Summary
Baba never woke up. In his funeral, many peopel who had accept baba's help came here , they all missed him and saw him as there hero , just as Amir said :"baba had wrestled bears his whole life , losing his young wife, raising a son by himeself , leaving his beloved hometown, his watan ,poverty,indignity ,in the end , a bear had come that he couldn't best .But even then , he had lost on his own terms. " Indeed , it made Amir realize he had to find his own way in the future . After married Soraya, Amir gradually know something about her families . General is an alpha male , he almost never respected his wife and always made them feel sad , all the things he did was donning his gray suit and waiting for the free of Afghanistan. But Soraya's mother is a good guy which had been famous in Kabul for her enchanting singing voice. In this chapter, we can also feel the discrimination about Soraya, female has little power in their society , luckily, Amir didn't care about it. They try to have a baby , but failed . In 1989 , Amir published his first novel, he become a worthy novelist.
Words & Phrases
No.① winkle
to make someone leave a place.
原文:sunlight winkling in their windshields.
eg. Government critics were winkled out of their positions of influence.
to get information from someone who does not want to give it to you .
eg.Candy was very good at winkling out secrets .
No.② intervene
to become involved in argument, fight , or other difficult situation in order to change what happens .
原文: It might have turned ugly had General Taheri not intervened .
eg. The police don't usually like to intervene in disputes between husbands and wives.
if an event intervenes , it delays or interrupts something else .
eg. he was just establishing his career when the war intervened .
if a period of time intervenes , it comes between two events .
eg. In the six years that intervened , i saw them once .
No.③ nasty
原文:The mullah chose an ayat and recited it , casting the other fellow nasty glances .
指行为，nasty behavior or remarks are extremely unkind and unpleasant
eg. Drivers often have a nasty habit of driving too close to cyclists .
phrases:nasty to
get/turn nasty
指人，someone who is nasty behaves in an unkind and unpleasant way
eg. You're a nasty little brute.
phrases: nasty shock / surprise
nasty feeling / suspicion
指病痛，severe or very painful
eg. a nasty cut .
No.④ gravel
原文: we walked in silence down a winding gravel path lined by a row of low hedges .
small stones , used to make a surface for paths , roads
No. ⑤ subside
原文: he didn't come out until the pain subsided .
if a feeling , pain , sound etc subsides , it gradually becomes less and then stops
同义:die down
if a building or an aera of land subsides , it gradually sinks to a lower level
eg. After the heavy rains , part of the road subsided.
作者明线描绘和妻子及其家人的日常生活，运用生动的手法表达夫妻间微妙的变化，表面上是看似平常的小日子，但暗线还是不断的揭露出人们对女权的践踏和忽视，这是当时大的社会背景，并且阿米尔还是不断地回想起哈桑，那段儿时记忆和他们之间发生的故事是永远挥之不去的，阿米尔始终没有足够的勇气去倾诉，去弥补。
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