A Room with a View 看得见风景的房间(英文版)

A heart with love and respect herself 有爱与自尊的内心 “Lucy, struggling against straitlaced Victorian attitudes，falls in love with socially unsuitable George. caught up in a claustrophobic world of pretentiousness and rigidity, she ultimately rejected her fiancé and instead to wed her true love.” The above is the introduction in the book. In fact, the story is really simple. The following is my understanding: Lucy, a young lady from a middle-class family, spend her vocation in Florence with her older unmarried cousin Bartlett. They lived in a north-facing room without view. In the hotel, they met George and his son, who acted boldly and straightforwardly. They were willing to exchange their room with a view. George also expressed his love to Lucy, but Lucy refused. After returning to England, Lucy accepted the marriage engagement with Cecille of the same class. In the end, Lucy saw Cecil's arrogance and spiritual barrenness and recognized her heart. With the encouragement of her cousin, Lucy chose her true love of George finally. 故事简单，道理也不算深奥，也许在作者所处的年代，只能说有点“小激进”。 婚姻就是替自己选择一间房间。福斯特显然是把乔治比喻成了一间能看见风景的房间。是呀，一样找房间，何不找一间“看得见风景”的呢？与乔治结婚，日子肯定会丰富多彩，充满了激情；即使激情消退，生活还是热乎乎的，有着许多意想不到的趣味；而嫁给了塞西尔，单调、沉闷、呆板，实在像住进了一个金碧辉煌的监狱，成了金丝笼里的玩偶。可是现实生活也许没有这么简单，乔治是个普通的职员，更不是“富二代”，物质生活远不如后者，况且“勇于追求爱”、“充满活力”都是双刃剑，一旦有“X年之痒”，花心的可能肯定大大超过“不谙风情”的塞西尔。而嫁给了塞西尔，就是嫁给了权势、地位和金钱，日子虽然枯燥乏味，可是保险系数却是大大的。你是要趣味还是安全呢？福斯特那个时代张扬着人文主义，宣扬着“爱情至上”。放到今天的中国，别说那些“宝马女”，就是一般的父母恐怕选择的也是塞西尔。在我们这个充满了变数的社会，安全、只有安全才是最重要的，什么性格差异、什么情趣不合、什么激情有无，对不起，统统不重要！而且，谁说就没有乔治的性格和塞西尔的地位的混合体呢？上帝保佑吧…… 《看得见风景的房间》同名电影，获得8项奥斯卡提名，荣获3项大奖。配乐加上交缠交错的裱花字，充满了浓郁的老式英伦风味的爱情片，还加上意大利的浪漫风景。由海伦娜，玛吉·史密斯和朱利安山德斯主演。

A Room with a View is a story about a young English woman named Lucy Honeychurch. She travels to Italy and meets a man named George Emerson. George is different from the polite English men Lucy knows — he is honest, open, and full of passion. Their meeting makes Lucy start to think about what she really wants in life. When Lucy returns to England, she becomes confused. Society expects her to marry a rich and proper man, Cecil, but her heart remembers George. In the end, Lucy learns to listen to her own feelings and chooses love and freedom over social rules. This book is about self-discovery, love, and courage. It tells us that we should not live only to please others. The “room with a view” is a symbol of an open heart and a wider world. I like this story because it is gentle but powerful. It shows that real happiness comes when we dare to be true to ourselves.

这本书总体来说我不太喜欢前半段，但是我比较喜欢后半段。前半段虽然露丝很乐观勇敢，但是我觉得后半段她的犹豫以及后来老爱默生的富有哲理的开导，还有乔治对于以西塞尔为代表的男性的剖析，让我印象非常深刻，似乎每一句话都可以引发我们对现代社会中性别与阶级以及更加深刻的主题的思考。我认为阅读后十章更能够让我看到小说的主题所在。阅读一本书它真正的意义在于去思考，我觉得这本书对于现代女性是有一定的价值和意义的。

I pored through the novel amidst the pitter-patters of rain, which usually runs for days on ends in this season in the lower reach of Yangtze. The reading is enjoyable though the meaning of some of the expressions could be illusive. This is unavoidable for readers with English as their second language because you have cultural barrier to break. But when you make it, you will feel a reinforced inner strength. That's the beauty of reading English novels. While enjoying the story, you also pick up some authentic expressions and have the fun of playing games as you meet the challenges and crack nuts in the process. The novel is not so intriguing as far as the plot is concerned, but it is interpersed with philosophical thoughts that may trigger your reflection and sympathy. Beside, reading English novel is a better way to experience the life and folk customs of the relevant country in specific period better than historic records or any other literal forms.