聽(tīng)好書(shū)學(xué)英語(yǔ)人文類The house on the mango street

<p>[ti:未知]<br /> [ar:]<br /> [al:]<br /> [by:]<br /> [00:01.87]知行英語(yǔ)<br /> [00:25.05]The house on the mango street<br /> [00:29.53]芒果街上的小屋<br /> [00:37.50]When I was in a Creative Writing class,<br /> [00:40.74]we wrote many vignettes<br /> [00:43.52]and if you are a student in Creative Writing<br /> [00:46.95]you have to get this book<br /> [00:49.51]and share it with your class and teacher.<br /> [00:53.30]It will help you understand<br /> [00:55.11]the importance of writing free verses,<br /> [00:58.44]for this is the best example of vignettes I have ever seen.<br /> [01:04.14]The voice of the author does not sound professional<br /> [01:07.70]or too fancy,<br /> [01:09.53]but like the ordinary words people say today.<br /> [01:13.67]it is a story of our time and a tale for all.<br /> [01:19.65]My only complaint is that it was too short!<br /> [01:23.91]I wanted to know more<br /> [01:26.00]about what Esperanza does and her wishes.<br /> [01:30.81]I also wanted to know what happened to her after the story.<br /> [01:38.19]講解<br /> [02:21.87]Even so, it is pretty plain to see that Esperanza<br /> [02:26.89]learned how to escape from her cruel world,<br /> [02:31.18]unlike the people who never knew where she went.<br /> [02:36.51]I haven't seen such an exquisite story of our modern times<br /> [02:41.17]since I read the "Joy Luck Club" about two years ago.<br /> [02:46.46]If you want to read a beautiful story about growing up,<br /> [02:51.47]living life, and with musical poetry,<br /> [02:55.13]you must read this book.<br /> [03:00.98]講解<br /> [03:30.66]Great Books by Women （ Jesse Larsen）<br /> [03:41.79]Esperanza and her family<br /> [03:44.21]didn't always live on Mango Street.<br /> [03:47.66]Right off she says<br /> [03:50.10]she can't remember all the houses they've lived in<br /> [03:54.30]but "the house on Mango Street is ours<br /> [03:58.47]and we don't have to pay rent to anybody,<br /> [04:02.57]or share the yard with the people downstairs,<br /> [04:07.18]or be careful not to make too much noise,<br /> [04:11.33]and there isn't a landlord<br /> [04:13.96]banging on the ceiling with a broom.<br /> [04:17.11]But even so, it's not the house we thought we'd get." <br /> [04:24.02]講解<br /> [04:52.90]Esperanza's childhood life<br /> [04:55.82]in a Spanish-speaking area of Chicago<br /> [04:59.29]is described in a series of spare, poignant,<br /> [05:03.38]and powerful vignettes.<br /> [05:06.07]Each story centers on a detail of her childhood:<br /> [05:10.69]a greasy cold rice sandwich,<br /> [05:13.51]a pregnant friend, a mean boy,<br /> [05:17.21]how the clouds looked one time,<br /> [05:20.28]something she heard a drunk say,<br /> [05:23.35]her fear of nuns:<br /> [05:25.57]"I always cry when nuns yell at me,<br /> [05:29.97]even if they're not yelling."<br /> [05:34.11]Esperanza's friends, family,<br /> [05:36.87]and neighbors wander in and out of her stories;<br /> [05:41.52]through them all Esperanza sees,<br /> [05:45.11]learns, loves, and dreams of the house<br /> [05:49.04]she will someday have, her own house,<br /> [05:52.41]not on Mango Street.<br /> [05:56.49]講解<br /> [06:41.10]A poetic story of growing up Latino（Michael J. Mazza）<br /> [06:55.48]"The House on Mango Street," by Sandra Cisneros,<br /> [07:00.28]is told in the first person by Esperanza,<br /> [07:04.21]a daughter in an urban Latino family.<br /> [07:07.81]The "About the Author" section<br /> [07:10.62]at the end of the book notes that Cisneros<br /> [07:14.60]was born in Chicago,<br /> [07:16.67]the daughter of a Mexican father<br /> [07:19.05]and a Mexican-American mother.<br /> [07:22.01]Cisneros tells Esperanza's story<br /> [07:25.34]in a series of 44 short vignettes.<br /> [07:30.46]講解<br /> [07:56.35]Cisneros' writing is really beautiful<br /> [07:59.62]full of wonderfully vivid imagery.<br /> [08:03.34]Many of the short chapters<br /> [08:05.58]are less than a full page in length<br /> [08:08.75]and read like prose poems.<br /> [08:12.34]Along the way we learn of Esperanza's family,<br /> [08:16.44]neighbors, school, rites of passage,<br /> [08:20.38]and dreams of the future.<br /> [08:22.61]Cisneros writes with a moving appreciation of beauty,<br /> [08:27.17]hope, and tragedy;<br /> [08:29.68]"Mango Street" is a richly realized world.<br /> [09:07.72]出版社：譯林出版社 <br /> [09:08.71]出版日期：2006-6-1 <br /> [09:13.18]知行提示</p>

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