Words
1.advent
Before the advent of computers it wasn't needed; now it is.
the advent of something the time when something first begins to be widely used（重大事件主胧、發(fā)明或情況的）出現(xiàn)，問(wèn)世敛纲，到來(lái)
SYN coming:
例： The leap forward in communication made possible by the advent of the mobile phone.
手機(jī)的問(wèn)世帶來(lái)了通訊業(yè)的迅猛發(fā)展
仿：The advent of the computer totally changed our way of life.
2. drain
An unwieldy writing task is a drain on your enthusiasm.
a drain on something something that continuously uses a lot of time, money etc:
例The war was an enormous drain on the country’s resources.
以前學(xué)過(guò)的 brain drain 人才流失
3. ebb
When your zest begins to ebb, the reader is the first person to know it.
(also ebb away) to gradually decrease:
例：Linda’s enthusiasm began to ebb away
本意潮落的意思漆枚，讓我想起了Peak里學(xué)到的單詞wane表示興趣減少
4.relax
Because it was asked by the poultry industry to relax the conditions under which the ingredients might also include chicken.
to make a rule or law less strict
relax rules/regulations/controls
例：Two weeks after the police relaxed security at the airports, there was a bomb attack.警方放松了對(duì)機(jī)場(chǎng)采取的安全措施兩周后就發(fā)生了一起炸彈襲擊事件满钟。
5.moral
One moral of this story is that you should always collect more material than you will use.
■The moral of a story, event or experience is the message which you understand from it about how you should or should not behave 道德教訓(xùn)丑掺；寓意
?And the moral of/to the story is that honesty is always the best policy.這個(gè)故事的寓意是：誠(chéng)實(shí)總是上策谷浅。
6.landscape
Our daily landscape is thick with absurd messages and portents.
the political/social landscape the general situation in which a particular activity takes place:情況秘血，情形
例：Recent electoral shocks have shaken the European political landscape.
Summary
In Part 1, the author introduces us the principles of writing. The first principle is about simplicity, which means that a good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. The second one is about one's own writing style.? In fact, your style is to write what you want to say, be confident and? be yourself.
In part 2 , the author begins to tell us details about how to write. Firstly, he talks about the unity, the anchor of good writing. Before you write, you should think clearly, and you'd be better? think small, to decide what single point you want to leave in? the readers mind. Meanwhile the unity should? maintain consistency with pronoun, tense and mood.
Now you begin to write, remember the lead and the end is both important. A good lead can capture the audience immediately. Next the lead must provide hard details. Take special care with the last sentence－it's the springboard of the next paragraph.? At last to end a writing at exactly the right time but also with surprise, you can encapsulate the idea or use a quotation.
Reflections
今天做總結(jié)的時(shí)候讓我感覺(jué)到自己跳出了每天的章節(jié)內(nèi)容，能從總整體俯瞰這周的內(nèi)容紧唱。其實(shí)第一章就是在說(shuō)什么樣的文章是好文章活尊，作者強(qiáng)調(diào)要簡(jiǎn)潔清晰的稱述自己的所想。李笑來(lái)在《把時(shí)間當(dāng)做朋友》這本書(shū)里就說(shuō)過(guò)寫(xiě)作能力中最基本的一種就是寫(xiě)出簡(jiǎn)潔漏益、有效蛹锰、準(zhǔn)確、樸素绰疤、具體的說(shuō)明性和說(shuō)理性的文章铜犬。第一次看到這段話時(shí)我才知道原來(lái)寫(xiě)作不僅僅時(shí)我們上學(xué)時(shí)候讀過(guò)的文學(xué)作品，寫(xiě)作最開(kāi)始出現(xiàn)的功能其實(shí)就是紀(jì)錄轻庆，用最簡(jiǎn)潔最有效的方式表達(dá)癣猾。
這本書(shū)里的生詞真的是很多，看的時(shí)候都是深呼吸鼓勵(lì)自己讀下去余爆。讓我想到去年9月群里讀的毛姆的兩本英文原版纷宇，一開(kāi)始也是不知所云，不過(guò)堅(jiān)持下去依然有收獲蛾方。就像Eric常說(shuō)的像捶，不要期望與記住一本書(shū)所有的東西，能學(xué)到一點(diǎn)或者記住一點(diǎn)就很不錯(cuò)了桩砰。
這周我最大的收獲就是開(kāi)始意識(shí)到并開(kāi)始思考什么樣是好的寫(xiě)作拓春，我自己能否運(yùn)用。驚喜的是昨天在寫(xiě)人類簡(jiǎn)史全書(shū)的復(fù)盤(pán)時(shí)我居然開(kāi)始思考怎樣的開(kāi)頭會(huì)吸引讀者五芝，我是這么寫(xiě)的：“看這本書(shū)的時(shí)候痘儡，我總在思考一個(gè)問(wèn)題：人類真的進(jìn)化了嗎辕万？“這么寫(xiě)是因?yàn)槲以诳磿?shū)的過(guò)程中確實(shí)是在思考這個(gè)問(wèn)題枢步，另外也是被本周看的內(nèi)容所影響，如果我自己是讀者渐尿，我會(huì)被這個(gè)問(wèn)題吸引啊醉途。
