《苏东坡传》
1. 中文感悟
今天读的两章节有赏析苏东坡在杭州期间创作的诗词，也有介绍他在苏州任职期间在其官位上所做的政绩，认识了不同维度的苏东坡。不过感觉这些诗词还是汉语的比较优美，特别是那首《水调歌头》~
2. guiding task
Chapter 12
Q: What was the mood of So Tungpo's poetry created in Hangchow?
A: There was no dominant mood in Su Tungpo's poetry at this time. He wrote comic and satiric verse, inspiring descriptions of landscape, sentimental poems of love, songs gay with laughter, and other songs bitter with tears.
Chapter 13
Q: What was Su Tungpo's life like in Suchow?
A: Su Tungpo was able to do something constructive and important in Suchow.
3. 词汇学习
1. The accent, contrary to that in the musical bar, is always on the last note of the bar; therefore, differentiation in tone on the last note of a bar is absolute, while some slight laxity is allowable in the first note of some bars.
bar n.
In music, a bar is one of the several short parts of the same length into which a piece of music is divided. (音乐的) 小节
eg: He played several bars of the song on the piano.
2. Wang Anshih had previously tried to dredge the Yellow River, but after spending over half a million dollars he had failed, and the chief engineer had committed suicide.
dredge v.
When people dredge a harbour, river, or other area of water, they remove mud and unwanted material from the bottom with a special machine in order to make it deeper or to look for something. 清淤; 挖掘
commit v.
If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad. 犯 (罪); 做 (坏事)
commit suicide
If someone commits suicide, they deliberately kill themselves. 进行 (自杀)
eg: Nowadays there are many people who commit suicide because of melancholia.
3. Su Tungpo plunged into the work of saving the city.
plunge into sth.
to start doing sth. in an enthusiastic way, especially without thinking carefully about what you are doing 热情投入
eg: After a little rest, he plunged into the study immediately.
4. After Su Tungpo died, Huang became the greatest poet of his time, and people always spoke of him in the same breath with Su Tungpo.
in the same breath with 相提并论
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