Chapter 17: Sports

1 總結(jié)

行話用的太多就沒有新鮮感了，容易給外行人倦怠感（weariness）。

對同一位運(yùn)動員用過多的同義詞，反而讓讀者分不清誰是誰。用最容易喚起讀者畫面感的詞就可以了，因?yàn)樽x者往往更關(guān)注比賽結(jié)果。

數(shù)字用的太多，很容易讓讀者摸不著頭腦。只撿最重要的說就行了。

運(yùn)動員也是普通人，要將運(yùn)動員和大眾產(chǎn)生的聯(lián)系（human bond）寫出來。

體育涉及很多社會問題，這也是體育類文章的著筆之處。

體育記者要報(bào)道事實(shí)，不要加入過多的臆測。（codes of honor）（一級方程式賽車手的例子看的人很激動）

最優(yōu)秀的體育作家是將體育和社會歷史結(jié)合的作家。

2 摘抄

1. Those are the values to look for when you write about sport: people and places, time and transition.

體育寫作要體現(xiàn)的價值：人和地點(diǎn)，時間和轉(zhuǎn)變。

2. Hang around the track and the stable, the stadium and the rink. Observe closely. Interview in depth. Listen to old-timers. Ponder the changes. Write well.

Zinsser關(guān)于寫好體育寫作的建議：去現(xiàn)場仔細(xì)觀察（place），進(jìn)行深度采訪（people）。聽過來人的講述（time），思考變化（transition）。最后好好寫。

3 Thoughts

Honest portraiture is only one of many new realities in what used to be a fairy-tale world.

因?yàn)闆]怎么看過體育文章，就不評論體育相關(guān)了。在充滿過度解讀、自說自話的現(xiàn)在，事實(shí)成為了最稀缺的資源。比如最近的江歌遇害案，由于真相撲朔迷離，劉鑫一方可以打苦情牌。微博上經(jīng)常上熱搜的名人八卦，所謂的社會熱點(diǎn)，真實(shí)的成分能有多少？而網(wǎng)友可以選擇隨意站隊(duì)，不管真相如何，只選擇自己最愿意相信的部分。長此以往，我們會失去判斷真假，深入思考的能力。這是快時代、科技時代的通病。我認(rèn)為作者說的深入考察是一個很好的解決辦法。關(guān)注熱點(diǎn)，不要只去看爆點(diǎn)是什么，要去看起因，發(fā)展的過程，并思考成因背后的邏輯。人物和地點(diǎn)，時間和轉(zhuǎn)變，似乎也是個通用的法則。

4 Word(s)

1. settle for 勉強(qiáng)接受，將就

They please us because the writer cared about using fresh imagery in a journalistic form where his competitors settled for the same old stuff.

【義】to content oneself with : be content with

【句】They want $2500 for it, but they might settle for $2000. 他們想賣 2500 美元，但 2000 美元他們可能也會接受。

Since you have no spirit, I have to settle for beer. 既然你沒有烈性酒，我就喝點(diǎn)啤酒吧。

2. with a heavy hand 壓制地，專制地；苛刻地,嚴(yán)厲地

The first and toughest of the [baseball] overlords was Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who came to power in 1920 and ruled with a heavy hand until his death in 1944.

【義】If you say that someone such as the ruler of a country treats people with a heavy hand, you are criticizing them because they are very strict and severe with them. [DISAPPROVAL]

【句】The law will punish offenders with a heavy hand.

體育記者：推薦Red Smith (His style was not only graceful; it was strong enough to carry strong convictions.)