Bedside Lamp English Learning Reader V Rationality and Emotion

Author: Mao Ronggui
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This series of readers is written by American authors and composed of 3,300 of the most commonly used words. The language is modern, authentic, and standard. It is genuine and easy to understand. You can enjoy learning English without looking up a dictionary while lying in bed. The novels feature people, their eating, drinking, sleeping, and daily activities, as well as their emotions, desires, and complex relationships with others, along with conflicts and harmonies between people and nature or society. From the perspective of language acquisition, this series achieves the goal of using 3,300 basic words to meticulously describe and explain the details of life and the rich inner world of people. By immersing yourself in an English novel, you are essentially living in an "English world," which is the best way for Chinese learners to overcome the lack of an English-speaking environment. Simply reading a few textbooks to learn English is unrealistic. This series selects 50 outstanding literary works from abroad that are worth reading in your lifetime. Reading these works not only helps you master English but also accumulates Western culture and enhances your personal taste and refinement. This series truly helps you achieve a life-oriented approach to English learning! You can read 20 books in a year, 40 books in two years. After reading 40 books, it is equivalent to living in an English environment for two years, which will definitely enable you to develop strong English proficiency. Remember, without millions of words of English input, it is impossible to learn English well. Sense and Sensibility primarily revolves around the (zhéqū - winding and complex) emotional experiences of the two female protagonists. As the title reveals, the two sisters—Elinor, the older, and Marianne, the younger—have entirely different personalities: one is rational, and the other is emotional. The general plot of the novel is as follows: Mr. Dashwood had one son, John, from his first wife, and three daughters, Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret, from his second wife. After Mr. Dashwood's death, he left his inheritance to his son, leaving almost nothing for his three daughters. However, on his deathbed, he asked his son to take good care of his stepmother and sisters, and the son agreed. However, John Dashwood's wife, Fanny, strongly opposed her husband helping them and was also quite unfriendly toward them. As a result, after staying at their home, Norland Park, for a while, the mother and daughters moved to Barton Cottage. This cottage was rented to them by a kind, well-meaning uncle of Mrs. Dashwood, John Middleton. There, they began a new life. Mr. Middleton was very hospitable and often invited the Dashwood sisters to various social events. Through this, they gradually met people such as Mrs. Middleton, Mrs. Jennings, Colonel Brandon, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, and the Steels. As early as Norland Park, Elinor and Edward—her younger brother, John Dashwood's wife—began to develop feelings for each other. After Elinor moved to Barton Cottage, Edward visited her only two weeks later. They fell in love, but their feelings were not passionate; they were rather mild and quiet. Unlike her sister, Marianne, who shed too many tears on the path of love.