Tuesday, July 8, 2008

'..+* " Summer Fun Book " *+..'

・+tittle : "The Amuret of Samarkand"
(The Bartimaus Trilogy)

・+author : Jonathan Stroud

・+how long : it has 462 pages

・+main charactoers : ・Nathaniel-a young boy who is a
magician's apprentice
・Bartimaeus-an old and strong
devil
・Lovelace-a magician of unrivaled
ruthlessness

・+sroey : One day, Nathaniel summoned Bartimaeus to his
room. It was his first time to summon a devil, so he
was very nervous. Why he summoned him, he has
a secret operation in his mind , and he thought carry
out it...

・+comment : I read just 15 pages, because this book is too
difficult for me to read and understand.
But why I chose it, I've already read this story in
Japanese, so I I know this story, and also I like
jacket of it, too. Maybe, I will keep reading this
book slowly and slowly, but if I give up to read it,
I will get a easier one!

・+understand : 60%

・+vocabulary : ・obnoxious-extremely unpleasant
           ・temptation-the desire to do or have sth you
know is bad or wrong
・pathetic-making you feel pity or sadness
・landscape-everything you can see when you
look across a large area of land
・emollient-making a person or situation calmer
in the hope of keeping relations paceful







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