The gay genius-chapter11

Central  Thoughts:

Hangchow was like a second home to Su Tungpo not only because of the beauty of its hills and foeests and lake and sea and its busy streets and magnificent temples, but also because he was very popular with the people and spent some of his happiest days there.Su Tungpo and West Lake make a perfect combination in mood,vagrant charm and love and laughter.The peotry of the region and the poetry of the poet found in each other a perfect expression. He disliked to arrested those who had violated laws of the regime, because he disapproved it. Yet there was the law and he could not alter it. So he tried to escape to nature, courtesans and monks.Therefor, hispoetic spirit feasted upon the beauties of the neighborhood. The Sung courtesans had popularized a new form of poetry,the tse, and Su Tungpo mastered it and transformed it from a meter for sentimental poetry of the lovelorn into a vehicle fit to express any thought or sentiment in his breast.Because the liberation of poetry from decadent onertia always came from the growth of a new form of poems popularized by the courtesans. But he never became enamored of any of the courtesans.There was a small collection of tales about Su Tungpo and his friend the pleasure-loving monk Foyin.Both of them were quite a wit. Su Tungpo could enjoy doing above all things,mainly because he had a good wife.Mrs.Su know the depth of his character,a character with so many fects, so easygoing and yet at times so intense and strong-willed.At the same time,she understanded her husband and favorted him.Finally,there was Su Tungpo's first love for his cousin,who to us , unfortunately , is nameless.

Words and Sentences:

（1）opprobrium  n.耻辱

（2）vernacilar     

n.白话，行话，本国语

adj.本国语的，白话的，方言的，本国的

（3）make up one's mind    打定主意

例：She had made up her mind that her best job was to be a wife , a good one.

（1）The poetry of the region and the poetry of the poet found in each other a perfect expression.

西湖的诗情画意非苏东坡的诗思不足以极其妙，苏东坡的诗思非遇西湖的诗情画意不足尽其才。

（2）Meanwhile , he enjoyed himself when and where he could.

但是，他仍能随时随地自得其乐。

这句话很好地诠释了苏东坡乐观豁达的一面。

（3）The liberation of poetry from decadent inertia always came from the groqth of a new form of poems popularized by the courtesans.

从诗的衰微沉滞状态解救出来，一定有待于一种新的诗体的发展，而这种发展却有待于歌姬使之普及流行。

此话很好诠释了新诗体-词的发展与歌姬的关系。