英国文学选读问题复习资料和参考资料.docx

1、英国文学选读问题复习资料和参考资料Prose：Of Marriage and Single Life P171.Is marriage an impediment or help to ones career development? In the easy Of Marriage and Single life, Bacon prefers marriage to single life. He thinks “unmarried men are best friends; best masters; best servants; but not always best subjects;

2、for they are light to run away; and almost all fugitives are of that condition”, “Wives are young mens mistresses; companions for middle age; and old mens nurses”. I have to say his words can still be true today; Im at his back, though many young people now choose to remain single no mater male or f

3、emale. But since “3S ladies” or “overleft ladies” become the catch word, the female seems more terrible. Maybe because women are easier to get old but to men 30 is the gold ages of career development. For the main reasons of 3S ladies, some are high standard for husband; some are the further studyin

4、g. For men, maybe they are fighting in business; maybe they are too bad to find a wife. Then we can see all the state of present marriage. Even though some say “marriage is the tomb of love”, I yet support marriage. Marriage and family make people more responsible and loving, make deeper love betwee

5、n spouses and make life more colorful. The ability to love and be loved is the most precious of gifts given to man, which should be highly treasured. Family let a man learn to care the whole unit. He has to take good care of his wife and son, love them, be responsible for them, all of which are the

6、same to women. All these qualities are vital to anyones career. When you work back home, wife or husband is always the listener to you, son the warm heart to you. Spouses help each other and support each other; family is the harbor for soul. Thus it is help to ones career development.2.Certainly, wi

7、fe and children are “a kind of discipline of humanity”。妻子儿女显然是人性的一种纪律约束A bachelors单身 life focus is but himself, so he will spend a lot of money on everything that feast his eyes without hesitation. Whats more, he is likely to have a go at any risks that make him feel exciting and fresh for being fre

8、e from any burden.However, a married man always tends to think twice before making an important decision in order to prevent bringing any harm to his family. He should have the motivation to work hard to fulfill wife and childrens expectation.As a result, family let a man learn to care the whole uni

9、t. He has to take good care of his wife and son, love them, be responsible for the.A loving husband and a qualified father can contribute the greatest merit for the public to a large extent.人的感情会移位，结婚的人对人生的态度肯定与单身之时不一样。有孩子的人更因为对孩子的爱迁移到芸芸众生身上。结婚意味着两个人的结合，不论肉体还是精神。在无形中把不相干的两个人熔铸成合体的一个人，对对方的关心和照顾如同自己，对

10、对方的牵挂那是牵肠挂肚。婚姻也让两个人变得更有责任感，感情更加丰富，对社会将会产生奇异的变化，对人生的探索产生深远的影响。单身是自由的，没有婚姻的束缚，没有孩子的牵绊，享受生命的存在，享受一个人的独处.当孤独来临时单身的人会去找人生的知己，会碰到与之共度人生的另一半，于是便有了婚姻。3.Bacon prefers marriage to single life. Do you find his arguments convincing? Yes. I think Bacons arguments are convincing. In the demonstration process, Bac

11、on uses the method comparison to analyze the advantages of marriage and the shortcomings of single life in order to tell us marriage is better than single life. Taking the sentence “wives are young mens mistresses, companions for middle age, and old mens nurses” for example, it is quite convincing a

12、nd reasonable. Marriage can bring happiness to people. It is the ecstasy when people pursue marriage in their youth. To a young man, on one hand, a wife needs his care and good graces. A wife is a flower and a man should pay much attention to her and give her special love. On the other hand, women a

13、re always older than men according to their mental ages. So, wives are more mature than her husband and she could make many decisions and arrangements for the family. That is why wives are young mens mistresses. When a man in his middle age, he needs his wife to help him not only in the career but a

14、lso in the family life. The middle-aged man suffers great pressure in career and he wants his wife to support the family together. Also, he could confide his troubles to his wife. So, that is the reason for having a wife in middle age. When the man grows older, his body is not so strong like before.

15、 So, he needs his wife to take care of him and do the things as “nurses” for him. In addition, an old man is always like a child and he needs special attention from his wife. So, according to the reasons mentioned above, a wife is always necessary to a man and a wife always plays important and irrep

16、laceable role in a mans life. In addition, the argument is the conclusion according to Bacons longtime observation and consideration towards life. From my perspective, his arguments are convincing.I think his arguments are convincing. Bacons basic idea is that marriage is good to both individual and

17、 society. His analysis is taken step by step. At first, a single man thinks just to live a single life can he make some great contributions to the society. But a single person only cares about himself, he doesnt pay attention to the future, it can be very unwise. Single life could also make a man to

18、 be serious to his freedom. On the contrary, marriage makes a man be responsible, tender, enthusiastic and warm-hearted. As the author saying: “wives are young mens mistresses, companions for middle age, and old mens nurses”. It means that when a man is young, wife talks about love with him, when he

19、 comes to middle age, wife always stay with him as a companion, when he becomes old, wife will take care of him till the end of time. Even though a wife marries a bad husband, marriage offers a good chance for husband to correct themselves. The whole essays main point is very obvious, author tells f

20、rom two aspects. Firstly, he says how bad it is to be a single man. Secondly, he tells a lot of advantages of being married. Each aspect has enough proof. At Bacons period, his arguments may be more convincing than nowadays. Of Studies P181.We are now living in the age of “information explosion”. Wh

21、at lessons can we learn from Bacons in our access to information? Our planet is developing forward. The fast-moving development of science and technology makes it more convenient for students to get sufficient and effective information by countless ways. That is the external condition for our study,

22、 which we can appropriately make full use of. But what we have to keep in mind is that the eternal master of study is no one but ourselves in the process of studying. Actually, Im sure everyone clearly knows the importance and significance of reading, of studies. However, the biggest problem is that

23、 they hardly have powerful resistance to those temptations around us, such as new-style video games, latest Hollywood block-buster, Avril Ramona Lavignes next concert. Placed in the information current, young students are difficult to rationally deal with the flooding information. The terrible resul

24、t is that they become more and more indifferent to reading books, and whenever academic assigns come , we just start up their computer and access to information on the Internet no matter how much information they can really copy and make use. What a pity!As to efficient study methods to all these in

25、formation, Bacon insists on the combination of theory and practice, “studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.” And in terms of books which mean for today not only paper books but also information online for example e-books, Bacon holds t

26、he view “some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be ready wholly, and with diligence and attention”. All the ideas can definitely give college students precious lessons to study and reading books today. When we face the flooding information, som

27、e are to be read in part; theyre just providing nothing than background which can be useful to understand and complete assignments. We cannot merely depend all on the computer instead of meditate hard on our own. Of course, practicing is quite significant today. In fact, that doesnt mean practice sh

28、ould be the action out of papers; in turn, the term paper finished on ones own is a practice of applying his knowledge to practical writing. Information around us is showing up without stopping. They are all never checked by experts, true or false. We access to them when in need. Still we have to be

29、 cautious and just view them as a reminder or brainstorm resources to help integrate our ideas to well organize the whole assignment. This is the right attitude to information and to our own study. 2.In what sense does reading make a full man? Reading makes a full man. Histories make men wise, poets

30、, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Reading histories makes people learn lessons from the ancient time, avoid making the same mistakes and predict the development of things. People who read histories will be wiser than these

31、who just act according to their own preferences without learning from histories. Reading poem s makes people learn the beauty of language, the beautiful classical style of art and live a poetic life. People who read poems will be wittier than these who havent feel the beautiful mood and pure life. R

32、eading mathematics makes people focus on the accurate calculation, develop a scientific attitude, and form a pragmatic spirit. People who read mathematics will be more subtle to consider things from all aspects and do things from the drop carefully than these who dont read. Reading natural philosoph

33、y makes people pursue truth, explore the unknown mystery, and practice actively. People who read natural philosophy will be deeper than these who dont learn the theory of reflecting the truth. Reading moral makes people learn the way of harmony living, form the principle of ethical behaviors and develop