On writing well--Chapter1&2

Word&Expression

1. circulate in the literary world

inv.to talk to a lot of different people in a group, especially at a party

eg. He circulated among several famous people in the party so that everyone thought he is one with grear abolity.

other meanings: inv./v. to move around within a system, or to make something do this: 
  inv. if information, facts, ideas etc circulate, they become known by many people: 
  v. to send goods, information etc to people: 

2. he described with gusto the joy of weaving the m through his work.

  if you do something with gusto, you do it with a lot of eagerness and energy: 
  eg. He draw a blueprint of his future with gusto as if he will achieve it tomorrow.

3. this is the personal transation

[countable] a business deal or action, such as buying or selling something: 
[uncountable] the process of doing business: 
eg. Transactions take place everyday,  which lead to progress for people and socirty.

此处有疑惑，transaction除了交易外，是不是有另外一种理解？

4.  understand clotted language of everyday Amercan commerce

  inv./v if a liquid such as blood or milk clots, or if something clots it, it becomes thicker and more solid (clotted cream)
  n. a thick almost solid mass formed when blood or milk dries

eg. Reading a clotted essay on the newpaper and having a clotted breakefast, he feels like there is  a clotted blood in his heart.

5. such as this blackout order of 1942

a situation in which particular pieces of news or information are not allowed to be reported

eg. As the crisis worsened, the authorities imposed a news blackout.

other meanings: 1. a period of darkness caused by a failure of the electricity supply SYN power cut
  2. a period during a war when all the lights in a town or city must be turned off
  3. if someone has a blackout, they suddenly become unconscious

Thoughts

读大学的时候就听说这本书，当时下载在kindle上，看了一小部分，没有看完，有点遗憾。看到Eric11月跟我们一起都这本书，当时就下单买了纸质版的书，报名参加读书会，这一次一定要读完。正如Eric所说，也许并不能立即提高写作，但至少能够提高鉴赏水平。最巧的是，读第一章我就发现读书时曾做过一篇阅读理解，就是节选自这章！

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It's impossible for a muddy thinker to write good English.

先要清晰地思考，方能清晰地写作。平时一直强调要头脑清晰，但写作是往往跟书中的业余作家一样，只顾享受行云流水的快感，没顾上思考写作。结果写完后给别人看反响平平，数日后自己阅读发现描述不清楚，有的拖沓，有的交代不够。

Thinking clearly is a conscious act that writers must force on themselves, as if they were working on any other project that requires logic.

所以，如果要真正提高写作，得逼着自己思考。也许真正思考过后写出的文字不仅更清楚，还会更有力量。