Actually, I’m sure everyone clearly knows the importance and significance of reading, of studies. However, the biggest problem is that they hardly have powerful resistance to those temptations around us, such as new-style video games, latest Hollywood block-buster, Avril Ramona Lavigne’s next concert. Placed in the information current, young students are difficult to rationally deal with the flooding information. The terrible result is that they become more and more indifferent to reading books, and whenever academic assigns come , we just start up their computer and access to information on the Internet no matter how much information they can really copy and make use. What a pity!
As to efficient study methods to all these information, Bacon insists on the combination of theory and practice, “studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.” And in terms of books which mean for today not only paper books but also information online for example e-books, Bacon holds the view “some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be ready wholly, and with diligence and attention”. All the ideas can definitely give college students precious lessons to study and reading books today.
When we face the flooding information, some are to be read in part; they’re just providing nothing than background which can be useful to understand and complete assignments. We cannot merely depend all on the computer instead of meditate hard on our own. Of course, practicing is quite significant today. In fact, that doesn’t mean practice should be the action out of papers; in turn, the term paper finished on one’s own is a practice of applying his knowledge to practical writing.
Information around us is showing up without stopping. They are all never checked by experts, true or false. We access to them when in need. Still we have to be cautious and just view them as a reminder or brainstorm resources to help integrate our ideas to well organize the whole assignment. This is the right attitude to information and to our own study. 2. In what sense does reading make a full man?
Reading makes a full man. Histories make men wise, poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Reading histories makes people learn lessons from the ancient time, avoid making the same mistakes and predict the development of things. People who read histories will be wiser than these who just act according to their own preferences without learning from histories. Reading poem s makes people learn the beauty of language, the beautiful classical style of art and live a poetic life. People who read poems will be wittier than these who haven’t feel the beautiful mood and pure life. Reading mathematics makes people focus on the accurate calculation, develop a scientific attitude, and form a pragmatic spirit. People who read mathematics will be more subtle to consider things from all aspects and do things from the drop carefully than these who don’t read. Reading natural philosophy makes people pursue truth, explore the unknown
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mystery, and practice actively. People who read natural philosophy will be deeper than these who don’t learn the theory of reflecting the truth. Reading moral makes people learn the way of harmony living, form the principle of ethical behaviors and develop correct outlooks on values. People who read moral will be graver than these who behave without correct principles and can’t deal with different relationships. Reading logic makes people master the rules of thinking, dealing with different things and exploring objective reality. People who read logic will be more contend to have clear ideas, mater the principles of objective truth than these who don’t act according to rules.
Different kinds of reading materials play different roles in making a full man. People should get into different reading fields and train themselves to become a comprehensive talent. Reading will do good to one’s physical health according to some reading materials of physical training. What’s more important, reading promotes the development of logic thinking and morality. People can be called a full man on condition that they have fine quality, delicate self-cultivation and strict morality. Try to read extensively and become a full man.
As far as I’m concerned, reading can make a full man, can cultivate a man, and can make a man move forward in the way he understand the view of the world, the life and the value. A full man should have a positive world view and adopt an active philosophy of life, which are usually based on a balanced knowledge structure. From Francis Bacon’s Of Studies, I know that the essay not only introduces the methods of reading books and discusses the purposes and functions of reading, but also analyzes the different attitudes of the people who are reading books. Most importantly, we can know how to be a full man from reading.
Francis Bacon’s Of Studies says “Histories make men wise, poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.” That is to say, we read all kinds of books in order to have more perfect knowledge and form critical thinking which can make us be a full man by reading. .
Reading can make a full man. That is to say, we should read more books which are useful and helpful for us. Reading can enlarge our knowledge in different fields. From Of Studies, studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. It means that studies can make people happy, wise, increasing knowledge. If we read all kinds of books, we are able to taste what might not happen to us in real life, and then ask ourselves what we would do in that situation. Besides, we read more books and fewer mistakes would be made by us. For that, we can learn more mistake examples from books so that we will make few mistakes in the future. So reading can make a man full because it can make the man taste all the emotions about the world and have a true understanding about the life. Of Studies also teach us that we should choose some book to read, but not read all the books. Some useful books should be read carefully and taken notes. Different books have different functions, the essay tells us that reading different
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books can bring different knowledge which we lack. The essay says that different books have different methods to read.
In a word, reading books of certain field brings certain knowledge and ability we lack. Of Studies gives us the method of reading books and getting knowledge. It also tells us different books have different functions for us. So whether reading makes a full man lies in what books you read and how you read. Reading a right book can make a man more wise, more emotional and more respected.
John Donne The Flea P23 1. Why does the poet say that \of maidenhead\
The speaker tells his beloved to look at the flea before them and to note \little\blood, then her blood, so that now, inside the flea, they are mingled; and that mingling cannot be called \joined them together in a way that, \
2. What do you think is the addressee's parents' attitude toward the poet's wooing?
The addressee's parents' attitudes are against him. (...Though parents grudge...) 3. What is the real purpose of the poet to say that in killing the flea \are actually killing three lives?
He compares the killing of the flea to murder. It would be “three sins in killing three” (l. 18) since he and his lover would be killed within the flea if she were to follow her natural tendency to dispose of the insect. He even states that the act of killing the flea would be “sacrilege”. This is a term that is generally applied to acts that go against religion. If the lover denies the fact that their blood, and therefore their lives, are contained within the flea, it is similar to committing an irreligious act. This would seem to make the reverse, to acknowledge their closeness within the flea, compatible with religion. To acknowledge this closeness is also to acknowledge that it is allowable, which could lead to the conclusion that Donne wishes his lover to arrive at: she should give in to his desires because there is nothing wrong with the intimate mingling of two people. Holy sonnet 10 1.why does John Donne say that death is the \and desperate men\
The poem reveals Donne's belief in life after death. It reads like a bold
challenge to the \nor \a \Death Be not Proud is like that, Death, you are slave to Fate, Chance, kings,
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and desperate men; you are the slave to human beings. We, human beings, are in charge of you.
2.What does the poem mean when he says” we wake eternally” after one short sleep? The world \that there is nothing frightening in death. Though we might die, we can keep alive spiritually forever.
John Milton-Paradise Lost The general subject（总的主题）is man’s disobedience and the loss thereupon of Paradise, with its prime cause, Satan, who, having revolted from God, has been driven out of heaven.
4. Where are the serpent蛇 and his followers condemned after their defeat?
They are driven from Heaven into hell.
5. What are the God’s punishments for those rebellious angels as described by Milton in lines 59-74?
Satan looks around and finds himself in a horrible dungeon. There is a great furnace in the dungeon. What is burning is sulfur, with flames, but without light. Through the visible darkness, he can discover sights of woe, regions of sorrow, mournful shades, where peace and rest can never live. Hope goes everywhere except to this place. It is such a place as Eternal Justice had prepared for those rebels. It is far away from God and light of Heaven.
6. What is considered by Satan as “ignominy” and “shame” (line 115)? To bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee and deify his power. To give in to God, to fall down on one’s knees to beg for mercy submissively, worship God’s power, become scared for God’s authority and power, lose confidence. 7. What is Satan advising the serpent and his followers to do in this part of Paradise Lost?
He is defeated in the battle against God, but he does not lose heart. He will not bow down to God. Instead, he is advising the serpent and followers to rise up again and fight another battle.
Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe鲁宾逊漂流记
2. What do you think of Crusoe’s way of marking time? Why is it important for him to keep track of time?
A good way. He doesn’t want to forget time. For a civilized man, time is precious.
3. From this excerpt, what do you find admirable in Robinson Crusoe? Strong-minded, careful, capable, persevering, optimistic, ambitious, self-reliant, clever, practical, adventurous, patient, rational, sympathetic, hardworking, imaginative, energetic, courageous, amiable (kind-hearted).
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First of all, he is adventurous. Unlike common people, Robinson is eager to take adventures. So he is brave under most circumstances and curious about new things. Even when he was left in a deserted island, he was not afraid of what he was confronted with. What’s more, during the time he lived in the island, Robinson was faced with lots of difficulties. However, he has overcome all of them with strong will and firm determination. And he tries his best to survive and takes an optimistic attitude towards life. Instead of despair,
Robinson is full of passion in such a harsh situation. He never gets frustrated by failures and always perseveres in making efforts to create a new life. Besides, Robinson pays much attention to details. For example, when he wants to find a place for his settlement, he has taken many aspects into consideration, such as security, convenience, and sunshine. Also, he makes a list of specific figures on which he can base his construction. In this sense, Robinson is careful and considerate. To sum up, Robinson is not only brave and adventurous but also wise and thoughtful. When he has difficulties, he spares no efforts to overcome them and try his best solve the factual problems. What impressed me most is his optimism and perseverance. All the good qualities in Robinson Crusoe are admirable and he shows us a positive attitude towards life.
Confronting such an adversity, Robinson showed his amazing willpower and staunch life-force. He also showed people how to deal with adversity in life. Under such an adverse circumstance, he overcame various difficulties and
created splendor of his life. ~If he or she does not make a plan for the future, he may not get out of the adversity. Take Robinson as an example, he made a series of plans about his food, his bullets, his powder and his daily work. He believed that he would starve or be attacked when he had not those things. So he ate very cannily. And he tried to train the sheep so that he did not waste so many bullets to shoot them. The truth proved that it was wise for him to do so. ~Robinson always thought of some new ideas when he was faced with some difficulties. If he did do everything with fixed rule, he would not create the necessities that he needed in his life. Owing to his ability to bring forth new ideas, he solved many problems. And those ideas helped him overcome the adversity.~ Robinson had been perseverant for twenty-eight years, and was saved finally.
Jonathan Swift Gulliver’s Travels 格列佛游记 1. In what ways are Yahoos comparable to human beings in Guliver’s Travels? Comment on the Houyhnhnms’ attitude toward human beings. （1）Yahoos, hairy, wild, low and despicable brutes, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in almost every other way.
（2）Houyhnhnms conceive the vilest opinion of humankind such as corrupt ，detestion and debased group。
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