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By Kurt Vonnegut
[1]Newspaper reporters and technical writers are trained to reveal nothing about themselves in their writings. This makes them freaks/fri:k/ in the world of writers, since almost all of the other ink-stacked wretches/r?t?/ in that world reveal a lot about themselves to readers. We call these revelations/'r?v?'le??n/, accidental/??ks?'d?ntl/ and intentional/?n't?n??nl/, elements of style.
freaks/fri:k/n. 怪胎(電影名);畸形人
wretches/r?t?/n. 可憐的人,不幸的人及汉;卑鄙的人
revelations/'r?v?'le??n/n. 啟示;揭露点额;出乎意料的事;被揭露的真相
intentional/?n't?n??nl/,adj. 故意的莺琳;蓄意的还棱;策劃的
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[21]For a discussion of literary style in a narrower sense, in a more technical sense, I commend/k?'m?nd/ to your attention The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White (Macmillan, 1979). E.B. White is, of course, one of the most admirable/'?dm?r?bl/ literary stylists this country has so far produced.
commend/k?'m?nd/vt. 推薦;稱贊惭等;把…委托
admirable/'?dm?r?bl/adj. 令人欽佩的珍手;極好的;值得贊揚(yáng)的
[22]You should realize, too, that no one would care how well or badly Mr. White expressed himself, if he did not have perfectly/'p?f?ktli/ enchanting/?n?t??nt??/ things to say.
enchanting/?n?t??nt??/adj. 迷人的咕缎;嫵媚的
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