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The problem is not that he doesn't look well groomed; he does, and we can only admire the wigmaker's skill. The point is that he doesn't look like himself.
Zinsser將浮夸華麗語言的使用乌询，類比于戴假發(fā)的禿頭，乍一看美觀但禁不住細看祟剔，細細琢磨不禁丟了自己的風格友浸、失了特色。浮夸的短語佩谣、乏味的委婉語超营、語言的掩飾疮装、流行語長詞匯（pompous phrase, ponderous euphemism, Verbal camouflage, fad / long word）如同雜草，使文章乏味冗長缩宜，就算刪除2/3后仍能清楚的表達其意肘迎。"simplify，simplify" 刪繁就簡锻煌。
而句子是否應該修飾美化妓布，Zinsser說：
Extending the metaphor of carpentry, it’s first necessary to be able to saw wood neatly and to drive nails. Later you can bevel the edges or add elegant finials, if that’s your taste.
也就是說句子可以修飾美化，但它是錦上添花宋梧，不可喧賓奪主匣沼；不是盲目修飾，要有自己風格捂龄。
① 先踏實積跬步释涛，做到語言凝練、邏輯清楚倦沧，確贝角耍織出來的是綢緞而不是粗布，再根據自己的習慣對語言加以修飾展融、雕琢窖认。想長出參天大樹，得先扎實根告希、樹壯干扑浸，沒有強壯枝干哪來繁枝茂葉。
② 基本準則：做自己暂雹。Therefore a fundamental rule is: be yourself.
怎么做：輕松自信首装。They must relax, and they must have confidence.
輕松：寫作，自己要先放輕松杭跪，不刻意給自己太多限制仙逻，多少字、怎樣的字體涧尿、達到怎樣效果多少人會讀系奉？當自己受到這些限制時，自己便會分心姑廉，思維也會被束縛缺亮。
自信：寫作一種自我行為，相信自己風格桥言、觀點萌踱。對于“I”的使用就算不寫出葵礼，也要在腦中有這樣的自我對話。
Writing is an act of ego, and you might as well admit it. Use its energy to keep yourself going
小技巧：
① Clutter 括號標識法：
I would put brackets around every component in a piece of writing that wasn’t doing useful work. Often just one word got bracketed
② Simplify 修改三步法：
Look for the clutter in your writing and prune it ruthlessly. Be grateful for everything you can throw away.Reexamine each sentence you put on paper.
詞匯
If it is interesting to note, make it interesting; are we not all stupefied by what follows when someone says
stupefy somebody
義：to surprise or shock somebody; to make somebody unable to think clearly
Yet you vow to be worthy of the task, and, casting about for grand phrases that wouldn't occur to you
cast about/ around for...短語動詞
義：to try hard to think of the right thing to do or say:
同：search, scout, look
例：She cast about frantically for an excuse.
仿：He cast about excuses for his mistakes .
In the early weeks of the term I handed back papers that were festooned with brackets.
festoon somebody/?something (with something) 常用被動
義：to decorate somebody/?somethingwith flowers, coloured paper, etc., often as part of a celebration 裝飾
裝飾相關：embellish（v), ornamentation (n), decorator (n), garnish (v）, festoon (n/v)
...you will be impatient to find a "style" —to embellish the plain words.
...to the surprise of all of us who never dreamed of such ornamentation
...as if "style"? were something you could buy at the style store and drape onto your words in bright decorator colors
This is the problem of writers who set out deliberately to garnish their prose.
In the early weeks of the term I handed back papers that were festooned with brackets.
浮夸華美：bloated 并鸵，pompous 鸳粉，ornate 辭藻華麗的
So much for early warnings about the bloated monsters that lie in ambush for the writer...
By using a more pompous phrase in his professional role he not only sounds more important
Not only are those first paragraphs impersonal and ornate.
The reader will notice if you are putting on airs
airs[復數]
義：a way of behaving that shows someone thinks they are more important than they really are:
?? put on airs/ give yourself airs
例：Trudy is always putting on airs.
?? an actor with no airs and graces
air : opinion[及物動詞]
義：to express your opinions publicly:
?? air your views/ grievances/ complaints etc
例：Staff will get a chance to ask questions and air their view
想法
This is the problem of writers who set out deliberately to garnish their prose. You lose whatever it is that makes you unique.
有自己的寫作風格對于一個寫作者來說至關重要，但不是盲目刻意追求园担，要明白自己的目的届谈，按照一定的準則正確的練習，在準確的基礎上錦上添花并逐漸形成自己的風格弯汰，而不是得意于自己隨意發(fā)揮和天馬行空艰山，自以為的文采出眾。細想咏闪，自己的文字風格形成也有賴于廣泛大量的閱讀曙搬，多讀那些好的文章書籍才能更多的感受到不同作家的風格、文字靈性而有所感悟汤踏。
