Central Question: Why did Su Tungpo leave Huangchow and how did he come to his post?
The sentences interests me most:
1.A man joins a government for money or fame or power or service to the country.
2.At a stroke, the rewards of his years of labour were wipe out, and probably he had begin all over again to start another farm somewhere else.
很喜歡這個表達(dá)，多年辛勤，毀于一旦。
3.While travelling between Nanking and Chinking, he was busy shaping his plans for buying a farm and a homestead somewhere in the lake district.
覺得shape 用的特傳神，把簡單的表達(dá)突然寫的靈動起來。后文林語堂先生用了hatch a plan來表達(dá)同一意思，突然覺得大師就是不一樣啊，用詞就是精準(zhǔn)，膜拜。
4.He was deeply touched, and thinking of his dear friend, his eyes moistened with tears and his throat choked.
淚眼朦朧，無語凝噎
帶著很濃厚的興趣讀完這一章，看到標(biāo)題就很喜歡，馬上就想到了武俠小說里俠客們仗劍浪跡天涯瀟灑場面。但是讀完了反而心情有點沉重，想到這么一個灑脫不羈、放浪形骸的大才子歷經(jīng)朝堂的明爭暗斗好不容易在黃州過上了愜意的隱士的安穩(wěn)生活，又要卷入朝廷的紛爭，途中舉家的各種顛沛流離，忍饑挨餓，很難想象四十多歲的蘇東坡當(dāng)時是怎樣的心情。其實我覺得蘇東坡就應(yīng)該生活在鄉(xiāng)村田野，和一幫志趣相投的朋友喝喝酒，寫寫詩，游山玩水，吸收來自大自然的靈氣，官場會玷污了他的這股清流。不過這樣會不會浪費了他的才智？哈哈
Words and expressions:
1.He dodged the appointment, in his own words ,like a schoolboy trying to play hookey.
dodge: verb&n,
move suddenly, often to avoid being hit, caught, or seen. 躲閃,躲開
? ? ? avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)，especially in a dishonest way 故意逃避、躲避
eg: She managed to dodge all the difficult questions by changing the subjects.?
? He made a sudden dodge aside.
2.The first taste of power is fine, but barring exceptional circumstances, an American president who runs for a second term either does not know what is for his own good.
bar: verb, to block or prevent 阻止，妨礙
? ? ? barring: prep, it means except
eg: Nobody else knows, barring you and me.
? The players were barred froming drinking alcohol the night before the match.
3. The conversation rambled on.
ramble on: verb, continue talking or writing in a desultory(斷斷續(xù)續(xù)的，散漫的）manner東拉西扯的說或?qū)?；漫步閑逛
eg: When you ramble on about topics it is more likely that you are losing your audience.
4. Su Tungpo smiled ruefully and replied.
rueful: ['ru?f?l;] feel or express regret or sorrow in a quiet and gentle way. 可憐的，悲傷的，悔恨的
同義詞：wretched
Eg: a rueful smile 凄然一笑
