爷大铁床下的密室。这可不是普通的密室，里面有着巨大的空间，堆满坦克、火炮，还有无数第一次世界大战时欧洲阵亡将士的幽灵，这些幽灵生性好战，以王春袖为导火索发起了一场惊天动地的战争，这场战争让我们看到了正义、善良、勇敢和真正的男子汉。这场战争让巷子遭受损坏，让原来充满丰富色彩的巷子变成废墟。但是最后，大家齐心协力，终于让巷子恢复了平静。

　　通过这本书我们看到了少年间真挚的友情，阿培和王春袖对信任的承诺，以及阿培对爷爷对老师的爱，还有对小白的美好情意，向我们展现了一个丰富情感的氛围，也体会到了人们热爱和平，知道了世上如果没有炮火、枪声和弹药，有的只是人们幸福的欢笑声，那么世界就会变的更加美好。