本书选译了七十首中国历代经典诗、词、小令及铭，其中大多是中国人耳熟能详，出口可诵的诗篇。中国古典诗词，繁若星辰，是中国传统文化*灿烂的一部分。这些诗词，或浪漫、或写实、或唯美、或感伤，无不体现了诗人的情怀和时代印记，潜藏着中华民族的自然观、伦理观、价值观和世界观。文化软实力建设是当今中国对外文化交流的一个重要任务，如何更好地把中国古典诗词传播到国外，帮助国外读者更好地了解中国文化是外语界的义不容辞的职责。近百年来，很多学者在这一方面已经做出了巨大努力。本书是译者在英语教学之余的一种尝试，而这一尝试的根源主要来自于译者对中国古诗词的热爱，希望能通过英语把中国古诗词的美分享出去。

《TOEFL词汇词根+联想记忆法：乱序版》延续“红宝书”系列特点，全面收录TOEFL考试核心词汇，精心甄选单词释义，采用“词根+联想”记忆法，辅以组合词、单词拆分、谐音等多种记忆方法，全部单词乱序编排，并配有大量幽默风趣的插图，帮助考生摆脱死记硬背，轻松高效地记忆单词。书中总结了丰富的同义词、形近词和派生词，并以*标注已考同义词，全面扩充考生的词汇量，同时归纳常考搭配，提供大量真题例句，结合语境加深考生对单词的理解与记忆。《TOEFL词汇词根+联想记忆法：乱序版 学练测》是《TOEFL词汇词根+联想记忆法：乱序版》的配套同步练习。全书分为练习和答案两部分，共有48个单元及答案，每个单元设计4类练习题，结合TOEFL考试常见题型，帮助考生有针对性地练习考试频率高、应掌握其用法的约4500个单词，使考生更好地记忆单词和检测单词的学习效果。 编者悉心编写了符合TOEFL考试水平的练习题，考查学生对核心词汇的词义、词性的理解和把握，让考生在记忆单词的同时更好地掌握单词的用法，巩固考生词汇基础，使考生在词汇、语法以及英语表达能力方面均有所提高。

本书针对的是冲击托福写作高分的同学，旨在全方位为TPO1～49写作试题给出翔实的答案解析。第壹部分和第三部分总结考生在实际备考和考试中遇到的关于综合写作和独立写作的若干问题，以此为出发点剖析托福写作题型，给出高效的复习和解题思路、答题技巧。第二部分每套TPO综合写作，首先对阅读文章进行核心信息提炼，对听力可能的反驳策略进行粗略预期。接着，对听力进行解析，分析哪些信息符合预期，哪些信息重要、需要记录，哪些信息不重要，并整理听力的反驳策略。后给出满分范文，将先前阅读与听力部分的关键信息重现出来。第四部分每套TPO独立写作，首先带着大家读题、审题、构思，然后提供满分范文，为大家呈现多种全文展开以及段内展开的策略，并详细分析各种策略适用的场合。

vivid characterization /unfailingly realistic description/ impulse and fear and hesitation/ the most capacious and elastic and versatile kind of novel

本套书包括《白衣女人5册》和《月亮宝石5册》共10册。《白衣女人》本书为作者开创了写侦探小说的先河，也为英国文学另辟了一条蹊径。作品主要讲述了：青年画家哈特莱特与她的学生劳拉?弗尔利坠入情网，可是罗拉的父亲在生前已经为她寻了一门亲事。在罗拉的姐姐玛琳?哈克贝的建议下，哈特来离开了蒙里基庄园，到国外工作。罗拉只能遵从父亲的遗愿，嫁给风流倜傥的皮斯威尔?格莱德先生。然而，皮斯维尔因其父母没有结婚登记而没有继承权，他负债累累，一心想要得到罗拉小姐两万英镑的遗产。他和罗拉的姑父密谋，把与罗拉相像的白衣女子安妮?凯撒里克害死，对外谎称罗拉得病而死，并把罗拉当做白衣女子送回疯人院……《月亮宝石》被誉为部长和秀的现代侦探小说。是英国维多利亚时期小说家威尔基·柯林斯创作的长篇小说。该作写一颗钻石(月亮宝石)神秘失踪，后为探长克夫所侦破。作品情节惊险曲折，结局出人意外。故事是由一颗宝石引起的。相传，印度有一颗月亮宝石，它镶嵌在一座四只手的印度神的额头之上，由三个婆罗门守护。宝石的光泽随着月亮的变化而变化，神曾经预言，谁要是拿走了这颗宝石谁就会受到诅咒。十八世纪初，月亮宝石被抢，这颗价值连城的宝石辗转被传到了英国。正如预言所说，它的拥有者都离奇死去。后来，这颗宝石落到了英国军官司亨卡斯尔上校的手中。在他将此作为生日礼物赠送给外甥女雷茜尔后，宝石突然失踪，经过一番周折，案件终于真相大白，月亮宝石后又回到了月亮神的前额之上。作者在小说中大胆地披露了英国在印度犯下的滔天罪行，要求英国人以人道主义精神面对世界，其中还不失时机地表达了自己的愿望，表明自己希望英国不要成为被世界人民痛恨的国度，不要两手沾满无辜的老百姓们的鲜血。这部小说并没有对英国国内的政治给予直接的披露，而是通过数件沾满血腥的案件有力地抨击了英国上层社会的领导者。

本套书包括《英格兰，我的英格兰和其它故事集3册》、《普鲁士军官和其它故事集4册》和《骑马走出的女人和其它故事集4册》共11册。《英格兰，我的英格兰和其它故事集》an important and controversial English writer/ the greatest writers in the English language /the background of World War I/10 stories《普鲁士军官和其它故事集》an important and controversial English writer/ the greatest writers in the English language/ frank and honest portrayal of human sexuality/12 stories

George Eliot's novel The Mill on the Floss, orginally published in 1860 as three volumes. Maggie Tulliver is the protagonist and the story begins when she is 9 years old. Maggie Tulliver’s entire life has been spent in the shadow of Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss with her beloved older brother, Tom.The Mill on the Floss is the story of Maggie Tulliver’s search for love, and acceptance by her family and community, and of her need for intellectual and spiritual growth. Her relationship with her older brother Tom, and her romantic relationships with Philip Wakem and with Stephen Guest constitute the most significant narrative threads. Misunderstood Maggie Tulliver is torn. Her rebellious and passionate nature demands expression, while her provincial kin and community expect self-denial. Based closely on the author's own life, Maggie's story explores the conflicts of love and loyalty and the friction between desire and moral responsibility. A classic work of 19th century literature, "The Mill on the Floss" remains a popular and enduring example of George Eliot's impact on English literature.

本套书包括《犹太人的财富思维》、《犹太人的处事思维》、《犹太人的创新思维》、《犹太人的教育思维》、《犹太人的进取思维》和《犹太人的生活思维》共6册。《犹太人的财富思维》通过对犹太民族生存、智慧、经商等领域的展示，浅显易懂地阐释了犹太人的经商秘诀，为读者介绍犹太人在投资创业、目标选择、广告营销、市场定位、商场谈判等方面表现出的出神入化的商业智慧。《犹太人的处事思维》论述了犹太人在社会交往中的逻辑关系，从修身、处事、礼仪、言语等方面介绍了犹太人的智慧和行为，通过剖析犹太人成功背后的处事思维，为读者提供为人处世的方法和技巧。《犹太人的创新思维》犹太人崇尚创新，能想出新奇点子并能付诸现实。本书从犹太人一系列的创新事件出发，介绍犹太人独辟蹊径、勇于创新、不拘一格的商业思维，为读者呈现犹太人智慧和创造力。《犹太人的教育思维》通过介绍犹太人对教育的高度重视，以及教育是犹太民族突出的优良传统，来引导人们学习以思考为基础，要敢于怀疑，随时发问。犹太人的智慧并非高深莫测，而是和世代相传的独特家庭教育息息相关。

The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale, Moby-Dick, a white whale of tremendous size and ferocity. Comparatively few whaling ships know of Moby-Dick, and fewer yet have encountered him. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg. Ahab intends to exact revenge. Its reputation as a "Great American Novel" was established only in the 20th century, after the centennial of its author's birthIts opening sentence, "Call me Ishmael", is among world literature's most famous..D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world" and "the greatest book of the sea ever written".

本书分为两部分，*部分"话题场景核心词汇”编排符合学习者的认知逻辑。除了在大范围上按照话题行划分，还根据含义行了小范围的切分，真正做到"词以类记”，部分单词后面还附有相关拓展项，包括派生词、同义词或者常考短语，从而大幅提高考生的学习效率，同时，在每个单元前面都配有相关的机经回顾和剑桥真题，便于考生更好地理解相关词汇考。第二部分"同义替换镇魂词伙”包含了雅思考试历年机经（阅读）中的高频考，如果备考时间仓促，考生可以优先复习该部分内容。

In the early 1800s, John Astor made the fateful decision to make good on his long-held dream of establishing a fur-trading company in the Northwest United States. Astor later convinced Washington Irving, one of the most important figures in nineteenth-century American literature, to create a non-fiction account of the operation's origins. The result, Astoria, is a fascinating work of history. Astoria is a history book published in 1836 by Washington Irving. The full title being "Astoria: Or, Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains". The book was commissioned by John Jacob Astor as an official history of his company's expedition to Oregon in 1810–1812. The book became a bestseller in 1836 and at the time was required reading in some schools. Astoria has been read as a vivid and fascinating history, comparable indeed to the finest of romances, but rooted in the rough and hardy life of trapping, hunting, and exploration.

Thomas Hardy’s final novel “Jude the Obscure” began as a serial publication on December 1894 before being published in book form the following year. It is the story of its titular character Jude Fawley, a young lower-class man with dreams of being a scholar, and his relationships with his wife, Arabella, and his free-spirited cousin, Sue Bridehead. The novel follows the life of Jude from his youth living in a village in southern England where he works in a bakery and studies Classical Greek and Latin in his spare time with hopes of one day becoming a scholar at Christminster, a fictional city modeled after Oxford. His dreams are dashed however when he becomes ensnared by deceit into marriage with Arabella Donn, a coarse and superficial girl. What follows is a classic and tragic tale that plays upon many themes, principally of which is the idea that one’s ruinous downfall is the product of having lived a sinful life. Having been harshly criticized in its day for its scandalous portrayals, “Jude the Obscure” has since been recognized as one of Hardy’s finest and most intricate works.

本套书包括《基督山伯爵9册》和《三个火枪手6册》共15册。《基督山伯爵》The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (père). It is one of the author's most popular works completed in 1844. The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815–1839: the era of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. It begins just before the Hundred Days period (when Napoleon returned to power after his exile). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book, an adventure story primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness. It centres on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about getting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. However, his plans have devastating consequences for the innocent as well as the guilty. In addition, it is a story that involves romance, loyalty, betrayal, and selfishness, shown throughout the story as characters slowly reveal their true inner nature.《三个火枪手》A timeless tale of adventure, romance, intrigue, and revenge, "The Three Musketeers"is the captivating story .A historical romance, this novel tells of the adventures of the hot-headed young Gascon, d'Artagnan and his three companions Athos, Porthos and Aramis as they gallantly defend the Queen of France, using their wit and their swords. They must foil the nefarious plotting of Cardinal Richelieu against the King and Queen, despite his appearance as an ally. D'Artagnan and the three Musketeers must also overcome the villainous machinations of Milady de Winter, whose lethal criminality threatens those in political power and the love of d'Artgnan for Constance Bonacieux. Dumas' classic story, first serialized in 1844, has enthralled readers with its fast-paced plot, endearing characters, and romantic ideals, immortalized by the motto" one for all, all for one.

本套书包括《艾格妮丝·格雷3册》和《威尔德菲尔庄园的房客6册》共9册。《艾格妮丝·格雷》Agnes Grey is the debut novel of English author Anne Bront? (writing under the pen name of Acton Bell), first published in December 1847, and republished in a second edition in 1850. The novel follows Agnes Grey, a governess, as she works within families of the English gentry. Scholarship and comments by Anne's sister Charlotte Bront? suggest the novel is largely based on Anne Bront?'s own experiences as a governess for five years. Agnes, her sister Mary, and their mother all try to keep expenses low and bring in extra money, but Agnes is frustrated that everyone treats her like a child. To prove herself and to earn money, she is determined to get a position as a governess. Eventually, she obtains a recommendation from a well-placed acquaintance, is offered a position, and secures her parents' permission. With some misgivings, she travels to Wellwood house to work for the Bloomfield family. The choice of central character allows Anne to deal with issues of oppression and abuse of women and governesses, isolation and ideas of empathy. An additional theme is the fair treatment of animals. Agnes Grey also mimics some of the stylistic approaches of bildungsromans, employing ideas of personal growth and coming to age, but representing a character who in fact does not gain in virtue.《威尔德菲尔庄园的房客》This work is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Bront?. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Bront?s' novels, it had an instant and phenomenal success, but after Anne's death her sister Charlotte prevented its re-publication. Most critics now consider The Tenant of Wildfell Hall to be one of the first feminist novels. The novel is framed as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend and brother-in-law about the events connected with the meeting of his wife. A mysterious young widow arrives at Wildfell Hall, an Elizabethan mansion which has been empty for many years, with her young son and a servant. She lives there in strict seclusion under the assumed name Helen Graham and soon finds herself the victim of local slander. Refusing to believe anything scandalous about her, Gilbert befriends Helen and discovers her past. In her diary, Helen depicts her husband's physical and moral decline through alcohol and her desperate attempts to save their son from his influence in the dissipated aristocratic society from which she ultimately flees. The depiction of marital strife and women's professional identification has also a strong moral message mitigated by the authors's belief in universal salvation.

The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy (1848–1850) is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. The novel took two years for him to write. Set in 19th century London, England, this novel features a young English gentleman Arthur Pendennis born in the country who sets out to seek his place in life and society. The novel portrays his love affairs with the callous Blanche Amory and poor Fanny. Both of them marry other people, and Pendennis finally weds Laura Bell, his adopted sister, who had always loved him. The characters include the snobbish social hanger-on Major Pendennis and the tipsy Captain Costigan. Miss Amory and Sir Francis Clavering are somewhat reminiscent of Becky Sharp and Sir Pitt from Vanity Fair. In line with other Thackeray's works, Pendennis offers an insightful and satiric picture of human character and aristocratic society. The masterful characterizations include the snobbish Major Pendennis and the tipsy Captain Costigan.

柯南道尔笔下的福尔摩斯从“降生”之日起，已过去一百多年，但他塑造的这个身材瘦削颀长，长着鹰钩鼻，头戴软布帽，身披长风衣，托着大烟斗，手持放大镜的传奇人物形象，已成为*广为受的大侦探形象。福尔摩斯知识渊博，包括化学、植物学、地理学、解剖学、犯罪学、法律、拳术、音乐等诸多学科，他都颇有造诣。他甚至还谙熟化妆和易容术！为了取证，他把自己装扮成步履蹒跚的老太太、骨瘦如柴的大烟鬼、酩酊大醉的马车夫、朴素耐心的好牧师、濒临死亡的重病号……值得一提的是，柯南道尔的所有作品中，并没有几乎所有小说中都少不了的男欢女爱、情意绵绵。相反，按照他的伙伴华生的说法，办案时，对于这位表情冷静刻板、头脑缜密、镇定自若的神探来说，“一切情感都是格格不的”。可以说，在福尔摩斯的探案集里，从未出现他与女性有关的任何绯闻。这位神探之所以赢得读者的喜爱，全靠其机智、敏锐、细致、果敢、胆识、理性、正义、执着、冒险精神和多才多艺。当然，如果大作家塑造一个形象太过完美的话，也就没有属于他自己的独特人格魅力了。在在柯南道尔的笔下，福尔摩斯的缺也不少，比如好吹牛，自命不凡，不把人放在眼里，即使对*忠实的朋友华生，也常常讥讽嘲笑；常表现出冷漠神情；在无事可做时，经常注射可卡因，靠毒品消除身心疲劳；在推理时，对人爱理不理，如被断思路，会立马大发脾气；在对待女人的问题上，既不近女色、不信任女人，也不交女友，不成家；不注意休息，是个典型的工作狂；素来沉默寡言，有些不近人情。有了这些缺，反倒让福尔摩斯这个神探得以走下神坛，可信度更高，成为有血有肉的鲜活英雄。这也就是为什么直到今天，福尔摩斯仍然这么受追捧，甚至连这位神探居住的伦敦贝克大街221号B座，也成了福尔摩斯迷们务必朝拜的名胜，可见福尔摩斯的魅力之大！

在法国，有一个神父被人称作米里埃先生。他将主要的精力放置在对穷人的宗教布道方面，有很多次，他为了帮助穷人，几乎倾囊。他的生活中几乎没有什么奢侈品，除了一套比较昂贵的银制品。有一个罪犯被关监狱19年之后释放了出来，这个罪犯的名字叫冉阿让。当初他被关监狱的主要原因是他偷了一条面包，并且在监狱里试图越狱逃跑。被释放以后，他来到了一个叫迪尼的城镇，要在一个小酒店里住下来。不过根据这个城镇的法律规定，他必须出示自己有效的身份证件才行。由于他有过前科，小酒店拒绝了他。虽说他有能力支付账单，但是城镇里的其他人都把自家的门关了起来。只有米里埃先生向他敞了大门。对于米里埃先生的这份友善举动，冉阿让不知道如何回应是好。活到了这把年纪，就从来没有被人真诚对待过。可惜的是，出狱后的他囊中羞涩，于是还是忍不住把神父的那套银具偷了后逃跑了。米里埃先生并没有因此报警。不过冉阿让还是遭到了逮捕。警察将冉阿让带回到了米里埃先生面前。神父没有向警察实话实说，隐瞒了自己的银具被冉阿让偷走的事实。就等于说，神父撒谎了。不过他善意提醒冉阿让，那套银具价格不菲，现在只希望冉阿让从此以后好好地生活下去。言外之意就是告诉冉阿让不要在犯罪的道路上继续走下去。神父的这番话，触碰到了他的内心世界，冉阿让始天人交战。就在这头脑一片混乱之际，冉阿让还是偷了一个男孩儿口袋里面的几个钢蹦儿。终于，冉阿让决定从此以后洗心革面，辟一条崭新的生活道路。他来到了近海的蒙特里。这次他将真实的身份隐藏了起来。他把银具卖掉，用这笔钱作为启动资金，了一家工厂。后来他成为了这个地方的市长。而就在这时，一个名叫方汀的女孩也来到了同一座城市。她的到来*终引发了一场惊涛骇浪。冉阿让的真实身份遭到曝光，一直通缉他的警官贾维出现了，冉阿让不得不再次踏上逃亡之路……

《毛猿》是尤金·奥尼尔创作的一部兼有现实主义、表现主义和象征主义的戏剧。1921年首演，全剧共八场。描述现代人类在丧失宗教信仰和自然的和谐以后对自我寻求的主题。在剧中，奥尼尔以“毛猿”这一意象喻指现代社会中的人，揭示现代人在工业文明中丧失自我的悲剧。主人公扬克是一艘远洋轮船上的司炉，以身强力壮得到同伴的敬畏而自豪，但遭到旅客中一个有钱的女人的侮辱,便到去寻找他的生活地位,*后只好与动物园的一只大猩猩结交朋友，结果却死在它的大力拥抱之中。剧本表明在冷酷无情的资本主义社会，像扬克这样的工人只能忍受非人的待遇。要想改变这种状况，只会遭到更加悲惨的结局。

《巨人传》原名《高康大和庞大固埃》，共五卷，是法国文艺复兴时期小说家弗朗索瓦·拉伯雷创作的多传本长篇小说，出版于1532年1564年。是一部讽刺小说，讲述两个巨人国王高康大及其儿子庞大固埃的神奇事迹：高康大不同凡响的出生；庞大固埃在巴黎求学时的奇遇；庞大固埃和高康大对婚姻问题的探讨；庞大固埃远渡重洋，寻访智慧源泉——“神瓶”，并终如愿以偿。该作鞭挞了法国16世纪封建社会，是新兴资产阶级对封建教会统治发出的呐喊，充分体现了人文主义者对人、人性和人的创造力的肯定。在小说中，拉伯雷痛快淋淳地批判了教会的虚伪和残酷，特别痛斥了天主教毒害儿童的经院教育。

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