VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Write about your thoughts on One Hundred Years of Solitude

Vocabulary

make sense

statutory holiday

Murakami 村上春树

metaphor – metaphorical

page-tuner

Anna Karenina – Tolstoy

protagonist (n) 主角，主人公

resonate (v) 共鸣
I resonate with this character very much.

mesmerize (v) 迷住 – mesmerizing (adj.)
I was immediately mesmerized by the plot of this story.

easy-read

incest (n) 乱伦 – incestuous (adj.) 乱伦的，有违纲常的

spoil (v) 毁灭，扫兴，败坏，宠溺
Don’t spoil your kids.

spoiler (n) 剧透
spoiler alert

immerse (v) 浸泡
immerse oneself in sth

fictional (adj.) 虚构的

a temporary escape from reality

pointless

juggle (v)
juggle with five balls

irrevocable (adj.) 不可撤回的，无法取消的，不可挽回的

undergraduate = undergrad 本科

extracurricular (adj.) 课外的

Pronunciation

costly

word
world

Most of his novel has a surreal setting.

A Spain novel
A Spanish novel

leave everything outside
Leave everything out.

outlet for my emotions 情感宣泄