Reading Reflection
????“巴東三峽巫峽長，猿啼三聲淚沾裳”憎兽，巫峽雄奇艱險(xiǎn)，三蘇此次赴京挑選了水路吵冒，一路的風(fēng)景既震撼人心纯命，又暗涌叢生，聯(lián)想他們之后的人生痹栖，也許早就在這次旅途中鋪墊了不少亿汞。讀到最后看到蘇洵對歷史觀的思考很受觸動(dòng)，不予粉飾的歷史才是真實(shí)揪阿，十分榮耀往往是堂皇疗我，白玉微瑕才是值得追求的吧。
Guiding Question
What were the main activities did the Su's take after they set out for the capital?
????They took the voyage down the Yangtse river, enjoyed the beautiful scenery, versified?and went through the dangerous Wu Gorges. After they settled in the capital, all Sus were appointed a good job and the family were gradually known as a literary phenomenon.
Words & Expressions
1. tower (P51)
From Tsekuei on, the back of the Giant Buffalo was visible on the distant horizon, towering above the tops of the nearer mountain ridges.
[熟詞僻義] tower: Someone or something that towers over surrounding people or things is a lot taller than they are. 遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高于南捂；凌駕于……
2. took the view; gloss over (P53)
Su Shiin took the view that this was strictly a historian's job and a historian should not gloss over the faults even of one's ancestors.
take the view: 認(rèn)為吴裤；雖然直譯是‘持某種觀點(diǎn)’，但是我們不這么說話吧~
e.g. Some people take the view that sometimes in life we have to take chances in order to make progress.
gloss over: If you gloss over a problem, a mistake, or an embarrassing moment, you try and make it seem unimportant by ignoring it or by dealing with it very quickly. 粉飾溺健；可以用于 gloss over one's faults/shortcomings. 而gloss本身就有光澤的意思麦牺，想象一下粉飾之后就是把丑陋地變美麗，從而閃亮有光澤~
3.??strike off (P53)
"I hear that some colleagues have petitioned to Your Majesty, saying that the ancestors may have had personal blemishes, but that if they were no concern of the state, these should be struck off the records.
strike off: 勾銷，刪除的意思枕面，還可以用來表示“擺脫……”愿卒，比如strike off shackles of past“擺脫束縛”
