字與詞?

halfhearted?

An invitation, but only a halfhearted one.

A thank-you, but only a halfhearted one.

形容詞。If someone does something in a half-hearted way, they do it without any real effort, interest, or enthusiasm. 半真半假的，并非真心實意的。

tiptoe

Then I ?took a couple of the envelops of cash from the pile of gifts and my watch, and tiptoed out.

動詞。If you tiptoe somewhere, you walk there very quietly without putting your heels on the floor when you walk. 躡手躡腳地走。

flinch

I flinched, like i'd been slapped.

動詞，退縮，躲避。If you flinch, you make a small sudden movement, especially when something surprises you or hurts you.

mask

That not even Ali's paralyzed face could mask his sorrow.

動詞，遮蔽，掩蓋。If one thing masks another, it prevents people from noticing or recognizing the other thing.

mutually-profitable

set up a mutually-profitable arrangement

合成形容詞，互利共贏的。

eclipse

When he stood, he eclipsed the moonlight.

動詞，使...黯然失色。If one thing is eclipsed by a second thing that is bigger, newer, or more important than it, the first thing is no longer noticed because the second thing gets all the attention.

Baba站了起來，天地都為之黯然失色。

句與段

There would be some pain, but life would move on. I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to breathe again.

痛苦是會有一些，但是日子還要繼續(xù)?！疽院笥脕戆参孔约?、安慰他人，可以用這個表達】

Don't make this even more difficult than it already is.

【請別再火上澆油、雪上加霜。】

I watched Baba's car pull away from the curb, taking with it the person whose first spoken word had been my name.?

【Hassan有很多種稱呼，不管是Amir的“朋友”還是“仆人”，有一個最特殊的，就是“the person whose first spoken word has been my name"?！?/b>

War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.

【背過?！?/b>

總結(jié)

Chapter 9

After Amir's 12-year-old birthday party, he received a lot of presents including two from Baba. A brand new Schwinn Stingray and a wristwatch. However, except for the leather-bound notebook from Rahim Khan, all the other presents were felt like "blood money" and not unable to arouse any of Amir's interest.

Amir kept thinking about the story told by Rahim Khan at his birthday party, and he believed the best way to save the trouble was to send Hassan away. So he came up with a plan which turned out to be a huge pain to everyone in the end. He brought the wristwatch and some cash to Ali and Hassan's hub and put them under the mattress, telling Baba that they were gone and pretending it was Hassan who stole them.?

When faced with Baba, Hassan said he did stole the wristwatch and the money, protecting Amir once more. Baba didn't accuse Hassan of that, instead, he forgave Hassan. But Ali and Hassan made up their mind to leave, which was exactly what Amir wanted. Life went on.

Chapter 10

In 1981, 19-year-old Amir and Baba was on the way to Jalalabad together with some others in the truck. During the journey, some German soldiers blocked their way and wanted to assault a young woman---one of the passengers---sexually. Baba stood out and saved her. But Amir, again, played a coward, like five years ago when he saw Hassan was being raped.?

All the passengers were cheated by Karim, who failed to took them to Peshawar. They had to stay and wait and lived under poor conditions. There Ali and Baba saw Kamal who was pretty ill then and his father. Amir and Baba heard the sad story about Kamal's mother being killed. When they arrived in Pakistan, Kamal died and his father committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth.?

感想

第九章看哭了，第十章也看哭了。

看到Hassan和Ali那么隱忍，為了成全Amir把偷盜的黑鍋都背在身上，然后不卑不亢離開的時候。我淚如雨下。想到了一句特別俗的歌詞“我給你最后的疼愛，是手放開”。Amir要什么，Hassan就給什么。而且，只要你要，只有我有?？瓷先mir做這個決定也替兩個人著想了，其實他想的還是自己。13歲的孩子頭腦可能還沒那么復雜，想不到自己的一個騙局會帶來這么大的傷害吧。看到委屈又堅強的Ali，Amir心虛。看到逆來順受的Hassan，他心疼愧疚又感激?？吹秸埱笾斜罎⒖奁腂aba，Amir疑惑不解且又有了“吃醋”的心理。

戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)，離開家鄉(xiāng)。Baba是真男人！年輕女性將要面臨德國士兵的暴行，Baba不假思索地站出來，他那句“你最好一槍就打死我，否則我會爬起來把你碎尸萬段”，把我看到青筋暴露不能平靜。此時的場景就相當于是當年面對Hassan被傷害的場景，Baba站了出來，Amir卻縮在暗處不敢出聲。難怪Amir都會懷疑自己到底是不是Baba的兒子，若是，那勇敢善良真誠這些品質(zhì)都去哪里了呢？Baba這樣的人，失去一切身外之物都能重新再來。Amir不同，他懦弱不敢面對，年老時想起舊事，將會更受折磨。

忍不住看了一眼第十一章的開頭，看到了America這個單詞，我想接下來是是新的一頁了。