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.
the friends who were supplying the franks had to struggle to get food for them. they often used the black market to get canned food. a typical supper for anne and the others was a can of hash (剁碎的食物) that smelled like rotten eggs.
in 1943 anne heard planes roaring overhead. from the radio broadcast from london, she knew there were allied planes flying toward germany to drop their bombs. the allied forces were a group of countries that fought against the axis forces in world war ii. the axis forces were led by hitler and the germans.
the dutch radio program broadcast from london was hopeful that these bombing raids would speed up the defeat of germany. people hoped it would bring an end to the suffering. anne and the others were fearful when they heard the anti-aircraft guns fire at the allied planes from amsterdam.
anne frank enjoyed her lessons, except for algebra (代数学) and geometry (几何学). she loved history above everything else. she also enjoyed writing in her diary. she also began to write a book titled stories and events from the secret annex. this book contained real events that had happened. it also had events created by anne's imagination. she wrote in fine script, never sloppily (马虎地).
by the end of 1943, the eight people hiding in the secret annex were worn out (筋疲力尽) and weary from their long imprisonment (囚禁). the food was terrible. as the war dragged on, there were worse food shortages in the netherlands. it was harder and harder for the helpers to supply the refugees.
anne deeply admired the people who were helping them survive. she was filled with gratitude (感激) at the thought that these people were risking their lives to save eight jews. after all, they were not even related to the franks or the others.
in july 1943 burglars (盗窃者) entered the warehouse below the secret annex. they stole the cash box. the thieves also stole valuable food coupons. everyone in the annex was terrified that the burglars may have seen something suspicious. they were afraid that they found out that there were people hiding upstairs.