名人教你讲英文：The Secret Diary 安妮的日记

名人教英文：the secret diary 安妮的日记

the routine in the secret annex became fixed. during the day, the children studied writing and languages. at night when there were no people downstairs, they listened to the news on the radio and then to classical music. sometimes they played board games, recited (朗诵) poetry, and talked about poetry. otto frank read aloud to the family. religion was also a part of their lives. anne's father was not religious. her mother was more interested in the jewish faith and rituals (仪式). on friday nights, they observed the sabbath (安息日), led by edith frank and fritz pfeffer. they cooked jewish food and celebrated the high holy days (圣洁日). they even observed christmas, not the religious aspects, but the joyful atmosphere.

otto frank tended to be optimistic. he even believed that the time they were spending living in the secret annex was precious because they were all close. he told his daughters that they might look back on this experience later on as a good thing.

the relationship between anne frank and her father had always been good, but during the hiding she grew even closer to her father. sometimes, anne's mother complained that anne was not as obedient as her sister. other times, the van pels or pfeffer criticised (批评) her behaviour. but her father always defended her. he helped anne with her studies. she knew that whenever she was sad or depressed he would understand and comfort her. she wrote in her diary on 7 november 1942, that her father was the person she looked up to (尊敬). she wrote that he was all she had in the world.