英语：高一晨读每日5分钟（21-24）.docVIP

英语：高一晨读每日5分钟（21） Into a world of dreams WHETHER we admit it or not, once we hid a dream in our hearts: to discover a new world, whether inside a wardrobe (衣橱) or on the other side of a mirror, and have an exciting adventure there. A girl called Alice does just this in Alice in Wonderland, a 3D film which comes out on March 5. The movie is more than a *remake of the children’s literary classic (文学经典). It features an imaginative twist (改编) on English writer Lewis Carroll’s beloved 1865 story. Carroll’s Alice follows a talking white rabbit underground. There she jumps through a mirror to find a garden and meets many strange characters. But in the new film, Alice is 17 and is attending a party, at which she is proposed (求婚) to by a wealthy suitor (追求者). She runs away, following a rabbit into a hole and ends up in Wonderland, a place she visited many years before, but doesn’t remember. The rabbit says that she has returned because she is the only one who can save Wonderland from the Red Queen’s reign (统治) of terror. The new Alice story is as profound (深刻的) as the original. Many people believe it is a story about the existence (存在) of non-existence – something that is immaterial but existent. This piece of dialogue between Alice and the Red Queen illustrates (解释) the point: “Take a bone from a dog. What remains?”, asked the Red Queen. Alice considered: “The bone wouldn’t remain. And the dog wouldn’t remain; it would come to bite (咬) me – and I’m sure I shouldn’t remain!” “Then you think nothing would remain?” said the Red Queen. “I think that’s the answer”. “Wrong,” said the Red Queen: “the dog’s temper (脾气) would remain.” Thus, Alice’s journey down the hole turns out to be a philosopher’s quest (追寻) for true knowledge. In Sophie’s World by Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder, the philosopher tells Sophie she must think like a child to be a true philosopher. Wonderland is the place to do this, to release your inhibitions (压抑), let go of pre-conceptions (偏见) and really get to