Day 10-The Kite Runner(CH17-CH19)

Part 1 Words

1. pretext: a false reason given for an action on order to hide the real reason

Eg: The incident provided the pretext for that war.

 on / under the pretext

2.  I toyed with my wedding ring.

toy: to keep moving and touching an object or food

Eg: He spoke casually and toyed with his pen.

3. Ali was sterile.

sterile: a person or animal that is sterile can not produce a baby.

4. I stormed out of the apartment.

storm: to go somewhere in a noisy fast way that shows you are extremely angry.

storm out of / into / off

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Part 2 Sentences

1. Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals all the details for itself

描写时间

2. The sun had almost set and left the sky swathed in smothers of purpose and red.

3.  I felt like a man who awakes in his own house and finds all the furniture rearranged, so that every familiar nook and cranny looks foreign now. Disoriented, he has to reevaluate his surroundings, reorient himself.

nook: a small space in a corner of the room

cranny: a small narrow hole in a wall or a rock.

4. I was afraid I'd deliberate, ruminate, agonize, rationalize, and talk myself into not   going.

连续的动词描述了Amir 心中的犹豫。

ruminate: 沉思，反复思考

5. My brother's mouth has been two steps ahead of his head.

  说话不经过大脑思考。

6. I stood in the silver tarnish of a half-moon and glanced up o a sky riddled with stars. Crickets chirped in the shuttered darkness and a wind wafted through the tress.

作者写景的功力值得学习。

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Part 3 Summary

RK gave a sealed envelop to Amir. Inside were a photo and a letter written by Hassan.   Hassan told Amir about his life and something about his son, Sohrab. After RK went to Peshawar to receive treatment, the Taliban officials came to the house and order Hassan to get his family out of the house. Hassan protested and was shot. Farzana attacked them and was also shot, under the pretext of self-defense. And Hassan's son was sent to an orphanage. RK insisted Amir should go to Kabul to save Hassan's son. With much hesitation, Amir was not willing to go back Kabul. But RK told him a secret that Hassan was his half-brother.  Totally shocked by RK's words and his father' s lie, Amir thought he had to reoriented and reevaluate himself and his surroundings.

Eventually, Amir still decided to go to Kabul. Farid, a man who drove for Amir, thought Amir came back only to sell their house and went back to American for a peaceful life.  Walking through the hometown and seeing the poverty in the land of his country, Amir felt like a tourist in his own country. Staying at Farid's brother's home, Amir was treated to their only food, leaving three children nothing to eat.  The next day,  Amir planted a fistful of crumpled money under a mattress, just like what he had done 26 years ago, but with different purpose.

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Part 4 随感

故事看到现在，两次流泪，一次是Hassan离开的时候，一次是Hassan 给Amir 写的那封信。Hassan简简单单地描述他的生活，塔利班的残忍。却道出了无尽的心酸。战争给人们带来了无尽的伤害，普通人却又无可奈何。