WORD
Coming home from an arduous day at the hospital, he would go straight to his yellow pad and write his tensions away.
arduous
adj.
? involving a lot of effort and energy, especially over a period of time
? 艱苦的栅受；艱難的:
?an arduous journey across the Andes
? 翻越安第斯山脈的艱苦之行
?The work was arduous.
? 這項(xiàng)工作很艱巨。
用來(lái)形容困難的、枯燥的、需要花大力氣去做的事，第一反應(yīng)搞科研露泊。。。
Some people write their first draft in one long burst and then revise; others can’t write the second paragraph until they have fiddled endlessly with the first.
fiddle
verb
[V] ~ (with sth) to keep touching or moving sth with your hands, especially because you are bored or nervous
? (尤指厭煩或緊張地)不斷摸弄,不停擺弄:
?He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me.
? 和我談話時(shí)他不停地?cái)[弄鑰匙巾钉。
作為動(dòng)詞還有兩個(gè)意思: 篡改；拉小提琴秘案。都是informal用法砰苍。意為“擺弄”時(shí)多與with搭配，也可以用fiddle about/around with sth.
不加with僅為fiddle about/around 時(shí)意為 ：虛度光陰阱高；瞎混
We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.
strangle
verb [VN]
to prevent sth from growing or developing
? 抑制赚导；壓制；扼殺:
?The current monetary policy is strangling the economy.
? 現(xiàn)行貨幣政策抑制了經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展赤惊。
放在文中這句話不知道該怎么翻譯吼旧。我們是被扼殺在不必要的文字里的群體？
pompous frills
pom?pous
adj.
? (disapproving)showing that you think you are more important than other people, especially by using long and formal words
? 虛華的未舟；言辭浮夸的
【SYN】 pretentious :
?a pompous official
? 自負(fù)的官員
frills
frills [pl.] things that are not necessary but are added to make sth more attractive or interesting
? 不實(shí)用的裝飾圈暗；虛飾:
?a simple meal with no frills
? 簡(jiǎn)單的一頓便飯
這個(gè)詞意為“無(wú)裝飾”時(shí)必須用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
說(shuō)一個(gè)人寫(xiě)的文字辭藻華麗沒(méi)有內(nèi)涵可以用pompous frills這個(gè)短語(yǔ)裕膀！
But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.
strip
Vt.
to remove extraneous or superficial matter from
<a prose style stripped to the bones>
這個(gè)動(dòng)詞用得很形象厂置。去繁存簡(jiǎn)，能用一個(gè)單詞說(shuō)清的就別加其他雜七雜八的魂角。
And they usually occur in proportion to education and rank.
in proportion to
adv.
■according to a particular relationship in size, amount, or degree
（大小昵济，數(shù)量，程度）按比例地
>the pension was docked in proportion to earnings.
養(yǎng)老金是按照收入比例扣除的。
■in comparison with; in relation to
與…相比访忿；與…相關(guān)
>the cuckoo's eggs are unusually small in proportion to its size.
布谷鳥(niǎo)的卵與其身體相比小得出奇瞧栗。
not if I can help?it?
spoken used to say that you are not going to do something
>‘Are you going to watch the school play?’ ‘Not if I can help it.’
這里的help有制止的意思。這個(gè)短語(yǔ)是口語(yǔ)用法
THOUGHTS
As for the students, anyone might think we left them bewildered. But in fact we gave them a broader glimpse of the writing process than if only one of us had talked. For there isn’t any “right” way to do such personal work. There are all kinds of writers and all kinds of methods, and any method that helps you to say what you want to say is the right method for you. Some people write by day, others by night. Some people need silence, others turn on the radio. Some write by hand, some by computer, some by talking into a tape recorder. Some people write their first draft in one long burst and then revise; others can’t write the second paragraph until they have fiddled endlessly with the first.
適合自己的方法才是最好的方法海铆。剛開(kāi)始可以借鑒和模仿迹恐，之后還是要慢慢摸索出最適合自己的。別人的建議只是參考卧斟，行動(dòng)的還是自己殴边。就算聽(tīng)過(guò)無(wú)數(shù)個(gè)講座，看過(guò)無(wú)數(shù)本書(shū)珍语，要提升寫(xiě)作能力最重要的是要?jiǎng)邮謱?xiě)锤岸，在實(shí)踐中改正提升。
The man or woman snoozing in a chair with a magazine or a book is a person who was being given too much unnecessary trouble by the writer.
讀者讀不下去板乙，作者要反省是偷。學(xué)生聽(tīng)不下去，老師也要反省募逞。你的內(nèi)容或許很好蛋铆，你備課或許很認(rèn)真，但是也許你講述的方法有問(wèn)題放接。
Writing is a craft, not an art. 它不有趣刺啦，甚至很艱難。好文章都是改出來(lái)的纠脾，你會(huì)有好幾版的draft玛瘸，一個(gè)字眼都可以摳半天，不必絕望乳乌，這就是寫(xiě)作捧韵。清晰的思維可以幫助你清晰地寫(xiě)作，去繁就簡(jiǎn)汉操，讓讀者讀得通暢順心再来。你寫(xiě)的文字反映的就是你自己的內(nèi)心，寫(xiě)作要真誠(chéng)磷瘤。
