恭喜榮獲英文閱讀心得競賽 甲等獎
姓名 Name：
英文姓名 English
周佳澤
Chou,Chia-Tse
name：
就讀學校 School：
國立員林高級家事
商業職業學校
學號 Number：
118044
年級 Grade：
三
指導老師 Instructor：
黃襦慧
閱讀書目 Book Title：
Sarah, Plain and Tall
閱讀心得 Book Review：
After reading Sarah, Plain and Tall, a seemingly simple tale, there are things that I’m
concerning. My perspectives are as follows.
To begin with, invariably, a mother who supports and accompanies us not only plays
a significant role in everyone’s stages of life but also is one of the equivalent things
that the Almighty gives to humans. Without mother, we are just like deadwood in
blizzard. Accordingly, in addition to needing someone to deal with chores and take
care of children, I assume it’s one of the reasons why Jacob Witting, the guardian of
Anna and Caleb put an advertisement on newspaper for seeking “help” after his
wife’s demise.
Secondly, I admire Anna for her personalities. First of all, she absolutely abominated
Caleb because her mother kicked the bucket after this “homely and plain” boy with
“a horrid smell” given birth. As a result, "Isn't he beautiful, Anna?"the last words her mother said to her seemed to be ironic. As to me, I might not be
capable of being that magnanimous like her and just let bygones be bygones. On top
of that, she had to adjust her mentality for an unknown comer. I believe that she was
anticipating but afraid of being hurt. In our lives, there must be some exceeding
changes we have to face; nonetheless, how to tackle it and think optimistically is
what we should learn.
Ultimately, Caleb’s and Anna put their projection with regard to their deceased
mother on Sarah Wheaton. No sooner Caleb and Anna had learned that Sarah was
coming than they said “Ask her if she sings”. Although none can replace the position
of their mother, they still yearned for one. It was exactly why they were extremely
afraid that Sarah would go to town by herself and opposed it on the grounds that
they were anxious about her leaving. "We thought you might be leaving us, because
you miss the sea.” These words revealed the sister and brother’s anxiety. To their
mollification, considerate as Sarah, she just went to town, purchasing packages, color
pencils and nasturtium seeds and so forth. "I will always miss my old home, but the
truth of it is I would miss you more."Sarah replied. I believe that these words really
touched and pacify the two kids.
Last but not least, Sarah, who was sober and warmed Anna and Caleb was
encouraged by Maggie, who had a similar experience. Maggie said “There are always
things to miss, no matter where you are.”While being at an unfamiliar place, we are
dying for others’ cares and sympathies, of course. Leaving for a strange place, going
to get along with those who you are not acquainted with is substantially difficult and
agonizing. This fortitudinous characteristic is also what we can learn from this book.
As for the ending of this story, Patricia MacLachlan, the author left us spaces to
utilize our imagination. As a consequence, just let us indulge in the words and lines!
角色 Character
形容詞 Adjective
Sarah Wheaton
considerate
單字 Word
出現頁數 Page
feisty
10
pesky
16
pungent
61
eerie
62
scuttle
69
句子 Sentence
頁數 Page
"There are always things to miss"said
Maggie. "No matter where you are."
52
I will always miss my old home, but the
truth of it is I would miss you more.
72