Weekly note

Chapter11: Why was Su Tungpo so enchanted by Hangchow ?

Chapter12:How did Su Tungpo voice his disgruntled heart towards the political events through writing protest poems and satiric verses?

Chapter13:Why the Yellow Tower was so meaningful to Su Tungpo? 

Chapter14: How did Su Tungpo’s poems get him arrested and into the jail?

Chapter15:What was the farmer and poet - Su Tungpo’s life like in eastern slope during his confinement at Huangchow?

Chapter 16:How Huangchow affected Su Tungpo’s poems?

这一周的内容相对来说比较有兴趣，欣赏了林语堂先生笔下的杭州西湖风景，风土人情，禁不住有想去看看一看的冲动；I like to compare the west lake to ‘Miss West’, pretty in a gay dress, and pretty in simple again.“欲把西湖比西子，淡妆浓抹总相宜”，其实很喜欢这句诗，可是看了翻译之后顿时觉得毫无美感而言，突然就觉得中国诗歌的美真的无与伦比，即使翻译的再好也会失去他本真的美，就如我不能理解翻译成汉语的欧美诗歌一样，怪不得说多一门语言，多一个世界呢。苏东坡到哪里哪里就是诗和远方啊，在黄州那么清苦的日子里也把自己的地方收拾的诗情画意，就Snow Hall这个名字就会引起人的无限遐想，就连期待已久的东坡肉也出现了，哈哈，读到他田边休憩，醉酒翻墙，泛舟赤壁的画面，不仅会想要是苏东坡生活在现代，这样一个明明可以靠脸吃饭，却偏偏又才气冲天，潇洒不羁，一生正气的人，不知道会有多少人为他狂打Call呢。

Words and expressions:

1.On completing the poem, Su threw down his pen and said, ”I am really incorrigible.’

incorrigible:adj(disapproving or humorous) having bad habits which can’t be changed or improved

eg: He is a incorrigible lair.

2.How he cultivated that mental poise and

selfpossession we shall see in the next chapter.

self-possession: n, the trait of resolutely(果断的) controlling your own behavior

eg: He looked surprised but soon recovered his self-possession.

3.I have loitered round the mud flat for too long?

loiter: If you loiter somewhere, you remain there or walk up and down without any real purpose.

Eg: The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square.