My understanding of this chapter
The author discussed how to write a place by three parts: First, write the specific characteristics; second, focus on the style, which embodied in words, temperament and anchorage; third, write about human activity in that place.
讀完這一章,我自己會回想曾經旅游過的地方,我印象最深的地方是哪里?如果要表寫,我會怎么來寫呢?我想到在拉薩的一些畫面,如今印象最深刻的不是壯麗的布達拉宮,而是面館里一個一向認生的小女baby主動投向我的懷抱;還有洱海吧,不是因電影而出名的那個拍照地點,而是自己一個人騎著電動車3個小時內往返“小普陀”的過程,37公里/小時的速度,恐怕是目前最快的記錄了。
Vocabulary
genius-tinkerers
genius noun.
解釋:very great and rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art, or a person who has this:
例子:Einstein was a (mathematical) genius.
容易和這個genius混淆的詞語
genuine?
解釋1:If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears to be:?
例子1:If it is a genuine Michelangelo drawing, it will sell for millions
解釋2:If people or emotions are genuine, they are honest and sincere:?
例子2:He's a very genuine person.
tinker?是verb?不是?noun
解釋:to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it:?He spends every weekend tinkering (around) with his car.
所以genius-tinkerer應該是天才修理師的意思吧