Nov.1st-the first reading note in Nov

PART 1 Vocabulary

1.bear

Also bear in mind，when you're choosing words anf stringing them together，how they sound.This may seem absurd：readers read with their eye.

bear in mind 表示“铭记于心”

bear 有“铭记”的意思

想起一个bear的一词多义

interest-bearing account 利息收益账户

bear=bring in

可以理解为“收入”

be a bear for 对…非常感兴趣；对…有热情

2.curry （sb's）favor

Mencken was never timid or evasive；he didn't kowtow to the reader or curry anyone's favor.

curry （sb's）favor=seek favor by fawning or flattery

e.g.：This employee is currying favor with his superordinates

3. self-righteous

It may seen a miracle that Mencken could get away with such heresies in the 1920s,when hero worship was an American religion and the self-righteous wrath of the Bible Belt oozed from coast to coast.

self-righteous person thinks they can do no wrong, and goes about with a "holier-than-thou" attitude, judging and scrutinizing everyone else.

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PART 2 Note

I 'm talking about two different issues.One is craft,the other is attitude.The first is a question of mastering a precise skill.The second is a question of how you use that skill to express your personality.

Think of the other as a creative act:the expressing of who you are.Relax and say what you want to say.And since style is who you are,you only need to be ture to yourself to find it gradually emerging from under the accumulated clutter and debris,growing more distinctive every day.

培养一个技能，最好的办法是先熟悉它再熟练运用。今天的两章节，我真正读到的是—用写作服务自己，表达自己，而后再去考虑语言运用的艺术，不断修改和完善，这才是真正的写作。真正要做到这一点，应该先学会放空自己的灵魂，再在脑海里简单勾勒一个框架，整理出自己想要表达的东西，将其文字化。写作能力绝对不是一天养成的，争取每天都有所不一样。我也希望自己每天都能有所不同，通过练习，我正一步一步整理出自己的写作思路，从而形成自己的行文风格，刚好这里就链接回昨天的章节Style了。

Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what was written by earlier masters.Writing is learned by imitation.

Also bear in mind，when you are choosing words and stringing them together，how they sound.This may seem absurd：readers read with their eyes.But in fact they hear what they arr reading far more than you realize.Therefore such matters as rhythm and alliteration are vital to every sentence.