Words and expressions
1. I liked the insouciance that presented on the same page two features so different in gravity.?
insouciance: a cheerful feeling of not caring or worrying about anything
仿寫: He replied with characteristic insouciance: "So what?"
2. He said, “It takes audacity and exuberance and gaiety,and the most important one is audacity.
audacity: the quality of having enough courage to take risks or say impolite things
仿寫: I can’t believe he had the audacity to ask me for more money!
3. I need to feel a certain rapport with the person I’ll be writing about.
rapport: friendly agreement and understanding between people
仿寫: He built up a good rapport with the children.
4. He was a? taciturn man, the son of Swedish immigrants,not given to amplitude.
taciturn: speaking very little, so that you seem unfriendly
仿寫: My taciturn brother had become even more silent, as if he himself had turned into stone.
Reflection
今天這一章是Enjoyment, Fear and Confident
關于如何克服恐懼,作者提到To write about subjects that interest you and that you care about; Sincerity; To think broadly about your assignment.
在自信方面,作者說到One way to generate? confidence is to write about subjects that interest youand that you care about. 寫一些自己感興趣的話題,把自己寫開心了,讀者也能從中獲得開心,若是自己不熟悉的話題,盡量拓展思維,看看主題能不能聯系自己的經歷,從而寫成自己的東西。