從Preface中我看出了林對蘇的欣賞和贊美。林有一句這么說：He wrote for no other reason than that he enjoyed writing. 這句話使我感受很深。因為享受寫作，所以就寫，記錄生活中的事，寫下喜悅，寫下憤懣。我的寫作老師也鼓勵我們每天寫日記，我們在記錄的過程就是一個享受的過程。以前的我覺得寫作挺痛苦的，但是堅持一個學期記日記之后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)在記錄生活點滴的時候，我真的是快樂的。

課本中的蘇東坡是灑脫之人，我想通過閱讀The Gay Genius 更加了解蘇東坡。

1.Grotesque: to describe things that are very strange and ugly in an unnatural way. 奇怪的，可笑的

看這個解釋讓我想到eccentric 兩者都有strange的意思。

2.versatile：to describe a person or thing that can adapt to do many things or serve many functions. 有多種學問的、技能的，多才多藝的

3.on account of: 由于

He wanted to buy a brunch of flowers for his girlfriend on account of her birthday.