Words & Expressions

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versatile       多才多艺的

conglomerate    adj. 成团的;   vt. 使聚结;使成团

a man with such a versatile talent and colorful life a conglomerate of the qualities that have endeared him to his readers.

incorrigible   adj. 无法矫正的，屡教不改的，无可救药的

an incorrigible optimist, a great humanitarian, a friend of the people, a prose master, an original painter

aflectionate and warm admiring smile

wisdom of the serpent（n. 蛇;狡猾的人） and the gentleness of the dove

wield his pen

swerve     vt.& vi. 使突然转向;使转弯

e.g: He felt strongly, thought clearly, wrote beautifully, and acted with high courage, never swerved by his own interests or the changing fashions of opinion.

went through life like a whirlwind   （n. 旋风;）

annihilate （彻底击败） life

incarnation  n. 化身;前身;典型体现

but his spirit in the next incarnation might become a star in heaven, or a river on earth, to shine, to nourish, and to sustain all living.

Sentences

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1.Political chicanery and calculation were foreign to his character.

2.He could be whimsical or dignified, playful or serious, very serious, and from his pen we hear a chord reflecting all the human emotions of joy, delight, disillusionment, and resignation.

3.life was a temporary expression of something else, an eternal spirit in a temporary carcass.

4.Of this living, he was only a particle in a temporary manifestation of the eternal, and it really did not matter very much which particle he happened to be.

Summary & Thoughts 

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Su Tongpo's charm:

1. optimisium towards misfortunes in life

2.wisdom in carrying out  out-of-date traditions 

3.rebellion against bureaucrats & rejection towards secular society

4.resposibility for family, his own intergrity and country 

5.consider his life a small particle in the universe ( in thinking philosophically )

At last, I wanna recite a paragraph from a famous Chinese writer in describing his maturity:

成熟是一种明亮而不刺眼的光辉，一种圆润而不腻耳的音响，一种不再需要对别人察言观色的从容，一种终于停止向周围申诉求告的大气，一种不理会哄闹的微笑，一种洗刷了偏激的淡漠，一种并不陡峭的高度。