Reading journal –The Gay Genius
20171222 Chapter 15 Farmer of the Eastern Slope infantcide
1 Outstanding Question
This chapter mainly talked about SuTungpo’s hard but enjoyable life in Huangchow as a poet farmer.
My thoughts
苏轼拜托牢狱之灾，虽然被贬至穷困的黄州，俸禄也遭到削减，但却过上了一直想要的乡村老农的生活，虽然不是以他想要的方式，但这结果毕竟是可喜的。至少对于我这样的读者来说，看到苏东坡过上陶渊明一般的悠然生活，心情莫名地好。种地、养家、写诗、交友，虽然不得不迫于生计开始计划自己的开支，但他也真的拿起锄头为自己造了一片乐土。
但苏东坡毕竟是苏东坡，看起来被人排挤除了政治舞台，但遇到当地令人难以接受的弑婴风俗，他还是挺身而出，毫不犹豫地给太守写了信。这信里不仅写了自己的所见所闻，还提出了可操作的方法，可以说是非常的Sweet了~~`
Words and expressions
1. commemoration
释义：n. something that makes you remember and respect someone important or an important event in th past
搭配：in commemoration of
造句：This meeting is held in commemoration of those who hurt in the war.
2. hard up
释义：adj. not have much money or not having something that you wanted or need
造句：I's a bit hard up at the moment.
3. high wind
释义：a strong wind
造句：With the high wind,
4. beat time
释义：to make regular movements or sounds to show the speed at which music should be played 打拍子
造句：The conductor is beating time with his baton.
