2019.1.7Chapter 11

故事接近尾声，Christ苦尽甘来，终于有房子住，可以打的去上班，买自己想买的衣服，和小Christ一起看电影，逛公园，越来越接近自己的梦想了。不知道最后一部分会不会回答这本书开头提的问题，为什么The pursuit of Happyness里没有字母“I”.

bleak:

without anything to make you feel happy or hopeful 没有希望的；令人沮丧的

a bleak future/prospect

cold and without any pleasant or comfortable features 阴冷的；阴郁的；荒凉的

deluge:

to send a very large number of letters, questions etc to someone all at the same time 使〔大量的信件、问题等同时〕涌向〔某人〕

be deluged with sth

eg:I am being deluged with questions.

sb’s/sth’s sphere of influence

a person’s, country’s, organization’s etc sphere of influence is the area where they have power to change things 某人/某事物的势力范围，某人/某事物的影响所及的范围