2018-05-14 #The Martian Chapter1

Impressions about this book: the book is interesting and the author must be an interesting person! 

The first chapter tells us how the hero of this book got stranded on Mars. The story is going to focus on how he will survive until someone from NASA come to rescue him. He may die of starving or any other kinds of reasons before the rescue team arrives 1400 days later. 

I like the style of languages the author uses. It's easy and interesting. You'll laugh at any moment because of the humor of the main character Mark Watney. 

Expressions:

I could regale you with tales of how we had great fun on the trip, but I won’t.

regale

If someone regales you with stories or jokes, they tell you a lot of them, whether you want to hear them or not.

例句: He was constantly regaled with tales of woe.

造句: I won't regale you with tale of how fun studying another language is. 

Suffice it to say we got to Mars 124 days later without strangling each other.

suffice (it) to say (that) 

Suffice it to say or suffice to say is used at the beginning of a statement to indicate that what you are saying is obvious, or that you will only give a short explanation. 不必多言

例句: Suffice it to say that afterwards we never met again.

造句: Suffice it to say that I spent years learning English.