Words and Expressions

1.dinky

原文:Dinky, as his name implies, was dinky.

释义: Very small and appealing.

例句:  The village boasts dinky shops and tea rooms.

仿写: What he really minds is that dinky gift given by his girlfriend.

2.live up to

原文: He was trying to live up to this image of what he thought a husband should be, dominant, controlling.

释义:1. To do what is acquired by someting; 2. To be good enough for something.

原文: He has found it difficult to live up to his reputation.

仿写: He had done all he could to live up to that promise.

3.【熟词生义】jam ①果酱 ②push or put sth. roughly

原文: We'd jam ourselves into the tiny living area.

造句: Jack jammed his hands into his pockets

【感想】

关于南非女性的地位以及他们的努力斗争

原文中提到:

    ...... was the chant they would rally to during the freedom struggle. "When you strike a woman, you strike a rock." As a nation, we rexognized the power of women, but in the home, they were expected to submit and obey.

以及后面妈妈对作者的提问: If it is hard for her to raise me alone without a husband 的回答，"Just because I live without a man doesn't mean I've never had a husband. God is my husband."

字里行间暗含了南非女性艰难的生活，也彰显了在如此艰难的环境中，他们仍然有自己的信仰，"ALL the other women on our street, life cwntered on faith.

任何时候都不忘自己要祈祷，任何时候不忘自己的信念，信仰，越读越佩服作者的妈妈以及和作者妈妈一样在艰苦环境中依然有信仰，有信念的千千万万的南非女性了。