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By the American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century. He is often identified as the first writer to develop a uniquely American literary style and vision, rather than following in the footsteps of his contemporaries who were strongly influenced by their British cultural heritage. He was considered one of the great orators of the time. His outspoken, uncompromising support for abolitionism later in life caused protest and jeers from crowds when he spoke on the subject. He formulated and first expressed the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his essay Nature (1836) which was the first significant work to establish this new way of looking at the Americas and its raw, natural environment. Emerson's Collected Essays: First (1841) and Second (1844) Series, including his seminal essays on History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-soul, Circles, Intellect, and Art in the first and The Poet, Experience, Character, Manners, Gifts, Nature, Politics, and Nominalist and Realist in the second, is considered to be one of the 100 greatest books of all time.

相传为公元前六世纪，被释放的古希腊奴隶伊索所著，搜集所有古希腊民间故事，并加入印度、阿拉伯及基督教故事。内容大多与动物有关。书中讲述的故事简短精练，刻画出来的形象鲜明生动，每则故事都蕴含哲理，或揭露和批判社会矛盾，或抒发对人生的领悟，或总结日常生活经验。该寓言集通过描写动物之间的关系来表现当时的社会关系，主要是压迫者和被压迫者之间的不平等关系。寓言作者谴责当时社会上人压迫人的现象，号召受欺凌的人团结起来与恶人进行斗争。对后代欧洲寓言的创作产生了重大的影响，不仅是西方寓言文学的典范之作，也是世界上传播最多的经典作品之一。

本的主题是歌颂仁爱、友谊和爱情，同时也反映了资本主义早期商业资产阶级与高利贷者之间的矛盾，表现了作者对资产阶级社会中金钱、法律和宗教等问题的人文主义思想。这部剧作的一个重要文学成就，就是塑造了夏洛克这一唯利是图、冷酷无情的高利贷者的典型形象。内容简介：威尼斯商人安东尼奥是个宽厚为怀的富商，与另外一位犹太人夏洛克的高利贷政策恰恰相反。安东尼奥的一位好朋友巴萨尼奥因要向贝尔蒙特的一位继承了万贯家财的美丽女郎鲍西娅求婚，而向他告贷三千块金币，而安东尼奥身边已无余钱，只有向夏洛克以他那尚未回港的商船为抵押品，借三千块金币。夏洛克因为安东尼奥借钱给人不要利息，影响高利贷行业，又侮辱过自己，所以仇恨安东尼奥，乘签订借款契约之机设下圈套，伺机报复。

世界各国突然出现黄金的大量流失,黄金的黑市交易十分兴盛.虽然各国都对金锭做有记号,可是,经过融化重铸后就毫无迹象可寻.政府部门怀疑巨富金手指参与了黑市黄金交易,因为他作为国际商人可以合法拥有并使用大型铸造设备.他在日内瓦拥有一座大银行,各国都有大量黄金储备在那里.然而,没有任何证据可证明金手指参与黄金外流活动.为了查清其中奥秘.詹姆斯·邦德受命调查金手指. 邦德一路跟踪金手指到了日内瓦,发现了金手指外运黄金的秘密,他通过用黄金造车身的方法重熔得到金块.更意外的是,邦德第一次听到了大满贯行动计划.金手指的手下发现了邦德,将他抓了起来.但却使邦德终于得知大满贯计划是针对金手指那座在日内瓦的大银行中的600亿黄金储备.金手指并不急于杀死他,反而得意地将大满贯行动全部讲给他听.原来金手指策划好用飞机撒播毒气使银行周围六万人包括四万军队与一些居民死亡,然后炸开银行,利用一名中国原子专家将一枚小型核弹在金库引爆,致使世界各国在此的黄金受辐射污染58年,这样,世界各国的黄金不能进入流通,而金手指控制下的黑市黄金交易将获得十倍以上的巨额利润,垄断世界黄金市场. 被软禁的邦德用尽办法使金手指的机师普蒂注意上他,他的个性魅力最终征服了普蒂.爱上邦德的普蒂将大满贯计划通知了政府,并调换了毒气弹,政府早将计就计,粉碎了金手指的罪恶计划.侥幸逃脱的金手指潜入了普蒂的飞机,却终被邦德与普蒂杀死.邦德再度靠美女与爱情赢得了胜利.

Copyright, 1924,To DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS THE ORIGINAL "ZORRO" OF THE SCREEN.1820，the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under  dictatorship. he plays the useless fop, and he is the masked avenger Zorro.

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince.  He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.

阅读英语小故事等趣味英语可以激发对英语学习的兴趣，是提高英语能力的好方法。短小精悍，简单易懂，是英语入门阅读的好材料。充分利用工作和生活的碎片时间提升英语阅读能力。

三部被誉为“二十世纪读者最多、最受爱戴的童话”之一。好莱坞根据本书改编的电影，让倔强而可爱的鼠小弟征服了全世界。内容简介：利特尔家的第二个孩子斯图尔特生下来只有两英寸高，模样活脱脱就是一只小老鼠。这位老鼠小弟心地善良、聪明伶俐，一家人里头，除了那只名叫“野茉莉”的猫，没有不喜欢它的。斯图尔特最要好的朋友是寄居在他们家的小鸟玛加洛，为了让美丽的玛加洛不受“野茉莉”的欺负，鼠小弟可真是鼓足了勇气，动足了脑筋。他发誓要把玛加洛找回来，于是开动玩具车就上了路。一路上，险情趣事层出不穷，鼠小弟历尽千辛万苦……鼠小弟最后到底有没有找到玛加洛呢？你一定猜不着。好莱坞根据本书改编的电影，让倔强而可爱的鼠小弟征服了全世界。

How did one boy cause so much trouble? What magic power did he discover, and what happened to everyone in Oz when he made friends with the Nome King? How could Kiki Aru be stopped? Discover how everyone was restored to normal, but what ever you do, please be very, very careful how you pronounce "P-Y-R-Z-Q-X-G-L."