初中英語閱讀欣賞短文

❶ 如何有效地教學初中英語短文閱讀

但是目前初中英語閱讀教學中的以下一些問題值得我們去重視了：

一、教師教學觀念上的問題： 許多教師認識不到閱讀作為語言技能的一部分，在日常教學中，閱讀能力的培養對幫助學生獲取更多信息、知識，拓展視野，激發學習興趣，提高人文素養，提高分析、思考能力、判斷能力，從而提高學生綜合語言運用能力的重要意義。

二、教師日常教學過程中的問題：許多老師在閱讀教學中，有的把閱讀當精讀；教學過程就是講解生詞、補充片語、羅列搭配、逐句逐段分析，句子結構、語法等。也有的老師逐字逐句翻譯，好像在做翻譯題，還有的乾脆什麼都不講，ABCD答案一對就好。這樣就很難鍛煉他們的閱讀能力了。

三、教師教學方法上的問題：許多教師基本功還欠缺，對英語閱讀教學的研究不夠、實踐不多，尤其是教研氛圍不濃的學校，老師們更會忽視對教學方法的研究。在這樣的情況下，好多老師在教學方面都自以為是。

四、在課程設置上的問題：在中學英語教學中，閱讀雖是語言技能的一部分，但學生閱讀量和閱讀時間得不到保證，閱讀僅是體現於課堂教學中的一部分訓練。沒有明確的教學目標、教學計劃。沒有配套的符合學生年齡特點、認知能力的閱讀材料。

根據對新的課程標準的理解和閱讀教學的現狀的分析，結合平時的教學實踐、研究，本人認為可以從以下幾方面去解決初中英語閱讀課存在的問題：

一、合理利用課本閱讀資源，提高學生閱讀能力。
英語閱讀教學在復現、鞏固舊詞，學習新詞彙，擴大詞彙量，激發學生學習興趣，鍛煉思維，提高閱讀興趣，培養學生分析、判斷能力，對發展個性，陶冶情操，提高人文素養等都起著重要作用。針對學生已有的閱讀水平，教師應有目的、有針對性地合理運用已有的課本閱讀教學資源組織好閱讀教學，在教學中探索科學有效的教學方法，培養良好的閱讀習慣，提高閱讀能力。

二、廣泛收集閱讀資源，促進學生英語閱讀水平的提高。
在合理利用已有的課本教學資源的基礎上，根據課程標准中對學生年齡特點、知識結構、認知能力、不同年級的閱讀速度、閱讀量的要求，廣泛收集貼近學生實際生活、貼近學生實際生活，具有時代特點，內容健康、豐富的閱讀資源自編閱讀材料。閱讀資源要結合學生的興趣愛好，中西方文化的差異等因素，通過組織有意義的材料來組織初中閱讀教學，調動學生參與的積極性，促進學生英語閱讀能力的提高。

三、提高教師本身的閱讀教學素養，保障閱讀教學順利實施。
教師不斷提高閱讀教學的理論素養，更新教學理念，充分認識到英語閱讀教學的重要性和實際作用，結合學生的知識結構、認知能力、閱讀水平和閱讀材料的難易，制定教學計劃，確立閱讀訓練的教學目標和教學方法。根據閱讀課程的計劃、目標，每周確定閱讀課時間，在教師的指導下加強閱讀訓練。

四、加強英語閱讀教學方法的研究，促進教師閱讀教學能力的提高。隨著基礎教育改革的不斷推進，英語教育、教學改革也取得了很大的進展。廣大教師積極參加新的英語課程改革和實踐，教師和學生都充分認識到了學生英語閱讀的重要性，並積極加強研究和實踐。

根據我個人學習和教學實踐，為了提高學生參與的積極性，激發他們閱讀的興趣。形成積極的學習態度，發展學生探究學習和合作精神，從而提高學生閱讀分析、判斷能力。我在英語日常閱讀課教學中不斷地探索和研究，創造性地實施了「問題情景教學法」的嘗試，形成了以下的認識：
1、「語言點問題」的設計與作用。根據閱讀課文材料，老師精心設計部分「小問題」，而這些問題的回答就是一些重要的新的語言知識的展現，這些問題淺而易懂，學生通過快速閱讀（或聽力訓練），了解材料內容，很快找到問題的答案，有成功感，提高了他們參與的積極性，激發他們閱讀的興趣。
2、「整體理解性問題」的設計與作用。隨著詞彙、語言點的處理，老師再精心設計部分「大問題」，促使學生加強對段落的理解，理順事件發生的順序，人物行為，加深對文章整體的把握，獲取中心意思。同時，根據學生對問題的回答，老師可精選幾個重點段落，篇章，引導學生加強朗讀，在朗讀中猜測生詞、難句的意思，加深對句子章節、文章的理解，體驗作者意圖、態度、感受。從而培養學生的英語閱讀和分析能力
3、「趣味思考性問題」的設計與作用。在處理了語言點知識，對文章整體認識後，老師可精心設計一些激發學生興趣問題，有些問題可讓學生相互討論。進一步促使學生去了解作者觀點、態度，提高捕捉加工整合材料信息能力。預測事件情節發展或後果的能力。激發學生學習興趣，形成積極的學習態度。發展學生探究學習和合作精神。

不難看出，閱讀課不僅是語言知識的傳授課，而且是技能培養的綜合課。怎樣才能讓英語閱讀課更好地發揮如上作用？本人在多年的實踐中總結出英語閱讀教學的三步曲。

第一步，准備活動，其目的是吸引學生的注意力。可以採用談論圖片、提問回答、現場表演、歌曲、故事、笑話、謎語等形式，當然所選形式要與本文內容密切相關。

第二步：閱讀（Reading）。當學生的思維都集中在文本內容上時，可進入第二步。閱讀過程既是知識、信息的獲取過程，又是能力培養、方法指導的過程，是閱讀課教學的關鍵。可分三種形式進行：

1．掃描閱讀 (快速閱讀)。其目的是通過快速閱讀使學生獲取各段大意，從而了解整篇文章寫了幾個方面的問題。必須同時指導學生快速閱讀的方法。

2．細節閱讀（精讀）。這一閱讀過程是使學生獲取重要細節的過程，一般要求學生抓住最能說明本段大意的關鍵詞（keywords）。3．計時閱讀。這一環節的主要目的是進行舌頭、語音、語調的訓練，要求學生閱讀速度快、語音清楚、語調正確。老師此時充當計時員，看誰讀得又快又好。當然，事先放一篇或幾篇錄音也是可以的。

第三步：檢測。 當學生採用以上三種形式的閱讀之後，學生到底獲取了多少知識信息？可採用第三步來檢測。檢測分兩個層次進行：一是表層測試。對課文內容的提問或簡單的判別題、填有關細節的關鍵詞等。二是深層次的檢測。如讓學生自己創設閱讀理解題並附三個或四個選項，問題內容可以是關於段落大意、全文大意、文章題目、細節理解、作者的看法、態度、見解等方面。之後，老師抽查，然後學生交換題目進行互測。這樣就充分發揮了學生的想像力、主動性、創造力和判斷力。

總之，閱讀過程的始終必須以教師為主導，以學生為主體，以培養學生的能力為主線。閱讀的步驟、檢測的過程都應由淺入深、由易到難。在閱讀過程和測試過程中要充分調動學生的主動性、獨立性和創造性。這樣，學生的閱讀能力將比以前有明顯提高，尤其是自學能力大大增強，從而達到欣賞短文的效果。

❷ 求幾篇初中英語閱讀短文，越多越好

去書店買本《快捷英語》中考版，內容比較豐富全面。

❸ 求七年級上冊英語閱讀短文20篇 含答案

1。Today i and friends of foreign travel, outside air is very good, people feel very comfortable. We all appreciate the fine girls bicycles. We enjoyed the beautiful nature brought. We happily spent a happy day. 今天和朋友一起出外交遊，外面的空氣很好，人感覺很舒服。我們騎著自行車一路欣賞鳥語花香。享受著大自然帶給我們的無限美好。大家開開心心地度過了愉快的一天。

2。Today Mailehaoo clothes, and parents take to the streets is happy, the parents have to pay to buy things. Unlike in their street to buy things they like to take a long time but saw the price, Ha-ha, is really very happy. I love my parents, I too thank them for the care and love. `` 今天買了好多衣服，和父母上街就是愉快，買東西有父母幫付錢。不像平時自己上街買東西碰到喜歡的但看了價錢都要考慮好久，呵呵，真的是很開心。我愛我的父母，太感謝他們對我的關心和愛戴了。
3.Flute " Robinson Crusoe " of good fortune, novelist of British, describe protagonist drift about on the island, overcome the difficulty, the legend story of pioneering an enterprise with painstaking efforts. Novel write true naturally, legendary. The protagonist plants the crops on the detached island, puts up the log cabin, has eaten the innumerable trials and tribulations, survive. Want, go back human world anxious, want to go how about go out of these damnable place only like make him to be fascinated, result fail, get back to, long separated for Britain for 28 year give me enlightenment by " Robinson's records of adventure " on 1868 year finally, tanacity of him let me wait for a chance to cause trouble, want, march toward another goal for life, look like Robinson like that spend one's own strength,reach ideal realm one's own. We need possess Robinson so spirit of struggle diligently.
英國小說家笛福的《魯濱遜漂流記》描述了主人公漂流海島,戰勝困難,艱苦創業的傳奇故事. 小說寫得真實自然,富有傳奇色彩.主人公在孤島上種莊稼,搭木屋,吃了千辛萬苦,生存下來.但想回人間的心切,使他著迷般地只想到如何走出這個鬼地方,結果還是失敗了,最後於1868年回到闊別28年的英國
《魯濱孫漂流記》給我以啟示，他的頑強讓我蠢蠢欲動，想要邁向人生的另一目標，像魯濱孫那樣用自己的力量，到達自己理想的境界。
我們需要具備魯濱遜那樣的刻苦奮斗的精神.
The World's Greatest Swordsman

At an exhibition of the world's best swordsman, the third-place fencer took the stage. A fly was released, and with an arc of his sword he cut the fly in half. The crowd cheered. Then the second-place man sliced a fly into quarters. A hush fell in anticipation of the world's greatest swordsman.

His blade came down in a mighty arc - but the insect continued on its way! The crowd was aghast. The greatest swordsman had missed his target completely, yet he continued to smile.

"Why are you so happy?" someone yelled. "You missed!"

"Ah," replied the swordsman, "you weren't watching very carefully. They fly lives, yes - but he will never be a father."

世界上最偉大的擊劍手

在一場世界最佳擊劍手錶演中，排名第三的擊劍手上場了。一隻蒼蠅放了出來，劍劃了一個弧，他將蒼蠅劈成了兩半。觀眾歡呼起來。緊接著排名第二的人將一隻蒼蠅切成了四半。現場一陣沉默，人們期盼著世界上最偉大的擊劍手出場。

他的劍鋒以一個巨大的弧線劃了下來－－然而那隻昆蟲還在繼續飛行!觀眾被驚呆了。最偉大的擊劍手完全錯過了他的目標，然而他還在微笑著。

「你為什麼這么高興？」有人嚷道，「你沒擊中!」

「啊，」劍手答道，「你剛才沒有很仔細地看。蒼蠅還活著，是的－－但他永遠也做不成爸爸了。」
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A Mistake

An American, a Scot and a Canadian were killed in a car accident. They arrived at the gates of heaven, where a flustered St. Peter explained that there had been a mistake. "Give me $500 each," he said, "and I'll return you to earth as if the whole thing never happened."

"Done!" said the American. Instantly, he found himself standing unhurt near the scene.

"Where are the others?" asked a medic.

"Last I knew," said the American, "the Scot was haggling price, and the Canadian was arguing that his government should pay."

搞錯了

一位美國人，一位英格蘭人和一位加拿大人在一場車禍中喪生。他們到達天堂的門口。在那裡，醉醺醺的聖彼德解釋說是搞錯了。「每人給我五百美元，」他說，「我將把你們送回人間，就象什麼都沒有發生過一樣。」

「成交!」美國人說。立刻，他發現自己毫不損傷地站在現場附近。

「其他人在哪兒？」一名醫生問道。

「我離開之前，」那名美國人說，「我看見英格蘭人正在砍價，而那名加拿大人正在分辯說應該由他的政府來出這筆錢。」
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Pig or Witch

A man is driving up a steep, narrow mountain road. A woman is driving down the same road. As they pass each other, the woman leans out of the window and yells "PIG!!" The man immediately leans out of his window and replies, "WITCH(女巫)!!" They each continue on their way, and as the man rounds the next corner, he crashes into a pig in the middle of the road. If only men would listen.

豬還是女巫

一個男人在一條陡峭狹窄的山路上駕車，一個女人相向駕車而來。他們相遇時，那個女的從窗中伸出頭來叫到：「豬！！」那個男的立即從窗中伸出頭來回敬道：「女巫！！」他們繼續前行。這個男的在下一個路口轉彎時，撞上了路中間的一頭豬。要是這個男的能聽懂那個女人的意思就好了。
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Response Ability

An Ogden, Iowa, minister was matching coins with a member of his congregation for a cup of coffee. When asked if that didn't constitute gambling, the minister replied, "It's merely a scientific method of determining just who is going to commit an act of charity."

Philosopher Bertrand Russell, asked if he was willing to die for his beliers, replied: "Of course not. After all, I may be wrong."

A newspaper organized a contest for the best answer to the question: "If a fire broke out in the Louvre, and if you could only save one painting, which one would you carry out?"
The winning reply was: "The one nearest the exit."

答問技巧

衣阿華州奧格根的一位牧師正在與一位教友為一杯咖啡而猜硬幣。別人問他那是否構成賭博行為時，牧師答道：「這僅僅是決定由誰來做一件善事的一種科學方法。」

當我人問哲學家羅素是否願意為了他的信仰而獻身時，他答道：「當然不會。畢竟，我可能會是錯的。」

一份報紙組織了一場競賽，為下面的問題徵集最佳答案：「如果盧浮宮起了火，而你只能救出一幅畫，你將救出哪一幅？」
獲獎的答案是：「最接近門口的那一幅。」
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Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter

A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast.

For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide. Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion.

In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture. As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain. There was no sign of the lion.

"What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?" asked the chief.

"Forget the damn lion!" he howled. "Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?"

偉大的獵手Jonesie

有個小村莊正為一隻吃人的獅子而煩惱。於是，村長派人去請偉大的獵手Jonesie來殺死這只野獸。

獵手躺著等了幾個晚上，但獅子一直沒有出現。最後，他要求村長殺只羊然後把頭皮給他。把羊皮披在身上後，獵人到草原上去等獅子。

半夜，村民被從草原傳來的聲嘶力竭的尖叫聲驚醒。他們小心地靠近後，看到獵手正躺在草地上痛苦地呻吟。沒有獅子出沒的蛛絲馬跡。

「Jonesie，怎麼了？獅子在哪？」村長問。

「哪有獅子！」獵人怒吼道，「哪個傻瓜把公牛放出來了？」
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Weather Predict

A film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow rain." The next day it rained.

A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow storm." The next day there was a hailstorm.

"This Indian is incredible," said the director. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather.

However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks.

Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and I'm depending on you. What will the weather be like?"

The Indian shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know," he said. "Radio is broken."

天氣預報

一個電影攝制組在沙漠深處工作.一天,一個印度老人到導演跟前告訴導演說"明天下雨."第二天果然下雨了.

一周後,印度人又來告訴導演說,"明天有風暴."果然,第二天下了雹暴.

"印度人真神,"導演說.他告訴秘書僱傭該印度人來預報天氣.

幾次預報都很成功.然後,接下來的兩周,印度人不見了.

最後,導演派人去把他叫來了."我明天必須拍一個很大的場景,"導演說,"這得靠你了.明天天氣如何啊?"

印度人聳了聳肩."我不知道,"印度人說,"收音機壞了."
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I Am Acting Like a Lady

One day when women's dresses were on sale at the FarEast Department Store, a dignified middle-aged man decided to get his wife a piece. But he soon found himself being battered by frantic women.

He stood it as long as he could; then, with head lowered and arms flailing, he plowed through the crowed.

"You there!" challenged a thrill voice. "Can't you act like a gentleman?"

"Listen," he said, "I have been acting like a gentleman for an hour. From now on, I am acting like a lady."

我要表現得象位女士

一天，遠東百貨公司的女裝大減價，一位高貴的中年男士想給太太買一件。可是，沒過多久，他發現自己已被瘋狂的女人沖得踉踉蹌蹌。

他竭力忍耐著。後來，他低下頭，揮動雙臂，擠過人群。

「你幹嘛？」有人尖聲叫道，「你難道不能表現得象位紳士嗎？」

「聽著，」他說，「我已經象紳士一樣表現了一個小時。從現在起，我要表現得象個女士。」

❹ 適合初中生閱讀的英語短文

建議你買《新東方中學生》這本書，該書將娛樂與學習和做人等方版面都進行了融合，是比較適權合中學生閱讀的。 娛樂：常會收錄一下著名的電視劇話電影，當然都是外國的，在看這些的同時，又增長了學習的能力，收獲了課外知識。 學習:該書常收錄一下學習方法的篇章或者一些解題的技巧等，而且不枯燥。 做人：該書還常含有勵志的問題，及學習安排等方面，與生活相聯系，讓人感覺真實。 可能有些地方會看不懂，但可以查字典，不過該書更適合高中生瀏覽，但如果初中生的話，如果水平好一點的話，也是可以的。

❺ 初一上冊：英語閱讀題10篇（短文） 最好不要太難的

A man with a green bag walks into a doctor's room."Please sit down.Let me have a look..."the doctor says."OK.There is something wrong with you. You have to more exercise."
"But ,doctor,"the man says."I don't think..."
"Don't tell me what you think,"the doctor says."I'm the doctor. I know wht you need.What you need is to walk quickly for at lest half ab hour a day."
"But I walk quickly ,"the man says.
"Oh,yes,and I know what kind of walking that is . You walk a few meters to the bus stop from your house,and a few mor meters from the bus stop to your office."
"Please listen to me ,doctor!"the man shouts ."I'm a mailman.I walk for seven hours every day and I come to send letters."
1,What color is the man 's bag?
2,Whenthe mailman comes in , what does the doctor ask him to do first?
3,The doctor thinks the mailman needs to walk quickly for at least-----a day.
4,The mailman sends letters -------every day.

╮(╯▽╰)╭唉——實在是太多！！！！！！！！我打了40分鍾！！！！！！！！！！

抱歉！！！！！！！！！！我就只能幫到這兒啦！！！！！

❻ 適合初中生閱讀的英語故事小短文

Bertrand Russell

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love ,the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy -- ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it , next, because it relieves loneliness-- that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world , into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what -- at last -- I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much I have achieved.
Love and knowlidge , so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of lonelines, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.

我為什麼活著

羅素

三股簡單而非凡強烈的激情一直控制著我的一生：對愛的渴望，對知識的追求和對人類苦難不堪忍受的憐憫。這三股激情，象陣陣巨風，把我在痛苦的海洋的路途中吹得任意東西，變動無常，直吹到了絕望的邊緣。
我尋求愛，首先是因為它帶來了欣喜若狂之情——欣喜若狂使人如此心醉神迷，我常常願意犧牲我的全部餘生來換取幾小時這樣的歡樂。我尋求愛，其次是因為它能解除寂寞——那種可怕的寂寞，如同一個人毛發悚然地從這世界的邊緣探望令人戰栗的死氣沉沉的無底深淵。我尋求愛，最後是因為在愛的結合中我看到了聖徒們和詩人們所想像的預言中的天堂景象的神秘雛型。這就是我所尋求的東西，雖然它也許似乎是人生所難以得到的美好事物，但這就是——最後——我終於找到的東西。
我懷著同樣的激情尋求知識。我希望理解人們的心。我希望知道星星為什麼發光。我力圖領悟畢達哥拉斯的才能，他的才能使數字支配著不斷變動的事物。在這方面，我只達到了一小部分，並不很多。
愛和知識，盡其可能，遠遠地把人引向九天之上。倡憐憫總是把我帶回到地面上來。痛苦的呼號的回聲在我心裡回盪。受飢挨餓的兒童，在壓迫者折磨下受苦受難的人們，無依無靠而成為自己子女嫌惡的負擔的老人，以及整個孤苦寂寞的世界，窮困與痛苦都在嘲弄著人生，使人們不能過應有的美好生活。我渴望減輕災難禍害，但是我力不從心，我自己也在受苦。
這就是我的一生。我覺得我的一生過得很值得。如果我還有機會的話，我將樂意再度過這樣的一生。

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❼ 初中英語短文閱讀感受

Flute " Robinson Crusoe " of good fortune, novelist of British, describe protagonist drift about on the island, overcome the difficulty, the legend story of pioneering an enterprise with painstaking efforts. Novel write true naturally, legendary. The protagonist plants the crops on the detached island, puts up the log cabin, has eaten the innumerable trials and tribulations, survive. Want, go back human world anxious, want to go how about go out of these damnable place only like make him to be fascinated, result fail, get back to, long separated for Britain for 28 year give me enlightenment by " Robinson's records of adventure " on 1868 year finally, tanacity of him let me wait for a chance to cause trouble, want, march toward another goal for life, look like Robinson like that spend one's own strength,reach ideal realm one's own. We need possess Robinson so spirit of struggle diligently.
英國小說家笛福的《魯濱遜漂流記》描述了主人公漂流海島,戰勝困難,艱苦創業的傳奇故事. 小說寫得真實自然,富有傳奇色彩.主人公在孤島上種莊稼,搭木屋,吃了千辛萬苦,生存下來.但想回人間的心切,使他著迷般地只想到如何走出這個鬼地方,結果還是失敗了,最後於1868年回到闊別28年的英國
《魯濱孫漂流記》給我以啟示，他的頑強讓我蠢蠢欲動，想要邁向人生的另一目標，像魯濱孫那樣用自己的力量，到達自己理想的境界。
我們需要具備魯濱遜那樣的刻苦奮斗的精神. 福爾摩斯英文讀後感

Thoughts given by Sherlock Holmes and the Duke』s Son
Written in the first chapter of the book Pride and Prejudice is an extraordinary sentence of which even a person who has had only a brief look upon the book will not fail to receive a deep impression-It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. In terms of Sherlock Holmes, we』d better alter the sentence into 「It is a fact universally accepted by readers throughout the world that an excellent book in possession of our famous detective Sherlock Holmes is undoubtedly a masterpiece of all times.」 Perhaps this is one of the most obvious explanations for the unrivaled popularity of 「Holmes series」 in the field of detective stories. Overwhelmed by the recommendations provided by my friends, I decided to take a look on this Sherlock Holmes and the Duke』s Son originally published by Oxford University Press.

As a whole, this book is about a case concerning the Duke』s missing son. Arthur, the Duke』s son, was found out in a certain morning to have disappeared, accompanied with which was also the disappearance of the German teacher. The school master Dr. Huxtable then turned to the famous detective of the time Sherlock Holmes for help. Realizing how tough and important the case is, Holmes immediately made up his mind to accept the case and followed Dr. Huxtable back to Mackleton by train. Having formed a rough idea about the whole matter, Holmes probed into the case immediately and had a careful investigation of the entire area shortly after the arrival, ring the process of which he discovered the body of the German teacher Heidegger. Finally, primarily e to his prominent ability as a detective, he managed to unravel the mystery and obtained the twelve thousand pounds promised by the Duke.

Having once started reading this fiction, I was completely immersed in the mysterious story presented by the book. As the saying goes, 「Well begun, half done」. At the beginning of the story, just like many other detective stories, the author gives us a brief description of the condition by the words of a client. However, unlike other ones, this story first delineates the client』s strange behavior at length to indicate the severity of the incident in order to attract the readers to continue reading it. As is known to all, vivid depiction is essential to detective stories since it can help the readers understand each figure』s characteristics and visualize the scenes, thus making the story more authentic and attractive. Therefore, trying to present a 「real world」 to his readership, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the original 「Holmes series」, has skillfully arranged the plots of the whole story from the perspective of Dr. Watson, a character not so specialized in discovering the truth hidden behind the enigmatic happenings as Holmes but so loyal to Sherlock Homes as a friend that he always accompanies Holmes wherever he goes. In this way, he elaborately depicted every scene and character in the book, Apart from the special start, the ending of the whole story, being dramatic but reasonable, is certainly an outstanding one. After all, except the author himself, who knows that the Duke』s seemingly ordinary secretary is in fact the Duke』s bastard? In addition, who knows that the Duke actually has already been acquainted with the whole thing before Holmes solves this complicated problem? Yet, surprising as it is, this ending seems so natural that it fits all the plots of the story perfectly well. While enjoying this wonderful story, I could do nothing but admire the wonderful design of this masterpiece as well as the author』s gorgeous writing skill. Closing my eyes, I can even 「see」 the story happening just like watching a film. Not until then did I understand why the Japanese cartoon film Detective Conan used this 「Conan」 as the name of its hero.

As far as I am concerned, nothing is more admirable and surprising in the hero Sherlock Homes than his profound knowledge which has certainly assisted him a lot when he was studying the case. Take the bicycle tyres for instance, Holmes actually is capable of recognizing 42 different varieties of bicycle tyres. What』s more, according to his other stories, Holmes has studied different kinds of newspapers, cigarettes, people』s footprints and other special things as well. Therefore, he seems to have the mastery of anything relevant to the cases he deals with. Except for his illimitable knowledge, Holmes also specializes in arranging the facts in order and then finding the fact leading him to a GREat discovery or even the truth itself. From his speaking 「Every mystery has an answer」, we can readily shape the impression of a man with great intelligence and inflexible will. In this case, after getting rid of unrelated facts, Sherlock Homes eventually grasped the clue and discovered the amazing fact