YOYO-ISG 100507 Novel / The Lovely Bones ch1 - ch8

[chiron]

Dears:
I've read through the first chapter, and as Kooper said, this book's is not that easy to read with its uncommon words and usages. But, I think its content is soso, so I decide to spend mere 3 times to end it. We can discuss most unfamiliar usages on the forum as usual. Therefore, you have to read until page 110 for the frist upcoming meeting. Be prepared as early as possible.

p.s. I msut warn you the first chapter should be the most scaring part of the whole book. You may even feel uncomfortable through it.

I also found an on-line video from PPS and its OST films, pls click the link below and install whatever it asks you to install. However, you still can go to movie theather to have a higher definiton if you like to. Enjoy it~~

[an on-line video]

　　

[Michael-liu]

Chiron,

You are so quick. I haven't got the book , because it is not availavle on any bookstore yet, and evey copy in the library is checked out

Michael

[chiron]

Chiron,

You are so quick. I haven't got the book , because it is not availavle on any bookstore yet, and evey copy in the library is checked out

Michael

Well, we get our books at Page1 of Taipei 101, but all of their stock seems to be purchased by us just days ago. I don't know if they have imported more copies after that. You can confirm by calling them tomorrow. If still not available, I suggest you order it at Eslite or Burkeley online shop and wait patiently until you get it. During this time, you can read its Chinese version and catch up with what you miss if the book doesn't arrive before our first meeting. I believe you still can attend our physical meeting without reading the original books. Is it acceptable for you??

[Kooper]

p.s. I msut warn you the first chapter should be the most scaring part of the whole book. You may even feel uncomfortable through it.

Agreed. I did feel rather uncomfortable when reading the 1st chapter. Starting from chapter two, though still sad, it's getting better.

[Kooper]

To reader-to-be,

It is out of stock in Eslite bookstore, 博客來, PAGE ONE, and 金石堂.
However, there are some copies available at 來來圖書(http://www.lailai.com.tw/service.aspx) and one copy at 書林http://www.bookman.com.tw/. You can also try 敦煌書局.

[Kooper]

Assignment 1: Please list one to five words, phrases or idioms from the chapter you're allocated and provide the definitions, usages, and examples. We'll practice sentence making during the meeting.

Ch1: Timothy, Dabby
Ch2: Chiron, Michael Liu
Ch3: Cindy
Ch4: Janet
Ch5: Gloria
Ch6: Kooper, Sherry
Ch7/ch8: Ivy

Note: Chapters were allocated to each person following a sequence generated by excel RAND function.

If I leave anyone out, please feel free to inform me.

[Kooper]

Adjust chapters assigned to everyone after taking disparity in chapter length into consideration.

[chiron]

Guys: This book is not easy to read. To facilitate your reading, I pick up obscure parts of ch1-2, pls help us figure them out, and be sure not to repeat others' reply.

1. What does this sentence on p.5 mean: I had a quote from a Spanish poet my sister had “turned me on to”?
2. What does this sentence on p.5 mean: not being some dopey quote from a “rock group”?
3. What does this sentence on p.6 mean: which were rusty way “before I had him”?
4. What does this sentence on p.6 mean: but it would stink to high heaven once a heat wave hit?
5. What does this sentence on p.7 mean: Although the eldest in my family and good at “acing a science quiz”?
6. What does this sentence on p.8 mean: to our neighbor Mrs. Stead, who was a therapist and “whose take on it he wanted to hear”?
7. What does this sentence on p.9 mean: but they usually didn’t lose their “marbles” over me when I was wearing my royal blue parka?
8. What does this sentence on p.9 mean: I was no longer cold or “weirded out” by the look he had given me?
9. What does this sentence on p.11 mean: and brought it home with a “telling” corn husk attached to it?
10. What does this sentence on p.11 mean: to look down at the “goings on” on Earth?
11. What does this sentence on p.11 mean: to comb the cornfield along with the cops?
12. What does this sentence on p.12 mean: He stood up and did his hunchback number by the six dug-in steps that led to the world?
13. What does this sentence on p.15 mean: I felt the corners of my body were turning in on themselves and out, like in “cat’s cradle”?
14. What does this sentence on p.17 mean: I would “wear my hair feathered” or up in a bun?
15. What does this sentence on p.18 mean: I was beyond “reproach”. I would “overtake high school in a matter of days, not years”, or, inexplicably, earn an Oscar for Best Actress during my junior year?
16. What does this sentence on p.21 mean: thank you, “brain central”?
17. What does this sentence on p.25 mean: there was an obvious area where the earth had been freshly manipulated?
18. Why does it say, “their answer literally falling out of the sky from a tree,” on p.29?
19. What does this sentence on p.32 mean: He mounted the stairs, thinking of Holiday on the rug “in the study”?
20. Why does it say, “sofas send the wrong message,” on p.34? What wrong message?
21. What does this sentence on p.35 mean: show her the boxers you have on with the little devils eating hot dogs on them?
22. What does this sentence on p.36 mean: Mr. Caden had held back his big finish?
23. What does this sentence on p.37 mean: Mr. Dewitt had told her about the kind he had done in the Marines, head-up, or one-handed, “clapping between”?

Besides, this my assignment of chapter 2. To Michael, you still can add more on the basis of the following words and sentences.

[Good words or sentences]
-swat (v) to hit something, especially an insect, using your hand or a flat object
Ex: She did everything there from manning the phones to swatting the roaches – karate-chop style. (p.20)
-rope off (ph.) If you rope off an area, you tie ropes between posts all around its edges so that people cannot enter it without permission.
Ex: Later that morning the weather cleared, and not too far from my house the police roped off the cornfield and began their search. (p.25)
-partake (v) to take part in an activity
Ex: Holiday gladly partook of any clandestine (as a noun here) eating on the part of my mother. (p.29)

-Buckley loved the name so much that he yelled “Hop Fat!” at the top of his lungs. (P.19)

-All you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why – really know – it will come. (p.20)

-My mother made a sound and reached out her hand. The sound was a metallic squeak, a human-as-machine breaking down, uttering last sounds before the whole engine locks. (p.30)

-Your principal is your pal with principles. (p.34)-->I doubt!!

-But while she was blessed with empty halls, when she reached the main office she was cursed with the drippy looks of consoling secretaries. (p.34)

-She was armed to the teeth for any onslaught of sympathy. (p.34)

[Michael-liu]

Guys: This book is not easy to read. To facilitate your reading, I pick up obscure parts of ch1-2, pls help us figure them out, and be sure not to repeat others' reply.

1. What does this sentence on p.5 mean: I had a quote from a Spanish poet my sister had “turned me on to”?
2. What does this sentence on p.5 mean: not being some dopey quote from a “rock group”?
3. What does this sentence on p.6 mean: which were rusty way “before I had him”?
4. What does this sentence on p.6 mean: but it would stink to high heaven once a heat wave hit?
當熱浪來襲時, 會非常臭, 但這裡為何說"to high heaven", I don't know
5. What does this sentence on p.7 mean: Although the eldest in my family and good at “acing a science quiz”?
ace 當動詞用, 可能是很厲害, 得高分的意思吧
6. What does this sentence on p.8 mean: to our neighbor Mrs. Stead, who was a therapist and “whose take on it he wanted to hear”?
這裡的take 是指意見, when we ask people "What is your take on that? ", it means we want to know their opinion
7. What does this sentence on p.9 mean: but they usually didn’t lose their “marbles” over me when I was wearing my royal blue parka?
lose one's marbles 是個片語, it means "go mad"
8. What does this sentence on p.9 mean: I was no longer cold or “weirded out” by the look he had given me?
9. What does this sentence on p.11 mean: and brought it home with a “telling” corn husk attached to it?
10. What does this sentence on p.11 mean: to look down at the “goings on” on Earth?
goings-on [plural] activities or events that are strange or interesting, and often illegal
11. What does this sentence on p.11 mean: to comb the cornfield along with the cops?
12. What does this sentence on p.12 mean: He stood up and did his hunchback number by the six dug-in steps that led to the world?
13. What does this sentence on p.15 mean: I felt the corners of my body were turning in on themselves and out, like in “cat’s cradle”?
14. What does this sentence on p.17 mean: I would “wear my hair feathered” or up in a bun?
15. What does this sentence on p.18 mean: I was beyond “reproach”. I would “overtake high school in a matter of days, not years”, or, inexplicably, earn an Oscar for Best Actress during my junior year?
16. What does this sentence on p.21 mean: thank you, “brain central”?
17. What does this sentence on p.25 mean: there was an obvious area where the earth had been freshly manipulated?
18. Why does it say, “their answer literally falling out of the sky from a tree,” on p.29?
19. What does this sentence on p.32 mean: He mounted the stairs, thinking of Holiday on the rug “in the study”?
20. Why does it say, “sofas send the wrong message,” on p.34? What wrong message?
我猜是指sofa在學校不適當, 如果男老師在sofa上和女學生談話, 會有錯誤聯想, just my guess
21. What does this sentence on p.35 mean: show her the boxers you have on with the little devils eating hot dogs on them?
boxers 指男生穿的四角內褲,"with the little devils eating hot dogs " 我猜是指內褲上的卡通圖案
22. What does this sentence on p.36 mean: Mr. Caden had held back his big finish?
23. What does this sentence on p.37 mean: Mr. Dewitt had told her about the kind he had done in the Marines, head-up, or one-handed, “clapping between”? 指一種難度高的俯地挺身, 在身體上下的時候用雙手在空中擊掌

Besides, this my assignment of chapter 2. To Michael, you still can add more on the basis of the following words and sentences.

[Good words or sentences]
-swat (v) to hit something, especially an insect, using your hand or a flat object
Ex: She did everything there from manning the phones to swatting the roaches – karate-chop style. (p.20)
-rope off (ph.) If you rope off an area, you tie ropes between posts all around its edges so that people cannot enter it without permission.
Ex: Later that morning the weather cleared, and not too far from my house the police roped off the cornfield and began their search. (p.25)
-partake (v) to take part in an activity
Ex: Holiday gladly partook of any clandestine (as a noun here) eating on the part of my mother. (p.29)

-Buckley loved the name so much that he yelled “Hop Fat!” at the top of his lungs. (P.19)

-All you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why – really know – it will come. (p.20)

-My mother made a sound and reached out her hand. The sound was a metallic squeak, a human-as-machine breaking down, uttering last sounds before the whole engine locks. (p.30)

-Your principal is your pal with principles. (p.34)-->I doubt!!

-But while she was blessed with empty halls, when she reached the main office she was cursed with the drippy looks of consoling secretaries. (p.34)

-She was armed to the teeth for any onslaught of sympathy. (p.34)

[chiron]

4. What does this sentence on p.6 mean: but it would stink to high heaven once a heat wave hit?
當熱浪來襲時, 會非常臭, 但這裡為何說"to high heaven", I don't know

Well, here, it's a metaphor indicating stink smell would reach the height of heaven. Namely, very stink!

5. What does this sentence on p.7 mean: Although the eldest in my family and good at “acing a science quiz”?
ace 當動詞用, 可能是很厲害, 得高分的意思吧

I asked similar question before. "Ace" means to acquire A in a quize.

23. What does this sentence on p.37 mean: Mr. Dewitt had told her about the kind he had done in the Marines, head-up, or one-handed, “clapping between”? 指一種難度高的俯地挺身, 在身體上下的時候用雙手在空中擊掌

Yeah, "clapping between" is the short of "clapping between 2 push-ups". Can anyone do that?? Sherry?? (I know you can do 200 sit-ups at a time.)

[Gloria Lo]

Guys: This book is not easy to read. To facilitate your reading, I pick up obscure parts of ch1-2, pls help us figure them out, and be sure not to repeat others' reply.

1. What does this sentence on p.5 mean: I had a quote from a Spanish poet my sister had “turned me on to”?
2. What does this sentence on p.5 mean: not being some dopey quote from a “rock group”?
3. What does this sentence on p.6 mean: which were rusty way “before I had him”?
4. What does this sentence on p.6 mean: but it would stink to high heaven once a heat wave hit?
當熱浪來襲時, 會非常臭, 但這裡為何說"to high heaven", I don't know
5. What does this sentence on p.7 mean: Although the eldest in my family and good at “acing a science quiz”?
ace 當動詞用, 可能是很厲害, 得高分的意思吧
6. What does this sentence on p.8 mean: to our neighbor Mrs. Stead, who was a therapist and “whose take on it he wanted to hear”?
這裡的take 是指意見, when we ask people "What is your take on that? ", it means we want to know their opinion
7. What does this sentence on p.9 mean: but they usually didn’t lose their “marbles” over me when I was wearing my royal blue parka?
lose one's marbles 是個片語, it means "go mad"
8. What does this sentence on p.9 mean: I was no longer cold or “weirded out” by the look he had given me?
9. What does this sentence on p.11 mean: and brought it home with a “telling” corn husk attached to it?
10. What does this sentence on p.11 mean: to look down at the “goings on” on Earth?
goings-on [plural] activities or events that are strange or interesting, and often illegal
11. What does this sentence on p.11 mean: to comb the cornfield along with the cops?
12. What does this sentence on p.12 mean: He stood up and did his hunchback number by the six dug-in steps that led to the world?
13. What does this sentence on p.15 mean: I felt the corners of my body were turning in on themselves and out, like in “cat’s cradle”?
14. What does this sentence on p.17 mean: I would “wear my hair feathered” or up in a bun?
15. What does this sentence on p.18 mean: I was beyond “reproach”. I would “overtake high school in a matter of days, not years”, or, inexplicably, earn an Oscar for Best Actress during my junior year?
16. What does this sentence on p.21 mean: thank you, “brain central”?
17. What does this sentence on p.25 mean: there was an obvious area where the earth had been freshly manipulated?
18. Why does it say, “their answer literally falling out of the sky from a tree,” on p.29?
19. What does this sentence on p.32 mean: He mounted the stairs, thinking of Holiday on the rug “in the study”?
"study" is a room in a house that is used for work or study
20. Why does it say, “sofas send the wrong message,” on p.34? What wrong message?
我猜是指sofa在學校不適當, 如果男老師在sofa上和女學生談話, 會有錯誤聯想, just my guess
21. What does this sentence on p.35 mean: show her the boxers you have on with the little devils eating hot dogs on them?
boxers 指男生穿的四角內褲,"with the little devils eating hot dogs " 我猜是指內褲上的卡通圖案
22. What does this sentence on p.36 mean: Mr. Caden had held back his big finish?
hold something back: stop something Mr. Caden wanted to make a beautiful statement to comfort Lindsy, but stopped.
23. What does this sentence on p.37 mean: Mr. Dewitt had told her about the kind he had done in the Marines, head-up, or one-handed, “clapping between”? 指一種難度高的俯地挺身, 在身體上下的時候用雙手在空中擊掌

Besides, this my assignment of chapter 2. To Michael, you still can add more on the basis of the following words and sentences.

[Good words or sentences]
-swat (v) to hit something, especially an insect, using your hand or a flat object
Ex: She did everything there from manning the phones to swatting the roaches – karate-chop style. (p.20)
-rope off (ph.) If you rope off an area, you tie ropes between posts all around its edges so that people cannot enter it without permission.
Ex: Later that morning the weather cleared, and not too far from my house the police roped off the cornfield and began their search. (p.25)
-partake (v) to take part in an activity
Ex: Holiday gladly partook of any clandestine (as a noun here) eating on the part of my mother. (p.29)

-Buckley loved the name so much that he yelled “Hop Fat!” at the top of his lungs. (P.19)

-All you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why – really know – it will come. (p.20)

-My mother made a sound and reached out her hand. The sound was a metallic squeak, a human-as-machine breaking down, uttering last sounds before the whole engine locks. (p.30)

-Your principal is your pal with principles. (p.34)-->I doubt!!

-But while she was blessed with empty halls, when she reached the main office she was cursed with the drippy looks of consoling secretaries. (p.34)

-She was armed to the teeth for any onslaught of sympathy. (p.34)

[chiron]

22. What does this sentence on p.36 mean: Mr. Caden had held back his big finish?
hold something back: stop something Mr. Caden wanted to make a beautiful statement to comfort Lindsy, but stopped.

Yeah, Mr. Caden paused before his final words cause' he believed his "big finish" would work.

[Kooper]

Assignment 1: Please list one to five words, phrases or idioms from the chapter you're allocated and provide the definitions, usages, and examples. We'll practice sentence making during the meeting.

Ch1: Timothy, Dabby
Ch2: Chiron, Michael Liu
Ch3: Cindy
Ch4: Janet
Ch5: Gloria
Ch6: Kooper, Sherry
Ch7/ch8: Ivy

Note: Chapters were allocated to each person following a sequence generated by excel RAND function.

If I leave anyone out, please feel free to inform me.

Dabby decided to join us and has finished the first 10 chapters. Update chapter allocation accordingly.

[Michael-liu]

22. What does this sentence on p.36 mean: Mr. Caden had held back his big finish?
hold something back: stop something Mr. Caden wanted to make a beautiful statement to comfort Lindsy, but stopped.

Yeah, Mr. Caden paused before his final words cause' he believed his "big finish" would work.

我今天去偷看"解答"了(中文翻譯版), 書上這段是這樣翻譯的" Mr. Caden一直保留著這個大消息, 他確定Lindsey聽了這個消息必定會有所反應"

所以這個"big finish"指的是Mr. Caden問Lindsey的那個問題本身"You know who came in to see me this morning?", 並非"a statement to comfort Lindsey"

也就是指Mr. Caden 保留了這個消息到最後才說, 而非Mr. Caden 保留了安慰的話語在心中不說

而"he was sure would work", 這裡"would work" 是指Lindsey聽了這個消息會有所反應, 因為先前Mr. Caden 說了一堆話, Lindsey都沒有任何反應

[chiron]

22. What does this sentence on p.36 mean: Mr. Caden had held back his big finish?
hold something back: stop something Mr. Caden wanted to make a beautiful statement to comfort Lindsy, but stopped.

Yeah, Mr. Caden paused before his final words cause' he believed his "big finish" would work.

我今天去偷看"解答"了(中文翻譯版), 書上這段是這樣翻譯的" Mr. Caden一直保留著這個大消息, 他確定Lindsey聽了這個消息必定會有所反應"

所以這個"big finish"指的是Mr. Caden問Lindsey的那個問題本身"You know who came in to see me this morning?", 並非"a statement to comfort Lindsey"

也就是指Mr. Caden 保留了這個消息到最後才說, 而非Mr. Caden 保留了安慰的話語在心中不說

而"he was sure would work", 這裡"would work" 是指Lindsey聽了這個消息會有所反應, 因為先前Mr. Caden 說了一堆話, Lindsey都沒有任何反應

Yeah, truly. Thanks, Michael! And how about other un-answered questions, guys? Where are you, I can't see your voice.