1、秘密花园英文演讲Contents 1.Author1.Author2.Characters2.Characters3.Summary3.Summary4.Impression after reading4.Impression after readingFrances Hodgson BurnettFrances Hodgson Burnett(1849-1924)An EnglishAmerican playwright and author.She is best known for her childrens stories,In particular The Secret Garden
2、,A Little Princess,and Little Lord Fauntleroy.CharactersMaryLennoxDickonColinCravenBecause of the lack of parental care,Little Mary is a self-centered girl but kind-hearted maid Martha let Mary gradually become outgoingA little boy who shuttle across the marsh all day and has a group of animal frien
3、ds.It seems that he knows all the habits of animals.Although Deacon is a poor boy,he is very kind,and he helped Mary get rid of a lot of bad habitsBecause his was unhealthy,he was unable to act alone until he was ten years old.He was confined in the house all day and could not see the world outside.
4、Although he had absolute power at home,he did not feel happySummaryMary lives with her rich parents in India.No one has ever really cared for her;hardly anyone knows she is even there.One day a cholera epidemic breaks out and nearly everyone dies.Mary was the only survivor.In a garden she meets Ben,
5、an old gardener.He shows her the key to the secret garden and also the door hidden under thick ivy.As soon as she enters the garden,it becomes her own little mystic world.She is sent to England where her uncle lives.There is a big mystery about a secret garden that had been locked up ten years ago.O
6、ne day she finds a boy,Colin Craven,her cousin.He cant walk nor stand up,and everybody thinks that hes going to die.His father has never wanted to see him.With Dickon,Marthas brother,and Mary he goes into the secret garden in a kind of a wheel chair,and learns to walk.They all say its“Magic”that made all these wonders possible:Colins walking,Marys change into a nice girl and her joy in the secret garden“If you look the right way,you can see“If you look the right way,you can see that the whole world is a garden.”that the whole world is a garden.”
