Reading journal –The Gay Genius

20180102 Chapter 25 Home in Exile

My thoughts

跟男朋友一直是异地恋，即使到了现在要结婚的阶段能改变这个事实的机率也不大。虽然大多数时候觉得现在交通、通讯都这么发达，但偶尔还是忍不住要害怕分居两地。今天读到苏东坡再次被贬，也是选择和家人分居，只带了朝云同去，突然又觉得得到了安慰，好像异地也没有想象中那么可怕。当然会不方便，但对于此后几十年的岁月来说，异地说不定是爱情更好的保鲜剂。其实也不能说到几十年那么远啦，只是最近几年而已。碰巧读到这一点，感触有点多，忍不住写下来了。这大概就是阅读的魅力吧。

当然苏东坡尽管被贬，没有实权，却仍然能用自己人格魅力感染周围这些政策的制定者，从而真正地为百姓谋福利，这一点也让我敬佩。

Words and expressions

1.avail

原文：As was to beexpected, all the officials of the neighboring districts avail themselves of this unique opportunity to make friend with this distinguishedpoet.

释义：v.avail oneself of sth : to accept an offer or use an opportunity to dosomething

造句：How many companies avail themselves of

this opportunity like this?

2. hazard

原文：You had better stay at home and not hazard such a long journey.

释义：v. to risk losing your money, property

etc. in an attempt to gain something

造句：It’s too dangerous to hazard such a

unplanned project.

（注意到这个词是因为Eric 前几天在公众号里提到harass这个单词有两种读音，长得和今天这个hazar有点像，差点搞混了。harass: to make someone’s life

unpleasant, for example by frequently saying offensive things to them or threatening

them.）

3.run into

原文：Somewhere between Kukong and Canton he ran into an old Taoist friend, Wu Fuku,who was ow to be closely associated with him during his exile days.

释义：to meet someone you know, when you were

not expecting to

同义短语： bump into

造句：I bumped into one of my old neighbors

today.

4.in the open

原文：He explained to the god the difficultyhe was in, and said that if he did not reach his destination by the nextmorning he would have to sleep in the

open.

释义1：outdoors.

释义2：Information that is out in the open is

not hidden or secret.

造句：All these concerns need to be brought

out into the open.