Q:This chapter mainly describes the Su family's? journey to the capital,especially the landscape and legends of the three gorges about? the water journey.
Three sentences:
There was no great hurry,and as the women was with them,they took their time,drinking and playing cards while on the boat and enjoying the beautiful scenery on the way.
簡(jiǎn)單的幾句話,描繪了一家人外出游玩閑適的畫面
The setting sun shone upon a low plain of rice fields and cottages with chimney smoke,reminding the travelers that they had come back once more to a habitable word.
有炊煙轧邪,有人煙
The brothers were just over twenty,and youth sometimes acted as a handicap for a genius.
年齡有時(shí)也是成功的絆腳石血崭,確實(shí)如此
感悟:讀了今天的這一章气嫁,其實(shí)不怎么感興趣料睛,主要是對(duì)描寫景物的文章不感冒府蔗,一則詞匯有限灾票,二則感覺自己不能把文章描述的美想象出來(lái)峡谊,實(shí)在是覺得讀起來(lái)很累,雖然作者的文筆很不錯(cuò),無(wú)奈水平有限既们,欣賞不動(dòng)氨粑觥!要趕快提高自己啦啥纸!
Expressions and words:
The? bare huts of the cottagers bore witness to their extreme poverty.
bear/give witness to sth: to provide evidence of the truth of sth
This dangerous long stretch is known as the Three gorges.
stretch: an area of land or water ,especial a long one 一片一泓一段
eg:an unspoilt stretch of coastline
If we now emulate his example,we shall be able to show their personal weakness were easily outweighted by the great things that they accomplished.
outweigh:to be greater or more important than sth
eg:The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages
and today the rains and clouds of the Wu Mountains remain a literary euphemism for sexual union.
euphemism:an indirect word or phrase that people often use to refer to sth embarrassing or unpleasant ,sometimes make it more acceptable than it really is.
eg:"Pass away" is a euphemism for "die".