《爱的牺牲》读书报告.ppt

characters * * * * Book Report Sarah A SERVICE OF LOVE 爱的牺牲 O. Henry The Author 欧·亨利(O. Henry)是其笔名，原名为威廉·西德尼·波特(William Sydney Porter)。美国著名批判现实主义作家，世界三大短篇小说大师之一。曾被评论界誉为曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。 他出生于美国北卡罗来纳州格林斯波罗镇一个医师家庭。他的一生富于传奇性，当过药房学徒、牧牛人、会计员、土地局办事员、新闻记者、银行出纳员。当银行出纳员时，因银行短缺了一笔现金，为避免审讯，离家流亡中美的洪都拉斯。后因回家探视病危的妻子被捕入狱，并在监狱医务室任药剂师。他创作第一部作品的起因是为了给女儿买圣诞礼物，但基于犯人的身份不敢使用真名，乃用一部法国药典的编者的名字作为笔名。1901年提前获释后，迁居纽约后，开始专门从事写作。 O. Henry 乔.拉雷毕 Joe Larrabee 德丽雅.加鲁塞斯 Delia Caruthers Plot summary 开端： 有绘画天赋的乔和有音乐天赋的德丽雅带着家里给的一笔小钱到大城市深造，两人一见钟情并结婚。 Plot summary 发展： 婚后两人白天学习，晚上一起畅谈理想，过着甜蜜而浪漫的生活；很快，乔的绘画和德丽雅的钢琴还没学完，两人钱却已经用完了；德丽雅决定出去教钢琴挣钱来供乔能继续深造，乔也偶尔到公园卖画。 Plot summary 高潮： 一天德丽雅手受伤回家，乔才知道原来德丽雅并没有找到学生，只是在洗衣房工作挣钱来供乔的学费，同时乔也告诉德丽雅，他也没有卖掉任何一副画，而是在洗衣房里烧锅炉。 Plot summary 结局： 两位年轻人都为对方爱的付出而感动，更加坚定对艺术的追求。 Conclusion After reading this sad but beautiful love story. I came to realize the power of love. At first, Joe and Delia were both passionate about art. When life became arduous, they both chose to give up their original dreams for the sake of each other. It is love that makes them sacrifice their own pursuits for each other. Although this kind of love involves cheats, white lies are just ornaments of life. This kind of love can be called true love. But it is more powerful than those tinsel loves. When we use word “love”, we do not simply mean an attraction to a person of the opposite sex, which is very narrow definition of the word. Love is emotional strength, which can support us no matter how dark the world around us becomes. In fact, throughout history people of many different cultures have regarded love as the noblest of human emotions. As an example of the power of love, we should remember how the Chinese people respond to the call to help the victims of natural disasters every year. Although their incomes are still low