Summary & Reflection
The second chapter mainly depicts the birthplace of Su Tongpo and the life stories of his grandfather and father which helped greatly shape his peculiar personalities.
眉山人杰地灵，民风淳朴，苏家培育后代不拘一格，不得不说，苏东坡出生在如此有家风民风之地，是极幸运的。甚至可以说这样的环境孕育了苏的气度与胸襟，情怀和品格。对于后来他施展才华，实现抱负起了很好的铺垫作用。
Word and Expression
wet nurse
n. [C] old use
a woman paid to give her breast milk to
another woman’s baby 奶妈，乳母 【旧】
sacrilegious
/ˌsækrɪˈlɪdʒəs, -ˈliːdʒʌs/
ADJ If someone's behaviour or actions are sacrilegious, they show great disrespect toward something holy or toward something that people think should be respected. 亵渎的
A number of churches were looted and sacrilegious acts committed.
许多教堂被洗劫了，还发生了亵渎行为。
ver‧bi‧age
n. [U] / 'vɜːbi-ɪdʒ ; ˋvɝbɪ‧ɪdʒ / formal
英 / 'vɜːbi-ɪdʒ /
speech or writing that has many unnecessary words in it 〔说话或写作的〕冗词，啰唆，赘语 【正式】
meaningless verbiage
不知所云的冗词
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