The Gay Genius 序言

1. Vocabulary

incorrigible /ɪnˈkɒrɪdʒəbəl/

If you tell someone they are incorrigible, you are saying, often in a humorous way, that they have faults that will never change. 屡教不改的

仿写：

She is an incorrigible optimist.

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fatuous /ˈfætjʊəs/

If you describe a person, action, or remark as fatuous, you think that they are extremely silly, showing a lack of intelligence or thought. 愚昧的

仿写：

He was left speechless by this fatuous remark.

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garrulous /ˈɡærʊləs/

If you describe someone as garrulous, you mean that they talk a great deal, especially about unimportant things. 絮叨的

仿写：

She is a garrulous old woman.

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2. Reflection

很早以前就读过林语堂先生的《京华烟云》，非常喜欢，是一本难得的英文版中国小说，想着以后有机会的话一定再读林语堂的其它作品，正好赶上本期读书会的《苏东坡传》。读这本书前，我还纳闷，中国历朝历代诗人词人数不胜数，为什么林语堂独爱苏东坡，看了序言部分才明白，林语堂对苏东坡的评价之高，可谓毫不吝啬赞美之词。

For more than other Chinese poet’s, Su Tungpo’s personality had the richness and variety and humor of a many-sided genius, possessing a gigantic intellect and guileless child’s heart—a combination described by Jesus as the wisdom of the serpent and the gentleness of the dove. Admittedly, this is a rare combination, shared only by a few born upon this earth.