1.中文感悟
以前沒有去過眉山，也不太清楚那里的風俗環境。不過既然這里是“唐宋八大家”里“三蘇”的家鄉，“三蘇”一定是這里的文化特色。蘇東坡的爺爺看起來性格很灑脫，平時慷慨大方，喜歡飲酒取樂，當蘇東坡的爸爸性格古怪不學習時也是不管不問任其發展，堅信他自己會發現自己的錯誤從而痛改前非，要是放在現代，孩子他媽估計都要愁死了吧~相比東坡爺爺的灑脫，東坡爸爸就顯得有些郁郁不得志了，在政治上的抱負和文學上的成就似乎都沒有達到自己的預期，反而在自己的孩子身上都實現了。
2.Guiding task
Chapter 2 mainly talks about Su Tungpo's family background. It tells us Tungpo's birthplace, Meishan, a little town which was famous for the Su family and was comfortable for a place of residence. It also introduces Tungpo's father, who was a reticent, talented and crotchety man, and his grandfather, who was a tall, handsome, generous and wise man.
interesting sentence:
When friends asked him why his son did not study and why he had done nothing about it, he replied placidly, "I am not worried," suggesting an enormous confidence that his brilliant but erring son would himself realize the mistake in due time.
This sentence describes a picture of a funny grandpa with free and open mind. Of course he was so confident of his son, not like most of today's parents, who are always stractching their heads wondering why their children don' like studying and how to improve their grades. Anyway, I like this calm, generous and confident grandpa.
3. 詞匯學習
The little hill stood against a wast plain of rice fields, orchards, and vegetable gardens, dotted here and there with bamboo groves and curiously dwarfed palm trees.
curiously? ? adv.
Definition: in a manner differing from the usual or expected
eg: His clothes were curiously old-fashioned.
But first something must be said about this birthday, lest we but added to a certain confusion plaguing Chinese biographies abroad.
but? ? adv. 僅僅，只
Definition: and nothing more
eg: I don't think I can handle it. Still, I can but give it a try.
According to the Chinese reckoning, therefore, as compared with Western reckoning, a person always counts himself two years older before his birthday...
reckoning? ? ? n.
Definition: the act of calculating sth. especially in a way that is not very exact 估算，計算，估計
eg: By my reckoning, there are five hundred people present today.
When the younger brother was born, they were able to hire another wet nurse, ...
wet nurse
Definition: a woman employed to feed another woman's baby with her own breast milk 奶媽，乳母
About the time when his son was born, he began to take himself seriously, regretting rather late, but with a sharp sense of remorse, the wasted years of his youth.
remorse? ? n.
Definition: the feeling of extremely sorry for sth. wrong or bad that you have done 懊悔，自責，非常遺憾
eg: He was filled with remorse for not taking her advice.
