2017-10-30 On Writing Well C1&2

vocabulary

1. shoddily

①unfair and dishonest

②made or done cheaply or carelessly

adj. 劣质的，粗制滥造的 | 不正当的，卑鄙的

例句: These products are shoddily produced

原文:            Perhaps a sentence has been so shoddily constructed that the reader could read it in several ways.

2. tenacious

determined to do something and unwilling to stop trying even when the situation becomes difficult

adj. 坚持的；坚韧不拔的；顽强的 | 经久不变的，牢固的

例句：He is regarded as a tenacious and persistent interviewer.

原文：Faced with such obstacles, readers are at first tenacious.

3. elusive

difficult to describe or understand

adj. 〔人或动物〕难找的，不常见到的 | 困难的，难实现的 | 难以表述的；难懂的

例句：For me, the poem has an elusive quality.

原文：Who is this elusive creature, the reader?

4. strip

to remove something that is covering the surface of something else v.剥去，除去

例句: Strip the beds and wash the sheets.

原文：But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.

reflection

Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s because it is hard.

作为新成员，今天下定决心加入了这个群体，希望用这种激励方式push自己每天认真按时完成阅读。一直以来 writing is hard for me.希望自己阅读On Writing Well这本书并且能够在之后写作中不断的进行rewrite，形成clear sentences. Maybe writing is not so hard after rewriting over and over again.