读书笔记《不够知己》之老舍

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contemporary Chinese literature 当代中国文学

nom de plume 笔名

maiden effort 处女作（扩展：a maiden flight 首航）

going strong in sales 旺销

comparatively satisfactory 比较满意

as he puts it 据他说

to some extent 在某种程度上

the innocence of one's childhood 童年的天真

MunicipalMiddle School 市立中学

some time ago 前不久

autobiographical 自传性的

the topic he was requested to speak on 请他讲的题目

intimate portrait 亲切写真

self-portrait 自画像

when I was a child 我小时候

record in Chinese 语文成绩

normal school 师范学校

secondary education 中等教育

government examination for the graduating classes 国家统一毕业考试

botany植物学

not a good mixer 不善交际

scorn 轻蔑

sarcastic 讽刺的，讥讽的

coming to his experience in writing接下去他谈到他的写作经验

crack jokes 说笑话

inborn and not acquired 与生俱有，而不是后天获得的

Half of the merit 一半的功劳

fluent tongue 流畅的语言

sb. is certainly right 某人说的十分正确

最后一段：

"At 27, I went to England, which changed my ideas radically. Had I remained in China, I would never have thought of taking fiction writing seriously..." But to England he went and young China ought to feel grateful about it.

“27岁，我到了英国，我的思想发生了极大的改变。如果留在国内，我永远也不会想到要认真对待小说写作......”但是，他到了英国，年轻的中国应该感谢他能有此行。