哈利·波特与魔法石(Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone)简介：

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling and featuring Harry Potter, a young wizard. It describes how Harry discovers he is a wizard, makes close friends and a few enemies at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and with the help of his friends thwarts an attempted comeback by the evil wizard Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents and tried to kill Harry when he was one year old.

The book was published on 30 June 1997 by Bloomsbury in London, and in the United States under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by Scholastic Corporation in 1998. It won most of the UK book awards that were judged by children, and other awards in the USA. The book reached the top of the New York Times list of best-selling fiction in August 1999, and stayed near the t

    想必大家都看过《红楼梦》吧！那大家一定在书中看到过贾宝玉，林黛玉所生活的荣国府吧！今天我就带大家走进荣国府，走进《红楼梦》一书中的生活。

    在1986年，人们为了拍戏在石家庄的正定县的一块土地上建起了一座金碧辉煌的庭院，取名为“荣国府”。这座庭院是根据红楼梦这本书中的描述按三比一的比例缩小而成的。人们就在这座庭院里拍起了家喻户晓的电视剧“红楼梦”。

    在荣国府的门前有一条繁华的街，名叫“宁荣街”。刚入荣国府，有一座不高的假山，假山的前面是一座古桥。桥上共有十六只小狮子，各个威武霸气，分立桥两侧。假山后是一道美丽的屏风，上面镶着许多牡丹花。站在这屏风前，就仿佛有一阵香味扑鼻而来，真是沁人心脾。

    说了这么多，我们也该进入府中瞧瞧了。踏进荣国府的第一道门槛，我们首先来到东面的曹雪芹纪念馆。我们进入此馆，仔细地浏览了这位大作家的生平与家庭背景。绕过曹雪芹纪念馆就是陈列金陵十二钗的画像和雕像的展示厅。

    金陵十二钗分别是林黛

AMERICAN STORIES - Short Story:

'The Californian's Tale'

by Mark Twain

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By Mark Twain
2009-7-3

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