i would like to introduce yoa short novel named“the old man and the sea”.

it is written by ernest hemingway in cuba in 1951 and published in 1952.

the story of an aging,life-long fisherman who attempts to find himself,and hopefully a fish,on a fishing trip in the gulf waters off cuba.

after spending most of his life alone and losing his only companion who is a young cuban boy,the old man heads out to sea once again.

his 84 days without a notable catch end on this trip,but will he be able to defeat the odds after catching a gigantic marlin?

this short novel is universal in its consideration of the plight of an old man struggling against age,loneliness,mortality,humility and poverty to maintain his identity and dignity.apart from that,the cheerful and optimistic old man wants to reestablish his reputation in the community.besides,he also wants to ensure for all time his relationship with those he loves and to whom he hopes to paon everything he values the most.finally,he survives and wins the battle.this has shown his heroic struggle not only redeems himself but also inspires and spiritually enriches those around him.

thanks for your attention.

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They do believe in afterlife.But I can't help asking:Suppose there were no afterlife,would yostill do good deeds and strive for virtues?And If God does not see what yoare doing,would yostill be so upright and selfless?If yowork,not for serving the public and liberating the others,but just for a better afterlife of your own,isn't it a little too selfish?Comparing with this kind of believers,those who don't believe in afterlife,but still keep doing good deeds,are the most sincere and honest philanthropists,because they do them not for themselves but for other.

Yomay wonder if I believe in afterlife.My answer is:I know nothing about my previous life,so I dare not make improper comments on afterlife.But I do hope there's afterlife!Because our present life is so short that so many things slip away before our proper understanding.I have so many dreams,so many wishes,so many ambitions,as well as so many regrets and concerns.If there were no afterlife,all of them will remain unrealized!

I'm not contented with the present commonplace life,I'm very much attached to the affections that should have been mine but have been washed away by the hurrying time,and I yearn for the perfection and maturity if I could start all over again.So believe it or not,I'd rather there were afterlife.

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If There Were No After Life

whether there's afterlife,the answer has never been the same.the atheists deny after life,believing that our life is no more than from the cradle to the grave.they may care about their illustrious names after death;they may feel attached to the affection of their offspring,but they never lay their hopes on their afterlife.they may also say that good will be rewarded with good,and evil with evil,but they don't really believe any retribution in their after life.

however,in the religious world or among the superstitious people,the belief in afterlife is very popular.they do not only believe in afterlife,but thousands of reincarnations as well.in the mysterious world,there are the paradise and the hell,the celestial beings and the gods,the buddha and the bodhisattvas.

maybe they really believed it,or maybe they just wanted to make use of people's veneration,the ancient emperors always declared that they were the real dragons,the sons of god,while the royal ministers claimed to be the reincarnations of various constellations.but can the stars reincarnate?

many people burn incense and kowtow,do good deeds and strive for virtues,not just for the present,but mainly to let god see their sincerity so as to be reborn into a better afterlife,or to achieve the highest enlightenment after several lives of practice.they do believe in afterlife.but i can't help asking:suppose there were no afterlife,would yostill do good deeds and strive for virtues?and if god does not see what yoare doing,would yostill be so upright and selfless?if yowork,not for serving the public and liberating the others,but just for a better afterlife of your own,isn't it a little too selfish?comparing with this kind of believers,those who don't believe in afterlife,but still keep doing good deeds,are the most sincere and honest philanthropists,because they do them not for themselves but for other.

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Good morning!My name is Chen Ying snow,carefree travel guide,today is a great pleasure to serve you,yocan call me snow!Today we are going to visit the Great Wall of landscape is famous in the world.The Great Wall is the world's precious historical relics,hope everyone to love the Great Wall,don't litter scribble,oh!

The Great Wall has a long history,a history of more than 20_years,the spring and autumn period and the warring states period,the warring states to mutual defense,has built the Great Wall in the dangerous place.According to records zuozhuan:in 656 BC,“chmahjong layout”is about the earliest record of the Great Wall.Out the si_nations after the unification of China,qin to defense the north south invasion of the huns,in 224 BC,the qin,zhao and yan in The Three Kingdoms of the north Great Wall,re-hung,coherent rise.Some west about(now min county,gansprovince)north mountain,east to liaodong,which is commonly known as the“Great Wall”,still remains.Since then,the han,the northern wei dynasty,their,beiqi,sui dynasties had built the Great Wall.The composition

In Ming dynasty,in order to defense the invasion of alien,built the Great Wall before and after 18 times,total length of 6700 km,east of shanhaiguan,west to jiayuguan,today we visit this section of the Great Wall is built in the Ming dynasty,is located in the badaling.