1 - 閱讀感悟
（1）蘇東坡與權(quán)利。
“I feel like a tired hose who balks at climbing up a hill.”
蘇東坡參加考試初入仕途時(shí)的雄心壯志，到如今，他把自己比喻成疲憊的馬，體現(xiàn)對(duì)官場(chǎng)的乏力。
（2）本章主旨。
If Su Tungpo's fate?/ in the next twenty years /?is indicative of / an official's lack of freedom?/ of personal movement,// it should be a powerful argument / against any scholar's joining politics?/ who can make a living otherwise.
開頭的第一句話就點(diǎn)名了本章的主旨：人在官場(chǎng)，身不由己，蘇東坡何去何從全由皇帝決定。這個(gè)句子的結(jié)構(gòu)也值得學(xué)習(xí)。
（3）蘇東坡的善良。
If that was a beautiful thing to do, it was a beautiful thing to do —— that was all.
對(duì)于蘇東坡的善良，本章中用買房子的事情再一次予以佐證?！俺扇粯睹朗?，全因其美，無它?！绷终Z堂用這句話寫出了蘇東坡秉性純良，不用金錢來衡量事情值不值得做。
（4）精彩譯文。
① “ To speak about politics only when in office is the normal rule."?“不在其位，不謀其政?！?/p>
②“Wang chuckled but did not reply.” "王安石笑而不語。"
③“... he had his heart in his mouth.” "... ... “心都快跳出來了?！?/p>
2 - Words and Expressions
（1）break in on（或upon）
原文：This news broke in on him at the beginning of ?March in 1084.（P524）
①突然擾亂…而使中斷，打擾，突然打斷(談話等)：
【例句】Children shouldn"t?break in on?adults" conversation。打斷他人的談話是不禮貌的。
②突然襲擊；闖入：
【例句】The police broke in upon the robbers. /警察突然襲擊了那伙強(qiáng)盜。
（2）toss off
原文：... of which he tossed off a great many.
①輕而易舉地完成某件事：
【例句】She tossed off a letter during the 10-minute break.?
在10分鐘休息時(shí)，她很快地寫了一封信。
②to perform, write, consume, etc, quickly and easily 迅速而輕松地表演、寫作、消耗等，文中就是這個(gè)意思。
③將某物一飲而盡。
（3）entrust：表示“委托，交付”，可同義替換成leave，pass,hand等。
原文：... in order to entrust this old preist to one of his friends at Shingkuo.
（4）at a stroke：一下子，一舉。
原文：At a stroke,the rewards of his years of labor were wiped out...
