1 - 閱讀感悟
（1）人生有起有落，十四章寫的就是蘇東坡的“落”撇吞。本章按照時間順序俗冻，從講述蘇東坡被捕的導火索開始，按逮捕——入獄——審判——判后釋放及其影響依次來寫牍颈。
SU TUNGPO, to use the poet's own expression, had gone on "spitting out flies found in one's food," and had so far escaped scot-free. But the hundredth time he "spat," he was caught.
常在河邊走哪有不濕鞋迄薄，林語堂用蘇東坡講過的話"spitting out flies found in one's food"來開頭，引人入勝煮岁。
（2）文中林語堂用了同義替換的表達讥蔽，例如“小人”，文中用了petty men和little fellow的表達人乓；表示“命償”時勤篮，用到了should pay with his life和should be killed都毒。
關于同義替換色罚，讀經(jīng)濟學人時感覺更明顯，例如Expelling Chinese people from Chinese cities一文中账劲，“民工”的表達方式有rural folk who move to the cities; migrants from the countryside;和 settlers from eleswhere戳护。
（3）
Some of these poems were highly deceptive and had hidden points to be appreciated only when one understood the historical references.
仿佛找到了我讀不透詩詞的原因。
另外最近了解到“詞鏈兒”這個詞瀑焦，簡言之就是要把字詞放到句子和特定語境中傳來起來學習記憶腌且，比如上述這個句子，可以提煉一個模型出來：sth. is/does ... only when ....然后把自己想表達的內容嵌入句子內榛瓮，如Children can fully understand their parents only when they become someone's parents.
2 - Central Question
Why Su Tungpo is arrested for a trial and what is the result of the trial?
3 - Words
（1）subject?
文中多次出現(xiàn)“the duty of a subject”铺董。subject常用的意思有主題、話題禀晓、科目精续、對象等，在文中用了citizen的意思粹懒，表示“公民重付，臣民，國民”凫乖。
（2）amount to
① to produce (a total) when added together
② to be the same in meaning or effect as sth.
文中用的是第二個意思确垫，分別用在“It all amounted to this:... ...”弓颈；“This practically?amounted to?her dying wish.”
（3）incorrigible
意思是not able to be corrected or changed 屢教不改的，不可救藥的（常為幽默用法）删掀。這個詞源與correct相同翔冀，可聯(lián)系起來記憶。
文末爬迟，蘇東坡重獲自由后仍這樣形容自己“I am really incorrigible.”橘蜜，可見其心“大”。林語堂也多次寫到付呕，對于表達心中所想计福，蘇東坡并不care后果，這又與文章開頭"spitting out flies found in one's food"相呼應徽职。
