I. The central question

From this chapter we know more about Su Tungpo's life. When he was young, he had a brilliant young mind. However, he was a great genius but not a freak, just like other children, he liked the nature, the birds and stones. His wonderful childhood made him fond of nature and write a great number of poems. Additionally, the civil service examination both affected Su Tungpo's father and brother, which build Su's article style. The most interesting thing is Su's romance and love life, maybe it was not ture, but at least we can found Su has emotional and rational character.

II. The sentence

1. Some days later, to all intents and purposes, he had breathed his last.

to all intents and purpose? 實際上荸百，任何一方面

2. There would then be a hullabaloo in the family and the maidservants would run about barefooted to pick vegetables from the garden and kill chickens to prepare a dinner.

hullabaloo ?a lot of noise, especially made by people shouting

run about barefooted 形容整個家族的人們忙的不可開交国旷，十分形象

3. There was peace in the county and peace with the barbarian hordes on the north and northwest, the Kins, the Liaos, and the Shishia Kingdom, which had been a constant source of trouble.

a constant source of trouble ? 此處表明宋朝與金初茶、遼與西夏的邊患是持續(xù)不斷的麻煩來源 ? ?

4. Something in the boys' eyes and their voices, as their tongues rolled so smoothly over the syllables of the classics, told him that they would succeed, and his hope recovered and his wounded pride was healed.

這一句將蘇軾、蘇轍二兄弟對其父蘇洵的影響形象地再現(xiàn)了咐刨，尤其是their tongues rolled so smoothly over the syllables以及his wounded pride was healed昙楚， 讀起來音節(jié)十分流暢

III. Thoughts

蘇軾在林語堂先生眼中無疑是天才般的偶像刽肠，不過纯命，林語堂先生并沒有將蘇軾描繪成一個高高在上，不可親近的人损俭。在這一章中蛙奖，林先生為我們展示了蘇軾的童年與青年生活，與第二章相比杆兵，我們能夠更進(jìn)一步了解到蘇軾在成為一代文豪蘇東坡之前雁仲，度過的是怎樣的人生。實際上琐脏，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)攒砖，這樣的蘇軾并不陌生，他可能就是那個小時候非常聰明的孩子日裙，喜歡放了學(xué)后去看花鳥蟲魚的小孩吹艇。甚至是蘇軾青年時代的逸聞趣事，也讓我們對這一位天才有了更多的親近之感昂拂，蘇東坡的曠達(dá)并非勘破紅塵受神，他也曾經(jīng)歷少年時代的鐘情與傷情。蘇東坡既能超逸通達(dá)而又不失真性情格侯，源于他豐富的人生經(jīng)歷鼻听，這正是他的迷人之處。