Notes: How to read an article

(1) Title

Example: Exodus, The Economist 2015 September 2th

Title: Exodus, a situation in which a lot of people are leave a particular place at the same time. The word comes from The Bible. In this book, a section named Exodus describes the story of St Moses and the march of Israelites from Egypt towards the promised land.

(2) Paragraph

Example: an article about Hillary's presidential election

1. Some politicians campaign in poetry, others in prose.

This sentence is derived a saying from Mario Cuomo, a former governor of NY state, in a report, 1985, which is spread and widely employed by politicians.

There is a comparison between "campaign in poetry" and "govern in prose". The former illustrates the scene that politicians usually promise unpracticable measures and polices before election while the latter means the real polices in their governing become practical which usually make their supporters upset.

"不要相信在野党，谁上台了都一样"

However, this sentence, though paraphrased from the original, has a different meaning: during election, some politicians prefer unpractical promises while others tend to be practical.

2. Too often Hillary Clinton - a lifelong policy work - sounds like a set of PPT slides. 

This sentence summarises the characteristics of H. Clinton's speech: logical, coherent, but lack of emotion.

3. So it is striking that the best TV ad of her 2016 presidential campaign to date offers a dose of almost undiluted emotion.

undiluted: a strong feeling which is not mixed with other feelings.

4. Mrs Clinton fixes her with a gaze that is part headmistress, part-grandmother, and promises to do "everything I can" so that Karla need not be scared.

fix sb. with a gaze

part sth. , part sth. 是个很棒的表达- 部分是，部分是

Something is part one thing, part another, it consists of both of those things.

5. Let me do the worrying, I'll do all the worrying, is that a deal? says the former secretary of state, senator and First Lady, as women around them wipe their eyes. 

这句话的titles of H. Clinton主要与前文的lifelong policy wonk 做对比，表现出了其刻板印象与广告印象的区别。