Day2 On Writing Well C3&4

Words and Expressions

1. Consider what President Nixon’s aide accomplished in just one day of testimony on television during the Watergate hearings.

testimony: a solemn statement made under oath

仿写: The testimony of the headmaster on the playground inspireed all the students to achieve their goals.

2. he blunts the painful edge of truth.

blunt: to make a feeling less strong

仿写: His soothing words blunted my sorrow.

3. Look for the clutter in your writing

and prune it ruthlessly.

ruthlessly adv. 无情地；残忍地；冷酷地

仿写：Works of art and valuable records were ruthlessly destroyed.

4. If your verbs are    weak and your syntax is rickety, your sentences will fall apart.

rickety: lacking physical strength or vitality 不稳固的；不结实的

仿写：Your  conclusion will be rickety if you have not enough evidence.

Reflection

在写作中，用词的简洁干净尤其重要，但在第三章Clutter中提到了的一些词如assistance” , “numerous”, “facilitate” , “individual”, “remainder”, “initial” , “implement” , “sufficient” , “attempt”等这样的词很复杂吗？对于这点不是特别明白，选词上究竟如何才能是真的简洁，以上的词我也经常都会用在自己的写作中，以为它们算是常规普遍的词，看完这一章真的都在怀疑自己的选词了。当然也很疑惑