芒果街的小屋

笔记-01

一抹亮黄好像童年美好的记忆

墨西哥裔小女孩Esperanza在12岁左右的时候全家搬到芒果街上的小屋，这里是墨西哥裔聚居的嘈杂社区。小女孩在这一年慢慢成长，种族、性别、个体意识都慢慢觉醒。

家人、朋友、杂货店的老板、邻居家卖雅芳化妆品的姐姐、想要通过自己努力离开社区的小女孩、想要通过嫁人逃离满口粗话的父亲。一个个的小故事让我们走进Esperanza的世界，也帮助许多人打开尘封的记忆……

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和 A House on Mango Street 学习英文表达

1 她说的话让我感觉自己什么都不是／感觉很自卑

The way she said it made me feel like nothing.

2 临时的

for the time being

3 上发卷  pin it (the hair) in pincurls.

pin it (the hair) in pincurls.

4 chip in 凑钱（文中的语境）

  chip in or chip in (something) : to give something (such as money) to help a person, group, or cause

  We all chipped in [=contributed] to buy him a gift.

  If we all chip in [=help out], the work will get done quickly.

  We each chipped in 10 dollars.

还记得《老友记》中Ross搬到新公寓后，不肯chip in 给杂工handy man 办派对吗？Ross认为自己刚刚搬进公寓，根本不认识handy man，所以不应该被要求凑份子，Ross 说自己是一个有原则的人 a man of principle！但是Ross的好友Phoebe却十分大方的chip in，这让Ross十分没有面子！

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社区里窗边的女人

书中提到了许多坐在窗边的女人，他们也构成了这个社区的面貌。他们悲伤的望着窗外，彼此无法交流，有的人甚至没有多少抱怨。他们需要有人帮助，即便有的人自己还没有意识到。

My great-grandmother. I would've liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn't marry. Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off. Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier. That's the way he did it.

And the story goes she never forgave him. She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow. I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry because she couldn't be all the things she wanted to be.Esperanza. I have inherited her name, but I don't want to inherit her place by the window.