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Look up and translate the   A dismaying feeling
  following words and       An equation
  expressions:              To devour
A namesake                  Do you feel cheated?
To give up a child for      People are up and gone
  adoption                    with the book
To set out to do smth       A book bares re-reading
To captivate                Sleep depravation
To have a hard time         To be sensory deprived
Ten years in-the-making     A cocoon
 She found out before she was born that her parents
    ___________ their first child for adoption. That child
    ___________ to be Steve Jobs.
   So this book ended up differently than you __________
    to create.
   I had a hard time ___________ exactly how to set it.
   When you think that “The Great Gatsby” was written
    in 6 weeks it’s a ___________ feeling.
   You know that’s an interesting thing…the equation in
    how long ___________ a creator to create something
    and a devourer to ________ something.
 Do you feel _______ that people are up and gone with
  your book in so much less time than it took you to
  create it?
 You want to make a book, if at all possible, that would
  ____ _________.
 I think it is true. I think the language that you hear as a
  young child is so _________ to you.
 It’s such a dilated moment in your life and … you’re
  both ________ and … I don’t know, you’re sensory
  deprived, you’re sleep deprived.
 Why does the host say that Mona Simpson “has stories to
    tell?” What does it mean when people say “she has stories to
    tell.”
   Mona Simpson says that all books end up “being the way
    they want to be.” What does she mean by that?
   What book are they talking about and how did Ms. Simpson
    start writing it? What captivated her?
   What did Steve refer to when in conversation he said, “ten
    years in-the-making?” What did he mean?
   What does Steve mean when he talks about the “equation?”
   What did you find out about Mona’s idea of bringing up
    children and its impact on mothers?
   How does Steve describe the word “dilated?”
 She found out before she was born that her parents _had given up_ their first
    child for adoption. That child _turns out_ to be Steve Jobs.
   So this book ended up differently than you _set out_ to create.
   I had a hard time _figuring out_ exactly how to set it.
   When you think that “The Great Gatsby” was written in 6 weeks it’s a
    _dismaying_ feeling.
   You know that’s an interesting thing…the equation in how long _it takes_ a
    creator to create something and a devourer to _devour_ something.
   Do you feel _cheated_ that people are up and gone with your book in so much
    less time than it took you to create it?
   You want to make a book, if at all possible, that would _bare re-reading_.
   I think it is true. I think the language that you hear as a young child is so
    _vivid_ to you.
   It’s such a dilated moment in your life and … you’re both _enclosed_ and … I
    don’t know, you’re sensory deprived, you’re sleep deprived.

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Mona simpson lesson

  • 1. Look up and translate the A dismaying feeling following words and An equation expressions: To devour A namesake Do you feel cheated? To give up a child for People are up and gone adoption with the book To set out to do smth A book bares re-reading To captivate Sleep depravation To have a hard time To be sensory deprived Ten years in-the-making A cocoon
  • 2.  She found out before she was born that her parents ___________ their first child for adoption. That child ___________ to be Steve Jobs.  So this book ended up differently than you __________ to create.  I had a hard time ___________ exactly how to set it.  When you think that “The Great Gatsby” was written in 6 weeks it’s a ___________ feeling.  You know that’s an interesting thing…the equation in how long ___________ a creator to create something and a devourer to ________ something.
  • 3.  Do you feel _______ that people are up and gone with your book in so much less time than it took you to create it?  You want to make a book, if at all possible, that would ____ _________.  I think it is true. I think the language that you hear as a young child is so _________ to you.  It’s such a dilated moment in your life and … you’re both ________ and … I don’t know, you’re sensory deprived, you’re sleep deprived.
  • 4.  Why does the host say that Mona Simpson “has stories to tell?” What does it mean when people say “she has stories to tell.”  Mona Simpson says that all books end up “being the way they want to be.” What does she mean by that?  What book are they talking about and how did Ms. Simpson start writing it? What captivated her?  What did Steve refer to when in conversation he said, “ten years in-the-making?” What did he mean?  What does Steve mean when he talks about the “equation?”  What did you find out about Mona’s idea of bringing up children and its impact on mothers?  How does Steve describe the word “dilated?”
  • 5.  She found out before she was born that her parents _had given up_ their first child for adoption. That child _turns out_ to be Steve Jobs.  So this book ended up differently than you _set out_ to create.  I had a hard time _figuring out_ exactly how to set it.  When you think that “The Great Gatsby” was written in 6 weeks it’s a _dismaying_ feeling.  You know that’s an interesting thing…the equation in how long _it takes_ a creator to create something and a devourer to _devour_ something.  Do you feel _cheated_ that people are up and gone with your book in so much less time than it took you to create it?  You want to make a book, if at all possible, that would _bare re-reading_.  I think it is true. I think the language that you hear as a young child is so _vivid_ to you.  It’s such a dilated moment in your life and … you’re both _enclosed_ and … I don’t know, you’re sensory deprived, you’re sleep deprived.