WORD:
1.lug
vt. to carry or drag (something heavy)
Both are unnecessary fears to lug through life, and in this chapter I’d like to help you ease whichever one is yours.
拖拉著這份不必要的害怕羊初，lug用得很形象刃宵，fear在此是份沉重的拖累。
2.demystify
vt. If you demystify something, you make it easier to understand by giving a clear explanation of it.
Science, demystified, is just another nonfiction subject.
反義詞mystify埃疫，神秘化
3.flunk
vt. to fail in (schoolwork) Informal
I once flunked a chemistry course taught by a woman who had become a legend with three generations of students, the legend being she could teach chemistry to anybody.
flunk out Informal
to send or be sent away from school or college because of unsatisfactory work
4.linear
adj. easy to comprehend because of being logical and not complex
Nowhere else must you work so hard to write sentences that form a linear sequence.
這里感覺(jué)不是線性序列的意思留特，所以我理解成是有邏輯的簡(jiǎn)單易懂的纠脾。
5.graces
n. the skills needed to behave in a way that is considered polite and socially acceptable. 風(fēng)度玛瘸，體面
I don’t care about style or any other graces.
譯為“優(yōu)雅”時(shí)是不可數(shù)名詞，這里是復(fù)數(shù)苟蹈，所以我選擇了上面這個(gè)意思糊渊，這句就不是很理解，不介意風(fēng)格或其他體面慧脱？渺绒？？
6.tenet
n. a principle or belief, especially one that is part of a larger system of beliefs
A tenet of journalism is that “the reader knows nothing.”
7.aptitude
n. natural ability or skill, especially in learning
aptitude for n/-ing
It’s the principle of leading readers who know nothing, step by step, to a grasp of subjects they didn’t think they had an aptitude for or were afraid they were too dumb to understand.?
8.foreshadow
vt. to be a sign of (something to come); indicate or suggest beforehand; prefigure; presage.
The state of mind that always foreshadowed a correct answer was one that might be described as trained attentiveness.
9.fumble
VERB ?If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way.
【語(yǔ)法信息】：V for/with/in n
10.belt out ??informal
PHRASAL VERB ?If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly.
11.cow
VERB ?If someone is cowed, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated.
【語(yǔ)法信息】：be V-ed
【語(yǔ)法信息】：V n into n/-ing
12.bent
N-SING ?If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it.
【搭配模式】：with supp
bent竟然還有天賦菱鸥、才能的意思宗兼，驚呆。
If you’re a student with a bent for science or technology, don’t assume that the English department has a monopoly on “l(fā)iterature.”
13.deign
VERB If you say that someone deigned to do something, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they did it unwillingly, because they thought they were too important to do it.
【語(yǔ)法信息】：V to-inf
【語(yǔ)用信息】：disapproval
They won’t deign to learn to use the simple tools of the English language—precision instruments as refined as any that are used in a physics lab.
THOUGHT:
If you're good at something, you can write about it well, don't be fear. You must hold the tenet that "the reader knows nothing", and try to describe the thing simply and logically.?
讀者看不下去科技類(lèi)文章主要有兩點(diǎn)原因氮采，一是專業(yè)性太強(qiáng)看不懂针炉，二是內(nèi)容枯燥看不下去。解決這個(gè)第一個(gè)問(wèn)題扳抽，不要用專業(yè)術(shù)語(yǔ)篡帕，要用通俗易懂的詞匯，講專業(yè)的部分要用一些大眾都知道的事實(shí)引入贸呢，一步步引導(dǎo)讀者镰烧。解決第二個(gè)問(wèn)題，不要上來(lái)就科普楞陷，聯(lián)系讀者身邊可以發(fā)生的故事怔鳖，引起讀者的趣味。
