Reading journal –The Gay Genius

20180103 Chapter 26 Romance with Chaoyun

My thoughts

這一章取名為和朝云的浪漫，但過程卻偏平淡，至少不是我想象的那種風(fēng)花雪月哈哈。并且結(jié)局也慘，知己朝云的去世，讓蘇東坡淪為獨(dú)居老人。更慘的是，還將遭到新一輪的流放。

總之，從這一章里并沒有看到太多浪漫情節(jié)，反而為蘇東坡凄慘的生活所惋惜。

Words and expressions

1.vivacious

原文：She was intelligent, gay, vivacious, spirited.

釋義：adj. soemone, especially a woman, who is vivacious has a lot of energy and a happy attractive manner - used to show approval

造句：The vivacious girl gave him a deep impression.

2. command （熟詞生義）

原文：It commanded a wonderful view of the river on the north side where the water turned northeastward.

釋義：v. if a place commands a view, you can see soemthing clearly from it 俯瞰，眺望；清楚地看到

造句：The hotel command a magnificient view of Cairo.

3.elaborate? （熟詞生義）

原文：The house was quite elaborate, containing a total of twenty "rooms", a room being a unit of space in the Chinese language.

釋義：adj. carefully planned and organized in great detail

造句：We need a very elaborate telecommunications network.