Words and expressions
1.Which ones should be ushered in, which
thrown out on their ear??
usher:? to help someone to get from one place to another, especially by showing them the way.
仿寫: She stood back and ushered him in.
2. The questionnaire also left room for any comments we might feel impelled to make an opportunity the panelists seized avidly, as we found when thedictionary was published and our comments were released to the press.
avidly: enthusiastically
仿寫: What the reporter didn't know was how avidly the sisters, generally speaking, disliked his gender.
3. But our panel evidently felt that the Manhattan commuter’s dailytrek is no less arduous.
arduous:involving a lot of strength and effort
仿寫:This work will be arduous, but we have to overcome the difficulty.
4.Just remember that all the unities must be fitted into the edifice you finally put together, however backwardly they may be assembled, or itwill soon come? tumbling down.
edifice: a building, especially a large one
仿寫: Their head office was an imposing edifice.
Reflection
? The only way to? learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis. 寫作或者說學(xué)習(xí)寫作的過程需要push, 在今天讀到的兩章中,漸漸對前面的Clutter里疑惑有些明白了哎榴,選詞的簡潔贮缅,全篇作文的時態(tài)宏悦,語態(tài)的統(tǒng)一性双妨,更重要的force yourself to make it.