英语原著赏析之《公主日记》.docx

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英语原著赏析之《公主日记》

《公主日记》

【小说简介】

米娅，是一位普通美国高中生。

在一群张扬、活力四射的同学中，她显得很不自信，普通得会被老师忘记名字。

米娅和她的单亲妈妈住在一起，有着自己生活的小圈子，在她的能力可以控制的范围内，米娅平凡的生活着。

在米娅16岁生日到来前，她忽然被告知要与她的奶奶克拉丽莎·雷纳尔蒂见面。

当米娅终于见到这位气质非凡，谈吐高贵女士时，她才发现，她的奶奶是欧洲小国吉诺维亚的女王。

而她，正是这个国度的公主。

而为了让米娅能够顺利继承这一身份，女王对她开始了全方位的改变。

米娅的不拘小节和王室的繁杂规矩冲突中，从而笑料百出...最终，米娅逐渐改变，慢慢地像个美丽的公主了...

《公主日记》为你讲述她生活中的点点滴滴，爆笑趣事，成长困惑，以及从普通人到一个公主所有的经历感受。

如同一个朋友，在像你倾诉她的喜怒哀乐...

小说充满青春气息，通俗易懂，是学习英文的绝佳素材。

1、Tuesday,September23

SometimesitseemslikeallIeverdoislie.

MymomthinksI’mrepressingmyfeelingsaboutthis.Isaytoher,“No,Mom,I’mnot.Ithinkit’sreallyneat.Aslongasyou’rehappy,I’mhappy.”

Momsays,“Idon’tthinkyou’rebeinghonestwithme.”

Thenshehandsmethisbook.Shetellsmeshewantsmetowritedownmyfeelingsinthisbook,since,shesays,Iobviouslydon’tfeelIcantalkaboutthemwithher.

Shewantsmetowritedownmyfeelings?

Okay,I’llwritedownmyfeelings:

ICAN’TBELIEVESHE’SDOINGTHISTOME!

Likeeverybodydoesn’talreadythinkI’mafreak.I’mpracticallythebiggestfreakintheentireschool.Imean,let’sfaceit:

I’mfivefootnine,flat-chested,andafreshman.HowmuchmoreofafreakcouldIbe?

Ifpeopleatschoolfindoutaboutthis,I’mdead.That’sit.Dead.

Oh,God,ifyoureallydoexist,pleasedon’tletthemfindoutaboutthis.

TherearefourmillionpeopleinManhattan,right?

Thatmakesabouttwomillionofthemguys.SooutofTWOMILLIONguys,shehastogooutwithMr.Gianini.Shecan’tgooutwithsomeguyIdon’tknow.Shecan’tgooutwithsomeguyshemetatD’Agostinosorwherever.Oh,no.

ShehastogooutwithmyAlgebrateacher.

Thanks,Mom.Thanksawholelot.

【重点词汇/俚语精解】

1.repressone'sfeelings压抑自己的情绪

2.neat原意是“灵巧的，整洁的，干净的”而口语中还可以表示“新奇或很棒的”

3.freak怪咖，变态，奇怪的人

4.flat-chestedadj.平胸的

5.Algebra代数

6.Thanksawholelot真是/简直是太感谢了（这里是反意）

2、Wednesday,September24,FifthPeriod

Lilly’slike,“Mr.Gianini’scool.”

Yeah,right.He’scoolifyou’reLillyMoscovitz.He’scoolifyou’regoodatAlgebra,likeLillyMoscovitz.He’snotsocoolifyou’reflunkingAlgebra,likeme.

He’snotsocoolifhemakesyoustayafterschoolEVERYSINGLESOLITARYDAYfrom2:

30to3:

30topracticetheFOILmethodwhenyoucouldbehangingoutwithallyourfriends.He’snotsocoolifhecallsyourmotherinforaparent/teacherconferencetotalkabouthowyou’reflunkingAlgebra,thenASKSHEROUT.

Andhe’snotsocoolifhe’sstickinghistongueinyourmom’smouth.

NotthatI’veactuallyseenthemdothis.Theyhaven’tevenbeenontheirfirstdateyet.AndIdon’tthinkmymomwouldletaguyputhistongueinhermouthonthefirstdate.

Atleast,Ihopenot.

IsawJoshRichterstickhistongueinLanaWeinberger’smouthlastweek.Ihadthistotallyclose-upviewofit,sincetheywereleaningupagainstJosh’slocker,whichisrightnexttomine.Itkindofgrossedmeout.

ThoughIcan’tsayI’dmindifJoshRichterkissedmelikethat.TheotherdayLillyandIwereatBigelowspickingupsomealphahydroxyforLilly’smom,andInoticedJoshwaitingatthecheckoutcounter.Hesawmeandheactuallysortofsmiledandsaid,“Hey.”

HewasbuyingDrakkarNoir,amen’scologne.Igotafreesampleofitfromthesalesgirl.NowIcansmellJoshwheneverIwantto,intheprivacyofmyownhome.

LillysaysJosh’ssynapseswereprobablymisfiringthatday,duetoheatstrokeorsomething.ShesaidheprobablythoughtIlookedfamiliarbutcouldn’tplacemyfacewithoutthecementblockwallsofAlbertEinsteinHighbehindme.Whyelse,sheasked,wouldthemostpopularseniorinhighschoolsayheytome,MiaThermopolis,alowlyfreshman?

ButIknowitwasn’theatstroke.Thetruthis,whenhe’sawayfromLanaandallhisjockfriends,Joshisatotallydifferentperson.Thekindofpersonwhodoesn’tcareifagirlisflat-chestedorwearssize-tenshoes.Thekindofpersonwhocanseebeyondallthatintothedepthsofagirl’ssoul.IknowbecausewhenIlookedintohiseyesthatdayatBigelows,Isawthedeeplysensitivepersoninsidehim,strugglingtogetout.

LillysaysIhaveanoveractiveimaginationandapathologicalneedtoinventdramainmylife.ShesaysthefactthatI’msoupsetaboutmymomandMr.Gisaclassicexample.

“Ifyou’rethatupsetaboutit,justtellyourmom,”Lillysays.“Tellheryoudon’twanthergoingoutwithhim.Idon’tunderstandyou,Mia.You’realwaysgoingaround,lyingabouthowyoufeel.Whydon’tyoujustassertyourselfforachange?

Yourfeelingshaveworth,youknow.”

Oh,right.LikeI’mgoingtobummymomoutlikethat.She’ssototallyhappyaboutthisdate,it’senoughtomakemewanttothrowup.Shegoesaroundcookingallthetime.I’mnotevenkidding.Shemadepastaforthefirsttimelastnightinlikemonths.IhadalreadyopenedtheSuzie’sChinesetake-outmenu,andshesays,“Oh,nocoldsesamenoodlestonight,honey.Imade