“国家不幸诗家幸”

🔗Paraphrase/💡Language Point:

1. 扣人心弦的故事 - a gripping story

2. 这场杀戮十分残酷，那些犯下此暴行的人应该受到审判和惩罚。

This massacre/killing is very cold-blooded, and those who committed this atrocity should be tried and punished. 

3. 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 - the bloody massacre of innocent civilians

4. 孩子们被精美的插图迷住了。-Children are enthralled by the delicate illustrations.

5. 这本书以其直言不讳而广受好评。- This book is widely commended by for its candour. 

6. 天下起倾盆大雨，他们不得不取消烤肉野餐。- They had to cancel the barbecue for it started to chunk it down. 

7. 一份平凡的工作 - a mundane job/work

8. 他说话的语气变得严肃起来。- His voice took on a serious tone.

9. 他给人一种冷酷阴险的感觉。 - There is something cold and sinister about him.

10. 实际上，他接受的治疗可能加快了他的死亡。 - The treatment he received, in fact, has hastened his death. 

11. 一场反政府的武装起义 - an armed uprising against the government

12. 宣布、实行、取消军事管制  - to declare, impose and lift the martial law

13. 苏格拉底的门徒 - the protege of Socrates

14. 这是个精选的文章集，帮您推进您的业务。- This is a curated collection of articles to help further your business. 

15. 尸体被严重损毁。- The body/corpse has been badly mutilated. 

16. 装备固定刺刀的部队 - troops armed with fix bayonets

17. 我不声不响地按照吩咐办事。 - I do what I'm told without any fuss. 

18. 借酒消愁 - seek solace in the whisky bottle

19. 这一难题-我们为何活在世上   the conundrum of our purpose on Earth

20. 英语非洲和法语非洲的区别 - distinctions between Anglophone and Francophone Africa

21. 寓言，寓言的 - fable, fabular

22. 正面迎击问题 - to tackle the problem head-on

23. 在这过去的两周里，他伤心欲绝。 For the past two weeks, he has had a harrowing time.

24. 对。。。表示悲哀 - lament sth.

25. 他体弱多病，所以提前退休 - He retired early on account of ill health.

26. 颗粒，颗粒状的 - granule, granular

27. If a situation or activity is informed by an idea or a quality, that idea or quality is very noticeable in it.

i.e. All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension. [be VERB-ed + by]

The concept of the Rose continued to inform the poet's work. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: infuse, characterize, permeate, animate

28. 提供了新的视角解读 - offer a rich new contextualization of 

这部作品的成功主要来自于作品中所呈现的普遍情感共鸣：无论作者来自何种背景，都能在她细腻描绘的悲伤和恐惧中产生共鸣。 - This work succeeds on account of its vivid universality of feelings: readers from all backgrounds/of any background can resonate with/respond to her granular depictions of what it's like to experience sorrow/grief and fear. 

29. in due course = at the right time 在恰到好处之时

📰Background Information/Words of Wisdom (WOW!)

1. 韩江 - 图册or图片的个人形象有种淡淡的柔和和丝丝忧伤，但从表情和手势来看，又做出类似于防御的样子，结合获奖后不做过多庆祝的淡漠态度，实在是令人印象深刻。

2. 诗意性的细腻描述 vs 血腥残忍的人类暴力

3. 见证文学 - "lend my own body and voice to them"  联想到记录南京大屠杀的张纯如女士，令人惋惜。