Spring:
Life of Henry (pp.15-16)
The File on God (pp.17-20)
IT IS 1966...(pp.21-22)
Life of Henry (pp.23-24)
APRIL/ The House of Peace(25-28)
IT IS 1967...(pp.29-30)
Life of Henry (31-33)
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組員：護ㄧ 蔡祁珊 (B405099034)
ReplyDelete護ㄧ 蘇鈺涵 (B405099035)
文章： The House of Peace
Summary: The author thought that there is nothing staying the same in life. Just like he couldn’t imagine he still live in the town and lick water ice. At the last part of the chapter, the Reb told him that the life is lovely.
Afterthought: Although we face many changes in our lives, there is one thing that will never change. “Life is lovely.”
Question: Why couldn’t the author be patient listening to the Reb finishing his song?
Life of Henry (2)
ReplyDeleteSummary：
This part introduces Henry home and his family when he was childhood.
Afterthought:
According to first part,I can know more about Henry’s childhood and realize about the story’s background.
Question:
Why is Heny’s mom angry when Henry’s father shave in the mirror and croon”Big legged woman”?
Vocabulary:
Grapple 抓住, 抓牢
Rodents 齧齒目動物
hustler 騙子
croon 低聲唱, 輕哼
steam發怒; 激動
scuffle扭打; 亂鬥
butterscotch奶油糖果
reverend可尊敬的, 值得崇敬的
Life of Henry (2)
Summary：
Henry Covington accepted Jesus as his personal savior with a pretty light-skinned counselor at a Bible camp. For him, camp meant two weeks away from the traffic and chaos of Brooklyn.
Afterthought:
To those who grows up from a broken family, God could be a reliable savior. They need others' care and respect.
Question:
Why did Henry think it was salvation when the girl’s hand squeezed his and her whispered prayers so close to his ears?
Vocabulary:
savior (n.) 救助者；救星。
peppermint (n.) 薄荷。
frilly (adj.) 鑲褶邊的。
bunk (n.) (車、船等倚壁而設常有上、下舖的)架式床舖...。
redden (v.) 使變紅；染紅。
salvation (n.) 救助；拯救。
Life of Henry (3)
Summary：
In this section, Henry went to a church after he had believed in God and then took the Holy Ghost to heart. But it seemed that he not only took the Holy Ghost but also took something bad after.
Afterthought:
A person who believe in the God doesn’t mean that he is a good man.
Question:
It is said that a man who believe in God is the last man to become a bad guy. But what is the reason Henry did many bad thing after he took the Holy Ghost to heart?
Holy Ghost = Holy Spirit
tarry 等待
endue 賦予...(才能、天資); 授予
pulpit 講道壇
swab 打掃; 擦拭
olive 橄欖
sway 搖動, 搖擺
pounding 猛擊; 重擊聲; 不斷重擊
shin 脛; (昆蟲的)脛節
choke 使窒息; 哽住
bumble 結結巴巴地說話; 雜亂無章地講話
syllable 音節
gurgle (嬰兒等)發出咯咯聲
groan 呻吟
saliva 涎, 唾液
meld 使合併; 使結合
frenzy (暫時的)瘋狂; 狂怒; 狂熱
exhale 呼出; 呼(氣); 輕輕發出(聲音等)
heave 嘔吐
pant 氣喘, 氣促
pastor (基督教的)本堂牧師
ingest 嚥下; 攝取; 吸收
marijuana 大麻
temperament 氣質; 性情, 性格
preacher 傳教士, 牧師
stuff 【俚】毒品; 尤指海洛因
Members: Brandon(b508099037), Ray(b508099039)
ReplyDeleteArtical: The File on God
Summary:
The author was taken to the reb’s office.
In the begining, the author was very unconfortable. "As if a Doctor and patient had just met, and how the patient had to remove all his clothes."
But gradually, he had no longer consider the reb as a mentor, but a regular old man. And he had taken writing the reb's epitaph as a chore and wished that it can be done soon.
However, life doesn't always turn out as our expectation. The reb didn't had the answer to what the author should say on his funeral until the end of the chapter. In the end, the author asked:"Did God answer you?" And the reb surprisingly answered:"Hah, still waiting."
Afterthought:
No man can be completely holy and wise. No metter how close to God, men is still flesh and has his weaknesses. And a senior clergy can still got unsolved spiritual problems.
This is the way of life and reality.
Questions:
1.How did the author feel about talking with the Reb in the Reb’s home office?
Ans: He felt uncomfortable and as if that he was seen through at a glance.
2.Why did the author used short conversations on page 19?
3.Why there was no answer to what the author should say on the reb's funeral at the end of the story?