Report of Rip Van Winkle

These days I’ve read a passage named Rip Van Winkle . It’s a short story written by Washington Irving published in 1819.

The story is about Rip Van Winkle, who lived under his wife’s controlling, an obedient henpecked husband. He is always criticized by his wife for lazy in housework and not caring about the family at home. In fact ,he does .He was ready to attend to anybody’s business but his own；but as to doing family duty ,and keeping his own farm in order ,he found it impossible .He has a good temper to his neighborhood , which gained him such universal popularity .

One day ,Rip take to the outside of the house to avoid his wife’s blames with his dog .On his way back home ,Rip happens to meet a stranger and follows him .There ,he drink some miracle wine and falls asleep .Morning ,he wakes up and finds something usual happen to him .His clothes worn out ,his dog is gone ,his gun missing .At first ,he thought it is just a joke that the stranger played on him .He hurriedly goes home ,for he is afraid of his wife .As soon as he goes back to the village does he know what has happens .He has already slept for 20 years！During his sleeping-days ,his wife is dead and his friends have died in the war or gone other somewhere else .He immediately gets into trouble when he said he himself was a loyal subject of George Ⅲ ,not knowing that in the meantime the American Revolution has taken place and he is not supposed to be loyal subject of any hanoverial any longer . Fortunately , the mistakes disappear and he lives a more happy life again without his hash wife .

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Book Report of Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle is a famous work of Washington Irving, an American writer in the 19th century, who hankered for rural life and ancient lifestyle. And he particularly paid attention to anecdotes and the customs of remote villages.

The background of Rip Van Winkle is a small village of America in colonial period. The story is about the life and strange experience of the main character Rip Van Winkle. Rip was a simple good-natured man, a kind neighbor and an obedient hen-pecked husband. He was willing to help his neighbors without hesitation but he hated to do any work to make money. On the contrary, his wife was very bad-tempered and liked to yell at him. To avoid the scold of his wife he went to the woods with a gun and his dog. Then he met some strange men and he taste a kind of beverage, and then he fell into a deep sleep. When he awaked, it was twenty years later but he thought it was the second day. When he went to home, he found that everything changed, the life in his memory became history and the present time is unfamiliar to him.

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华盛顿〃欧文是美国早期浪漫主义文学的代表，被誉为“美国文学之父”，是第一个为美国文学赢得欧洲乃至世界声誉的作家。在作品中，欧文常常把美国的现实状况与欧洲的历史传说融合在一起，展现了一幅幅生动的画面。《瑞普〃凡〃温克尔》是《见闻札记》中很有特色的一篇。

该小说以哈得逊河流域的一个小村子背景，讲述了一个神奇的故事：主人公瑞普〃凡〃温克尔脾气温和，天性懒惰，不事生产，“什么赚钱的活儿他都不喜欢，甚至是憎恨。”经常遭到妻子的责备数落。为逃避妻子的唠叨，他经常带着猎枪和狗到山中去打猎。一天，瑞普在山中遇到一群古怪的老人在玩九木桩（some odd-looking personage playing at ninepins）游戏。贪杯的瑞普〃凡〃温克尔偷饮了古怪老人的仙酒后酣然入睡(fell into a deep sleep)。等他一觉醒来回到村子时，却惊奇的发现村里发生了天翻地覆的变化。村子比以前大了；老朋友死于一场战争或者去了别的地方；妻子已经过世。孩子们都已长大成人；睡觉前他还是乔治王的臣民，现在竟成了美利坚合众国的公民——原来他一睡就是20年。

在我看来，瑞普〃凡〃温克尔是个矛盾的人物形象。一方面他虽然担负着养家糊口的责任，却一切有好处的劳动都深恶痛绝。因此，瑞普家的田地是最糟糕的，杂草丛生，篱笆倒塌，牲畜乱跑，家人仅靠一小块玉米和马铃薯地勉强生活。即便这样，懒惰的瑞普也不为所动，依旧无所事事、不事耕耘。另一方面，瑞普这个对自家的农活儿 不理不睬的大懒汉，却一反常态地对帮助邻居表现出极大的积极性。

比如。无论参加村里剥玉米垒石墙的劳动。还是给农妇们跑腿打杂，瑞普都有求必应．任劳任怨，乐而不疲。通过明显的对比体现出了瑞普〃凡〃温克尔是个惧怕承担家庭责任的胆小鬼，永远长不大的小孩子。其次，该作品采取对不同人物的描写以及采取不同视角的对人物的刻画，为读者描绘出一幅美国革命前的乡村美景。最后，该作品对女性的描写存在一定的鄙视，对瑞普妻子的描写时，所用的词语“火辣”，“泼辣”等贬义词，而对文中男性的描写采用的多为褒义词或中性词．如“可怜的”“高明的”等等。这些描写的鲜明对比，暗示了作者对女性不平等的态度。

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Report of Rip Van Winkle

These days I’ve read a passage named Rip Van Winkle . It’s a short story written by Washington Irving published in 1819.

The story is about Rip Van Winkle, who lived under his wife’s controlling, an obedient henpecked husband. He is always criticized by his wife for lazy in housework and not caring about the family at home. In fact ,he does .He was ready to attend to anybody’s business but his own；but as to doing family duty ,and keeping his own farm in order ,he found it impossible .He has a good temper to his neighborhood , which gained him such universal popularity .

One day ,Rip take to the outside of the house to avoid his wife’s blames with his dog .On his way back home ,Rip happens to meet a stranger and follows him .There ,he drink some miracle wine and falls asleep .Morning ,he wakes up and finds something usual happen to him .His clothes worn out ,his dog is gone ,his gun missing .At first ,he thought it is just a joke that the stranger played on him .He hurriedly goes home ,for he is afraid of his wife .As soon as he goes back to the village does he know what has happens .He has already slept for 20 years！During his sleeping-days ,his wife is dead and his friends have died in the war or gone other somewhere else .He immediately gets into trouble when he said he himself was a loyal subject of George Ⅲ ,not knowing that in the meantime the American Revolution has taken place and he is not supposed to be loyal subject of any hanoverial any longer . Fortunately , the mistakes disappear and he lives a more happy life again without his hash wife .

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The story Rip Van Winkle is about an idle, ambitionless, inagressive person named Rip Van Winkle. In order to avoid his wife non-stop nagging at home, he seeks refuge in the mountain where he meets several dwarfs and tastes the liquor . Overwhelmed by the magic of the liquor, he falls into a 20-year sleep. When he wakes up, everything has undergone a tremendous change. From the plot and the character of Rip Van Winkle we can see he escapes from his responsibilities and duties and the contradiction towards work.

Rip Van Winkle, a good-natured man, is always ready to attend to anybody’s business . He has continuous trouble with Dame Van Winkle, who symbols the puritan thoughts, which consider idleness and laziness as evil thing. Rip Van Winkle has to search comfort by wandering with the dog “wolf”. He can’t really get comfort from philosophers in the village. The “despaired” Rip Van Winkle drinks and falls asleep. The drink is further escape from his woes. He is burdened once again with the thought of having his responsibilities.

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Rip van winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pond. If left to himself, he would have whistled life away in perfect contentment; but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family. Morning, noon, and night, his tongue was incessantly going, and every thing he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. Rip had but one way of replying all lectures of the kind, and that, by frequent use, had grown into a habit. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, cast up his eyes, but said nothing. This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife, so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside of the house——the only side which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband.

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瑞普-凡-温克尔

卡兹吉尔出脉位于纽约州哈得逊河西边，山峰高耸人云，俯瞰着四周的山村。季节更替，阴晴转换，甚至旦夕间的时辰变幻，都会引来山容峰色午姿百态。所以山区周围的村民只要观看卡兹吉尔山脉就能猜出天气的变化。就在这些山脉下面，航行者可以看见缕缕青烟从一个古老的荷兰小山村袅袅升起。瑞普-凡-温克尔就在这个村里。许多年前，他就住在这里，那时这个国家还发球英国。瑞普-凡-温克尔是一个朴素单纯，性格温和的家伙。在荷兰决督统治时期，他的祖先曾英勇地与英国人战斗过。然而，瑞普的血液里没有多少祖先的军人性格。我已经说了，他是一个朴素单纯，性格温和的家伙。此外他还是一个善良的邻居，也是一个在老婆面前唯唯诺诺的丈夫。由于在家里被老婆管得太严所以他似乎养成了处处与人为善的习惯。因此，除了他老婆外，大这都对他评价很高。当然，他在村子里所有的良家妇女中很受欢迎。每当她们知道了凡-温克尔家吵架，她们总是认定瑞普是对的，而凡-温克尔夫人是错的。孩子们也一样，瑞普-凡-温克尔一来，他们总是欢叫起来。他总是望着他们玩耍，为他们做玩具，教他们怎么玩各种游戏，还给他们讲最精彩的故事。不管他去哪儿，他的四周常常围着一群孩子。村子里没有哪条狗对他狂吠过。瑞普-凡-温克尔有一个缺点：什么赚钱的活儿他都不喜欢，甚至是憎恨。很难理解究竟是什么原因让他不爱劳动。可他从不拒绝帮助邻居，哪怕是干最粗的活儿，比如帮人家砌石墙。村里的妇女也常使唤他，让他传信，或做一些她们的丈夫不愿意做的小活计。换言之，除了自各儿的事情外，别人家的事瑞普都乐意管。至少家庭责任，收拾农场，他觉得这样的活儿绝对做不来。事实上，他宣称在他农场上折腾毫无用处，因为那是整个那一带最差的小块地，一无是处。结果由于他经营不善，失去不少土地，他的小农场比他周围的农场更差了。他的孩子也到处游荡，他们的可怜样和他的农场一样。他的儿子小瑞普，和他很像，整天四处晃荡。他穿着一条他父亲的旧裤子，不得不用一只手提着，免得掉了下来。然而，瑞普-凡-温克尔发球那种有福分的人。他一副傻样，与世无争，待人接物从容快乐；他吃好吃差无所谓，只要得来全不费工夫。如果由着他的性子，他会非常心安理得地虚度一生。可是他老婆在他耳朵边不停地数落他，说他游手好闲，对家庭漠不关心，这个家快给他毁了。从早到晚，她唠叨个没完。他说的每句话，做的每件事，定公招徕她一顿臭骂。瑞普对付他那长舌老婆，倒是有个办法，这个办法用多了。已经成了一个习惯。他只是把头耷拉在肩膀上，眼望天空，一言不发。然而，这又引来老婆的一阵发火。这么一来，瑞普无事可做，只有离开家。在家里，瑞普唯一的朋友就是他的狗，名叫沃尔夫。沃尔夫常常是凡-温克尔太太的出气筒，因为她把他们看做是游手好闲的难兄难弟，有时她甚至指责说：瑞普之所以吊儿郎当都是这条狗的错。不错，沃外交活动夫在树林里像条狗，很勇敢，可是再勇敢的狗也经不住一个长舌妇的数落。每当沃尔夫走进家门，他总是耷拉着脑袋，尾巴垂掉在地上或夹在两腿间。他在屋里溜达，一脸心虚的样子，时刻从眼角观察着凡-温克尔太太，一看到她有一丝不快的迹象，便拨腿开溜。瑞普-凡-温克尔结婚后，随着岁月的推移，他的麻烦也越来越多。有很长一段时间，当凡-温克尔太太的唠叨迫使他出门时，他总是和其他闲人坐在一块儿安慰自己。他和这些闲人常坐在村里的小酒馆前面，酒馆的名字就是因英王乔治三世下的肖像而起的。在漫长的夏天里，他们常常坐在树要荫下，没完没了地讲述那些让人打盹的无聊故事。有时候，他们中有人碰巧发现一张过路的游客扔下来的旧报纸，这时他们会非常认真地听报纸上的内容，因为德瑞克-凡-巴梅尔会读给他们听（德

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