最新四级晨读主题美文100篇 98
时间：2018-11-29 作者：英语课 分类：四级晨读英语美文
Forest Gump
Gump, gifted with a low IQ which lets him be adorably childlike even as he grows up, leads a very charmed life: a mother who loves him immensely and who sleeps with the school principal in order to make sure her child has the best education, a miraculous 1 incident that eliminates the need for him to have braces 2 for his legs, a childhood girlfriend who remains 3 faithful to him till the end, surviving Vietnam with a medal, and, in general, a propensity 4 for turning everything that happens to him into good.
I wonder what the movie is trying to say. From one perspective, it implies that intelligence (as measured by IQs and the general idea of what "smart" is) is a very unnecessary trait. But I think one can look beyond that and say that childlike innocence 5, which can be considered stupid, has its rewards. Throughout the movie, Gump is in situations where he is harassed 6 by other people but he never takes offense 7 (except, of course, when his girl Jenny is being abused) at any of the insults thrown at him. He is indeed not completely stupid, even though he is portrayed 8 as such, since he can re-assemble guns at high speed, run like crazy, play ping-pong like a maniac 9, and so on.
The fact that Gump doesn't take offense, I think, is what keeps him content. He becomes a millionaire, but gives most of the money away. He is honest and open and this, along with his Alabama accent, endears him to the audience. But this gets tiresome 10 after a while (especially after 2 hours). I thought the movie was overly long, but that's the only negative thing I have to say.
The traditional male heroes that we have had are all dysfunctional in some respect or another and we are lost without heroes, as Bloom points out. Gump is a new kind of a role-model; he's A Nice Boy and everyone knows they're hard to find. As one reviewer said: "Today the last American hero is a Tom Hanks character with a small IQ".
Forest Gump is the runaway 11 hit movie of this summer.
- The wounded man made a miraculous recovery.伤员奇迹般地痊愈了。
- They won a miraculous victory over much stronger enemy.他们战胜了远比自己强大的敌人，赢得了非凡的胜利。
- The table is shaky because the braces are loose. 这张桌子摇摇晃晃，因为支架全松了。
- You don't need braces if you're wearing a belt! 要系腰带，就用不着吊带了。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol.他有酗酒的倾向。
- She hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。
- There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
- The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。
- I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
- His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。
- Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
- The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Be careful!That man is driving like a maniac!注意！那个人开车像个疯子一样！
- You were acting like a maniac,and you threatened her with a bomb!你像一个疯子，你用炸弹恐吓她！