[閱讀]斷捨離 - 打造能量屋篇

作者：山下英子

因為選修課的關係，從學校借來了這本書，並且在半夜兩點花了一個小時一口氣看完。

環顧我的房間，充滿了灰塵及雜物…是該整理了。

Book review: Stranger on a train

Guy is a architect who trying to devorce with his wife. They lived seperately for three years, they don't love each other anymore, but she didn't want to get devorce -- because she had other person's baby. Guy had a girlfriend, due to the fact that his wife didn't want to get devorce, he couldn't marry with his girlfriend. He hates his wife.

At a chance, he met a stranger on train  who is named Bruno -- a drunk. Bruno planned a perfect murder, he murder Guy's wife, and Guy murder his father, police will not find any clue or evidence to catch them.

Bruno killed Guy's wife after two weeks later, even though Guy doesn't want to do that, after the murder, Bruno contacted with Guy and told him kill his father in a hurry, otherwise, he will told cops that Guy paid money to him for killing his wife. Guy afraided that he would lost everythin he had -- job and lover, so he killed Bruno's father.

After Guy murdered Bruno's father, he felt guilty, he seems have a bad Guy in his body, under his lying face. He suffered from treating his lover. Until the day-- a windy day, Bruno sailed to the sea with them, he still durnk, a big wave hit him that he felt to the sea. Guy tried to save his life but failed.

After Bruno dead, Guy couldn't tolerate keep that secret along, he decided to surrender himself to the police.

Vocabulary:
servant  a person who is employed an another person's house.
scratch  to cut or damage a surface or your skin slightly with or on something sharp or rough.
scream  to cry or say something loudly and usually on a high note, especially because of strong emotion such as fear or excitement or anger

Sentence:
You need me a lot just now, and I need you a lot.

Book review: The Client

It a story about an unusual suicide. a lawyer who work  with Mafia, he killed himself. Mark, a little boy, hidden on the grass, saw everything and talked with him before he suicide. the lawyer told him the reason why he do that -- his client, a Mafia killed a senator and hid his body on his house.

He know he would be danger if he talk cop everything he know, those Mafia will find him and kill him. He found a good lawyer to help him protect his right, on the right time to talk everything.

Practice: Some day

1. cannot believe one's eyes / ears
2. in sb's absence
3. judging by / from sth
4. vanish without a trace
5. lock sth away

Some day,
if you vanish without a trace,
you cannot imaging how painful I would.
I will lock my heart away in your absence,
'till you come to open it.
You cannot recognize difference  by judging from my face,
'cause my smile and tear already gone with you.
You cannot believe your eyes,
it seems never change.
Some day you may see,
all the past become weed full of my heart.

Practice: After a exam

1. on a daily / weekly / monthly basis
2. happen to + V
3. pluck up the/ sb's courage (to do sth)
4. try out sth (on sb)
5. be occupied with N/Ving

Last Saturday, I was occupied with a english exam. In honest, I was not good  in that.

I hesitated for a while when I decided to apply that test, lots of think in my mind...Would I pass the test? Do I have time to practice? In the end, I plucked up my mind to apply.

I tired to practice on a daily basis, obviously, I failed. When the final day came in, I happened to finish 1/3 in my all exercise books. Only ONE THIRD!

Whtatever, I just plurk up my courage. whether it will pass or not, I tried. " The different between rich man and poor man, poor man concentrate on risk, rich man know that risk, but keep trying!

Feeling: Regarding Conversation

It just happened in this morning.
This morning, as usual, somebody came in my officer to take out their stuff. The only different was -- we talk, not mardarin, but english.


He studied abroad before. He tried to talk english with other people who english is well, he said that he saw me did english practice, read english newspaper, but he never heard me spoke english.


In his department, one lady who is hard-wroking on english. He tried to liaison with her by english, but she always reply by mandarin. That's weird!! She could reply his answer, it means she totally understand his question,

WHY DOES SHE NOT USE ENGLISH?

I think, in Taiwan, someone may feel that speak english on here is a kind of show off. It may be. may be not. But one thing I am sure -- If you don't use language, you'll lose it eventually.

Book review: The Time Machine

The time traveller invented  the time machine, and went to time travelling to the future. He went to 802701 AD (Original: Eight Hundred and Two Thousand Seven Hundred and One AD). In the time on earth, only exist two human-like animals -- Eloi and Morlock. 


Eloi are weak, tiny, happily, living on the ground and eating fruit. Morlock are totally different from Eloi, they strong, powerful, evil, living under ground (e.g. cave), and they eating meat -- Eloi's body.


When the time traveller arrived future, he was invited to play with Eloi, when he exploring this new world, he found his time machine disappeared! That made him to  search some cave and well. That is the reason how he found Morlock.


Exactly, Morlocks  stole his time machine, and hid behind a bronze gate, he use his weapon -- matches to against Morlock. he failed and lost his only one friend -- Weena. 


At last, he find his machine, travelling back to present. But he could not give up his only friend, so he decided to travelled back, and never retune again.


Actually, I do not really understand, why he didn't use torch? It is easier way to resist Morlock!

In this story, all creature were extinct, except Eloi and Morlock. I think it may be truth! What if we does not stop polluting environment,  what if nuclear war break (like the story "on the beach", all people died in the end.). I think it is really possible to happen...