荆棘鸟简介
Here is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life ， more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. From the moment it leaves the nest, it searches for a thorn tree ，and does not rest until it has found one. Then ,singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest，sharpest spine. And，dying，it rises above its own agony to out- carol the lark and the nightingale. One superlative song，existence the price. But the whole world stills to listen ， and God in His heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain, or so says the legend. ——the Legend about the Thorn Birds
Father lost his job→Recieved a letter form Mary→Arrieved at Australia→Met Ralph→Ralph treated Meggie well→Made a new will→Ralph leaved→Her father died by a forest fires and her brother died after stabbed by a boar→Ralph come back and told Meggie that he would never marry her →Luke was hired and Meggie thoughs he love her→Luke married Meggie just for the money, and he was not good to Meggie→Aftering having a night with Raiph, she decided to leave Luke→She gave with birth to Dane who's father is Ralph .Unfortunately, Dane want to be a priest like his father→To rescue three girl, Dane died→Meggie asked Ralph to find Dane's corpse,Ralph refused.Meggie told him Dane was his son→Ralph felt painful, he died in Meggie's of the story
The Thorn Birds was a best selling novel in 1977. It described a tragedy about love between Meggie and Ralph,has affected we a lots, not only by the roles in the novel, but also something deep behind the roles.
有一个传说，说的是有那么一只鸟儿，它一生只唱 一次，那歌声比世上所有一切生灵的歌声都更加优美动 听。杜鹃花与鸟，怨艳两何赊，怀疑是口中血，滴成枝 上花。从离开巢窝的那一刻起，她就在寻找着荆棘树， 直到如愿以偿，才歇息下来。然后，它把自己的身体扎 进最长，最尖的荆棘上，便在那荒蛮的枝条之间放开了 歌喉。在奄奄一息的时刻，它超脱了自身的痛苦，而那 歌声竟然使云雀和夜莺都黯然失色。这是一曲无比美好 的歌，曲终而命竭。然而，整个世界都在静静地谛听， 上帝也在苍穹中微笑。因为最美好的东西只能用最深痛 的巨创来换取，它的歌唱是以生命为代价的歌唱，是世 间最凄美的绝唱。这不仅仅是一种生的态度，更是一种 感天动地的爱的方式。 ——荆棘鸟的传说
My Understandding
1.Infatuation （迷恋） 2. You can't have your cake and eat it too. （鱼和熊掌不可兼得） 3.Gain and loss 4.Happiness
Ralph who was a handsome and ambitious priest.They loved each other very much but couldn't get married. Then Meggie became Luke's wife who looked like Ralph. When → Dane,Meggie and Ralph's son, was eighteen,he dead of saving several women who were drowning.
Meggie, the only daughter between the five children,a strong minded girl daring to love the person she shouln't love. Both her life and love were unfuetunate, but she went through all. I like her very much not only because her beauty but also the grace and the courage to love.