1.words and expressions

prime?

It announces total contrast with what has gone before, and the reader is thereby primed for the change.

prepare?sb?使某人做好準備,?to?prepare?someone?for?a?situation?so?that?they?know?what?to?do

??使準備好〔應付某個情況〕:

?prime?sb?with?sth

?Did?you?prime?her?with?what?to?say? ?你事先提醒她要說些什么了嗎？

?prime?sb?for?sth

?He?had?a?shower?and?primed?himself?for?action. ?他沖了個淋浴準備行動。

?prime?sb?to?do?sth

?He?had?been?primed?to?say?nothing?about?it. ?有人事先關照過他叫他什么也別說。

sap

A style that consists of passive constructions will sap the reader's energy

noun ?1.?[U]?the?liquid?in?a?plant?or?tree?that?carries?food?to?all?its?parts

(植物體內運送養分的)液,汁:

2.?[C]?(informal,?especially?NAmE)?a?stupid?person?that?you?can?easily?trick,?or?treat?unfairly

笨蛋；易上當的人 ?

verb ? ? ~?sth?|?~?sb?(of?sth)?to?make?sth?/?sb?weaker;?to?destroy?sth?gradually使虛弱；削弱；逐漸破壞:

The?hot?sun?sapped?our?energy. 火辣辣的太陽烤得我們虛軟無力。

Years?of?failure?have?sapped?him?of?his?confidence.連年失敗使他逐漸喪失了自信。

3.get around doing sth

Use active verbs unless there is no comfortable way to get around using a passive word

[PHRASAL?VERB?短語動詞]?規避，避開法律或規章；If?you?get?around?a?rule?or?law,?you?find?a?way?of?doing?something?that?the?rule?or?law?is?intended?to?prevent,?without?actually?breaking?it.?[V?P?n]

Although?tobacco?ads?are?prohibited,?companies?get?around?the?ban?by?sponsoring?music?shows.

雖然嚴禁為煙草做廣告，但一些煙草公司卻通過贊助音樂會來打擦邊球

2.thoughts

文章中最印象深刻的是標點符號，有幸高中遇到一位好老師，講究標點細節，所以現在我對標點相關內容總想好好學一下

句號：短句多，控制句子長短

感嘆號：一般情況下不用，除非有相應目的。

分號：謹慎使用，推薦使用句號或破折號

破折號：推進故事 起突出作用

冒號：說話不可說得太快，得有短暫停頓