Part 1 Vocabulary
1. perch: to sit on or near the edge of something 坐在…（的边缘）上；栖息于；停留于
People perched on its dry bed.
Eg: A blackbird was perching on the gate.
2. dilapidated: old and in poor condition 年久失修的，破败的，破旧的
wield: to hold a weapon or tool and look as if you are going to use it 挥舞，握，抓着（武器或工具）
Men wielding pickaxes swarmed the dilapidated Kabul Museum.
3. horde: a large group of people（人）群
Before the registration window was a horde of women.
Eg: Hordes of students on bikes made crossing the road difficult.
Part 2 Summary
In September 1996, The Taliban took the city, Kabul. Rasheed thinks the Taliban were united and takes Laila, Mariam and Aziza outside to see the Taliban themselves. The Taliban forbids students from being in school, shuts down schools, cinemas and many stores. Laila sometimes feels satisfactory about her father's death, because he does not have to be tortured by The Taliban. Rasheed notices that the color in Aziza's eyes do not look like his or Laila's. Meanwhile, Laila finds herself pregnant again and she tries to abort the child in her belly by using a metal spoke. In the end, Laila could not do it, realizing that the unborn child is innocent, especially in times of war.
one day in September 1997, Laila is giving birth to a baby in a hospital, which is extremely overcrowding and unsanitary. Mariam shoves and pushes the crowd, begging the doctor to help Laila. Seeing the sight in the hospital, Mariam understands the sacrifices a mother made and Nana's motherhood. At night on that day, a female doctor operates on Laila without using anesthetic. Laila finally delivers a baby boy, Zalmai.
Two yeas later,a drought falls over Kabul and Zalmai turns two in 1999. Rasheed spoils his son and spares no effort to buy new clothes, toys, even TV for him, but he still pays no heed to Aziza, who has been a calm and pensive girl. While Laila loves the two children with the marrow of her bones. Rasheed's business worsens and he plans to let Aziza beg in the street. Laila firmly refuses his requirement. Rasheed slaps Laila severely for her refusal, but this time Laila punches him in defiance rather than to bear Rasheed's beating. Rasheed is so furious that he shoves the gun into Laila's mouth to threaten her. The Taliban raid houses and confiscate valuable stuff overtly. Laila and Mariam have to bury their the television in the hole. Laila dreams Mariam and she lower Aziza into the hole rather than the TV, which makes Laila woke up in fear.
Part 3
1. 战乱的Kabul, 没任性的塔利班，在Rasheed的家里，相对来说还是安定的。都说孩子是希望，Laila的两个孩子也给了她自己，Mariam, 带来了安慰和快乐。Mariam 在Laila生第二个孩子时，理解了一个母亲为孩子做出的牺牲，明白了Nana对她的母爱。Laila同样也是如此，对于孩子的怜悯，让她放弃了打掉Rasheed的孩子的念头，正如书里说的：
that sometimes in war innocent life had to be taken. Her war was against Rasheed. The baby was blameless. And there had been enough killing already. Laila had seen enough killing of innocents caught in the cross fire of enemies.
2. 时间记录：12：40— 15：20， 读书50分钟，中间睡了20分钟，剩下的是笔记时间大概70分钟。
3. 反思：昨天的书看完了，笔记没有写。不是没有时间，而是时间拖延掉了。心理给自己找了借口。晚上回来后发现心虚的很。还是做不到掌控自己的生活。其实真正的原因还是懒吧，因为这个不是强制性的，就会有很多借口给自己放松。
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