Words & Expressions

1.edge

[v] to move slowly with gradual movements or in gradual stages, or to make someone or something move in this way （使）徐徐移动；（使）缓慢发展

My mom would edge the car slowly through the crowds and around blockades made of flaming tires.

2.smack

[v]to hit something hard against something else 撞；使劲摔

I smacked hard on the pavement.

[adv] exactly in a place or a situation 不偏不倚地，正好

There were times I could talk smack to my mom—this was not one of them.

She lives smack in the middle of Shanghai.她就住在伦敦市中心。

3.hole up (somewhere)

【informal】to stay in a safe place, often as a way of avoiding something or hiding from someone 躲藏，隐藏

Whenever the riots broke out, all our neighbors would wisely hole up behind closed doors.

4. promiscuous

(of a person) having a lot of different sexual partners or sexual relationships, or (of sexual habits) involving a lot of different partners（人）滥交的，淫乱的

Zulu women were well-behaved and dutiful. Xhosa women were promiscuous and unfaithful.

中文感悟

第一章 RUN-奔跑，讲述了在一个星期天做完礼拜回家路上，小巴士的凶恶的司机与母亲因种族歧视起冲突，心生歹意，生死关头，母亲果敢的将Trevor推出飞驰的小巴士，自己护住另一个孩子跳出巴士，逃跑求生的故事。

第一章让我看到了妈妈的虔诚信仰和坚强。 My mother is as stubborn as she is religious.

每周日去教堂做礼拜并不是愉悦的郊游，去教堂路途遥远， Trevor家的汽车还经常掉链子，换成公共交通之后更是折磨加倍，每次回家时，Trevor 的状态是 “ I'd collapse into bed“- 彻底累瘫了。

所以，开头那句“ “we never missed church.” 读完第一章之后，再来看这个 never，心底是无比震撼的。除了疲惫，还有一路上可能遇到的各种危险，要克服所有种种，达到 never，非一般的意志力和坚强能做到，这就是母亲信仰的力量。

说到Trevor，熊孩子太逗了，书里写的他的那些感受，让你觉得很真实，他就是让你笑里有泪。说到做礼拜，他是这么总结的：“Christian karaoke, badass action stories, and violent faith healers—man, I loved church.” 第一个教堂就是集体唱K，第二教堂就是看武侠故事，第三个就是现场版暴力驱魔。

另外形容和妈妈之间的关系，是 Tom and Jerry.

一些小细节也能看出Trevor也是个非常聪明的孩子：

There were Bible games and quizzes every week at white church, and I kicked everyone’s ass.

I was a master at Street Fighter. I could go forever on a single play.

另外，Trevor 会很巧妙自然的在一段话中加入一两句，好像是轻描淡写顺口一提，但是内容却不是日常小事。比如写到家里汽车启动不了，写到了二手车，然后写出下面这段 “A secondhand car was also the reason my mom got married...who tortured us for years and put a bullet in the back of my mother’s head—I’ll take the new car with the warranty every time.” 跳出童年的Trevor，插入成年Trevor的口吻来叙述。让你暂时跳出故事停一停，埋下一个种子，接着再继续。

Day 1 - Run