周佳
故事簡介
When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island, send for a boy orphan to help them out at the farm, they are in no way prepared for the error that will change their lives. The mistake takes the shape of Anne Shirley, a redheaded 11-year-old girl who is very talkative. Fortunately, she has a sunny nature and an odd imagination, which quickly win over her reluctant foster parents1). Anne's feisty2) spirit soon draws many friends—and much trouble—her way. Not a day goes by without some melodramatic3) new episode in the tragicomedy of her life. Lucy Maud Montgomery's series of books about Anne have remained classics since the early 20th century. Her portrayal of this feminine4) yet independent spirit has given generations of girls a strong female role model.
瑪瑞拉·卡思伯特和馬修·卡思伯特住在愛德華王子島的綠山墻農(nóng)舍,當他們請人送一個男孩孤兒過來幫他們在農(nóng)場干活兒時,他們絕對沒有準備好迎接這個將要改變他們一生的錯誤。這個錯誤就是安妮·雪莉,一個十分健談的11歲紅發(fā)女孩。幸運的是,她有著開朗的天性和奇特的想象力,這使她很快就贏得了原本心存勉強的養(yǎng)父母的心。安妮充滿活力的個性沒過多久就給她引來了許多朋友,當然也給她自己招來了諸多麻煩。她的生活是一部悲喜劇,每一天都有某個充滿戲劇性的新插曲出現(xiàn)。露西·莫德·蒙哥馬利所著的有關(guān)安妮的系列作品自20世紀初期以來一直都是經(jīng)典之作。她描寫的這位充滿女性氣質(zhì)但又獨立自主的人物已經(jīng)為一代又一代的女孩提供了一個堅強的女性榜樣。
小編推薦理由
雖然很早就失去了雙親,雖然孤兒院的日子孤獨、清貧,她依然苦中作樂,從未丟棄自己的樂觀天性。來到綠山墻農(nóng)舍后,她用活潑、開朗的性格感染了馬修和瑪瑞拉兩兄妹,也收獲了人生的摯友。她擁有天馬行空的想象力,愛幻想,也愛給身邊的一切事物起名字,林陰道、池塘和櫻花樹在她口中變成了“幸福的白路”“閃閃的小湖”和“白雪王后”。她愛說話,總是喋喋不休,但她講的話是那樣的生動、有趣。小說中的巴里小姐這樣評價主人公安妮:“她像彩虹那樣五彩繽紛、變幻莫測?!逼鋵?,安妮身上的所有品質(zhì)大抵都源自她對生活懷有的一顆熱忱之心吧。這份熱忱讓她在逆境中不忘尋找希望,在幸福中又懂得珍惜與感恩;這份熱忱讓她善于發(fā)現(xiàn)生活中的美好,樂于以積極、樂觀的心態(tài)笑對人生。當你對生活微笑,生活也會對你微笑。
經(jīng)典語句
*It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will. 我的經(jīng)驗是,如果你下定決心你將要享受生活,那么你就幾乎總能享受生活。
*Life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it. 只要有開心快樂的事,人生就值得一過。
*Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing. 除了嘗試而后成功,最棒的事情莫過于嘗試而后失敗。