《苏东坡传》
1. 中文感悟
本章节主要讲述了苏东坡在杭州任职时期的生活状态，也是他一生中比较快乐的时光，同时也是他创作的最佳时期，读起来也是比较轻松的~
2. guiding task
Q: What was Su Tungpo's life like in Hangchow?
A: Though Su Tungpo didn't have a high position in Hangchow, he lived a gay life there, and created many wonderful poems. In addition, he often communicated with accomplished courtesans (but not so crazy about them) and talked with monks.
interesting sentence:
Around them all lay the clear blue waters of the lake with a circumference of about ten miles, and in the distance beyond, clouds nestled against the mountaintops, half concealing and half revealing them. The clouds gave variety to the mountains by lending them a changing shape, and the mountains housed the clouds by providing them a home of rest. Sometimes the air felt as if it were going to snow, and a low haze covered the foothills.
These sentences about the description of the scene are very beautiful. The inverted sentences and the words such as "nestle" and "house" make the scene more lively.
3. 词汇学习
In the city and the suburbs there were three hundred and sixty temples, usually on mountaintops, where he could while away a whole afternoon chatting with the monks.
while sth. away v.
to spend time in a pleasant lazy way 逍遥自在地度过，消磨（时间）
eg: We always while away the weekend reading books and watching movies.
Totally devoid of any sense of official dignity, he took off his jacket and shirt and slept bare-backed on the couch during an afternoon.
devoid of adj.
If you say that someone or something is devoid of a quality or thing, you are emphasizing that they have none of it. 全无的[正式]；没有；缺乏的
eg: He is quite industrious in practicing playing the piano but devoid of talent.
Find himself in a quandary, he could not but accept the Emperor's suggestion, and thus he had to enter a religious order.
quandary ['kwɒnd(ə)rɪ] n.
If you are in a quandary, you have to make a decision but cannot decide what to do. 不知所措；窘境，两难境地
eg: She is in a quandary about what to do next.
Being the confiding soul he always was, Su Tungpo must have told his wife about it.
confiding adj.
unsuspicious; trustful 无猜疑的; 信任的
The song was neither appropriate to Chen Shiang nor to the peony, and on close examination bears no relation to the subject.
bear v.
If one thing bears no resemblance or no relationship to another thing, they are not at all similar. 具有 (相似之处或关系)
eg: They bear no resemblance in personality though they are twin brothers.
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