Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris——A movie review by Carter BaoIn feastings and revelries, with champagnes and dances, midnight in Paris is always warm and romantic, differed from the fresh mornings and charming afternoons, attracting people in a mysterious and magical way. Choices between reality and illusion make us lost in deep thought, the passion for the dreaming life rouses our tender emotions, and the beauty of this romantic capital intoxicates us miraculously. This masterpiece takes us along the path as the emotions of the hero change. It touched me with the yearning towards an ideal style of life full of passion and fancy.This is a romantic story comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences that changed their minds. The boy Gil is a successful Hollywood writer but is struggling on his first novel. He falls in love with the city and thinks they should move there after they get married, but his wife-to-be, Inez, doesn’t share his romantic notions of the city or the idea that the 1920s was the golden age. When Inez goes off dancing with her friends, Gil takes a walk at midnight and discovers what could be the ultimate source of inspiration for writing. It is miraculous that when the zero-o’clock bell rings, a carriage stops by and Gil is invited in by a group of people, then surprisingly taken to the golden age of Paris, which he’s been looking forward to. In themysterious while charming nights of the following days, Gil meets lots of celebrities who he’s been adoring like Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein and a lot more other masters. And he is honored to have them evaluate his novel. What fascinates Gil most is that he falls in love with a beauty Adriana at first sight and they have a romance.However, Gil didn’t stay in the golden age, neither has a good result with the charming girl. Eventually he breaks up with his wife-to-be who has a huge difference in mind and starts a new life.The movie doesn’t have too many ups and downs in the plot, the main storyline goes smoothly in peace. All these develop so naturally like a stream. Gil and Inez are fated to say good-bye for their totally different minds. The man wants to discover and live in his ideal world and his dreaming life style, only to find that they are illusions and could never be true. However, Gil finally chooses to stay in Paris, the capital of romantic, to live his own way. The interweaving of real world and virtual world is a highlight of the film, creating a wonderful effect.As for the style, the most appropriate word to describe is “warm”, I think. In the beginning of the movie, the switches of scenes and music without actors or dialogues make people comfortable and unaffectedly drawn into the scenes. It feels like those pieces of beautiful views strike through our memories and remind us of the extraordinary scenery of Paris. If we compare Paris to a beauty, this movie is like a love letter from Woody Allen (the director) to her. The filmshooting takes a natural, simple and pure way, just like regarding Paris as one of the actress, one with her own life and character, and the transitions or developments of the story all happens centering on this calm and silent protagonist.“I don’t mind getting wet”, this word really touched me. The movie ends with the scene where Gil and the girl walk in the rain, Gil finally finds the girl who thinks “Paris is the most beautiful in the rain” an d actually has similar spirits of chasing romanticism with him. The girl Gabrielle symbolizes the ideal life Gil’s been pursuing after and brings out the crucial point of the movie.Warm colors, lingering music and scenes full of aesthetic sensibility make this film a great success. If you feel confused about what kind of life you are going to chase, this movie may inspire you in a unique way.。

她是一名法国女演员用英语读写作文全文共6篇示例，供读者参考篇1My Favorite French ActressI love movies and TV shows! My favorite actress is a famous French lady named Juliette Binoche. She's really pretty with long brown hair and big green eyes. Juliette is super talented too - she has won lots of fancy awards like an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award. How cool is that?Even though Juliette was born in Paris, France, she can speak English really well. I think that's so impressive because English is a hard language to learn, especially all the weird spelling and pronunciation rules we have. Juliette worked really hard to get good at English by reading books, watching movies, and practicing conversation. Now she can do interviews, accept awards, and even read and write whole essays or scripts in English!My favorite Juliette Binoche movie is "Chocolat" from 2000. Juliette plays a lady named Vianne who moves to a small French village with her daughter and opens a chocolate shop. At first,the people in the town are mean to Vianne because they think she's weird and different. But Vianne is so nice and her chocolates are so delicious that she starts to make friends. By the end of the movie, she helps the whole town become nicer and happier.I love "Chocolat" because the story has funny parts, sad parts, happy parts and even a little magic! The characters are interesting and Juliette does such a wonderful job playing Vianne. Her performance makes me feel lots of emotions when I watch the movie. Sometimes I get tears in my eyes and other times I can't stop giggling at the silly scenes.What I think is really cool about Juliette Binoche is that she isn't just a great actress, but she's also a talented writer and artist. Juliette has written books of her own, including a book of paintings she did called "Portraits Word by Word." For that book, she painted a picture of somebody and then wrote a short essay or story to go with each artwork. Juliette did all the writing, drawings, and paintings herself which is just amazing to me.I really admire people who are good at creative stuff like writing, painting, and acting. I try to write stories and poems sometimes, but it's not easy! You have to pick exactly the right words to express your thoughts and feelings. And rememberingall the grammar rules for English composition like where to put commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, and other punctuation is so hard. Not to mention avoiding run-on sentences, using vivid descriptions, having a clear narrative structure... the list goes on and on!But Juliette makes it all seem effortless when she writes her books and essays in English. Her writing is always beautiful with carefully chosen words that paint a picture in your mind. Her descriptions are so vivid and powerful whether she's writing about a person, a place, an object, or an emotion. You can tell Juliette thinks deeply and has a rich inner life that comes through in her writing. She's able to capture all the subtle details and find just the right way to express her perspective.I'm sure writing essays and even whole books in English is extremely challenging for Juliette since French is her native language. But you'd never be able to tell by reading her work - her English is perfect! She has total mastery over vocabulary, grammar, style, and artfully combining words into beautiful phrases and sentences. I can only dream of being as talented a writer as Juliette one day.In the meantime, I'll keep practicing my English reading, writing, and communication skills. And I'll keep admiring andlearning from great artists like Juliette Binoche who can act, paint, and write with equal excellence in both French and English. She's living proof that with enough hard work, passion, and dedication, you can become brilliant in multiple languages and art forms. I hope I can be at least half as accomplished and creative as the one-and-only Juliette when I grow up!篇2My Favorite French Actress Writes in English!You guys won't believe who my favorite actress is! Her name is Léa Seydoux and she's from Paris, France. I know, I know, she's French. But get this - she can read and write in English too! How cool is that?I first saw Léa in this really awesome movie called The Grand Budapest Hotel. It's about this crazy hotel and all the funny people who work there and stay there. Léa plays this rebellious character named Clotilde who doesn't follow any of the rules. She was hilarious!After watching that movie, I had to learn more about Léa Seydoux. I looked her up online and found out she's been in a ton of other great films too, like Mission: Impossible - GhostProtocol, Spectre (she was a Bond girl!), and The Lobster. I've watched almost all of her movies now.But what I think is the most amazing thing about Léa is that even though she's French and her first language is French, she's totally fluent in English too. Can you imagine learning to speak, read, and write in a completely different language than the one you grew up with? I'm still struggling with long division in math class - I can't even fathom trying to master English if it wasn't my native tongue!From interviews I've seen and read, it's clear Léa had to work incredibly hard to become so great at English. When she was a teenager, she spent a bunch of time living in England to really immerse herself in the language. She took intensive English classes and practiced conversing as much as possible.Even after doing all that, Léa says she still has to put in a ton of effort to properly learn her lines and deliveries forEnglish-speaking roles. She reads through her scripts again and again, schooling herself on the precise meanings, intonations, and cultural contexts of every single word and phrase. It's such a laborious process, but her dedication has seriously paid off.Whenever I watch Léa act in an English mo vie or show, I'm always blown away by how natural she sounds. You'd never beable to tell English isn't her first language if you didn't already know she was French. Her accents and inflections are always spot-on, and she nails even the trickiest idioms and slang.Not only is her spoken English impeccable, but Léa is also a talented writer in the language. She has published volumes of poetry and prose poetry in English, displaying an artful command over the nuances of English vocabulary, grammar, and literary devices. It's just mind-boggling to me that someone can reach that level of mastery over a non-native language through sheer hard work and commitment.What Léa has accomplished makes me feel inspired to study extra hard and never give up when things get difficult. If she could put in the blood, sweat, and tears to become a true English polyglot on top of being a world-famous actress, then I have no excuses for not powering through long division!Léa Seydoux is such a multi-talented, driven person. She's a brilliant actress with a gift for totally immersing herself in any role, no matter what language it's in. She's a prolific writer who can paint pictures with the English language as vividly as any native speaker. But most of all, to me, she's proof that with enough passion and perseverance, anything is possible. Mercibeaucoup, Léa, for showing the world that language barriers can be overcome!篇3My Favorite French ActressHi everyone! Today I want to tell you about my favorite actress. Her name is Marion Cotillard and she's from France. She's super pretty with her curly brown hair and big brown eyes. Even though she's French, she can speak English really well. I love watching her movies and listening to her interviews in English!Marion was born in Paris in 1975. She started acting as a kid, first on stage and then in TV shows and movies when she was a teenager. Can you imagine being a famous actress when you're still in school? I'd be so nervous having to act in front of cameras and audiences! But Marion was really good at it from a young age.One of the first big movies she was in was called Taxi in 1998. It was a comedy about a taxi driver who has to help the police catch some bad guys. Marion played the girlfriend of one of the main characters. After that, she kept getting bigger and better roles in all kinds of different French movies.In 2003, she starred in a movie called Love Me If You Dare. This romantic drama was mostly in French, but parts of it were in English too. I watched it with subtitles and thought Marion was amazing! She could switch between the two languages so smoothly. Her English was perfect. I hope I can learn to speak English as well as she does someday.Marion's big breakthrough came in 2007 when she starred in the movie La Vie en Rose. This was a biographical film about the famous French singer Edith Piaf. Marion totally transformed herself to play Edith - she had to lose a lot of weight, change her hair and makeup, and perfect Edith's singing voice too. It was an incredible performance and she won lots of awards for it, including the Oscar for Best Actress! Winning an Oscar is like the highest honor you can get as an actress. I was so proud of her, even though I was just a little kid at the time.Since then, Marion has acted in tons of great English and French movies. Some of my favorites are Public Enemies, Inception, Midnight in Paris, and Allied. She's worked with so many famous directors and actors from all over the world. No matter what language the movie is in, Marion always gives an amazing, believable performance.I especially love that Marion does her own voice acting for animated movies too, like for the French and English versions of the movies based on the Fables comic books. I'm in awe of how talented she is to be able to act in cartoons in multiple languages!I don't know many other actresses who can do that.When I watch interviews with Marion, I'm impressed by how well-spoken and intelligent she seems. Even though English isn't her first language, she's incredible at giving articulate, thoughtful answers about her movies, her acting process, and lots of other topics. You can tell she's very passionate about her craft.Marion is not only a great actress, but also an activist who cares about the environment and women's rights. She's been involved with eco-friendly companies and charities that empower women and girls around the world. I admire that she uses her fame to try to make a positive difference.I aspire to be just like Marion Cotillard when I grow up - a talented performer who can excel in multiple languages, an intelligent voice for important causes, and someone who works hard to achieve their dreams no matter where they're from. She's shown that you can conquer the world and be a shining success even if you're just a girl from France.If you haven't seen any of her movies yet, I highly recommend watching them! Whether it's in French, English or another language, Marion Cotillard's incredible acting ability will blow you away. I'll always be her biggest fan!篇4A French Lady Who Talks and Writes in EnglishMy name is Marie and I'm going to tell you about this really cool French lady I learned about. Her name is Marion Cotillard and she's a famous actress from France. But the neat thing is, even though she's from France, she writes and reads all her essays and stories in English! Isn't that crazy?Marion was born in Paris in 1975. That's in France, which is a country over in Europe. When she was little, her parents were both actors and they performed in plays at a theater. So Marion grew up backstage at the theater watching her mom and dad act. She thought it was the coolest thing ever and she knew she wanted to be an actress too when she got older.Even though Marion's first language was French since she's from France, her parents made sure she learned English too when she was a kid. They wanted her to be able to speak andunderstand English really well. I think that was very smart of them because look how it helped Marion later on!When Marion was a teenager, she went to acting classes and learned all about how to be a good actress. She was already used to being up on stage from watching her parents' plays over the years. Marion started getting some small roles on TV shows and movies in France when she was in her late teens and early 20s. She was really working hard to become a famous actress.The Big BreakThen one day, Marion got her big break. In 1998 when she was 23 years old, she was cast as one of the lead roles in a French movie called Taxi. The movie was a huge hit in France and made lots of money. After that, Marion became a very famous actress in her home country.But Marion didn't just want to be famous in France. Since she could speak, read, and write English so well, she decided she wanted to become a big star in American movies too! So in the early 2000s, Marion started auditioning for roles inEnglish-language films made in the United States and other countries.Her first big English movie was called A Good Year in 2006. It was set in France but filmed in English with actors from the U.S. and Britain. Marion played one of the lead roles and got to show off her impressive English skills. The movie did well and kicked off her career in Hollywood.Two Oscars!Over the next few years, Marion kept getting cast in more and more major American movies. She starred in films like Public Enemies, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, and lots of others. Her English was perfect and no one could even tell she was from France originally!Then in 2008, Marion won the biggest award an actress can get - the Oscar! She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the movie La Vie en Rose where she played famous French singer Edith Piaf. For that movie, Marion had to learn to sing like Edith Piaf and perform all the singing scenes herself. It was an incredibly challenging role but Marion's talent and hard work paid off with the Oscar win.But get this - Marion liked writing and reading essays in English so much that she chose to write and deliver her Oscar acceptance speech in perfect English! Can you imagine? There she was, this actress from France, winning an American awardand giving a speech in English in front of millions of people watching around the world. She rocked it!And Marion's magical run didn't stop there. In 2015, she won a second Oscar for the movie Two Days, One Night where she played a factory worker. Once again, she wrote and delivered her acceptance speech in English. At this point, she was equally famous in English-speaking countries like the U.S. as she was in France.Writing RoutineNowadays, Marion does a lot of writing herself when she's not acting. But even though she's French, she always writes in English. She finds it easier to express her deepest thoughts and emotions in the English language rather than her native French.Marion sets aside time every day to write in her journals or work on short stories and essays, all in English. When she travels for work to places like Hollywood or New York, she loves going to cozy coffee shops with her laptop to write for hours. Watching her sitting there typing away while sipping coffee, you'd never guess this talented writer was originally from France!When Marion has a new movie coming out, she's often asked to write short essays about her experience making the filmor her thoughts on the story and characters. Of course, these essays and articles are all written in perfect English. Fans love reading her written insights almost as much as they love watching her performances on screen.So there you have it - the super cool story of Marion Cotillard, the French actress who writes, reads, and speaks like a pro in English. Just because you're from one country doesn't mean you have to stick to that one language, especially with writing. Marion broke through boundaries and became hugely successful writing and performing in multiple languages. She's an inspiration to actors, writers, and dreamers everywhere! How amazing is that?篇5She's a Really Cool French Actress Who Reads and Writes in English!Hi everyone! I'm going to tell you all about this really awesome French actress that I just learned about. Her name is Marion Cotillard and she's so talented! I think you'll think she's really neat too once you hear more about her.First of all, Marion is from France but she can read and write in English just as well as in French! Can you imagine being able toread books and write stories in two different languages? I can barely handle reading and writing in just English. Marion must be really smart to know multiple languages like that.Even though she was born in Paris, France in 1975, Marion started acting when she was just a kid, kind of like me! She did her first acting role on stage at a theater when she was a teenager. I thought it was really brave of her to get up on a big stage in front of a bunch of people at such a young age. I get nervous just reading out loud in class!After doing some plays in France, Marion eventually started doing movies and TV shows too. One of her very first big movie roles was in the 1998 film Taxi, which was a comedy about a young man who becomes a taxi driver. I haven't seen that one yet, but I heard it was really funny.Marion didn't just act in French movies though. She has been in lots of English language movies too! That's so impressive that she can act and say all her lines in a different language than the one she grew up speaking. Some of the big English movies she has been in are A Good Year, Public Enemies, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, and Allied.My favorite Marion Cotillard performance is in the 2007 movie La Vie En Rose where she played Edith Piaf, who was avery famous French singer. Marion was so amazing as Edith Piaf that she won the Oscar for Best Actress! That's like the highest award an actress can get. I've watched clips of her in that movie and she completely transforms into Edith Piaf. Her singing and acting was just perfect.What's really cool about Marion is that she is gorgeous and talented, but also seems really nice and down-to-earth in interviews I've seen with her. She was in some of the biggest movies ever like The Dark Knight Rises and Inception, but she doesn't seem to have a big ego about it. Marion just seems very humble, hardworking, and focused on doing the best acting work she can.Another thing I admire about Marion Cotillard is that she is involved with environmental issues and has worked to raise awareness about things like greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. It's really great when famous people use their status to try to make the world a better place like that instead of just caring about themselves. I respect that she speaks out about important causes.I also think it's really cool how talented Marion is at crying and showing very deep emotional states in her acting roles. In that Edith Piaf movie, there are scenes where she is singing thesesad songs and crying so hard that it makes me want to cry too! Most adults can't even cry real tears easily when acting, but Marion can turn it on like a faucet. She must practice a lot to get that emotional.Overall, I just think Marion Cotillard is such an impressive actress and person. For somebody who was born in France, she has had such an amazing career working in the American movie industry too. Not only can she act incredibly well in both French and English, she seems to have a great personality from what I can tell. Marion works really hard, is beautiful, tries to make the world better, and most of all, is an extremely gifted actress.I really hope I can see more of her movies in the future! If I work hard and study a lot like Marion seems to, maybe I could be a talented performer just like her someday. Actresses like her make me excited to keep practicing my talents and never give up on my dreams. Wouldn't it be awesome if I could win an Oscar for a movie someday? That would be so cool! Thanks for reading about why I admire Marion Cotillard so much. She's the best!篇6A French Actress Who Writes and Reads in EnglishHi friends! Today I want to tell you about a really cool lady named Marion Cotillard. She's a famous actress from France, but she can write and read perfectly in English too! Isn't that amazing?Marion was born in Paris in 1975. That means she's 48 years old now. When she was just a little kid, she already knew she wanted to be an actress when she grew up. Her parents were both actors too, so I guess you could say acting was in her blood!In school, Marion studied drama and took lots of acting classes. She worked super hard because she was really passionate about becoming an actress. Her first big break came in 1994 when she had a role in one of the Ridicule movies. She was only 18 years old at the time!After that first movie, Marion just kept getting more and more popular in France. She starred in tons of French films and TV shows. People loved watching her act because she was so talented and could really become her characters.But you know what's really cool about Marion? Even though she's French and grew up speaking French, she taught herself how to write and read in English! Can you imagine trying to learn a whole new language like that? It must have been really hard. But Marion wanted to be able to act in movies in English too.Her first big English movie was called A Good Year in 2006. She played a French woman who falls in love with an English guy. Marion had to do all her lines in English for that film! I bet she was really nervous at first, but she did an awesome job. The movie was a big hit.After A Good Year, Marion kept getting roles in English movies. Her biggest role so far was in 2007 when she played Edith Piaf in the movie La Vie en Rose. Have you ever heard of Edith Piaf? She was a super famous French singer back in the day. Marion had to sing and speak in both French and English to play Edith! Her performance was so incredible that she won the Oscar for Best Actress. That's like the highest award an actress can get!These days, Marion acts in both French and English movies and TV shows. She doesn't just stop at acting though. Did you know she also writes and produces some projects too? She's like a super talented quadruple threat - acting, writing, reading, and producing!I think it's so amazing that Marion can hop between French and English like that. Imagine being able to read books, write stories, AND act in two different languages? That's some next level skills if you ask me. I have trouble enough just reading and writing in English!Marion works nonstop, but she always makes time for her favorite hobbies too. She loves singing, dancing, playing guitar, and doing environmental activism. She's not just a pretty face - she's smart and caring about the world too. What a cool role model!I really admire how dedicated Marion is to her craft. She never gave up on her dream of becoming an actress, even when it meant teaching herself a whole new language along the way. If she can learn English that well, I know I can keep working hard in school too. Who knows, maybe I'll be an actress like Marion one day! A girl can dream, right?So that's the story of Marion Cotillard - a French actress extraordinaire who can write and read in English like a pro. She's inspired me to keep reaching for my wildest dreams, no matter how impossible they might seem. If Marion can do it, why can't I? Let's give it our best effort, friends!。

大学英语B统考模拟试卷及参考答案3第一部分交际英语此部分共有5个未完毕的对话，针对每个对话中未完毕的部分有4个选项，请你从A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1.― How do you do?― _____A. I'm fine.B. Not bad.C. How do you do?D. Nice to meet you.对的答案：C题目解读：译文是你好的意思，回答也应当用How do you do?固定用法。

对的答案选C。

2.― Mr. Smith, this is my friend Miss Brown.― _____A. She is beautiful.B. Nice to meet you.C. Really?D. Do you have a friend?对的答案：B题目解读：译文：史密斯先生，这是我的朋友布朗女士。

解读：答案A她很美丽。

答案B不久乐见到你。

答案C真的？答案D你有朋友吗？对的答案选B。

3.— I can't see the blackboard very well.— _____A. Your eyes are beautiful.B. Perhaps you need to e xamine your eyes.C. I don't want to clear the blackboard.D. What do you thi nk of the blackboard?对的答案：B题目解读：译文：我不太能看清楚黑板。

解读：A你的眼睛很美丽。

B也许你需要去检查一下你的眼睛。

C我不想去擦黑板。

D你认为黑板怎么样？所以只有B符合语境，对的答案为B。

4.― _____― I'm sad because I have to leave soon.A. What are you waiting for?B. When will you go?C. Why are you late?D. Why are you so sad, T om?对的答案：D题目解读：译文：我很伤心由于我立即就要走了。

创新大学英语综合教程第一册电子版ASoul of the DesertBy Mara E.SchneiderPrice:$4.99USD.Words:81,nguage:English.Published:December28,2014.This story,is an adventure of a boy on the run from the mafia(黑手党).Which is worse,the guns of New York or the dangerous desert of New Mexico?All Bob has to do is to find a way to stay alive.Snow White and the Seven HillsBy Alex R CaseyPrice:$3.68 USD.Words:6,nguage:English.Published:January 5,2015.What happens when you take three men in their thirties and turn them loose together?The wives have gone on a seven-day get-away vacation and left their husbands to fend(谋生)for themselves.Can these grown"boys"behave and not get themselves into trouble?Hidden TrailsBy Cheryl PiersonPrice:$2.36 USD.Words:18,nguage:English.Published:February5,2015.Valentine Reneau lives in fear that her father will find her someday in the heart of Indian Territory and force her to return to Mississippi to take her mother's place—in every way.She knows her time has run out when a stranger shows up on her land with two hired guns—and the devil in his plans.With some unlikely help,Valentine must try to escape the slave's fate that he mother left behind.Astro is Down in the DumpsBy Susan DayPrice:$3.99 USD.Words:nguage:English.Published:February4,2015.This fun and entertaining book,Astro is Down in the Dumps,was created to give children the skills they need to build resilience(弹性)and cope with depression and anxiety.Astro is feeling so sad and blue that her can't get out of bed.Then there's a knock at the door....Who could that be?1.What does Snow White and the Seven Hills focus on?A.Career success.B.Environment protection.C.Family life.D.Culture and education.2.How much does the latest book cost?A.$2.36 USD.B.$3.68 USD.C.$4.99 USD.D.$3.99 USD.3.To know how to deal with anxieties,you'd better read the book by.A.Mara E.SchneiderB.Alex R CaseyC.Susan DayD.Cheryl PiersonBIn the early morning,Patrick realized there was something in the wind.His mother had been sad in recent days,not sick,just strangely sad.The lion had just lain down beside him,with his head warm on Patrick's feet,when his father cleared his throat and began,“You'll soon be eight,son.A boy needs a proper education.We've found the right place for you,a school near Salisbury in England.”His heart filled with a terrible fear,in fact,all Patrick could think of was his white lion.“But the lion,”he cried,“What about the lion?”his father said,“I'm afraid there's something else I have to tell you”.Looking across at his wife,the dad took a deep breath.Then he told Patrick he had met a circus owner from France,who was over in Africa looking forlions to buy.He'd come to their farm in a couple of days.“No!You can't send him to a circus,”said Patrick.“People will come to see him.He'll be shut up behind bars.I ever promised him he never would be.And they will laugh at him.He'd rather die.Any animal would!”But as he looked across the table at his dad and mom,he knew their minds were quite made up.Patrick felt completely betrayed.He waited till he heard his dad's sound breathing next door.With his lion at his heels,he crept downstairs in his pajamas,took down his father's rifle from the rack(搁物架)and stepped out into the night.He ran and ran till his legs could run no more.As thesun came up over the grassland,he climbed to the top of a hill and sat down,his arms round the lion's neck.The time had come.“Be wild now,”he whispered.“You've got to be wild.Don't ever come home.All my life I'll think of you,I promise I will.”He buried his head in the lion's neck.Then,Patrick clambered(艰难地爬)down off the hill and walked away.When he looked back,the lion was still sitting there watching him;but then he stood up,yawned,stretched,and sprang down after him.Patrick shouted at him,but he kept coming.Hethrew sticks.He threw stones.Nothing worked.There was only one thing left to do.With tears filling his eyes and his mouth,he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired over the lion's head.4.Why did Patrick's mother feel sad?A.Because she had quarreled with his husband.B.Because she had suffered a strange disease recently.C.Because she knew selling the lion would upset her son.D.Because she missed her son who would study in England soon.5.The underlined word“betrayed”in Paragraph 5 probably means“”.A.annoyed or regrettedB.unfaithful or cheatedC.sad and frustratedD.beloved and pleased6.The boy fired at the lion to.A.shoot the lion out of great fearB.express his hatred towards his fatherD.threaten the lion back to the wild7.The passage intends to show that____.A.animal-hunting is made legal for kids in some parts of AfricaB.parents are sometimes cruel to their kids and forced themto studyC.animals can also be faithful and they may live miserably in circusesD.the adults will never understand the young's inner world well。

Midnight in Paris ——A different journey for TIME TRAVEL There is one Paris, only one , in the whole world. The scenery of Paris, the breath of Paris and the atmosphere of paris are becoming more and more attractive. Through the centuries , numerous of scholars 、artists and some directors gathered in this place of romance .From generation to generation , they have created so many marvelous works of art after going for inspiration in Paris. Even if you are just a common person, it is still wonderful when you are taking a walk along the bank of Seine River .As is known to us, Paris is the source of Enlightenment Movement in 17th. In 18th , Paris is the bellwether of world trends.In 19th , Paris is the place of gathering thoughts and arts .And in 20th , Paris is the place full of enthusiasm 、passion and freedom. At that time, many literati and artists took the trouble of traveling a long distance and finally came together in Paris . They lightened up the Paris with personal inspiration and intelligence . One of them is Woody Allen .We can take in everything about his love for the Paris in a glance of his film , <Midnight in Paris > .In my opinion, Woody Allen idealized himself by creating the character Gil Pender .In the movie, Gil Pender, a successful but creatively unfulfilled Hollywood screenwriter, and his fiancee, Inez, are in Paris, vacationing with Inez's wealthy, conservative parents. Gil is struggling to finish his first novel, centered around a man who works in a nostalgia shop, but Inez dismisses his ambit ion as a romantic daydream and encourages him to stick with the more lucrative screenwriting. While Gil is considering moving to Paris, Inez is intent on living in Malibu. By chance, they are joined by Inez's friend Paul, a pedantic pseudo-intellectual who speaks with great authority but questionable accuracy on the history and art of the city. This is best revealed when he pontificates on a Picasso which Gil had seen the night before and discourses on the exact meaning of the painting - much to the disgust of the admiring group. Inez admires him, but Gil finds him insufferable.One night, Gil gets drunk and becomes lost in the back streets of Paris. At midnight, a 1920s Peugeot Type 176 car draws up beside him, and the passengers—dressed in 1920s clothing—urge him to join them. They go to a party for Jean Cocteau where Gil comes to realize that he has been transported back to the 1920s, an era he idolizes. He encounters Alice B. Toklas, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, who take him to meet Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway agrees to show Gil's novel to Gertrude Stein, and Gil goes to fetch his manuscript from his hotel. However, as soon as he leaves, he finds he has returned to 2010 and the bar has disappeared.Gil attempts to bring Inez to the past with him the following night, but while they wait, she becomes impatient, and peevishly returns to the hotel. Just after she leaves, the clock strikes midnight and the same car arrives, this time with Hemingway inside it. He takes Gil to meet Stein, who agrees to read his novel and introduces him to Pablo Picasso and his mistress Adriana, to whom Gil is instantly attracted. Stein reads aloud the novel's first line :"Out Of The Past' was the name of the store, and its products consisted of memories: what was prosaic and even vulgar to one generation had been transmuted by the mere passing of years to a status at once magicaland also camp."Adriana says that she is hooked by these few lines and has always had a longing for the past.Gil spends each of the next few nights in the past. His late-night wanderings annoy Inez, and arouse the suspicion of her father, who hires a detective to follow Gil. Meanwhile, Gil spends more and more time with Adriana, who leaves Picasso for a brief dalliance with Hemingway. Gil realizes he is falling in love with her, leaving him in conflict. He confides his predicament to Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, and Luis Buñuel, but being surrealists they see nothing strange about his claim to have come from the future, finding it to be perfectly normal. They discuss the impossibility of Gil's relationship with Adriana, and each of the artists envisages a different masterpiece inspired by such an unusual romance.While Inez shops for furniture, Gil meets Gabrielle, an antiques dealer and fellow admirer of the Lost Generation. Gil later discovers Adriana's diary from the 1920s on a book stall by the Seine and discovers that she was in love with him. Reading that she dreamed of receiving a gift of earrings from him and then making love to him, Gil attempts to steal a pair of earrings from Inez to give to Adriana, but is thwarted by Inez's early return from a trip.Gil purchases earrings for Adriana and, returning to the past, declares his love for her. As they kiss, they are invited inside a horse-drawn carriage by a richly-dressed couple and are transported back to the 1890s Belle Époque, an era Adriana considers Paris's Golden Age. They are taken to Maxim's Paris, and eventually to the Moulin Rouge where they meet Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gauguin, and Edgar Degas. When Gil asks what they thought the best era was, the three determine that the greatest era was the Renaissance. The enthralled Adriana is offered a job designing ballet costumes, and proposes to Gil that they stay. Gil, however, realizes that despite the allure of nostalgia, it is better to accept the present for what it is. Adriana elects to stay in the 1890s, and they part.Having re-written the first two chapters, Gil retrieves his novel from Stein, who praises his progress as a writer and tells him that Hemingway likes it but questions why the main character has not realized that his fiancee (based on Inez) is having an affair with a pedantic character (based on Paul). Gil returns to 2010 and confronts Inez. She admits to sleeping with Paul, but dismisses it as ameaningless fling. Inez's parents agree with Gil when he tells her that they are not right for each other, prompting Inez's father to confess that he had Gil followed, though the detective mysteriously disappeared. (It is revealed that he was transported to the 18th century.) Gil breaks up with Inez and decides to remain in Paris. Taking a walk at midnight, he meets Gabrielle and, after it starts to rain, offers to walk her home and learns that she shares his love of Paris in the rain.The character ,who is a plodder full of literary feel , hates social intercourse and poorly understands the traditional code of conduct. Even though he has the huge distance from the secular society full of hypocrisy , he is still seeking for the Utopia in the real world ,and finally he makes it happen.So does the director! Movies is the carrier to meet his deep desire inside. What the hell is inner desire? For literati of the day , TALK to the important cultural celebrities, especially those are still well-loved after their death.Woody Allen directly expressed his desire in this movie.What's more, in the ending of the movie,Gil meets Gabrielle and, after it starts to rain, offers to walk her home and learns that she shares his love of Paris in the rain. At that moment, the love full of French romance is beginning .We want to be loved .At the same time, we want to love somebody. No matter the French romance or Chinese sentiment, we all know that only soul-mates can be together for life. Inez is a beautiful and sexy woman from a relatively good family, but finally the people next to Gil is Gabrielle , who has the same love of Paris in the rain!。

午夜巴黎观后感英语Midnight in Paris is a critically acclaimed film directed by Woody Allen, which takes viewers on a mesmerizing journey through time. The film explores the allure of nostalgia and the idea that one can never truly be satisfied with their present circumstances. As a fan of both Woody Allen's work and the city of Paris, I was excited to watch this film and was not disappointed.The story revolves around Gil Pender, a disillusioned Hollywood screenwriter who is on vacation in Paris with his fiancée and her family. Gil is enchanted by the city's romantic charm and longs to live in the Paris of the 1920s, a time he believes was the golden age of artistic brilliance. However, his fiancée and her family fail to understand his obsession with the past and his desire to leave behind his successful but unfulfilling career.One night, while wandering the streets of Paris, Gil finds himself transported back in time to the 1920s, the era he so idealizes. He meets his literary idols such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein, and finds solace in their company. Through these encounters, Gil learns valuable lessons about life, love, and the pursuit of happiness.What struck me most about Midnight in Paris was its ability to transport the audience to a different time and place. The cinematography beautifully captures the charm and elegance of Paris, from its picturesque streets to its iconic landmarks. The film's art direction and costume design further enhance the nostalgic atmosphere, making the audience feel as though they too have been transported to the roaring twenties.The performances in the film are top-notch, with Owen Wilson delivering a heartfelt and relatable performance as Gil. He brings a sense of vulnerability and longing to the character, making him instantly likable. The supporting cast, including Marion Cotillard as Adriana, the object of Gil's affection, and Kathy Bates as Stein, also deliver strong performances, adding depth and complexity to their respective roles.A recurring theme in Midnight in Paris is the idea that the grass is always greener on the other side. Gil romanticizes the past, believing that living in the 1920s would be the key to his happiness and artistic fulfillment. However, as the film progresses, he realizes that the people of that era also long for a different time. This realization serves as a reminder that it is important to appreciate and make the most of the present moment, rather than constantly yearning for something different.Another theme explored in the film is the power of imagination and creativity. Gil's journey back in time sparks his creative juices and inspires him to pursue his passion for writing. Through his interactions with the artists and writers of the 1920s, Gil learns that true creativity comes from within and cannot be forced or manufactured. This message resonated with me as a writer, reminding me of the importance of embracing my own unique voice and perspective.In addition to its thought-provoking themes, Midnight in Paris is also infused with humor and wit. Woody Allen's signature writing style shines through in the film's dialogue, with clever one-liners and sharp observations about life and love. The humor adds a lightheartedness to the story, balancing out the deeper philosophical musings.Overall, Midnight in Paris is a captivating film that combines elements of romance, comedy, and fantasy to create a truly unique cinematic experience. Its exploration of nostalgia, the power of imagination, and the importance of living in the present moment make it a thought-provoking and engaging watch. Whether you're a fan of Woody Allen, a lover of Paris, or simply looking for a charming and enchanting film, Midnight in Paris is definitely worth a watch.。