2020.3.14 

今天刚看了一篇关于金庸的文章， 是The Straits Times的一篇讣告。

想到我们这个星期刚刚学过了Unit 2 Charlie Chaplin，两者也有一些共同之处，都是人物传记。

这篇文章介绍了金庸的影响、成就、作品介绍、家庭背景、婚姻等。

我自己阅读花了半个小时不到，虽然好多都知道，但是第一次看英文介绍，觉得挺有意思的。可以学习到很多表达方式，尤其是如何来介绍人物，描述一本书、故事、小说，很多很多表达方式。如果熟悉金庸作品（主要是电视剧），了解背景信息，那么这篇文读起来一点也不难，即使遇到不认识的表达方式，可以根据上下文、根据背景知识猜测出来，比我们的课文Unit 2 Charlie Chaplin更容易理解。

有用的句型和表达方式：

1 Cha was known to millions by his pen name Jin Yong.

...was known to millions by his pen name

2 Cha was a phenomenon, fusing martial arts fantasy, history, heartfelt romance and urgent prose into must-read newspaper serials.

- ...was a phenomenon, fusing martial arts fantasy, history, heartfelt romance and urgent prose into must-read ...

3 unputdownable novel/book 

4 The works have spread across Asia as books, radio serials, movies, ubiquitous television dramas and video games.

5 The most successful of Cha's multiple-volume novels, including ..., have long entered the canon of popular culture in the Chinese-speaking world.

6 Cha was born on March 10, 1924, into an illustrious scholarly family in the town of Yuanhua in Haining county, Zhejiang province, China.

- ... was born on ..., into ...family in the town of ...in ...county, ...province, China.

7 In his novels, he incorporated the personal and the political, stories from his childhood and larger topics.

- In his novels, he incorporated ...stories and larger topics.

8 And spanning the novels is Cha's great theme, Chinese identity.

- And spanning the novels is sb's great theme,...

9 he often shed tears over his characters' misfortunes.

-...shed tears over the characters' misfortunes.

10 When he wrote that Yang Guo waited in vain for Xiaolongnu till the sunset, he sobbed.

When he wrote that Zhang Wuji and Xiaozhao were forced to break up, he wept.

Writing that Xiao Feng killed his beloved Azhu because of a misunderstanding, he wept even more sadly".

- When I read that ..., I sobbed.

When I  read that ..., I wept.

Reading that ..., I wept even more sadly.

11 The stories were from his heart, and they have reached countless other hearts.