2018.12.17 The pursuit of happiness (chapter 1)

一个人的性情和品质和他从小接触的人是分不开的。这一章，作者从他三四岁的视觉回忆了他的母亲，亲戚和童年的生活。他叔叔们的勤劳和坚韧以及她母亲对他的爱护和教导，对他以后的人生产生了不可磨灭影响。虽然他寄居在叔叔家，童年生活还算无忧无虑，婶婶对他读书渴望的满足，叔叔和他一起看拳击，都给他开启了生活的另一面。

词汇:

genre:

a particular type of art, writing, music etc,which has certain features that all examples of this type share 〔艺术、写作、音乐等的〕类型，体裁

chid:

to tell someone that you do not approve of something that they have done or said 责备，指责，批评 

chid sb for doing sth

wedge:

to force something firmly into a narrow space 把…挤入[插入]

eg:My mom found her little son wedge in between in her bed.

bulldozer:to destroy buildings etc with a bulldozer 〔用推土机〕推倒

2.to push objects such as earth and rocks out of the way with a bulldozer 〔用推土机〕推平，平整

3 bulldoze sb into (doing) sth

to force someone to do something that they do not really want to do 强迫某人做某事

eg:She bulldozed his way into my life.

句型:

为什么要读书呢，这句话是最好的解释。

1.Books allowed me not only to travel in my imagination but to look through windows into the world of the unknown and not feel afraid.

2. I would find the destiny that awaited me.

3. He was immaculate in his grooming.他的打扮很干净。

4. My hunch was confirmed when xxx

我的直觉证实了…

5. We were dating time.我们在等待时机。

6.  In the dead of winter one year ,we changed the game in recognition of Christmas.

在有一年冬天最高冷的时候，…