Reading journal –The Gay Genius

20180102 Chapter 25 Home in Exile

My thoughts

跟男朋友一直是異地戀，即使到了現(xiàn)在要結(jié)婚的階段能改變這個事實的機率也不大。雖然大多數(shù)時候覺得現(xiàn)在交通、通訊都這么發(fā)達，但偶爾還是忍不住要害怕分居兩地。今天讀到蘇東坡再次被貶，也是選擇和家人分居，只帶了朝云同去，突然又覺得得到了安慰，好像異地也沒有想象中那么可怕。當然會不方便，但對于此后幾十年的歲月來說，異地說不定是愛情更好的保鮮劑。其實也不能說到幾十年那么遠啦，只是最近幾年而已。碰巧讀到這一點，感觸有點多，忍不住寫下來了。這大概就是閱讀的魅力吧。

當然蘇東坡盡管被貶，沒有實權(quán)，卻仍然能用自己人格魅力感染周圍這些政策的制定者，從而真正地為百姓謀福利，這一點也讓我敬佩。

Words and expressions

1.avail

原文：As was to beexpected, all the officials of the neighboring districts avail themselves of this unique opportunity to make friend with this distinguishedpoet.

釋義：v.avail oneself of sth : to accept an offer or use an opportunity to dosomething

造句：How many companies avail themselves of

this opportunity like this?

2. hazard

原文：You had better stay at home and not hazard such a long journey.

釋義：v. to risk losing your money, property

etc. in an attempt to gain something

造句：It’s too dangerous to hazard such a

unplanned project.

（注意到這個詞是因為Eric 前幾天在公眾號里提到harass這個單詞有兩種讀音，長得和今天這個hazar有點像，差點搞混了。harass: to make someone’s life

unpleasant, for example by frequently saying offensive things to them or threatening

them.）

3.run into

原文：Somewhere between Kukong and Canton he ran into an old Taoist friend, Wu Fuku,who was ow to be closely associated with him during his exile days.

釋義：to meet someone you know, when you were

not expecting to

同義短語： bump into

造句：I bumped into one of my old neighbors

today.

4.in the open

原文：He explained to the god the difficultyhe was in, and said that if he did not reach his destination by the nextmorning he would have to sleep in the

open.

釋義1：outdoors.

釋義2：Information that is out in the open is

not hidden or secret.

造句：All these concerns need to be brought

out into the open.