书虫系列---2级下

2021.5.30

1.  Huckleberry Finn

哈克贝利. 费恩历险记

  It's a novel written by Mark Twain, which describes the dangerous but exciting adventures of Huck, Tom and Jim.

2. The Love of a King

一个国王的爱情故事

2021.5.31

3.  Ear --Rings from Frankfurt

法兰克福的耳环

Jennifer Walton is a nurse and his brother  Richard works for a jewellery theif Joe Kelly.  In the end, he helps the police to put Kelly into prison.

Expressions:

put two and two together 根据现有的事实推断，综合起来判断

eg: She looked at her visitor and began to put two and two together ," And you must be Wendy. "

Mercedes . benz 梅赛德斯.奔驰

2021.6.1

4.  The Jungle Book

        森林王子

  It describes the experience of a child grown up in a wolf pack. This novel has been adapted into a  Chinese TV series 《我的莫格利男孩》

Expressions:

kite 鸢

splash n. 液体的溅泼声，洒落声

cub n. 幼兽

jackal n. 豺，胡狼

coat n. 动物的皮毛

baffalo n. 水牛

ravine n. 深谷，峡谷

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5.  Dead Man's Island 亡灵岛

6. Henry VIII and His Six Wives

  It's  a brief story to know  part of history of England  from love story about Henry VIII.  The king who married many times just wanted to have his son to be the next king, but it's his daughters who governed his country for a long time.

7. The Children of the New Forest

8. Dracula德拉库拉

  It's a horrible story about a vampire （吸血鬼）named Dracula.

9. Sherlock Holmes short stories福尔摩斯探案故事

Irene Adler  is the most attractive story.

10. The Canterville Ghost坎特维尔幽灵

  Tt's a story about a ghost who wanted to frighten the house owner but always was palyed tricks on by the children in this house. Anyway, it ended with a happy ending.

11. The mistery of Allegra阿利格拉之谜

A girl named Allegra longed to stay with her mother and both of them are dead.

The most interesting thing in this story is that the mistery of Allegra js related to two great poets Byron and Shelley.

12. Agatha Christie  Woman of Mystery 神秘女人 --阿加莎 克里斯蒂

  It's about an famous writer.