Chapter 10 -14
Summary
Chapter 10 (Bits & Pieces):
Verbs: use active verbs more.
Adverbs and adjectives: Most are unnecessary because they have repetitive meanings with verbs and nouns.
Little qualifiers: They dilute a writer's style and persuasiveness.
Punctuation: A primer in writing.
Mood changes: Try to make mood changes in sentences that can save words and confusions.
Contractions: They can show a writer's personality but do not invent constractions that can not be found in the dictionary.
That and which: Always use "that" unless it makes your meaning ambiguous. "which" serves a particular identifying function, different from "that".
Concept nouns: They are cold in sentences.
Creeping nounism: If one noun or one verb can express things clearly then do not use creeping nounism.
Overstatement: Do not exaggerate one droll point.
Credibility: Don not write bogus statements.
Diction: Dictated sentences are tend to be pompous, sloppy and redundant.
Writing is not a contest: Compete with yourself and move studiously toward your goal.
The subconscious mind: Your subconscious mind does more than writing and it percolates for a long time.
The Quickest fix: Try to delete the difficult part in a sentence.
Paragraphs: Keep your paragraph short but not tiny.
chapter 11 (Nonfiction as literature): No matter fiction or nonfiction, writers must follow their hearts.
chapter 12 ( Writing about people———The interview）: Writing about people with humanity, warmth and truth.
Chapter 13 (Writing About Places——The Travel Article): Travel writing needs fresh words and images in style and useful and significant details in substance.
Chapter 14 (Writing About Yourself—The Memoir):?We need to narrow our focus and write something true but unique to show our personalities in memoir.
Words and Expressions
1 scrap?n. 小片 （就是標題中的pieces）
morsels?n. 少量 （就是標題中的bits）
2 dilute?v. 削弱步责，降低
whittle away這里也是削弱，降低的含義
3 knead into揉捏成
4 vexing?adj. 使人煩惱的 （和后文中出現(xiàn)的“bothersome”是一個含義）
5 makeshift?adj. 權(quán)宜之計的
6 cumbersome?adj. 麻煩的上荡，累贅的
7 be infested with?充滿著
8 elapsed?adj. 消逝的 （passed）
9 strenuous?adj. 熱烈的, 激烈的
10 preponderance?n. （數(shù)量上的）優(yōu)勢
11 canonize?v. 推崇尘奏，把......奉為圣徒
12 dismal?adj.?憂郁的;陰沉的拔莱，慘淡的，凄涼的
13 muse vi. 沉思，冥想
14 multitudes n. 大量炒瘸， 眾多
15 platitude?n. 老生常談 （cliche）
16 constellation?n. 一系列（相關(guān)的事物和想法）
17 custodian?n. 看守人捞慌，管理員
18 embarke on?從事耀鸦，著手
19 prattle v. 東拉西扯
20 wrestle with?與...搏斗
Thoughts
今年暑假去了日本鐮倉，買了江之電的一日周游券啸澡，就是途徑每一站都可以下去游玩觀光袖订。有那么一站好像除了日本學(xué)生和當?shù)鼐用駮抡就猓褪侵袊^光客了——鐮倉高校站前嗅虏。第一次知道這個地方是從朋友圈看來的洛姑，同學(xué)在經(jīng)過的電車前拍了一張照，旁邊還配了一張《灌籃高手》的片尾曲《走到世界盡頭》的場景皮服。如果不是童年記憶里有《灌籃高手》楞艾，那么下站后一定像我一樣参咙，滿懷期待卻內(nèi)心平靜。滿懷期待是因為這是國人鐮倉之旅必去打卡地點产徊，我期待的是可以發(fā)朋友圈昂勒。內(nèi)心平靜是因為那的確是風(fēng)景宜人卻又著實普通。如果不是因為《灌籃高手》舟铜，這里真的不會有人為此停留戈盈。說實在的，來這里抓拍電車經(jīng)過模仿《灌籃高手》片尾曲場景的游客中有多少人是看過這部動畫的呢谆刨？至少塘娶，我沒有∪玻看著一些被爸爸媽媽帶來拍照的孩子更是一臉茫然刁岸，不知道為什么有那么多叔叔阿姨，哥哥姐姐在這炙熱的午后站在軌道的一側(cè)拍了一張又一張背景里有電車經(jīng)過的照片她我。其實虹曙，我雖然知道原因但也覺得好笑，因為我覺得里面大多數(shù)的人應(yīng)該和我一樣純粹是來打卡拍照的番舆。
直到上周在朋友圈看到一篇轉(zhuǎn)載的文章《去鐮倉吧酝碳，鐵軌的另一端有你的青春》才明白有些人不僅僅是來拍照打卡的。文中作者回憶小時候一放學(xué)連書包都沒放下就打開電視看《灌籃高手》恨狈，而這部漫畫對作者影響深遠疏哗。所以作者認為那些看著這部動畫片長大的孩子會愛屋及烏來到鐮倉，看一看夢開始的地方禾怠。所以在鐮倉高校站前的十字路口返奉，每天都有無數(shù)人在等，一些人是在等電車經(jīng)過拍照吗氏，而一些人是在等他們逝去的青春芽偏。
當一個地方和自己有所聯(lián)結(jié)，那我們所看到的弦讽，所感受到的便不再是這個地方本身而是我們自己污尉。
