Chapter 20, 11.20

Vocabulary:

1.The sentence is so folksy淳朴友好自然的 that we imagine ourselves sitting on the porch走廊 of White’s house in Maine.White is in a rocking chair, puffing吸，抽（烟），喷，吐 on a pipe, and the words just tumble out乱七八糟地倒出来 in his storyteller’s voice.

2. he’s not trying to ingratiate讨好，谄媚 himself with the reader.

3. It’s crude. It’s corny老生常谈的. It’s verbose冗长的，啰嗦的.

4. I realize I’m trying to pin down确实，证实，迫使…作出决定（或明确表态） a matter that’s subjective; one person’s beautiful object is somebody else’s kitsch粗劣的作品，迎合低级趣味的作品.

5. Not that clichés are easy to stamp out.消灭

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Reflection:

1. Writing is the expression of every person’s individuality, and we know what we like when it comes along. /Go with what seems inevitable in your own heritage. Embrace it and it may lead you to eloquence.

这部分内容与前面所讲的“Create your own style to the audience--yourself.”重合，也是更进一步教你怎么做。每个人的文字都有自己的的风格，发现他接受他会帮助你write well。昨天和朋友还聊起来五月天，周杰伦等人的歌都是一个调调，万变不离其宗。文字不也是吗？吴晓波，林语堂，余秋雨，鲁迅这些人的文字也同样都是一个调调。（本来想列举出来特点的。。奈何词不达意T T）

2. Perfect taste, like perfect pitch, is a gift from God. But a certain amount can be acquired. The trick is to study writers who have it.

hhh，昨天还在写输入的重要性，没想到今天就读到了这一点。