红楼梦 四

星期二在图书馆馆我看了一点儿《红楼梦》这本书很难，我念了很慢，但是我爱这本书。我念了。。。

还没过多久，他就被上司参了一本。皇帝大怒，将贾雨村革职查办。贾雨村心中虽然十分愧恨，但表面上却装出一副若无其事的样子，交待过公事后，独自游览天下名胜古迹。
这一天，他来到了扬州。

生词
被 bei4 ?
参can1 ?
上司 shang1si superior boss
怒nu4 anger, rage
将jiang1 office
革职 ge2zhi2 remove from office
查办cha2ban4 investigate and deal with accordingly/ prosecute
愧恨 kui4hen4 ashamed and remorsefull
表面上 biao3mian4shang4 exterior (表面surface, external, face, appearance)
却que4 however, but, yet
装zhuang1 pretend, feign
若无其事ruo4wu2qi2shi act as if nothing had happened, keep perfectly calm
样子yang4zi appearance, manner
交代 jiao1dai4 hand over, explain, make clear
游you2 travel, tour, wander
览lan3 look at, view
名胜古迹ming2sheng4gu3ji4 well known scenic spots and historic sites

The only part I'm confused about is the first sentence, what his superior did that caused the emperor to be angry and for 贾雨村 to loose his job, feel ashamed, and decide to tour the country. (which sounds like a grand thing to do while unemployed!)

RAR!

Tard jobs seem much easier to get! I just called back the woman who called me before Christmas about tard work, starting at £9.50 an hour to £11 (Which is Twice what I got paid in Seattle!). She seemed REALLY nice and VERY keen for me to start working. She's going to send me the application pack, which I am to fill in, I will have to wait 6 weeks for a CRB but it sounds like she liked my experience a lot! I suppose ten years experience as opposed to one is much better! I think I could happily herd tards again if the pay was double what I did before, especially if it's only for a couple years till I can do my PHD. At this point I just really need a job!

I also got in one application for a library job and have another to fill in, so I've not given up completly on that. (Though oddly the money seems better working with the disabled!)

So feeling much more positive, have studied some Chinese, now I must exercise!

Atom Smashers! Also known as the LHC

Anyone want to come to the Dana Centre with Bill and I next thursday? Physics lecture on the Large Hadron Collector (or as brian greene calls it the atom smasher switching on december this year!!!) quantum entanglement, and dark matter/ dark energy. So all the basic stuff....

http://www.danacentre.org.uk/events/2007/01/11/217

It's from 7-8.30 and is free!