最近，读了一本《象人》，以前我所读的基本上都是英语简写读物，而这一本是英文原著（当然是比较浅显的原著）。我居然没怎么费力，就读了下来，心中不免窃喜：可见，学习一种语言，没有捷径可走，大量阅读是必需的、也是行之有效的。关于这本书，我也想谈点体会。

书中描写了一百多年前，在英国发生的事情。那时，一个二十七岁的年轻小伙子，因皮肤患囊肿，头、右肢发生病变，皮肤从脸上、大腿上下垂，仿佛大象似的。然而，他的左手是正常的，像女人般的漂亮。因他的丑陋、畸形，人们称之为“象人”；将他放在笼子里，像动物似的，让人们花钱来看、来嘲笑。

一天，一位伦敦的医生发现了他，想研究他；然后，给《泰晤士报》写了信——求救于读者。一周后，仁慈、善良的读者们就捐献了五万英镑；这样，可以让他一辈子安静的住在医院里。还不断的，有读者前来看他、送书给他；这样，就改变了他与世隔绝、自卑的生活状态。

这位善良的医生认为：如果让他看些关于女性的读物、请美女来看他……异性相吸：这些举动，会让他摆脱自卑，改善心理状态。于是，医生的一位美女朋友，一次次的来看他、对他微笑、与他握手、送书给他、与之谈书……读者朋友与美女的到来，逐步开始让他忘记了自己的丑陋——感觉自己像个人，而不是怪物了。直到有一天，英国女王来看望他，并送他圣诞贺卡，更让激动得热泪盈眶。从此，欢乐的歌声，常常飘荡在他的房间里。

人们的善良、仁慈、异性的影响、读书……慢慢改变了他，从此，让他过上了快乐的生活。所以，无论什么时代，什么社会，生活的外部环境，与自己内在的动力——读书，这些内外的因素，都会影响一个人的身心。

读这本书时，我被仁慈、充满爱心的医生、读者朋友的善举，深深的感动。心里就惦记着，要写一篇读后感。也许是学以致用的关系，读的时候就格外的投入、格外的专注，效果自然越好。可见，读与写的关系是多么重要！我是第一次读原汁原味的英语原著，感觉比改写过的简易读物，更有味道：一些句型非常生动、有趣，更贴近生活；语法，也没那么教条、刻板。

所以，读外国书籍，有条件时，一定要读原著——原汁原味的原文。尤其是很多由名著改编的儿童读物，很多都被扭曲了；读这样的书，也改变了名著在儿童心中的感受。后患无穷！

Some days, I readed a book ——《The elephant man 》. This is an English novel, and no simple novel. so, I am very happy. I think, everybody Study a language must read more and more. The novel write a story of one hundred ago , about a young man . He did not look like a man. He was horrible, ugly, and looked like an elephant. One day, a doctor at the London hospital looked at him, then take him to the hospital in a cab. so, He wrote a letter to the times newpaper. The doctor asked a question in the letter : can the readers of the times help us? after One week, the hospital had 50,000pound. so, He could live in the hospital for all his life.

after two weeks, many people began to readed about him in the newspaper . so, a lot of visitors to see him. They smiled to him, shook his hand, and gove him books. One day, a beautiful young woman come to see him . She was a friend of the doctor. and then, Queen of England to see him. Her take him left hand, a good hand, and smiled at him, and talked to him. He said to Queen:“ I am a very happy man. I have a home here now ，and friends, and my books. I am happy every hour of the day！”

I think, social, environment ,kind ……these will exchange to every One.