The Gay Genius | Weekly Note 2

《苏东坡传》

1. 中文感悟

本周阅读的内容大部分都是和王安石变法有关的，特别是讲述变法的九大措施，其实根本就没有注意具体是哪些措施，只注重了情节的发展，有些句子也没有去深究里面的语法点之类的，上周说要注重赏析一下里面比较好的句子，但是自己看的时候有觉得有些句子写得很棒很美又很清新自然非常地道，但是具体哪里好也说不出来，看到大家的分享有很大的收获，以后也要慢慢地尝试去发现并赏析句子的闪光点，最好是自己也学会运用~

words review:

abominable

temperament

succeed

should

fly into a rage

hot under the collar

condemn

overthrow

purge

dissension

strife

conundrum

shoulder

自己总结的词汇印象还是有的，特别是那些当时造过句的，自己学会使用果然是记忆的最好方法~看小伙伴们的笔记现在还能记起来的词汇只有三个：

shed tears

mince no words

sheepishly

此外，大家笔记里的fish for a better post,因为之前见过fish作为动词的含义而且印象也比较深刻，所以也没大在意，但是看到汉语翻译成“沽名钓誉”突然感觉自己的中文水平也需要提高了，自己看的时候没想过能用到这个成语~

2. central questions:

What was Wang Anshih like and what main measures did he implement?

What influence did Wang Anshih's reforms have on Su Tungpo's political life?

3. Why I joined an English reading club?

I started reading original English books last winter. Harry Potter series were the first books I finished reading and my goal was to improve my English. In fact, however, I paid more attention to the plot development instead of accumulating my vocabulary while reading so there was no improvement. Besides, I have no other people to share my thoughts after reading though I don't have lots of sentiments. Therefore I want to join some English reading club to learn some reading skills from others. In this way I can also stick to finishing reading books and share each other's thoughts after reading. As Shakepeare said, "There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes." Everyone may have different opinions about the same book.