The Kite Runner 追风筝的人
内容概要
An epic tale of fathers and sons,
of friendship and betrayal,
that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days
of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present.
讲解
The unforgettable,
heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship
between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant,
The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country
that is in the process of being destroyed.
It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal,
and the possibility of redemption,
and it is also about the power of fathers over sons
-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.
讲解
The unforgettable,
heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship
between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant,
The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country
that is in the process of being destroyed.
It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal,
and the possibility of redemption,
and it is also about the power of fathers over sons
-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.
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heart-breaking 令人心碎的
break one's heart
make money
It's a money-making business.
cause cancer 致癌
cancer-causing food
unlikely
-ly
strongly / beautifully
-ly
unlikely 不可能
be unlikely to
They are unlikely to marry.
-ly
friendly 友好的
lovely 可爱的
deadly 致命的
The first Afghan novel to be written in English,
The Kite Runner tells a sweeping story of family,
love, and friendship against a backdrop of history
that has not been told in fiction before,
bringing to mind the large canvases
of the Russian writers of the nineteenth century.
But just as it is old-fashioned in its narration,
it is contemporary in its subject-the devastating history
of Afghanistan over the last thirty years.
讲解
The first Afghan novel to be written in English,
The Kite Runner tells a sweeping story of family,
love, and friendship
against a backdrop of history
that has not been told in fiction before,
bringing to mind the large canvases
of the Russian writers of the nineteenth century.
But just as it is old-fashioned in its narration,
it is contemporary in its subject-the devastating history
of Afghanistan over the last thirty years.
多学一点
against 违反,反对
a fight against enemies
The little red house looks so beautiful against the green woods.
bring something to mind
mind
sth.
想起,记起
call sth. to mind
I know this song but I can't call the title to mind.
mind
change one's mind
He easily changes his mind.
out of one's mind
mind 神智、理智
Mary must be out of her mind to slap her son in his face.
The Kite Runner
An epic tale of fathers and sons,
of friendship and betrayal,
that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days
of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present.
The unforgettable,
heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship
between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant,
The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country
that is in the process of being destroyed.
It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal,
and the possibility of redemption,
and it is also about the power of fathers over sons
-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.
The first Afghan novel to be written in English,
The Kite Runner tells a sweeping story of family,
love, and friendship against a backdrop of history
that has not been told in fiction before,
bringing to mind the large canvases
of the Russian writers of the nineteenth century.
But just as it is old-fashioned in its narration,
it is contemporary in its subject-the devastating history
of Afghanistan over the last thirty years.
n. 背景幕,背景