Words&Expressions
1.sprout
New varieties sprout overnight, and by noon they are part of American speech.(p12)
explanation: to appear suddenly in large numbers.
e.g. Office blocks are sprouting up everywhere.
2.summon
As for the personal physician, that's the man or woman summoned to the dressing room if a stricken actress so she won't have to be treated by the impersonal physician assigned to the theater.(p13)
explanation: to order someone to come to a place
e.g.He was summoned to attend an emergency meeting.
3.go belly up
Companies that go belly-up have a "negative cash-flow position." (P14)
explantion: (informal) if a business or company goes belly up, it stops operating because it cannot pay its debts. 破产
4.harbor
As for any worries that the public might harbor...(p14)
explanation: to keep bad thoughts, fears, or hopes in your mind for a long time
e.g. I think he's harbouring some sort of grudge against me.
5.grapple with
...before they have grappled with the discipline of assessing a work on its merits and on external sources.(p21)..
explanation: to try hard to deal with or understand something difficult; to fight or struggle with someone, holding them tightly
e.g. The government has to grapple with the problem of unemployment.
6.go out on a limb
Americans are unwilling to go out on a limb.(p22)
explanation: take a risk
e.g. He'd gone out on a limb to help us.
Thoughts
Sell yourself, and your subject will exert its own appeal.
我们写作文应该勇于展现自我，表达自我，而不能缩手缩脚，写作就是一个跟读者交流的过程，要让读者看到自己真实的想法，而不是为了迎合读者却违背自己的心声。