Content:
Part I | Principles
1. The Transaction
2. Simplicity
3. Clutter (Writing clean English Sentence)
4. Style (Preserving your identity)
5. The audience (Who am I writing for)
6. Words (The only tools you’ve got)
7. Usage (What is good usage)
Part II | Methods
8. Unity (Anchor of good writing)
9. The lead and the ending
10. Bits and pieces
Part II | Forms
11. Nonfiction as Literature
12. Writing About People: The Interview
13. Writing About Places: The travel article
14. Writing About Yourself: The Memoir
15. Science and Technology
16. Business Writing:Writing in Your Job
17. Sports
18. Writing About the Arts Critics and Columnists
19. Humor
Part III |Attitudes
20.?The Sound of Your Voice
21.?Enjoyment, Fear and Confidence
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Words and Expressions:
1.?As a boy I never wanted to grow up to be a writer, or—God forbid—an author.
writer vs. author
2. ...the political column of Walter Lippmann, America’s most venerated pundit.
pundit ★☆☆☆☆
N-COUNT 行家；權(quán)威；專家
A?pundit?is a person who knows a lot about a subject and is often asked to give information or opinions about it to the public.
【搭配模式】：oft supp N
...a well known political pundit.
著名的政治專家
3.?I liked the insouciance that presented on the same page two features so different in gravity.
? ? gravity最常見的意思是 重力团驱，這里表示 “莊重罗岖，嚴(yán)肅”。
gravity★★☆☆☆
1.N-UNCOUNT See also:?centre of gravity; 重力氏仗；地球引力
Gravity?is the force which causes things to drop to the ground.
Arrows would continue to fly forward forever in a straight line were it not forgravity, which brings them down to earth.
要不是重力使箭落向地面，它們將永遠(yuǎn)以直線往前飛行。
2.N-UNCOUNT （事態(tài)的）嚴(yán)重性翅阵，重大
The?gravity of?a situation or event is its extreme importance or seriousness.
【搭配模式】：oft N of n
They deserve punishment which matches thegravityof their crime...
應(yīng)當(dāng)根據(jù)罪行的嚴(yán)重性來懲治他們。
Not all acts of vengeance are of equal gravity.
并非所有的報(bào)復(fù)行為都同等惡劣迁央。
3.N-UNCOUNT （言談舉止的）莊重掷匠，嚴(yán)肅?
The?gravity?of someone's behaviour or speech is the extremely serious way in which they behave or speak.
There was an appealing gravity to everything she said.
她說的每句話都帶著一種莊嚴(yán)，很能吸引人岖圈。
4. ...who was admired for his deadpan coverage of human-interest.
ADJ-GRADED (幽默）冷面的讹语；(開玩笑或作弄人時(shí)）故意板著臉的，一臉嚴(yán)肅的
Deadpan?humour is when you appear to be serious and are hiding the fact that you are joking or teasing someone.
...her natural capacity for irony and deadpan humour...
她天生具有的譏嘲諷刺和冷面幽默才能
She put the letter on the desk in front of me, her face deadpan, not a flicker of a smile.
她把那封信放在我面前的桌子上蜂科，故意一臉嚴(yán)肅顽决，沒有一絲的笑容。
5.?It takes audacity and exuberance and gaiety, and the most important one is audacity.
audacity|???d?s?ti|
N-UNCOUNT 大膽;放肆
Audacity?is audacious behaviour.
I was shocked at theaudacity and brazenness of the gangsters.
這伙歹徒如此膽大妄為导匣、厚顏無恥才菠，讓我很是震驚。
exuberance★☆☆☆☆/?g'zj?b?r?ns/
1.N-UNCOUNT 熱情洋溢贡定；興高采烈;喜氣洋洋
Exuberance?is behaviour which is energetic, excited, and cheerful.
Her burst of exuberance and her brightness overwhelmed me.
她勃發(fā)的熱情和陽光的性格征服了我赋访。
2.N-UNCOUNT 勃勃生機(jī)
If you talk about the?exuberance of?something, you like it because it is lively, exciting, and full of energy and life.
【搭配模式】：oft N of n
The sheer exuberance of the sculpture was exhilarating.
那尊雕塑表現(xiàn)出的勃勃生機(jī)讓人振奮。
gaiety?|?ɡe??ti|
N-UNCOUNT 快樂缓待；愉快蚓耽；高興
Gaiety?is a feeling, attitude, or atmosphere of liveliness and fun.
Music rang out adding to the gaiety and life of the market.
音樂響起來了，給市場(chǎng)增添了一份快樂和生機(jī)命斧。
6. Any of the men I approached with my notebook—managers, coaches, players, umpires, scouts—could have asked
.umpire★★☆☆☆
1.N-COUNT （體育比賽或競(jìng)賽中的）裁判田晚，裁判員
An?umpire?is a person whose job is to make sure that a sports match or contest is played fairly and that the rules are not broken.
The umpire's decision is final.
裁判的裁定是不可更改的。
2.VERB在 …中擔(dān)任裁判
To?umpire?means to be the umpire in a sports match or contest.
【語法信息】：V n
【語法信息】：V
He umpired baseball games...
他擔(dān)任棒球比賽的裁判国葬。
He umpired for school football matches until he was in his late 50s.
他擔(dān)任校際足球比賽的裁判一直到年近花甲贤徒。
Thoughts:
讀這章的時(shí)候，突然想到這張以前看過的圖汇四。不管我們把寫作想的多么美好接奈，它都是一個(gè)充滿了恐懼、焦慮通孽、困惑序宦、猶豫的過程。一個(gè)好的作家背苦，并不在于他沒有這樣的苦惱互捌，而在于他如何克服它潘明，像Zinser在這章分享的一樣。
簡(jiǎn)單說起來秕噪，這章的內(nèi)容是：
寫作是一種快樂? （ a priceless attribute for a writer? ）
克服內(nèi)心的恐懼
提高自信心
Enjoyment, Zinser把它比喻成寫作的開關(guān)钳降，很形象。 只有把這個(gè)開關(guān)打開腌巾，作者才能cheer himself up遂填，才能cheer readers up。而最簡(jiǎn)單的開關(guān)澈蝙，從自己熟悉的領(lǐng)域入手吓坚。
If you write about subjects you think you would enjoy knowing about, your enjoyment will show in what you write. Learning is a tonic.
而Fear與confidence，其實(shí)是此消彼長(zhǎng)的關(guān)系灯荧。對(duì)未知領(lǐng)域的恐懼礁击，對(duì)結(jié)果不完美的恐懼，有時(shí)的確是自信心最大的敵人漏麦。把結(jié)果導(dǎo)向變成過程導(dǎo)向客税，或許是最好的方法况褪。
如何克服恐懼撕贞，Zinser給出了如下建議：
To write about subjects that interest you and that you care about;
Sincerity is the best credential;
To think broadly about your assignment;
If you master the tools of the trade—the fundamentals of interviewing and of orderly construction—and if you bring to the assignment your general intelligence and your humanity, you can write about any subject. That’s your ticket to an interesting life.
