Posted on 2011-06-02 By whatif | Filed under Reading Notes0 Comments
What is the book about?This book tells a story of a poor, ugly man called Elephant Man.Content Abstract:At first, nobody liked the elephant man. People often laughed at him. Some people were afraid of him. People putted him in a cage and showed him like animals.Until one day, he was found by a doctor. The doctor thought the man was very interesting and wanted to research him. So he took the man to the hospital in London and lived in the hospital.Then, the elephant man became famous. Everyone wan......Read more...
Posted on 2011-06-01 By whatif | Filed under Reading Notes0 Comments
“The Monkey’s Paw is a scary classic short story by W.W.Jacobs about a family who finds a magic talisman that grants three wishes that also carry with them a lot of tragedy.”About this story:The White family had not much money, but they were a very happy little family.One day, Tom Morris came to this family and visited them. Tom was a soldier in India for twenty-one years. Before he went to India, he and Mr. White were good friends. He told the family a lot of strange and wonde......Read more...
Posted on 2011-05-27 By FoxKe | Filed under Reading Notes3 Comments
The author of this book is Tim Vicary, He is an experienced teacher and writer in Britain.About this story:This is a story of Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen, and of one of the most famous and dangerous races in history. This is a race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. In the summer of 1910, the race began.Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. His team was equipped with new motor sledges and many ponies.Fives d......Read more...
Posted on 2011-05-26 By FoxKe | Filed under Happy Life3 Comments
Today, I receive an email from a friend of mine. I think it is interesting very much because each sentence in this email is very warm and lovely. So I post the contents here and hope you like it.To Someone Who Is Your FriendAlways try to help a friend in need.Believe in yourself.Be brave... but it's ok to be afraid sometimes.Study hard.Laugh often.Don't be overly concerned with your weight, it's just a number.Always try to see the glass half full.Meet new people, even if they look different to y......Read more...
Posted on 2011-05-19 By FoxKe | Filed under Reading Notes0 Comments
About this story：《The Witches of Pendle》tells us a story about a family of witches at the footer of Pendle Hill.Basic story line:Jennet Device was born in 1603. Her family was always very poor, and after her father died, they were poorer.When she was nine years old, on the eighteenth day of March in the year 1612, her mother and grandmother were ill. They were hunger very much. Jennet’sister, Alizon, wanted to go out to look for bread. Jennet followed her along the river to Colne. Before t......Read more...
Posted on 2011-05-18 By FoxKe | Filed under Reading Notes0 Comments
About this story《Under the Moon》is a science fiction written by British writer Rowena Akimyemi.Three years ago, in 2222, Earth nearly died because of Ozone depletion. So people created Artificial Ozone Layer to stop earth dying. It had rain again, and the trees sprouted, the river had water again.Now is the year of 2522. Over Europe, the AOL is breaking up fast. Young tress are beginning to wither, and rivers are also drying gradually. Kiah and Rilla see these dangerous changes from their spaces......Read more...