字与词 

halfhearted 

An invitation, but only a halfhearted one.

A thank-you, but only a halfhearted one.

形容词。If someone does something in a half-hearted way, they do it without any real effort, interest, or enthusiasm. 半真半假的，并非真心实意的。

tiptoe

Then I  took a couple of the envelops of cash from the pile of gifts and my watch, and tiptoed out.

动词。If you tiptoe somewhere, you walk there very quietly without putting your heels on the floor when you walk. 蹑手蹑脚地走。

flinch

I flinched, like i'd been slapped.

动词，退缩，躲避。If you flinch, you make a small sudden movement, especially when something surprises you or hurts you.

mask

That not even Ali's paralyzed face could mask his sorrow.

动词，遮蔽，掩盖。If one thing masks another, it prevents people from noticing or recognizing the other thing.

mutually-profitable

set up a mutually-profitable arrangement

合成形容词，互利共赢的。

eclipse

When he stood, he eclipsed the moonlight.

动词，使...黯然失色。If one thing is eclipsed by a second thing that is bigger, newer, or more important than it, the first thing is no longer noticed because the second thing gets all the attention.

Baba站了起来，天地都为之黯然失色。

句与段

There would be some pain, but life would move on. I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to breathe again.

痛苦是会有一些，但是日子还要继续。【以后用来安慰自己、安慰他人，可以用这个表达】

Don't make this even more difficult than it already is.

【请别再火上浇油、雪上加霜。】

I watched Baba's car pull away from the curb, taking with it the person whose first spoken word had been my name. 

【Hassan有很多种称呼，不管是Amir的“朋友”还是“仆人”，有一个最特殊的，就是“the person whose first spoken word has been my name"。】

War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.

【背过。】

总结

Chapter 9

After Amir's 12-year-old birthday party, he received a lot of presents including two from Baba. A brand new Schwinn Stingray and a wristwatch. However, except for the leather-bound notebook from Rahim Khan, all the other presents were felt like "blood money" and not unable to arouse any of Amir's interest.

Amir kept thinking about the story told by Rahim Khan at his birthday party, and he believed the best way to save the trouble was to send Hassan away. So he came up with a plan which turned out to be a huge pain to everyone in the end. He brought the wristwatch and some cash to Ali and Hassan's hub and put them under the mattress, telling Baba that they were gone and pretending it was Hassan who stole them. 

When faced with Baba, Hassan said he did stole the wristwatch and the money, protecting Amir once more. Baba didn't accuse Hassan of that, instead, he forgave Hassan. But Ali and Hassan made up their mind to leave, which was exactly what Amir wanted. Life went on.

Chapter 10

In 1981, 19-year-old Amir and Baba was on the way to Jalalabad together with some others in the truck. During the journey, some German soldiers blocked their way and wanted to assault a young woman---one of the passengers---sexually. Baba stood out and saved her. But Amir, again, played a coward, like five years ago when he saw Hassan was being raped. 

All the passengers were cheated by Karim, who failed to took them to Peshawar. They had to stay and wait and lived under poor conditions. There Ali and Baba saw Kamal who was pretty ill then and his father. Amir and Baba heard the sad story about Kamal's mother being killed. When they arrived in Pakistan, Kamal died and his father committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth. 

感想

第九章看哭了，第十章也看哭了。

看到Hassan和Ali那么隐忍，为了成全Amir把偷盗的黑锅都背在身上，然后不卑不亢离开的时候。我泪如雨下。想到了一句特别俗的歌词“我给你最后的疼爱，是手放开”。Amir要什么，Hassan就给什么。而且，只要你要，只有我有。看上去Amir做这个决定也替两个人着想了，其实他想的还是自己。13岁的孩子头脑可能还没那么复杂，想不到自己的一个骗局会带来这么大的伤害吧。看到委屈又坚强的Ali，Amir心虚。看到逆来顺受的Hassan，他心疼愧疚又感激。看到请求中崩溃哭泣的Baba，Amir疑惑不解且又有了“吃醋”的心理。

战争爆发，离开家乡。Baba是真男人！年轻女性将要面临德国士兵的暴行，Baba不假思索地站出来，他那句“你最好一枪就打死我，否则我会爬起来把你碎尸万段”，把我看到青筋暴露不能平静。此时的场景就相当于是当年面对Hassan被伤害的场景，Baba站了出来，Amir却缩在暗处不敢出声。难怪Amir都会怀疑自己到底是不是Baba的儿子，若是，那勇敢善良真诚这些品质都去哪里了呢？Baba这样的人，失去一切身外之物都能重新再来。Amir不同，他懦弱不敢面对，年老时想起旧事，将会更受折磨。

忍不住看了一眼第十一章的开头，看到了America这个单词，我想接下来是是新的一页了。