Chapter 4

我一直觉得地理和景物、方位的描写是最难的。读魔戒也可能就是这块儿卡住没读下来。因为对介词和动词，名词的概念不准确，所以读起来总是迷迷糊糊，没有直观感受。本章中描写了东京城的大致样貌。我觉得对这个问题不要深究，多遇见几次，能好一点。目标是读书，养成读书习惯。在这一点上也是幸运呀，这几天越拖越严重，今天都想着完了完了，结果还读完了。赞

老苏蛮可怜的，考试失利几十年，压力不是一般大，所以性格上就有些狷介，害怕或是不愿用别人的标准来评价自己，尤其是由那些不了解自己自己也不喜欢的人。我很理解他。哭

词

今天三个词组

1speak for 订购，要求得到

They would be spoken for by families having  grown-up daughters  anyway.

2 On the  lookout for 留心，寻找

Rich merchants were on the lookout for the announcement of the results of the examinations.

The US today is on the lookout for immigrants who can create jobs, not the ones who need jobs.

3 now that  既然

In fact Sue Senior was prepared to leave his Sichuan home forever, now that his wife was dead.

We can have a beer and forget all the essay staffs, now that the deadline is passed.