Kite runner - 草稿

Kite runner - 草稿

The next morning, as he brewed black tea for breakfast, Hassan told me he'd had a dream.

1.brew /bruː/  verb

1 [transitive] to make beer

Every beer on the menu was brewed locally.

2 [intransitive] if a drink of tea or coffee is brewing, the taste is getting into the hot water

He read the paper while the tea brewed.

3 [transitive] to make a drink of tea or coffee

Already, rooftops were jammed with spectators reclining in lawn chairs, hot tea steaming from thermose, and the music of Ahmad Zahir blaring from cassete players.

2.Ther‧mos /ˈθɜːməs $ ˈθɜːr-/ (also Thermos flask British English) noun [countable] trademark

a special container like a bottle, that keeps drinks hot or cold SYN  flask British English 

I was the one who went to school, the one eho could reaf, write. I was the smart one. Hassan couldn't read a first-grade textbook but he'd read me plenty.

1*Comment:

As a well born kid I felt lucky to have better education.

I could hear the runners now, hollering as they ran the steets.

3.hol‧ler /ˈhɒlə $ ˈhɑːlər/ verb [intransitive, transitive]

especially American English informal to shout loudly

SYN  yell

holler at

I heard someone hollering at me.

A thin boy, a little sallow, and a tad short for his twelve years.

4.sal‧low /ˈsæləʊ $ -loʊ/ adjective

sallow skin looks slightly yellow and unhealthy

sallow face/skin/complexion

a woman with dark hair and a sallow complexion

—sallowness noun [uncountable

5.a tad [spoken]

a) a small amount

‘Would you like some milk?’ ‘Just a tad.’

b) slightly

It’s a tad expensive.

→ tad

we'd been classmates in fourth grade, and one time he'd given me a fountain pen, the kind you had to load with a cartidge.

5.foun‧tain /ˈfaʊntɪn $ ˈfaʊntn/  noun [countable]

1 a structure from which water is pushed up into the air, used for example as decoration in a garden or park

2 a flow of liquid, or of something bright and colourful that goes straight up into the air

fountain of

A fountain of blood was pouring from his chest.

A fountain of sparks shot high into the sky.

3 → fountain of something

→ drinking fountain, soda fountain

6.Related topics: Technology, Daily life, Weapons

car‧tridge /ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [countable]

1 a small container or piece of equipment that you put inside something to make it work

computer game cartridges

an ink cartridge for a printer

2 a tube containing explosive powder and a bullet that you put in a gun SYN shell 

I trotted in the mud between rows of closely packed cubicles where you could buy a freshly slaughtered pheasant in one stand and a calulator from the adjacent one.

7.trot1 /trɒt $ trɑːt/  verb (trotted, trotting)

1 [intransitive] if a horse trots, it moves fairly quickly with each front leg moving at the same time as the opposite back leg → canter, gallop

2 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a person or animal trots, they run fairly slowly, taking short regular steps

She came trotting down the steps from the library.

see thesaurus at run

3 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to walk or go somewhere, especially fairly quickly

He trotted off and came back a couple of minutes later, holding a parcel.

→ trot something  out

→ See Verb table

8.cu‧bi‧cle /ˈkjuːbɪkəl/ noun [countable]

a small part of a room that is separated from the rest of the room

a shower cubicle

office workers in their cubicles

Examples from the Corpus

cubicle

• Is there room for a cubicle or can one be installed over the bath?

• In a cubicle I found one of Julie's hairs.

• Ian Walker, prosecuting, said a store detective spotted Melia going into a cubicle to try the jeans on.

• The girl came in smiling, transmitting an aura of brightness into the cluttered cubicle of the room.

• I hate working in cubicles.

• I was nearly at the cubicle door when it creaked open and something squeezed out to take hold of me.

• Bowman stood in the cubicle, listening intently.

• Bowman glanced back only once at Whitehead, as he fought his way out of the cubicle.

• Inside the tiny cubicle is a mirror.

shower cubicle

• Fully tiled shower cubicle with fitted Triton T80 electric shower.

From Longman Business Dictionary

cu‧bi‧cle /ˈkjuːbɪkəl/ noun [countable]

a small area in a large office that is separated by low walls from the rest of the office

rows of office workers in their cubicles

9.pheas‧ant /ˈfezənt/ noun [countable, uncountable]

a large bird with a long tail, often shot for food, or the meat of this bird

Examples from the Corpus

pheasant

• This was a swampy field where I once managed to shoot a pheasant as it became airborne, screeching.

• A pheasant, caught in a stream of air, had dashed itself to death.

• In fact, many gourmets consider pheasant and grouse to be the most delectable of all game birds.

• Even the gentry, then, were having to eat pheasant without bread; what was the world coming to?

• Pheasant: readily available and surprisingly cheap, any chicken recipe can be adapted for pheasant.

• Also good with roasted pheasant and as contrast to many braised dishes.

• Lightly season pheasant pieces with salt and pepper.

• Transfer pheasant, still in pan, to the oven and cook for 8 to 10 minutes.

10.caculator.计算器

But they all knew the best was yet to come.

2*Comment:

like it says, best things are always worth waiting.

All I saw was the blue kite.All I smelled was victory. Salvation.Redemption.

3*comment

这儿是用了排比么(>﹏<)

If there was a God, He'd guide the winds, let them blow for me so that, with a tug of my string, I'd cut loose my pain, my longing.

4*comment

Amir eagered to win to impress father.

I opened my eyes, saw the blue kite spinning wildly like a tire come loose from a speeding car.

5*comment

Meterphor-(比喻是不是这样拼来着(>﹏<))

Summary:

Started with a dream, it was a story about how Amir and Hassan to experience the tournament. Amir won the game while that blue kite was falling to somewhere thus Hassan ran for it, unluckily, Hassan met Assef and got insulted, actually on the way to find Hassan, Amir peeked all what happened,  instead of standing out he ran away and pretended nothing happen. Then he went back home only to find that Hassan was too hurt to see him, he knew it is his fault but instead of apologizing he found some ways to keep Hassan away. Giving a dog a bad name and hang it.

sorry for make it in a rush, I will make it up later.  Thank  you for your understanding.