Nov.15 On Writing Well（Ch17）

这章一开头我花了好多时间，因为实在太多jargon，比如说篮球运动员偏偏说hoopster，还有冰球运动员pucksters。读这一章让我彻底怀疑自己英语水平，以至于读了一个小时只读了一两页而很沮丧。

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PART ONE VOCABULARY

1.circuit,clout

As an addict of the sports pages in my boyhood, I learned about the circuit clout before I learned about the electrical circuit.

circuit:(in sport)a series of games or matches in which the same players regularly take part

clout:[uncountable]power and influence

political/financial clout

I knew his opinion carried a lot of clout with them.

2.southpaw,lanky

Southpaws were always lanky, portsiders always chunky,

southpaw: a person who prefers to use their left hand rather than their right, especially in a sport such as boxing

lanky:(of a person)having long thin arms and legs and moving in an awkward way

3.chunky

portsiders always chunky,

chunky: thick and heavy

4.snuffing out

snuffing out a rally and dimming his team’s hopes in the flag scramble.

snuff out： stop or destroy something completely 

5.rhapsodize

I could rhapsodize about the old pigskin—more passionately than any pig farmer—and describe the frenzied bleacherites caught up in the excitement of the autumn classic.

rhapsodize:to talk or write with great enthusiasm about something

6.frenzied

I could rhapsodize about the old pigskin—more passionately than any pig farmer—and describe the frenzied bleacherites caught up in the excitement of the autumn classic.

frenized：a state of great activity and strong emotion that is often violent or frightening and not under control

7.cupidity

he wrote, noting that the cupidity of team owners has a tendency to outrun the courage of the sport’s monitors.

cupidity：a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power, etc. than a person need

8.misapprehension

What keeps most sportswriters from writing good English is the misapprehension that they shouldn’t be trying to.

misapprehension：a wrong idea about something, or something you believe to be true that is not true

9.solitary

Something in Updike made contact with something in Williams: two solitary craftsmen laboring in the glare of the crowd.

solitary：done alone; without other people

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PART TWO THOUGHTS

Hang around the track and the stable, the stadium and the rink. Observe closely. Interview in depth. Listen to old-timers. Ponder the changes. Write well.比赛

亲近观察，深入采访、倾听、思考，才能写出好的文章。

作者在文章说些体育的文章最独特在于humanity，说人话。

钱在美国体育届也同样黑暗。运动员赢得一场高尔夫可以赚多少钱。巨额的钱同样带来很多情感上的麻烦。足球和篮球的工资高的让人生气。我想起国足，恒大的球员一球可获得几百万加一套房子，不断砸钱进去希望这些球员能像以前一样进世界杯，因此花了巨额请来银狐里皮，还有很多外援，在中国踢足球一年够他们以前好多年的工资。然而国足真大幅提高水平了么？