“我思故我在”是国际部专属杂志 Hey,U!!! 中的一个专题，旨在为国际部营造良好的阅读学习氛围，丁岚老师定期组织同学们阅读经典著作，并且布置同学们撰写读后感。此次阅读的书籍是原版英文名著《汤姆叔叔的小屋》。

《汤姆叔叔的小屋》，又译作《黑奴吁天录》是美国女作家比彻·斯托夫人以美国的黑奴制度为背景，反映奴隶们的悲惨遭遇的一部小说。此书于1852年首次在《民族时代》刊物上连载，立即引起了强烈的反响，受到了人们无与伦比的欢迎，后来被译为40多种文字在世界各地出版。

Jonas 都禹吾

As we all know, this book is very popular. It not only describes the injustice of slavery to us, but also arouses the sympathy of other races, with the aim to oppose and overthrow slavery. All human rights are born to be  equal! In fact, there is another character in the story, Eva. This little girl seems to be born to bring happiness and love to people. I was educated from her that everyone should be treated equally and be willing to help others. In the novel,the author describes so many characters and all of them try to seek freedom and equality for the black slaves. To be honest, the author of this novel interweaves suffering and happiness together. I seem to feel that these two points have the same power and can melt people's hearts. 

Although slavery has been abolished, it can be imagined that there are still many injustices in the current society, and there are endless disputes over social and political status. I hope Uncle Tom's death can warn everyone and let all the injustices disappear.

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众所周知，这本书很受欢迎。它不仅描述了奴隶制对黑人的不公，而且作者想引起其他民族的同情，反对和推翻奴隶制。所有的人权都是生而平等的。其实，故事中还有一个人物，她的名字叫伊娃。这个小姑娘似乎天生就是为了给人们带来幸福和爱而生。从她身上我也受到了这样的教育：每个人都应该一视同仁，乐于助人。其实作者描述了这么多的人物，都是为了黑人奴隶争取自由，争取平等。说实话，这部小说的作者把苦难和幸福交织在一起，我觉得这两点的力量是一样的，都可以融化人心。           

虽然奴隶制已经被废除了，但现在的社会还存在着许多不公平的现象，为了社会地位、政治地位等而争论不休。希望汤姆大叔的死能给大家敲响警钟，让所有的不公都消失。

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‎Elsa 徐睿言

How kind uncle Tom is! His honesty and honesty let me like, his kindness let me admire, our world is so much need of such kind people like Tom ah. It's so pitiful to think what happened to uncle Tom. It's so wonderful to think about that slave society and see our present society everyone is equal, there is no oppression. Live in a spacious and comfortable house and live a happy life. So, we should cherish the good time now, cherish everything we have now.

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汤姆叔叔是多么善良的人啊! 他的真诚和坦诚让我喜欢，他的善良让我敬佩，我们的世界多么需要像汤姆叔叔这样善良的人啊。想起汤姆叔叔的遭遇，真是太可怜了。与奴隶制相比，我们现在的社会人人平等，没有压迫，也能够住上宽敞舒适的房子，过上幸福的生活，真是太美好了。所以，我们更应该珍惜现在的美好时光，珍惜现在所拥有的一切。

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‎Valentina 吕恬宁

If God created them into human beings, would the master have to crush the slaves into beasts? This is a man in the book who fights for the black slaves. I think people of all races should be respected. We are all human beings, and there should be no such terrible prejudice among us. And violent Gregory is such a character that I hate so much. He is vulgar. He was the major culprits for Uncle Tom’s death. He can't be made a man. He is a beast without humanity.

Uncle Tom's views on African Americans and American slavery had a profound impact- intensified the regional conflicts and even led to the American Civil War. To be more specific, it accelerated the end of slavery and brought us to a new world. At the same time, it made a great contribution to pave the way for the feminist movement in the following decades. In this novel, many women with distinct personalities were created: Kind Mrs. Hilby, who regarded the servants as her own relatives. Cathy who tried to help Uncle Tom escape.  And aunt Chloe, who cares about Tom very much.

I feel lucky that I live in this day and age. Nowadays, people have become more equal, however more efforts are needed to be made. So let's cherish what we already have and give our own strength in equality.

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如果上帝把他们创造成了人，难道主人要把奴隶们压成野兽吗？这就是书中的人，为黑奴而战。我认为，所有种族的人都应该受到尊重。我们都是人，我们之间不应该有这种可怕的偏见。而暴力的格里高利是我非常讨厌的一个人物。他是个粗俗的人，他是害死汤姆叔叔的罪魁祸首，他不能成为一个人，他是一头没有人性的野兽。

汤姆大叔对非裔美国人和美国奴隶制的看法影响深远，在一定程度上激化了地区冲突，导致了美国内战。说得更具体一点，它加速了奴隶制的终结，给我们带来了一个新的世界。同时，它也为后来几十年的女权主义运动铺平了道路，做出了巨大的贡献。在这部小说中，塑造了许多个性鲜明的女性形象：善良的希尔比夫人，她把仆人们视为自己的亲人：试图帮助汤姆叔叔逃跑的凯茜；还有非常关心汤姆的克洛伊阿姨。

我觉得自己生活在这个时代，是幸运的。现在，人与人之间变得更加平等了，但还需要更多的努力。所以，让我们珍惜我们所拥有的，在平等中奉献自己的力量。

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在考试上，英文原著阅读的力量也不容忽视。有多位申请到美国TOP30名校的学生在分享申请感言时都提到，原著阅读对他们的标化考试帮助很大。不论是TOEFL和SAT，首先是阅读的速度提高了，再者是阅读时的理解能力，批判性思维能力，抓取关键信息的能力提高了，考试的成绩也就自然提高了。

同学们，利用周末和假期多多阅读英文原著吧！

文稿 / 都禹吾、徐睿言、吕恬宁

编辑 / 陈海锋

翻译、校对 / 冯晓亮

审核 / 赵云飞