Cottage Life 鄉居生活

Finding a home away from home

找一個離家在外的家

It’s early morning. You’re standing at the end of a long dock, holding a cup of coffee you just brewed on the wood-burning stove. You breathe deeply as mist rolls across the lake. After a long, hard week at the office, you have finally arrived. You’re at the cottage.

A long tradition

For many people, the story of cottages – small vacation homes away from the city – is a deeply personal one. For some families, cottages have been the scene of reunions, vacations and family adventures for generations.

 In North America, “cottaging” rally began during the 19^th century. At that time, droves of people were moving from family farms to cities. Naturally, these migrants often felt a longing for the natural beauty of the countryside. Frequently located on lakes, in the mountains or woods, cottages provided a perfect solution. Traditionally small and rustic, many cottages were once simple log homes without bathrooms, water or electricity. While in most cases that is no longer true, people still flock to cottages to escape the city and to enjoy “cottage life.”

cottage 農舍、小屋、別墅

dock 碼頭、船塢

brew

stove 爐灶

mist 霧

reunion

droves of people=a large group of people

migrant

rustic 郷下的、質樸的

flock to 成群的來去

【Chat room】

literary narration文學的敘述觀點

當作者直接稱呼讀者你的時候，就是

second-person narrative第二人稱的敘述方式

平常最普遍的敘述方式是third-person narrative

常出現在教科書中

first person narrative 小說常用的手法

【Grammar on the go】

While in most cases that is no longer true, people still flock to cottages to escape the city and to enjoy “cottage life.”

Whatever that was just said is normally not true…

while in most cases something is no longer a certain way…

While in most cases, the bride’s family no longer has to provide a dowry, people in remote villages still practice this wedding tradition.

While in most cases, airline companies no longer hire flight attendants according to their height and size, many passengers still have a stereotypical image of what a flight attendant should look like.

【Key word】

brew 沖泡、煮

A cup of freshly brewed coffee can really refresh your mind.

一杯剛剛煮好的咖啡真的能夠讓你神清氣爽

The hostess brewed some tea for the guests.

女主人剛剛泡了些茶給客人喝

brew釀造

This beer was brewed in Sapporo, Japan.

這個啤酒是在日本札幌釀造的

droves 一大群、一群一群(特別是往某個目標、方向)

Droves of fans from many different places all went to the famous country singer’s concert.

You can see droves of sheep walking down the hills.

你可以看到成群的羊往山下走

migrant移居者、 移民

These migrants come every fall to help with our harvest.

這些移居者每年秋天都會來幫助我們收成

Those birds are winter migrants from Canada.

這些鳥是每年冬天都會從加拿大移居過來的候鳥