英语读书笔记（十篇）

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英语读书笔记（十篇）1

　　一、在教学各个环节体现梯度。

　　在新授环节，讨论、对话的形式引出新单词—讲述有关星期知识，明白新单词—采用不同形式读学习新单词—同桌认读练习新单词—拍手歌巩固新单词—找规律写单词—歌曲唱出新单词。无不体现由浅到深，由易到难。在结束课堂环节，布置的作业体现“下要保底，上不封顶”原则，一是让学生会写七个单词，二是让学生把今天的收获说给父母听。

　　二、评价体现科学性。

　　“好言一句三冬暖，恶语伤人六月寒，”学生在英语方面树立的自信心很脆弱，需要老师的细心呵护，不是没有优秀的学生，而是教师缺少一双善于发现的眼睛。教师要善于发现学生的优点，及时给予鼓励，教师要善待学生的不足，及时给予鼓励，但要注意度的把握在评价性语言方面体现科学性，不要动不动就“very good”，另外要针对问题本身，针对学生回答情况，要“量体裁衣，”不能是good， you did very well。 Best，等简单重复。还有我们要善于利用肢体语言表达情感，一个人心的微笑，一个赞许的大拇指，一个认可的点头，一个鼓励的眼神同样也会起到潜移默化的作用。

　　三、打好地基，注重单词教学

　　只要打好坚实的基础，才能盖起摩天大楼，学生只有把单词掌握扎实才能很好地达到运用的高度；只有把基础做实、做厚，才能拓展延伸。在英语教学中，我们强调听说领先，读写跟上，但往往是读写跟不上。因此教学中，我安排了大量读的练习和写的练习。

　　四、利用歌谣识记单词，事半功倍。

　　在单词教学中，我除了运用实物、图片、简笔画外，歌谣运用的也很多，歌谣脍炙人口，通过教师自编的歌谣，会让学生读起来琅琅上口，很容易记住单词，我认为这也是我这节课的一个优点。

　　在教学中也存在一些问题，如时间上的安排还欠妥当，抽学生说的面还不够广，对学生的评价是注意了，但最后没有落实到位等等，这还有待于我在今后的教学中去改进。

英语读书笔记（十篇）2

　　I first read "Jane Eyre" in eighth grade and have read it every few years since. It is one of my favorite novels, and so much more than a gothic romance to me, although thats how I probably would have defined it at age 13. I have always been struck, haunted in a way, by the characters - Jane and Mr. Rochester. They take on new depth every time I meet them.。.and theirs is a love story for the ages.

　　Charlotte Brontes first published novel, and her most noted work, is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story. Jane is plain, poor, alone and unprotected, but due to her fierce independence and strong will she grows and is able to defy societys expectations of her. This is definitely feminist literature, published in 1847, way before the beginning of any feminist movement. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the novel has had such a wide following since it first came on the market. It is also one of the first gothic romances published and defines the genre.

　　Jane Eyre, who is our narrator, was born into a poor family. Her parents died when she was a small child and the little girl was sent to live with her Uncle and Aunt Reed at Gateshead. Janes Uncle truly cared for her and showed his affection openly, but Mrs. Reed seemed to hate the orphan, and neglected her while she pampered and spoiled her own children. This unfair treatment emphasized Janes status as an unwanted outsider. She was often punished harshly. On one occasion her nasty cousin Jack picked a fight with her. Jane tried to defend herself and was locked in the terrifying "Red Room" as a result. Janes Uncle Reed had died in this room a little while before, and Mrs. Reed knew how frightened she was of the chamber. Since Jane is the narrator, the reader is given a first-hand impression of the childs feelings, her heightened emotional state at being imprisoned. Indeed, she seems almost like an hysterical child, filled with terror and rage. She repeatedly calls her condition in life "unjust" and is filled with bitterness. Looking into the mirror Jane sees a distorted image of herself. She views her reflection and sees a "strange little figure," or "tiny phantom." Jane has not learned yet to subordinate her passions to her reason. Her passions still erupt unchecked. Her isolation in the Red Room is a presentiment of her later isolation from almost every society and community. This powerful, beautifully written scene never fails to move me.

　　Mrs. Reed decided to send Jane away to the Lowood School, a poor institution run by Mr. Brocklehurst, who believed that suffering made grand people. All the children there were neglected, except to receive harsh punishment when any mistake was made. At Lowood, Jane met Helen Burns, a young woman a little older than Jane, who guided her with vision, light and love for the rest of her life. Janes need for love was so great. It really becomes obvious in this first friendship. Helen later died from fever, in Janes arms. Her illness and death could have been avoided if more attention had been paid to the youths. Jane stayed at Lowood for ten years, eight as a student and two as a teacher. Tired and depressed by her surroundings, Jane applied for the position of governess and found employment at Thornfield. The mansion is owned by a gentleman named Edward Fairfax Rochester. Her job there was to teach his ward, an adorable little French girl, Adele. Over a long period the moody, inscrutable Rochester confides in Jane and she in him. The two form an unlikely friendship and eventually fall in love. Again, Janes need for love comes to the fore, as does her passionate nature. She blooms. A dark, gothic figure, Rochester also has a heart filled with the hope of true love and future happiness with Jane. Ironically, he has brought all his misery, past and future, on himself.

　　All is not as it seems at Thornfield. There is a strange, ominous woman servant, Grace Poole, who lives and works in an attic room. She keeps to herself and is rarely seen. From the first, however, Jane has sensed bizarre happenings at night, when everyone is asleep 。There are wild cries along with violent attempts on Rochesters life by a seemingly unknown person. Jane wonders why no one investigates Mrs. Poole. Then a strange man visits Thornfield and mysteriously disappears with Mr. Rochester. Late that night Jane is asked to sit with the man while the lord of the house seeks a doctors help. The man has been seriously wounded and is weak from loss of blood. He leaves by coach, in a sorry state, first thing in the morning. Janes questions are not answered directly. This visit will have dire consequences on all involved. An explosive secret revealed will destroy all the joyful plans that Jane and Rochester have made. Jane, once more will face poverty and isolation.

　　Charlotte Brontes heroine Jane Eyre, may not have been graced with beauty or money, but she had a spirit of fire and was filled with integrity and a sense of independence - character traits that never waned in spite of all the oppression she encountered in life. Ms. Bronte brings to the fore in "Jane Eyre" such issues as: the relations between men and women in the mid-19 century, womens equality, the treatment of children and of women, religious faith and hypocrisy (and the difference between the two)， the realization of selfhood, and the nature of love and passion. This is a powerhouse of a novel filled with romance, mystery and passions. It is at once startlingly fresh and a portrait of the times. Ms. Bronte will make your heart beat faster, your pulse race and your eyes fill with tears.

　　我第一次读《Jane Eyre》是在第八年级，从那以后每隔几年读一次。这是我最喜欢的小说之一，对我来说不仅仅是一部哥特式浪漫小说，尽管我可能在13岁时就定义了它。我一直被一些人物、简和罗切斯特先生所困扰。他们每次见到我都会有新的深度……这是一个千古的爱情故事。

　　夏洛蒂·勃朗特最早出版的小说，以及她最著名的作品，是一部半自传体的故事。简是普通的、贫穷的、孤独的、无保护的，但由于她强烈的独立性和坚强的意志，她长大了，能够违抗社会对她的期望。这无疑是女权主义文学，在1847出版，在任何女权运动开始之前。也许这就是为什么小说从第一次上市以来就有如此广泛的追随者的原因之一。它也是最早出版的哥特式浪漫小说之一。

　　Jane Eyre是我们的叙述者，他出生在一个贫穷的家庭。她的父母在她很小的时候，小女孩死了，被派去与她的叔叔和阿姨里德在盖茨黑德生活。简的叔叔真的很关心她，公开地表达了他的感情，但列得太太似乎讨厌这个孤儿，溺爱她溺爱自己的孩子，却忽视了她。这种不公平的待遇强调了珍妮作为一个不受欢迎的局外人的地位。她经常受到严厉的惩罚。有一次，她那讨厌的表妹杰克和她吵架了。简试图保护自己，结果被锁在可怕的“红色房间”里。简的Uncle Reed刚才在这间屋子里死了，列得太太知道她对这个房间有多害怕。由于简是叙述者，给读者一个第一印象，孩子的感情，她被监禁的情绪状态加剧。事实上，她几乎像一个歇斯底里的孩子，充满了恐惧和愤怒。她一再称她的生活状况“不公正”，充满了痛苦。看着镜子，简看到了自己扭曲的形象。她看着自己的倒影，看到一个“奇怪的小人物”或“微小的幻影”。简还没有学会将她的激情归因于她的理智。她的激情仍在不停地爆发。她在红色的房间隔离是对她以后的隔离从几乎每一个社会和社区。这个强大的，美丽的书面场景从来没有移动我。

　　列得夫人决定把简带到洛伍德学校，可怜的机构，由Brocklehurst先生，他认为痛苦使伟大的人。所有的孩子都被忽视了，除了犯错误时受到严厉的惩罚。在Lowood，简遇到了海伦·彭斯，一个年轻的女人，比简年长一点，他指导她与视觉、光和她的余生的爱。简对爱的需求是如此之大。这首友谊真的变得很明显了。海伦后来死于发烧，在简的怀里。如果对青年人给予更多的关注，她的病和死亡本来是可以避免的。简住在Lowood十年了，八个学生和两个老师。累了，在她周围的郁闷，简申请家庭女教师的地位和在桑菲尔德找到工作。豪宅是由一位叫爱德华·罗切斯特拥有。她的工作是教他的病房，一个可爱的法国小女孩，阿黛勒。在一个长时期的喜怒无常，神秘莫测的罗切斯特向简和她在他。这两个人形成了不太可能的友谊，并最终坠入爱河。同样，简对爱的需要也随之而生，她的热情也同样如此。她绽放。一个黑暗、哥特式的人物，罗切斯特也有一颗充满真爱的希望和简未来的幸福。具有讽刺意味的是，他把自己所有的苦难、过去和未来都带到了自己身上。

　　一切似乎并非在桑菲尔德。有一个奇怪的，不祥的女仆人，Grace Poole，生活和工作在阁楼的房间。她保持沉默，很少被人看见。然而，从第一天起，简就感觉到了晚上在每个人都睡着的'时候发生的奇异的事情，一个似乎不认识的人在疯狂地呼唤着罗切斯特的生活。简想知道为什么没有人去调查Poole太太。然后一个陌生男子拜访Thornfield和神秘消失罗切斯特先生。那天深夜，简被要求和那个男人坐在一起，而家里的主人在寻求医生的帮助。那个人受了重伤，因血液流失而虚弱。他在早上第一件事是坐在马车上，状态很糟。简的问题没有直接回答。这次访问将对所有有关人员造成可怕的后果。一个爆炸性的秘密将摧毁简和罗切斯特所做的所有欢乐计划。简将再次面临贫穷和孤立。

　　夏洛蒂·勃朗特的女主人公Jane Eyre，不得已与美或金钱增光，但她有火一般的精神和充满了诚信和

英语读书笔记（十篇）3

　　小学英语教学中的语音问题的几个对策

　　重视语音教学使学生形成良好的英语表达能力需要一个过程尤其针对小学英语初学者在没有音标的帮助下该如何掌握良好的语音呢？

　　1、 小学英语教师要不断提高自身的业务修养不仅是教育教学方面的也是语音方面的至少要做到与教材录音带在发音方面保持一致。教师的发音是学生模仿的主要对象之一对学生的英语语音学习起指导和示范作用。在英、美英语相互交融、美国英语盛行的今天作为英语教师学习并掌握美国英语乃大势所趋面对新形势要不断加强学习更新自己的知识结构找出英语和美语的主要差异如词汇、读音、拼写等方面。

　　词语方面之不同简单举例如下

　　rp ga

　　学校中的班级 form gradeclass

　　商店 shop store

　　厕所 lavatory toilet

　　糖果 sweets candy

　　油炸土豆条 chips french fries

　　长裤 trousers pants

　　而英国英语和美国英语的最大差别在于发音rp和ga之间在音素、单词发音、重音和句子语调方面均存在明显差异。因此同时向学生灌输两种英语发音势必会给他们的学习造成混乱与困惑。另外在母语的环境里开始学习一门外语很多学生本来就带有畏难情绪再让他们同时学习两种英语发音无疑会给他们增加不必要的负担挫伤他们学习英语的积极性。读音方面简例如下

　　1）在passbathaskcan’tfast这一类单词中rp念作/α ：/而ga则为//成了/ps/ /bs/ /sk/ /knt/ /fst/。

　　2）字母o在重读闭音节中rp念为/ /ga念为/α /

　　rp ga

　　shop /∫ p/ /∫α p/

　　box /b ks/ /bα ks/

　　hot /h t/ /hα t/

　　3）在ga中只要单词中有r字母就需发相应的/ r /音但在rp中/ r /音只出现在元音前如：

　　rp ga

　　work /w :k/ /w :rk/

英语读书笔记（十篇）4

　　The story includes three parts.They are respectively talking about:Gulliver in Lilliput,in Brobdingnag,and in Houyhnms.

　　Gulliver travels to the South their way to the East Indies,a strong wind carried them to the wrong of the people died.Some days later,he comes to Lilliput,everything is small there.Three days later,he comes to Brobdingnag.This country is opposite from Lilliput,the thing are huge,very huge!Then he travels to a place called Houyhnms,which is also very interesting.

英语读书笔记（十篇）5

　　Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible,， rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister.

　　This article is from internet, only for studying!

英语读书笔记（十篇）6

　　I finished reading the little peas in the window, and I felt a great deal about it. He was a bad boy in the eyes of most parents and teachers. The teachers hated her and thought she was noisy and disobedient. However, when it came to the park, everything was different. The headmaster was not as strict as the other teachers.

　　It seemed like an incredible thing to do in the tram, but the headmaster did it, and he didnt get impatient when he talked for more than four hours. When he saw the small doudou cesspit of things into a hill, he didnt lose his temper, not scold her not obedient, just light said 1: "remember back after finish."

　　Who doesnt like such a school?

英语读书笔记（十篇）7

　　The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingways most enduring in language of great simplicity and power,it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman,down on his luck,and his supreme ordeal——a relentless,agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.

　　Here Hemingway recasts,in strikingly contemporary style,the classic thene of courage in the face of defeat,of personal triumph won from los.

　　Written in 1952,this hugely successfully novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a huge part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.

　　The novel is very famous in the world, so lot of people like this novel. We also studied it in our Chinese class, Hemingways novel are always interesting I like his novel much, also in his novel we can learn a lot by his meanings.

　　It’s really a good novel for people to read.

　　老人与海是海明威的最不朽的作品。在非常简单的语言告诉和权力，这是一个古老的古巴渔夫的故事，他运气不佳，他的最高考验——一个无情的，与远处的海湾流的一个巨大的马林鱼的痛苦的斗争。

　　海明威在这里重述，在惊人的现代风格，在面对失败的勇气的经典主题，取胜的个性。1952写的，这个非常成功的中篇小说证实了他的权力和世界文学的存在和在他赢得了1954年度诺贝尔文学奖起到了很大的一部分。

　　这部小说在世界上很有名，所以很多人喜欢这部小说。我们还研究了它在语文课上，海明威的小说我都喜欢他的小说非常有趣的，也在他的小说中我们可以学到很多自己的意义，这真的让人读一本好的小说。

英语读书笔记（十篇）8

　　I read the book of Robinson Crusoe, their captors.

　　Article describes multiple sailing in the whole island, Crusoe masters of extraordinary survival 28 years experience, strive for survival, show the ingenuity and a man with indomitable perseverance in the face of hardship persistent existence desire, the lonely and eager to rescue the mood. In a lonely island overcome Robinson was done with fear, a savage and said he was "on Friday, they get along with each other, then built on Friday, Crusoe one kind of warm friendship." I also enjoy the disclosure of the business concept: Crusoe each sailing and adventure has clear commercial purpose, with his own property and calculating profit, he will also oneself life the island is his territory, in addition to reveal its economic thought, I admire John Robinsons rich, more learning his strong initiative and spirit of adventure, early efforts, hard work, and perfect kindness thought!

英语读书笔记（十篇）9

　　Several years ago, when I was a little girl I have already read the novel Jane Eyre. At that time, I was attracted by the touching story. But today, after watching the movie, I was moved by Jane, the adamant, independent, brave and honest girl. Why did we say Jane was an adamant and independent girl? Let’s look at her childhood. Her parents died when she was a little girl, so she was brought up by her aunt Mrs. Reed, an acute and ruthless woman. Jane led a very bad life in her house. They treated her as badly as a ragtag. But Jane didn’t surrender. Later, she was sent to Lowood school，an orphan school. In there she didn’t get what she had been expecting——simply being regarded as a common person, just the same as any other girl around. Mr. Brocklehurste even asked Jane to stand on the chair and vilipended her in front of all the students. But Jane didn’t yielded. And her only friend Helen died, Jane was very sad, but she was not depressive all the time. Instead, she studied and worked energetically. At last, she became a teacher of logwood, and later became the family teacher of Adele. From her experience, we could found that Jane was independent; she changed her fate by herself. She suffered more than other girls at her age. She was independent both in physically and mentally.

　　Jane was brave. She dared to say no to Mr. Brocklehurst, cut her beautiful hair with Helen, and pull the horse for Mr. Rochester. What’s more, she dared to accepted Mr. Rochester’s love and pursuit of her own happy life. Though she said:“ Do you think because I am poor, obscure, and little. I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as you—-and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it was hard for you to leave me, as it is not for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh; it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as it both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet,。 In her opinion, everyone is the same at the God’s feet. God hadn’t given her beauty and wealth, but instead, God gave her a kind mind and a thinking brain. These words expressed complete1y Jane ’s rebellious spirit．She told him her own feeling, and emphasized that they were equal.

　　As we know, there was strict distinguish in social stratum at that time. Mr. Rochester was in the high society, but Jane was only a family teacher. They were in quite different social stratums. What’s worse, in that society，people’s sense of love was on the basis of money．For the sake of money they could marry anyone even though the husband or the wife was an idiot on their eyes，money was everything，money was marriage. But unfortunately Jane was very poor. That’s to say, Jane should receive much rumor from society. In fact, she didn’t afraid of it. On the contrary, she accepted with no hesitation. When she knew Rochester’s wife was dead and he was blind, she went to look after Rochester determinedly. She didn’t care about anything else. And I still remember at the party, all the people from the high society laughed at Jane, they looked down upon Jane. She kept silent though her heart was very exciting. And to their surprise, Miss Ingrain was proved to be a loser, Jane defeated her though Jane had no property and beauty．Jane’ s plainness， poverty, position and disposition were contrasted to Ingrain obviously．Jane drove away those aristocrats from competitive stage．High position and great wealth showed by noble class was put aside．Jane got glorious victory．

　　Jane was self-respected and self-love. When she knew Rochester had a mad wife and she was still alive. Jane left. She couldn’t bare an incomplete love. She left her lover Rochester with contradiction and pain. Though she still loved him very much. She chose another road, which was endless. She was kind and strict to the moral concept. She couldn’t accept herself do something against the morality. She was self-respect.

　　To sum up, Jane was a charming girl 。What she attracted us was not the beautiful face, lovely figure, and sweet voice 。But her brave heart, intelligent brain and adamant character. So we didn’t surprise that Mr. Rochester chose Jane as his bride instead of Miss Ingrain. Because Jane was much mature and richer in soul. As a girl, I should learn from Jane. Especially in the materialistic society we should be in charge of our own fate. Don’t depend on others all the time. We should be independent 。Don’t lead a luxurious life and in hope of marring a rich man, thinking that your husband would change your fate, your social position. That’s silly. We should realize that only depend on your own struggle then you could really charge your fate. What’s more, we need to be self-respect and self-love. As far as I am concerned, as a girl if you don’t respect and love yourself, so how do you require others to respect you? In short, we need to learn from Jane Eyre.

英语读书笔记（十篇）10

　　Brief introduction: Amir is the son of the famous merchant in Afghanistan. There are two servants in his house, Ali and his son Hassan. Amir plays with Hassan all the time in his childhood. Hassan is Hazara, while Amir is Pashtuns. Hazara is discriminated against by Pashtuns. So although Hassan believes that Amir is his friend, Amir does not agree. Amir tricks Hassan sometimes but Hassan never gets angry. Things go peacefully, until one night Amir sees three boys hit Hassan to the ground. Instead of help Hassan, Amir runs away. From that day on, Amir does not know how to face Hassan. In order not to be regretted every second, Amir finally makes Hassan and Ali leave his home. Just after that, Russian forces Amir’s country. Amir and his father have to move to America.

　　Comments: This book makes me remember my childhood. The first part of the book is only about some little things in Amir’s childhood. The warm and happy time he has with Hassan. They climb tree and hills, play games and tell stories. I am extremely upset to see Hassan leave. Amir thinks he hurts everyone, Hassan, Ali and his Baba. But the one he hurts most deeply is his own. Hassan leave is a wound in Amir’s heart, and it won’t recover forever. This stuff makes Amir hate the life in Afghanistan, because all the disgusting memories are at here. He always hide, hide himself deeply in the books, in his stories. Afghanistan is a country full of violence, Amir can’t live happily in this environment, his father is a true Afghanistan man, and he has force. But Amir doesn’t. Amir is a light boy who only like literary. He is different from other kids, he need a person to protect. He wants his father’s care and love, but his father hide his love deeply in heart, which makes Amir always feel unneeded. Maybe the true reason of the hurt around Amir is his father.

　　Digests:

　　My cheeks burned and guilt coursed through me, the guilt of indulging myself at the expense of his ulcer, his black fingernails and aching wrists. But I would stand my ground, I decided.

　　I blinked my heart quickening. She had thick black eyebrows that touched in the middle like the arched wings of a flying bird, and the gracefully hooked nose of a princess from old Persia-maybe that of Tahmineh.

　　They fell from the sky like shooting stars with brilliant, rippling tails, showering the neighborhoods below with prizes for the kite runners.

　　It just appeared, this other face, for a fraction of a moment, long enough to leave me with the unsettling feeling that maybe I’d seen it someplace before. Then Hassan blinked and it was just him again. Just Hassan.

　　Page: 163-401

　　Brief introduction: Amir becomes a popular writer. He meets a girl named Soraya in USA. They fall in love and get married. But they can’t have babies. His father died because of the illness. One of his father’s old friends calls him and invites Amir to his house. He tells the story over 20 years about Hassan and his family. He tells Amir that Hassan and his wife were killed by Taliban and he

　　asks Amir to find Hassan’s son, Sohrab. After a hard and dangerous trip with Talib, Amir does find Sohrab and wins his trust. But in order to get the visa to USA, Amir asks Sohrab to stay in the orphan for a year while Amir promised Sohrab before never send him to there. Sohrab try to kill himself because of this. Although he is overcome then, he refuses to say a word for a long time. Amir takes him back to USA and treats him good, waiting for his forgiveness. Then a kite competition held and Amir sees Sohrab’s smile when he wins. Amir sees the hope.

　　Comments: I can’t explain whether it is a happy or tragic ending. But I can say that Sohrab will get better and be a normal boy. Amir is hard-working. He cares about Hassan’s things. And he is always regretful for kicking Hassan out of his home. He thinks that Hassan died because of his action. He feels shamed. But he is a real human who has the sickness of humanity. That is why he would refuse to find Sohrab at the beginning and that’s why he asks Sohrab to go to orphan after promised not to. Certainly he does wrong things but in another way he does things anybody would choose to do. This book is not only about family and friends, is also about a kind of target or force, to help you run on whether if life is easy or hard.

　　Digests: We let him wrap us in his arms and, for a brief insane moment, I was glad about whatever had happened that night. (Predicative clause)

　　It was a protective gesture and I knew whom Ali was protecting him from. (Object clause)

　　I had crossed a line, and whatever little hope I had of getting out alive had vanished with those words. (Subject clause)

　　I had no idea if Hassan would still be there, if anyone would even know of him or his whereabouts. (Appositive clause)

　　I blinked my heart quickening. She had thick black eyebrows that touched in the middle like the arched wings of a flying bird, and the gracefully hooked nose of a princess from old Persia-maybe that of Tahmineh.

　　They fell from the sky like shooting stars with brilliant, rippling tails, showering the neighborhoods below with prizes for the kite runners.