格列佛游记（英文原版，Gullivers Travels）"的介绍"When bending my eyes downward as much as I could, I perceived a humannot six inches high!"When Lemuel Gulliver sets off from London on a sea voyage, little does heknow the many incredible and unbelievable misadventures awaiting him.Shipwrecked at sea and nearly drowned, he washes ashore upon an exoticisland called Lilliput-where the people are only six inches tall! Next he visits aland of incredible giants called Brobdingnagians. They are more than sixty feettall! He travels to Laputa, a city that floats in the sky, and to Glubbdubdrib, theIsland of Sorcers. His final voyage brings him into contact with the Yahoos-abrutish race of subhumans-and an intelligent and virtuous race of horse, theHouyhnms.First published in 1726, Gulliver's Travels remains one of the most excitingfantasy adventures ever written."格列佛游记（英文原版，Gullivers Travels）"的作者简介(1667-1745), ed. at Trinity College, Dublin, entered household of Sir W.Temple at Moor Park 1692, and became his secretray, became known toWilliam III., and metE. Johnson (Stella), left T. in 1694 and returned to Ireland,took orders and wrote Tale of a Tub and Battle of Books (published 1704),returned to Sir W. T. 1698, and on his death in 1699 published his works,returned to Ireland and obtained some small preferments, visits London andbecame one of the circle of Addison, etc., deserts the Whigs and joins theTories 1710, attacking the former in various papers andp amphlets, Dean of St.1713, he began his Journal to Stella, Drapier’s Letters appeared 1724, visitsEngland, and joins with Pope and Arbuthnot in Miscellanies 1726, publishedGulliver’s Travels1727."格列佛游记（英文原版，Gullivers Travels）"的书评Spotlight ReviewsReviewer:C. Gilbert "frumiousb" (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)I haven't read this book since I read it as a child, and it was amazing how muchof it had stuck with me, and how vidly. There were sections (particularly inBrobdingnag) where I could almost recite word-for-word what was going tohappen next.Happily, like Alice in Wonderland, this is a book that ages very well. There wasstill the element of being just a plain old good travel story with strongimages(particularly in the Lilliput and Brobdingnag sections) but there was also awicked sense of satire that continues to be relevant and funny now more thanthree hundred years after the book was originally written.The latter two sections of the book-- Laputa and the land of the Houyhnms--are perhaps a little less vid for being more pointed in their satirical content(interestingly I have no memory of these sections from my childhood reading)but that in no way detracts from the value of the book.A must-read.Reviewer:Brian P. McDonnell (Holbrook, MA USA)One of the most interesting questions about Gullivers Travels is whether theHouyhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether on the other handthey are the butt of Swift's satire. In other words, in Book IV, is Swift poking funat the talking horses or does he intend for us to take them seriously as theproper way to act? If we look closely at the way that the Houyhnms act, wecan see that in fact Swift does not take them seriously:he uses them to showthe dangers of pride.First we have to see that Swift does not even take Gullver seriously. Forinstance, his name sounds much like gullible, which suggests that he willbelieve anything. Also,when he first sees the Yahoos and they throwexcrement on him, he responds by doing the same in return until they runaway. He says, "I must needs discover some more rational being," eventhough as a human he is already the most rational being there is. This is why"As I watched in amazementfrom my perch in the top of a tree, the sorrel nag dashed off and returned witha yahoo on her back who was yet more monstrous than Mr. Pope being fittedby a clothier. She dropped this creature before my nag as if offering up asacrifice. My horse sniffed the creature and turned away." It might seem thatwe should take this scene seriously as a failed attempt at courtship, and thatconsequently we should see the grey mare as an unrequited lover. But itmakes more sense if we see that Swift is being satiric here:it is the femaleHouyhnm who makes the move, which would not have happened ineighteenth-century England. The Houyhnhm is being prideful, and it is thatpride that makes him unable to impress Gullivers horse. Gulliver imagines thehorse saying, Sblood, the notion of creating the bare backed beast with animal who had held Mr. Pope on her back makes me queezy .AfinalindicationthattheHouyhnmnsarenotmeanttobetakenseriouslyoccurs when the leader of the Houynhms visits Lilliput, where he visitstheFrenchRoyalSociety.Hegoesintoaroominwhichascientistryingtoturnwineinto water(itselfapridefulactthatreferstothemarriageat Gallilee). The scientist has been working hard at the experiment formany years without success, when the Houyhnmn arrives and immediatelyknowsthattodo:"Thecreaturenosoonersteppedthroughthedoorwaythanhestruckuponaplan.Slurp ingupallthewineinsight,hequicklymadewater in a bucket that sat near the door" .。
介绍《格列佛游记》英语作文Gulliver's Travels is a classic work of satire written by Jonathan Swift in the early 18th century. This novel follows the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon who finds himself shipwrecked on a series of fantastical islands inhabited by strange and fascinating peoples. Through Gulliver's experiences, Swift offers a biting commentary on the foibles and flaws of human society.The novel begins with Gulliver setting out on a series of voyages that take him to the tiny nation of Lilliput where the inhabitants are only six inches tall, the land of the giant Brobdingnagians, the floating island of Laputa, and the country of the Houyhnhnms where intelligent horses rule over human-like Yahoos. Each of these settings provides Gulliver with a unique lens through which to view the societies and customs of his own world.In Lilliput, Gulliver is at first seen as a threat by the diminutive citizens but eventually wins their trust and becomes an advisor to the emperor. The Lilliputians' petty political squabbles and absurd traditions provide a satire of the European power struggles and courtintrigues of Swift's time. Gulliver is appalled by the Lilliputians' more ridiculous practices such as the complex system of religious and political allegiances determined by how one cracks open a boiled egg.When Gulliver is marooned in Brobdingnag, the tables are turned and he becomes the tiny one, dwarfed by the 60-foot-tall inhabitants. Here, the satire shifts to an examination of the failings of Gulliver's own society as seen through the eyes of the Brobdingnagian king, who is horrified by the violence and corruption he learns of in Gulliver's homeland. The king's lengthy critiques of European civilization stand as a scathing indictment of the perceived moral and political decline of the continent.Gulliver's journey to the flying island of Laputa provides an opportunity for Swift to satirize the pretensions of scientists and philosophers. The Laputans are so absorbed in abstract theorizing that they have become utterly impractical, to the point of starving because they cannot be bothered to grow their own food. Gulliver is struck by their obsession with mathematics and music to the exclusion of more practical concerns.The final and most unsettling part of Gulliver's travels takes him to the land of the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent, rational horses who live in harmony and balance. In contrast, the human-like Yahoosare portrayed as brutish, irrational creatures driven by base desires. Gulliver is so impressed by the Houyhnhnms' virtues that he comes to see his fellow humans as little more than Yahoos. This part of the novel represents Swift's most scathing indictment of humanity itself.Throughout Gulliver's Travels, the protagonist serves as a kind of lens through which the reader can examine the foibles and absurdities of human civilization. As Gulliver encounters one strange culture after another, his perceptions of his own world are radically altered. The reader is invited to see the familiar through new eyes and to question the assumptions and prejudices that underlie their own society.At its core, Gulliver's Travels is a work of profound social and political satire. Swift uses the fantastic premise of a man traveling to bizarre lands to make pointed critiques of the corruption, injustice, and irrationality he saw in 18th-century Europe. The novel's enduring popularity and influence stem from its ability to engage with timeless questions about the human condition.While the fantastical settings and characters of Gulliver's Travels may seem like mere flights of fancy, Swift's underlying message is deadly serious. Through Gulliver's experiences, the author invites the reader to reflect on the flaws and shortcomings of their own world and to consider whether humanity is truly deserving of its vaunted status. Inthis way, the novel remains a challenging and thought-provoking work that continues to resonate with readers centuries after its initial publication.。
格列佛游记（英文原版，Gullivers Travels）"的介绍"When bending my eyes downward as much as I could, I perceived a human not six inches high!"When Lemuel Gulliver sets off from London on a sea voyage, little does he know the many incredible and unbelievable misadventures awaiting him. Shipwrecked at sea and nearly drowned, he washes ashore upon an exotic island called Lilliput-where the people are only six inches tall! Next he visits a land of incredible giants called Brobdingnagians. They are more than sixty feet tall! He travels to Laputa, a city that floats in the sky, and to Glubbdubdrib, the Island of Sorcerers. His final voyage brings him into contact with the Yahoos-a brutish race of subhumans-and an intelligent and virtuous race of horse, the Houyhnhnms.First published in 1726, Gulliver's Travels remains one of the most exciting fantasy adventures ever written."格列佛游记（英文原版，Gullivers Travels）"的作者简介(1667-1745), ed. at Trinity College, Dublin, entered household of Sir W. Temple at Moor Park 1692, and became his secretray, became known to William III., and met E. Johnson (Stella), left T. in 1694 and returned to Ireland, took orders and wrote Tale of a Tub and Battle of Books (published 1704), returned to Sir W. T. 1698, and on his death in 1699 published his works, returned to Ireland and obtained some small preferments, visits London and became one of the circle of Addison, etc., deserts the Whigs and joins the Tories 1710, attacking the former in various papers and pamphlets, Dean of St. 1713, he began hi s Journal to Stella, Drapier’s Letters appeared 1724, visits England, and joins with Pope and Arbuthnot in Miscellanies 1726, published Gulliver’s Travels 1727."格列佛游记（英文原版，Gullivers Travels）"的书评Spotlight ReviewsReviewer: C. Gilbert "frumiousb" (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)I haven't read this book since I read it as a child, and it was amazing how much of it had stuck with me, and how vividly. There were sections (particularly in Brobdingnag) where I could almost recite word-for-word what was going to happen next.Happily, like Alice in Wonderland, this is a book that ages very well. There was still the element of being just a plain old good travel story with strong images (particularly in the Lilliput and Brobdingnag sections) but there was also awicked sense of satire that continues to be relevant and funny now more than three hundred years after the book was originally written.The latter two sections of the book-- Laputa and the land of the Houyhnhnms-- are perhaps a little less vivid for being more pointed in their satirical content (interestingly I have no memory of these sections from my childhood reading) but that in no way detracts from the value of the book.A must-read.Reviewer: Brian P. McDonnell (Holbrook, MA USA)Gulliver's Travels are broken up into four parts. The first two parts are the most famous, where Gulliver visits a land in which he is a giant and another in which it is filled with giants. Although they are very good, I found them somewhat boring. This is probably due tot he fact that I had heard these stories in so many variations already, they no longer had that originality to them. The next two parts however I found to be excellent. Several authors have expounded upon these stories or have continued them in one form of another of them. It is good to finally find the source of such great insight. For example the world in the clouds is quite humorous, and Douglas Adams makes a similar use of this satire in one of his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe series. The island of wizard's where you can call up any of the dead to have them tell their part in history can be seen in "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" by Philip Jose Farmer (a Hugo award winner.) The final part about humans being nothing but Yahoos, and inferior to Horses is brilliant. A reversal of roles with other animals to give us a new perspective of ourselves is imitated in other such classics as "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells, "The Island of Dr. Monreau" also by H.G. Wells, "Planet of the Apes", "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, plus several Star Trek and Twilight Zone episodes.One of the most interesting questions about Gullivers Travels is whether the Houyhnhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether on the other hand they are the butt of Swift's satire. In other words, in Book IV, is Swift poking fun at the talking horses or does he intend for us to take them seriously as the proper way to act? If we look closely at the way that the Houyhnhnms act, we can see that in fact Swift does not take them seriously: he uses them to show the dangers of pride.First we have to see that Swift does not even take Gullver seriously. For instance, his name sounds much like gullible, which suggests that he will believe anything. Also, when he first sees the Yahoos and they throw excrement on him, he responds by doing the same in return until they run away. He says, "I must needs discover some more rational being," even though as a human he is already the most rational being there is. This is whySwift refers to Erasmus Darwins discovery of the origin of the species and the voyage of the Beagle-to show how Gulliver knows that people are at the top of the food chain. But if Lemule Gulliver is satirized, so are the Houyhnhnms, whose voices sound like the call of castrati. They walk on two legs instead of four, and seem to be much like people. As Gulliver says, "It was with the utmost astonishment that I witnessed these creatures playing the flute and dancing a Vienese waltz. To my mind, they seemed like the greatest humans ever seen in court, even more dextrous than the Lord Edmund Burke" . As this quote demonstrates, Gulliver is terribly impressed, but his admiration for the Houyhnhnms is short-lived because they are so prideful. For instance, the leader of the Houyhnhnms claims that he has read all the works of Charles Dickens, and that he can singlehandedly recite the names of all the Kings and Queens of England up to George II. Swift subtly shows that this Houyhnhnms pride is misplaced when, in the middle of the intellectual competition, he forgets the name of Queen Elizabeths husband.Swifts satire of the Houyhnhnms comes out in other ways as well. One of the most memorable scenes is when the dapple grey mare attempts to woo the horse that Guenivre has brought with him to the island. First she acts flirtatiously, parading around the bewildered horse. But when this does not have the desired effect, she gets another idea: "As I watched in amazement from my perch in the top of a tree, the sorrel nag dashed off and returned with a yahoo on her back who was yet more monstrous than Mr. Pope being fitted by a clothier. She dropped this creature before my nag as if offering up a sacrifice. My horse sniffed the creature and turned away." It might seem that we should take this scene seriously as a failed attempt at courtship, and that consequently we should see the grey mare as an unrequited lover. But it makes more sense if we see that Swift is being satiric here: it is the female Houyhnhnm who makes the move, which would not have happened in eighteenth-century England. The Houyhnhm is being prideful, and it is that pride that makes him unable to impress Gullivers horse. Gulliver imagines the horse saying, Sblood, the notion of creating the bare backed beast with an animal who had held Mr. Pope on her back makes me queezy .A final indication that the Houyhnmns are not meant to be taken seriously occurs when the leader of the Houynhms visits Lilliput, where he visits the French Royal Society. He goes into a room in which a scientist is trying to turn wine into water (itself a prideful act that refers to the marriage at Gallilee). The scientist has been working hard at the experiment for many years without success, when the Houyhnmn arrives and immediately knows that to do: "The creature no sooner stepped through the doorway than he struck upon a plan. Slurping up all the wine in sight, he quickly made water in a bucket that sat near the door" .。
格列佛游记英语作文100Gulliver's Travels is a classic novel written by Jonathan Swift in the early 18th century it is a satirical work that provides a biting commentary on the human condition and the shortcomings of society the story follows the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver a ship's surgeon who finds himself shipwrecked on a series of fantastical islands each with its own unique inhabitants and customs the novel is divided into four parts each chronicling Gulliver's encounters with a different civilization the first part recounts his time in the land of Lilliput where he is a giant among a race of tiny people the second part depicts his journey to Brobdingnag where he is a miniature human among a race of giants the third part describes his travels to the flying island of Laputa and the fourth part narrates his encounters with the Houyhnhnms a race of intelligent horses and the Yahoos a species of primitive humanoid creaturesthrough these diverse encounters Gulliver is forced to confront the complexities and contradictions of human nature he witnesses the pettiness and vanity of the Lilliputians the cruelty and ignorance of the Brobdingnagians the detached intellectualism of the Laputansand the moral superiority of the Houyhnhnms in the face of these vastly different societies Gulliver is compelled to re-evaluate his own values and assumptions about the world around him the novel serves as a vehicle for Swift to satirize the political and social landscape of 18th century England through the lens of Gulliver's fantastical adventuresone of the key themes explored in the novel is the nature of power and its corrupting influence the Lilliputians for example are consumed by petty rivalries and political machinations as they vie for control of their tiny kingdom Gulliver who towers over them physically is initially viewed as a threat but is eventually co-opted into their power struggles as he is forced to choose sides in their ongoing conflicts this dynamic serves as a metaphor for the ways in which those in positions of power often abuse their authority and manipulate those beneath them for their own gainin contrast the Brobdingnagians with their massive size and physical strength are depicted as a more benevolent and enlightened society they are horrified by Gulliver's descriptions of the wars and political intrigues of his homeland and view such behavior as the mark of a savage and uncivilized people this serves as a commentary on the excesses of European colonialism and the tendency of powerful nations to exploit and subjugate weaker onesthe third part of the novel set in the flying island of Laputa presents a scathing critique of the intellectual elite Laputans are portrayed as detached from the practical concerns of the world obsessed with abstract mathematical and scientific pursuits while neglecting the welfare of their subjects Swift uses this portrayal to lambast the tendency of intellectuals to become so consumed by their own theories and ideas that they lose sight of the real-world implications of their workthe fourth and final part of the novel is perhaps the most provocative and controversial Gulliver's encounter with the Houyhnhnms a race of intelligent horses who live in a harmonious and egalitarian society free from the petty concerns of human civilization serves as a stark contrast to the Yahoo's a primitive humanoid species that Gulliver initially mistakes for his own kind the Houyhnhnms view the Yahoos with a mixture of pity and disgust recognizing in them the worst aspects of human nature greed cruelty and irrationality this leads Gulliver to question the very nature of his own humanity and to ultimately reject the company of his fellow men in favor of striving to emulate the virtues of the Houyhnhnmsthroughout the novel Swift uses Gulliver's interactions with these fantastical civilizations to hold a mirror up to the flaws and contradictions of human society he skewers the pettiness of politics the excesses of colonialism the arrogance of intellectualism and theinherent savagery of human nature in doing so he invites the reader to re-examine their own assumptions and to consider alternative ways of organizing society and governing human affairs the novel's enduring popularity and relevance is a testament to the timeless nature of its themes and the power of Swift's satirical vision。
