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1、ReportonGreatExpectationsAbstract:ThestoryhappenedinEnglandin19thcentury.HisparentsdiedwhenPipwasonlyfiveyearsold,andhethenlivedwithhiseldersisterandherhusband.Onenightwhenhewaslookingathisparents’tombstones,anescapedconvictsprungup.Piphelpedhimwithsomefood,andhewasgr
2、ateful.Butatlasthewastakenbythepolicemen.Keywords:report,CharlesDickens,greatexpectation,Pip,EstellaOnedayPipwastakentotheSatisHouse,thehomeofthewealthydowagerMissHavisham,whowasbothveryrichandeccentric.Thisoldladywasabandonedbyherhusbandwhentheyweregoingtomarried,and
3、shelivedinsufferingsandmemoriesformanyyears.Duringhisvisit,hemetabeautifulgirlnamedEstella,whotreatedhimcoldlyandcontemptuously.Nevertheless,hefellinlovewithheranddreamedofbecomingawealthygentlemansothathemightbeworthyofher.OnedayalawyercametoPipandbroughthimastrangen
4、ews:asecretbenefactorhasgivenPipalargefortune,andPipmustcometoLondonimmediatelytobeginhiseducationasagentleman.PipcametoLondon,learnedhowtocommunicate,howtodance,andhowtobecomearealgentleman…摘要:故事发生在19世纪的英国。在皮普还是个15岁的孩子时,父母双亡,和姐姐、姐夫生活在一起。圣诞节前,皮普到墓地去悼念父母,遇到了越狱犯麦格维奇。皮普为
5、他拿来了蛋糕充饥,令麦格维奇非常感动,但最后他还是被警察带走了。 圣诞过后,皮普被邀请到村里最富有的哈维汉姆小姐家做客。这个老妇人新婚当天丈夫没有出现,从此便再也没有脱下婚纱,多年来一直生活在回忆里。尽管她拥有财富,却从没有得到过幸福,因此一直活在愤恨中,性格怪癖。当皮普怀着忐忑不安的心情踏入这所老房子时,遇到了哈维汉姆小姐收养的女孩埃斯特拉,从此便一发不可收拾地爱上了她。但埃斯特拉是个傲慢又刻薄的女孩,根本不把皮普放在眼里。这令皮普很伤心,他暗自下决心要成为一名绅士好让埃斯特拉不再歧视自己。 机会终于来了。尽管皮普的姐夫只是
6、一个铁匠,没有钱送他上学,但在几年后,突然有不愿意透露姓名的人提出资助皮普到伦敦去过上层社会的生活。皮普满心欢喜地来到伦敦,学习如何社交、如何跳舞、如何成为一名真正的绅士。此时的皮普已明显的感觉到自己无法再和做铁匠的姐夫顺畅沟通了,尽管是姐夫把他养大,感情也非常好....Mainidea:First,IwanttogiveabriefintroductiontoyouabouttheauthorofGreatExpectation.Charles·Dickens(wholenameisCharlesJohnHuffamDicken
7、s)wasbornonFebruary7,1812,andspentthefirst9yearsofhislifelivinginthecoastalregionofKent,acountryinsoutheastEngland.Dickens’sfather,John,wasakindandlikableman,buthewasincompetentwithmoneyandaccumulatedtremendousdebtsthroughouthislife.WhenDickenswasnine,hisfamilymovedto
8、London.Whenhewastwelve,hisfatherwasarrestedandtakentothedebtors’prison.Dickens’smothermovedhissevenbrothersandsistersintopri