Amanda Rizkalla: “Hungered” | Oprah’s Book Club
首作從一個沒有房子的家庭裡的小孩看過去。練「沒有住房」怎麼講，以及喜樂可以跟困苦坐在同一句。
在 YouTube 播放，CC 可開英文字幕。建議先看「聽之前」，看完影片再做理解題。 到 YouTube 開啟 ↗
🎯 聽之前
A debut novelist talks about a story told by a child whose family has no house, and about a childhood that included living in a car. The lesson is how English names housing, belonging, and joy that sits next to hardship.
- Which words does she use for having no house: unhoused, homeless, or something else?
- Where does the child narrator see what the adults are trying to hide?
- How do they talk about joy without pretending the hardship is small?
- Listen for belonging as a place, a person, or a feeling.
💬 重點句 6
先讀英文，想一下意思，再點「翻譯」。按 🔊 聽一次，然後跟著唸。
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Unhoused describes a situation. It does not describe a character.
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A child narrator notices the bill before the adult has a sentence for it.
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Joy is not the opposite of hardship. It is what people still pass around.
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Living in a car is a fact. The shame other people add is a second address.
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Not belonging can be a neighborhood, a classroom, or your own last name.
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A debut is the first book. It is not the first time the writer has lived the question.
📚 單字 10
點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。
🗣️ 俚語與成語 6
a roof over your head
成語
a place to live, however modest · 有個屋頂可以待
A roof over your head is the sentence people use when they do not want the details.
fall through the cracks
成語
to be missed by a system that was supposed to help · 從制度的縫裡掉下去
A family can fall through the cracks and still make dinner.
hit home
成語
to feel personally true · 說到心坎裡
The chapter hit home for a reader who had lived in a car.
make light of
成語
to treat something serious as if it were small · 把嚴重的事講得很輕
A joke can make light of the night without erasing it.
in the same boat
成語
sharing the same difficult situation · 同一條船上
The siblings were in the same boat and still argued about the window.
a place to land
成語
somewhere you are allowed to stop and be safe · 一個可以落腳的地方
The book is looking for a place to land, not a moral.
🧩 句型練習 3
讀完範例，用自己的事造一句。寫在筆記本或手機備忘錄裡，隔天回頭唸一次。
___ describes a ___. It does not describe a ___.
⋯⋯講的是⋯⋯，不是⋯⋯。把標籤從人身上拆下來。
- Unemployed describes a month. It does not describe a character.
- Quiet describes a room. It does not describe a personality.
✍️ Use it for a label you have heard applied to a person.
___ is not the opposite of ___. It is ___.
⋯⋯不是⋯⋯的反義詞，而是⋯⋯。拒絕一個太乾淨的對照。
- Humor is not the opposite of grief. It is how the room keeps breathing.
- Rest is not the opposite of ambition. It is part of the work.
✍️ Write it about two feelings people treat as enemies.
___ is a fact. The ___ other people add is ___.
⋯⋯是事實。別人加上去的⋯⋯，才是⋯⋯。把事件和評論分開。
- The move is a fact. The story other people add is a rumor.
- The grade is a fact. The shame other people add is optional.
✍️ Use it for something that happened to you, and the extra meaning strangers attached.
✅ 理解題 4
看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。
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In this lesson, what does "unhoused" name?
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What is a debut?
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"Hit home" means the sentence…
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Which sentence matches the theme?
💭 用英文想一想
挑一題，用英文寫 3 到 5 句，或對著手機錄一分鐘。不用完美，說出來最重要。
- Describe a situation with a word that names the situation, not the person.
- Where have you felt belonging that was not a building?
- Write three sentences using unhoused, a roof over your head, and hit home. Keep them about a story, not a joke.
📎 想再往下走
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