Chapter One

读后感

读完第一章，感觉到上至帝王将相下至黎民百姓，都为苏东坡的人格魅力所倾倒。其近百万言的诗文、札记、遗墨、私人书信都流传到现在了。在他去世后近百年之内，没有一本传记类的书不曾提到这位诗人。才华可能会使人一时出名，但高尚的人格才能使人真正的留名青史。纵使他的作品的曾被人刻意销毁，但士大夫不能诵东坡诗，便自觉气索。所以我们读《The Gay Genius》不仅是要了解苏东坡的一生，更是要学习苏东坡高尚的人格，面对逆境仍乐观向上的心性。

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NEW WORDS

1、We desire to confer upon him the honor of an Emperor's teacher and exalt him to leadership among the scholars.

confer upon  封、授予

Confer a distinction upon sb. 授予某人勋章【称号】

To confer honor,dignity,or reward upon给予荣誉,称号,奖赏.

造句：The oolice confers upon Jenny a reward to encourage her brave action.

confer

vt.  授予，颁与；比较，对照；

vi.  商议，磋商；

2、On this his reputation rests.

他当然是以此得名的。

rest  支撑

n.休息；剩余部分；支持物；宁静，安宁

vt.& vi.（使）休息；（使）倚靠[支撑]；

vi.休息；静止；停止；安心

vt.使休息；使轻松；使长眠；使依赖

造句：The view rests on the plenty of data.

3、He lived to see that the "peasants" whom Wang had so "loved" had to flee their homes, not during famine or flood, but in years of good crops, when the officials put them in jail if they dared return to their villages, for failure to pay the loans and interest which the socialist regime had forced upon the peasants.

peasant 农民

n.农民；农夫；佃农；粗俗的人

flee 逃离

vi.逃走，逃掉；消失；

vt.逃离，逃避；

famine  饥荒

n.饥荒；饥饿；极度缺乏

in years of good crops 五谷丰登的年月

regime 政体

n.政治制度，政权，政体；管理，方法；[医]养生法；（病人等的）生活规则

force upon 把…强加于…

interest  利息

n.兴趣，爱好；利害关系，利益；利息；趣味，感兴趣的事

vt.使产生兴趣；使参与，使加入；引起…的意愿；使产生关系