中文感悟：
苏东坡在《乐与苦》中曾说：“乐事可慕，苦事可畏，皆是未至时心尔。”我想关于幸福（或者乐事与苦事）的定义不仅因人而异，更会随着境遇的改变而变化。文中说通常不想做官的人为当局一心争取，想做官的人却又不够格。而一旦“官愿”得以满足，做大官的乐趣可能还不如成功的铁匠。读到这里蓦然想起那句经典的歌词“得不到的永远在骚动…”。这不禁让我思考起自己来，一方面，近20年来的教育熏陶让我对读书写作兴趣颇深，而对其他的兴趣却没那么大。然而一方又是父母亲友的殷殷期盼，那这种情况下我该如何选择自己的“乐事”呢？如果我服从别人的眼光和期待选了所谓的“乐事”，会不会开始做之后才发现原来对自己而言是一件“苦事”呢？有时候我会想，为什么大家都想要在年纪轻轻的时候就获得衣食无忧、高薪厚俸的生活呢？（当然我也不例外）而如果这些在我们一进入20岁就得以满足，我们一定会比现在更加快乐吗？我不否认物质财富会带来很多东西和机会，但是如果立足点仅仅是出于物质的话，那我觉得，我们未来的路也许更需要警惕。
字词学习：
...was not present to receive the guests.
receive此处做动词，表示to welcome or entertain a guest, especially formally
用法主要有receive somebody with something/receive somebody as something
此外receive做动词熟词生义还可表示 1 to react to something new, in a particular way对…做出反应，例如the play was well received by the critics. （反响良好）
“接（发）球”，例如she won the toss and chose to receive.
造句：She was received as one of his family members.
...when all the officials had to observe the fast.
fast此处作名词表示a period during which you do not eat food, especially in religious or health reasons禁食期、斋戒期，同样的fast作动词也表示相同的意思。
另外补充两个fast做形容词时候的熟词生义：1 (of a boat etc.) firmly fixed and safe系牢的、稳固的
做这一词义时fast也可用作副词。
2 not like to change or come out when washed不褪色的
造句：Every year the Jewish people will fast for several times.
...or pin their eyes to the ground
选这个句子也是因为觉得它很形象实用。pin的词义大家都很熟悉了，这里我就补充一些有关pin的固定表达吧。
pin作名词时：
for two pins 恨不得、恨不能
you could hear a pin drop鸦雀无声、万籁俱寂
pin作动词时：
pin somebody down按住，使动弹不得/ 找某人查问、问清楚
pin somebody down to something/dong something使决定…/决定意向
pin something on somebody让（无辜的人）代为受过
造句：Every time my brother sees apples he pins his eyes on them until he is allowed to eat.
