Day 13 The Gay Genius C14

Words and expressions

1. The womenfolk and children had a great scare when a number o£ soldiers surrounded the boat, ransacked their trunks, and threw their contents about, as all soldiers on such duties do.

ransack: to go through a place, stealing things and causing damage

仿写: The whole flat had been ransacked

2. He thought that affairs had taken a turn for the worse and perhaps he was doomed.

doom: to make someone or something certain to fail, die, be destroyed

仿写: The plan was doomed from the start.

3. We are indebted to the poet Lu Yu for the history of a manuscript in Su Tungpo's own handwriting containing all the documents of the trial.

be indebted to: be grateful to

仿写: He will be indebted to you for what you have done.

Reflection

树大招风，苏东坡的才气毫无意外地招来了一系列朝廷中小人的嫉妒与陷害，借他诗词中的讽喻，让苏东坡身陷囹圄，在12 天的牢狱之灾中，我以为苏东坡的思想必是经历了相当大的波动，经济了押解途中的起念自杀，到永别诗的写作。然而当他被释出狱后，感受到久违的泥土芬芳，鸟语花香，诗兴大发，当晚又奋笔写下两首诗文，还是那个豪放的东坡。