What impresses me a lot is the following connected to the war.

(战争前提到战争的对话)First at the beginning of the novel ,Stew said to Scarlett ,Oh ,isn’t it exciting , Scarlett？You know those poor Yankees actually want a war? We’ll show them.

While customers come to Twelve Oaks for the barbecue there,Ashley and Melanie ,on the balcony open to the garden, Melanie said to Ashley you are afraid of what may happen when the war comes,aren’t you？

I think the most fantastic part is the beginning of charter2. The gentlemen are gathering in the downstairs hall, talking about the war.Mr Ohara said we’ve borne enough insults from the meddling Yankees.It is time we made them understand we keep our slaves with or without their approval. Who’s to stop them right from the state of Georgia to secede from the Union. The south must assert ourselves by force of arms.After we fired on the Yankee rascals at

Fort Sumter,we’ve got to fight.There is no other way.The situation is very simple. The Yankees cant’t fight and we can.

While most of them said fight,that’s right ,fight! Ashley said if Georgia fights,I go with her. But like my father I hope that the Yankees let us leave the Union in peace. Most of the miseries of the world were caused by wars. And when the wars were over, no one ever knew what they were about. And Rhett said ,no ,I’m not hinting that the Yankees can lick us. I’m saying very plainly that Yankees are better equipped than we. They’ve got factories, shipyards, coalmines…and a fleet to bottle up our harbors and starve us to death. All we’ve got is botton, and slaves and…arrogance.

(战争中提到战争的对话)Secondly, it is about the war process.

In charter 4 Rhett said there is a little battle going on right now that ought to pretty well fix things.One way or the other.Look at them –all

these poor,tragic people!It is the South sinking to its knees.It will never rise again .The cause-the cause of living in the past is dying right in front of us. I am angry .Waste always makes me angry!And that’s what all this is.Sheer waste.

(战争后提到战争)When the war was over,Tara had survived, to face the hell and famine of defeat.Home from their lost adventure came the lattered Cavaliers.Grimly they came hobbling back to the desolation that had once been a land of grace and plenty.And with them came another invader, more cruel and vicious than any they had fought ,the Carpetbagger.

Besides those major actors ,Mammie impresses me a lot.in charter 1 ,she talked to Scarlett, you don’t care what folks says about this family, I do.

第二篇：Gone with the wind 练习题

Exercises

i. Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1.Who first tells Scarlett that Ashley is going to marry Melanie? ( B )

A. Rhett B. Ashley C. Brent D. Melanie

2. When do Rhett and Scarlett first meet each other? （ C ）

A. They had known each other since they were children.

B. At the fund-raising bazaar in Atlanta.

C. On the staircase at Twelve Oaks.

D. In the library at Twelve Oaks.

3. Why does Scarlett marry Frank Kennedy?（ A ）

A. She needs his money to save Tara.

B. She truly falls in love with him.

C. She hates being unmarried.

D. If Scarlett can’t have the man she wants, no one can.

4. On the way back to Tara, Rhett gives Scarlett_____.

A. A gun B. A ring C. A knife D. A wallet

5.Why does Scarlett marry Charles Hamilton?

A. Because she loves him.

B. Because she needs his money.

C. Because she is angry and take sulks.

D. Because she hates being unmarried.

6. As Melanie is dying, what does she ask Scarlett to do?

A. Look after Ashley B. Apologize to India,

C. Be kind to Rhett. D. Both A and C.

7. Why does Scarlett go to visit Rhett in jail?

A. She loves him.

B. She wants to borrow his money.

C. she wants to tease him.

D. She wants to marry him.

8. Which of the following word is not suitable to describe Scarlett?

A. selfish B. brave C. quick-witted D.selfless

9. Who dies at the end of the movie?

A. Scarlett B. Rhett C. Ashley D. Melanie

10. At the end of the movie, what happened to Rhett and Scarlett?

A. Rhett and Scarlett live happily together.

B. Rhett leaves.

C. Scarlett falls in love with another man.

D. Scarlett commits suicide.

ii. Translate the following sentences.

1. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.

2. After all, tomorrow is another day!

3. As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again.

4. Land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it’s the only thing that lasts.

5. Here, take my handkerchief. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief .

6. I can’t let it go while there’s a breath left in my body

7. You certainly gave a good imitation of it up to this morning.

8. The only thing I’m afraid of is they won’t hang you in time to pay the taxes on Tara.

9. Nobody could accuse Melanie of being insincere.

10. We’ve sort of shocked the Confederacy.

1。坦白说，亲爱的，我一点也不在乎。

2。毕竟，明天又是新的一天！

3。上帝作证，我再也不要挨饿了。

4。土地是世界上唯一值得你去为之工作，为之战斗，值得为它而死，因为它是唯一永恒的东西。

5。这里，拿我的手帕。不，在你人生的转折点，我知道你有一条手帕。

6。我不能让他走了，我还有一口气

7。你肯定了一个很好的模仿到今天早上。

8。我唯一的担心是他们不能及时把你绞死付税金。

9。没有人可以指责梅兰妮虚伪。

10。我们震惊了南方。

iii. Listening to the following conversations and fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just hear.

1.( Tara is the beautiful homeland of Scarlett, who is now talking with the twins, Brent and Stew, at the door step. )

Brent: What do we care , Scarlett. The war is going to start any day now so we would have left college anyhow.

Stew: Oh, isn’t it exciting, Scarlett? You know those poor Yankees actually want a war? Brent: We’ll ____ them.

Scarlett: Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk is all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides, there isn’t going to be any war.

Brent: Not going to be any war?

Stew: Ah, buddy, of course there’s going to be a war.

Scarlett: If either of you boys says “war”, just once again, I’ll go in the house and slam the door.

Brent: But Scarlett honey...

Stew: Don’t you want us to have a war?

Brent: Wait a minute, Scarlett. . .

Stew: We’ll talk about this. . .

Brent: No please, we’ll do anything you say.. .

Scarlett: Well... but remember I you.

Brent: I’ve got an idea. We’ll talk about the barbecue the Wilkes are giving over at Twelve Oaks tomorrow.

Stew: That’s a good idea. You’re eating barbecue with us, aren’t you, Scarlett?

Scarlett: Well, I hadn’t thought about that yet, I’ll...I’ll think about that tomorrow.

Stew: And we want all your waltzes, there’s first Brent, then me, then Brent, then me again, that’s Scarlett: I’d just love to.

Stew: Yahoo!

Scarlett: If only... if only I didn’t have every one of them taken already.

Brent: Honey, you can’t do that to us.

Stew:Scarlett: Secret? Who by?

Brent: Well, you know Miss Melanie Hamilton, from Atlanta?

Stew: Ashley Wilkes’cousin? Well, she’s visiting the Wilkes at Twelve Oaks. Scarlett: Melanie Hamilton, that goody-goody. Who wants to know a secret about her. Brent: Well, anyway we heard...

Stew: That is, they say...

Brent: Ashley Wilkes .

Stew:You know the Wilkes always marry their cousins.

Brent: Now do we get those waltzes?

Scarlett: Of course.

Brent: Yahoo!

Scarlett:...Ashley loves me.

Stew: Scarlett!

2. (Outside, there’s chaos. Gentlemen, including Ashley, are leaving for the call of war.)

Charles: Miss O’Hara! Miss O’Hara, isn’t it ? Mr. Lincoln has called the soldiers, volunteers to fight against us.

Scarlett: Oh, fiddle-dee-dee. Don’t you men ever think about anything important?

Charles: But it’s war, Miss O’Hara! And everybody’s going off to enlist, they’re going right away. I’m going, too!

Scarlett: Everybody?

Charles: Oh, Miss O’Hara, will you be sorry? To see us go, I mean.

Scarlett: Charles: Oh, Miss O’Hara, I’ve told you I loved you. I think you’re the most beautiful girl in the world. And the , the dearest. I know that I couldn’t hope that you could love me, marrying me, I’d do anything in the world for you, just anything, I promise!

Scarlett: Oh, what did you say?

Charles: Miss O’Hara, I said, would you marry me?

Scarlett: Yes, Mr. Hamilton, I will.

Charles: You will, you’ll marry me? You’ll wait for me?

Scarlett: Well, .

Charles: You mean you’ll marry me before I go? Oh, Miss O’Hara...Scarlett...when may I speak to your father?

Scarlett: Charles: I’ll go now, I can’t wait. Will you excuse me? Dear?

(The day after Melanie and Ashley’s wedding, Scarlett marries Charles Hamilton.)

Melanie: Scarlett. I thought of you at our wedding yesterday and I hope that yours would be as beautiful. And it was.

Scarlett: Was it?

Melanie: Charles: Don’t cry darling. The war will be over in a few weeks and I’ll be coming back to you.

3. ( With the help of Rhett, Scarlett and Melanie escape from Atlanta and are flying back to Tara. At last they are pretty near Tara. Rhett suddenly stops.)

Scarlett: Why did you stop?

Rhett: This is the turn to Tara. I let the horse breathe a bit. Mrs. Wilkes...

Prissy: Miss Melanie done fainted way back. Captain Butler.

Rhett: She’s probably better off. She couldn’t stand the pain if she were conscious. Scarlett, ?

Scarlett: Oh, yes, yes, I know we can

Rhett: Not we, my dear, you. I’m leaving you here.

Scarlett: You’re what? Rhett, where are you going?

Rhett: I’m going, my dear, to join the army.

Scarlett: Oh, you’re . I could kill you for scaring me so.

Rhett: I’m very serious, Scarlett. I’m going to join up with our brave lads in gray.

Scarlett: But they’re running away.

Rhett: Oh, no, they’ll turn and make a last stand, if I know anything about them. And when they do, I’ll be with them. I’m a little late, but better late than...

Scarlett: Rhett, you must be joking.

Rhett: , aren’t you? Thinking of your own precious hide with never a thought for the noble cause.

Scarlett: Rhett, how could you do this to me, and why should you go now that, after it’s all over and I need you, why? Why?

Rhett: Why? Maybe it’s because I’ve always had a weakness for lost causes, once they’re really lost. Or maybe, maybe I’m ashamed of myself. Who knows?

Scarlett: Rhett: You, helpless? Heaven help the Yankees if they capture you. Now climb down here. I want to say goodbye.

Scarlett: No.

Rhett: Climb down.

Scarlett: Oh Rhett, please don’t go. You can’t leave me, please, I’ll never forgive you.

Rhett: I’m not asking you to forgive me. I’ll never understand or forgive myself. And if a gets me, so help me, I’ll laugh at myself for being an idiot. But there’s one thing that I do know. And that is I love you, Scarlett. In spite of you and me and us, I love you. Because we’re things in the eyes and call them by their right names.

Scarlett: Don’t hold me like that.

Rhett: Scarlett, look at me. I love you more than I’ve ever loved any woman. And I’ve waited longer for you than I’ve ever waited for any woman.

Scarlett: Let me alone!

Rhett: Here’s a soldier of the South that loves you, Scarlett. Wants to feel your arms around him, wants to carry into battle with him. Never mind about loving me. You’re a woman who’s sending a soldier to his death with a beautiful memory. Scarlett, kiss me, kiss me, once.

Scarlett: You’re a low-down, cowardly, nasty thing, you! They were right. Everybody was right, you, you aren’t a gentleman.

Rhett: if anyone lays a hand on that nag, shoot him. But don’t make a mistake and shoot the nag .

Scarlett: Oh, go on. I want you to go. I hope a cannon ball lands slap on you, , I...

Rhett: Never mind the rest, I follow your general idea. And when I’m dead on the order of my country, I hopey our conscience heard you. Good-bye, Scarlett.

iv. Answer the following questions.

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5. What is the cause of the civil war? Why do we regard Gone with the Wind as a landmark film? Explain the title Gone with the Wind in your own words. What does Tara mean to Scarlett? Among all the characters in the movie, which one is your favorite, and why?

v. Write an essay about your comment on Gone with the Wind.