Words and Expressions
1.gusto
"I love symbols!" Dr.Brock exclaimed, and he described with gusto the joys of weaving them through his work.
gusto:enthusiasm and energy in doing sth （做某事的）熱情娄徊，興致恢总，精力
eg. They sang with gusto
2.fiddle
others can't write the second paragraph until they have fiddled endlessly with the first.
fiddle: v.? ①fiddle with sth: 不斷摸弄，擺弄
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ②篡改，偽造
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ③to play music on the violin
? ? ? ? ? ? ?? fiddle about/around : to spend your time doing things that are not important 虛度光陰
? ? ? ? ? ? ? fiddle with Rome burns? 大難臨頭莫不關(guān)心阅嘶；隔岸觀火
? ? ? ? ? ? ? eg. with the world's population growing fast and millions getting hungrier every day, the leaders of the rich nations just seem to be fiddling while Rome burns.
? ? ? ? ?? n.欺詐燃辖；修理师崎；難事
? ? 這里fiddle 的意思是不斷地修改
3.emerge ???
They sit down on commit an act of literature, and the self who emerges on paper is far stiffer than the person who sat down to write.
emerge有浮現(xiàn)瓜浸，顯露的意思。在這個情境中秋冰，我還不能很好地理解這個詞仲义，望大家解惑。
這個話中的 the self= the person,這個表達可以積累剑勾。
4.pompous
We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constrcutions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.
pompous: 虛華的埃撵；言辭浮夸的
eg. His manner was informal, without a trace of pomposity.
5.muddy
It's impossible for a muddy thinker to write good English.
muddy: 這里的意思是 confused and not clear
6.“Not if I can help it”
"Do you put symbolism in your writing?" a student asked me.
“Not if I can help it” I replied.
eg. It couldn't be helped (=there was no way of avoinding it and we must accept it.) 這是不可避免的
“Not if I can help it” means i will not use it, if it is necessary. 作者這樣寫可以說是非常簡潔到位了。
My thinking
1.作者通過和他人想法的對照來開篇虽另，既能吸引人的注意力又很好地闡釋了自己的觀點暂刘。值得學(xué)習(xí)。
2.寫作過程中要頭腦清晰捂刺，問自己“what am i trying to say?” 而不是 "have i said it?"
3. 寫作要反復(fù)反復(fù)修改谣拣。寫論文的時候你也要這樣做。
4.不要給自己的偷懶找借口叠萍，像寫作一樣hard的事還很多芝发，要有規(guī)劃。不要太把自己的興趣當(dāng)回事苛谷，換句話說，有些你不那么感興趣的事可能能幫助你更好地突破自己格郁。
