随感
今天读的内容可以说让人悲喜交加。一方面我为Rasheed的残暴而感到气愤，一方面为Laila和Tariq的再一次相遇感到开心。那一刻，Tariq真的可以称得上是Laila黑暗生活中的一抹阳光，从此世界都有了光亮。
Laila是坚强的，无论Rasheed对他如何残暴，她也坚韧不屈，毫无退却之意。她是一位伟大的母亲，当面临难以两全的困境时，她忍痛将女儿送至孤儿院，虽然心中有万般不舍，却知道这样才能两全。
Mariam经历了人生的修炼，逐渐意识到年幼无知所犯下的错，母亲因她而死，父亲临终前也未能如愿以偿的得到她的“原谅”。她自己在保全Laila母女的过程中也展现出了母爱般的伟大，让人心声敬佩。
塔利班的残忍，Laila和Mariam的艰难生活让我一度为之落泪，除了不忍和感动，我内心更多的是感恩。感恩现在所拥有的一切，感恩我的父母，感恩苦难，感恩上天赐予的一切，因为相对她们而言，我们生活在天堂❤
Words & Phrases
NO. 1. push through 挤过去，穿过去
原文：Aziza's ribs began to push through the skin, and the fat from her cheeks vanished.
这里用来形容Aziza的消瘦，突出当时家里贫困的景象，让人联想到非洲那些因挨饿而发育不良的大头娃娃。
NO. 2. shred (v.) 把……撕成碎片
原文：In the end, she had shredded it unopened.
① to cut or tear something into small thin pieces.
eg. Coleslaw is made with shredded cabbage.
② to put a document into a shredder.
NO. 3. translucent (adj.) 半透明的
原文：The sky was a translucent gray…
not transparent, but clear enough to allow light to pass through.
eg. Blue veins showed through her translucent skin.
NO. 4. well up 涌出，流露，萌发
原文：Her lower lip was quivering and her eyes threatened to well up…
① if a liquid wells or wells up, it comes to the surface of something and starts to flow out.
② if a feeling wells or wells up in you, you start to feel it strongly.
eg. Anger welled up within him.
NO. 5. pitiable (adj.) 令人怜悯的，可怜的
原文：She lay on her stomach, feeling like a stupid, pitiable animal…
making you feel pity.
eg. the pitiable victims of war.
情景赏析
Everybody wants Jack to rescue them from disaster. But there is no Jack. Jack is not coming back. Jack is dead.
这是Aziza所说的一句话，让人意想不到的是，小小年纪能说出这么有哲理的话。这里Aziza或许是揭露出人们通过对《泰坦尼克号》这部影片狂热的追求，从而抒发内心对自由的渴望，对救赎者的渴望。
这段话也可能对前文Tariq的死亡是个对照，Laila也因此失去了生活的支柱。也使下文Tariq的突然出现变得更加出人意料。
And there were other changes. Laila would notic the dirt under Aziza's fingernails, and Aziza would notic her noticing and bury her hands under her thighs. Whenever a kid in their vicinity, snot oozing from his nose, or if a kid walked by bare-assed, hair clumped with dirt, Aziza's eyelids fluttered and she was quick to explain it away. She was like a hostess embarrassed in front of her guests by the squalor of her home, the untidiness of her children.
当Laila注意到女儿指甲的泥土时，Aziza会刻意的把手藏起来，如果看到周围有孩子擤鼻涕或者光着屁股走过去，Aziza就会眨眨眼，然后匆忙的解释几句，就好像是一个家里乱糟糟，在客人面前会觉得尴尬的女主人。
一个只有9岁的孩子，心里如此成熟也是让人觉得很心酸，当同龄的孩子还在跟父母撒娇吵闹着要玩具时，她却被迫送到孤儿院，一边要克制内心的失落与不安，一边还要安慰着母亲，同时还要忍受父亲的冷落。Aziza内心的强大和宽容远远超出了人们的想象，脑海中脑补这段画面的时候真的非常的不忍。为Aziza的懂事和坚强点赞。
Laila stopped. A choking noise came up her throat. Her knees weakened. Laila suddenly wanted, needed, to grope for Mariam's arm, her shouder, something, anything, to lean on. But she didn't. She didn't dare. She didn't dare move a muscle. She didn't dare breath, or blink even, for fear that he was nothing but a mirage shimmering in the distance, a brittle illusion that would vanish at the slightest provocation. Laila stood perfectly still and looked at Tariq until her chest screamed for air and her eyes burned to blink. And, somehow, miraculously, after she took a breath, ,closed and opened her eyes, he was still standing there. Tariq was still standing there. Laila allowed herself to take a step toward him. Then another. And another. And then she was running.
Laila在看到Tariq的那一瞬间，感觉自己仿佛呼吸都要停止了，此时脑海中就会想到泡沫偶像剧中的情节，的确，这一桥段大家也许都看的不耐烦了，但是在Laila当时的社会背景下，她们已经生活在水深火热中，Tariq的再次出现仿佛让Laila的心多了一分对生活的向往。
她不敢相信眼前的景象是真实的，因为当年那个报信人的消息已经让她心如死灰，如今却是这样的结果，一般人也会感到难以置信的，而此时Mariam也将脑海中的碎片拼凑起来，逐渐还事情一个真实的面目。
最后一句，Laila容许自己向Tariq迈上一步，然后又是一步，又是一步，然后她奔向他。这前三步的迈出对于Laila来说是质的改变，这也对下文情节的发展做了铺垫，期待她和Tariq的新生活，但是我们知道，美好生活往往来之不易，或许她们都将未此付出代价，但这种代价最终还是值得的。
关于读书碎碎念
自从感到自己写笔记出现了瓶颈后，便停止了一段时间，现在也在不断尝试寻找自己的新方式。总而言之是不能停止读书也不能停止记录的，无论以各种方式，用量变积累质变。
另外，通过整理每日一练我发现，即便我亲自整理疏通的词语，自己还是有许多都记不住，由此看来小测试还是很有必要的，而且需要坚持，方法还在不断寻找更新中，加油！多学一点是一点，不以善小而不为。