Words
1.advent
Before the advent of computers it wasn't needed; now it is.
the advent of something the time when something first begins to be widely used（重大事件、發(fā)明或情況的）出現(xiàn)，問世，到來
SYN coming:
例： The leap forward in communication made possible by the advent of the mobile phone.
手機的問世帶來了通訊業(yè)的迅猛發(fā)展
仿：The advent of the computer totally changed our way of life.
2. drain
An unwieldy writing task is a drain on your enthusiasm.
a drain on something something that continuously uses a lot of time, money etc:
例The war was an enormous drain on the country’s resources.
以前學(xué)過的 brain drain 人才流失
3. ebb
When your zest begins to ebb, the reader is the first person to know it.
(also ebb away) to gradually decrease:
例：Linda’s enthusiasm began to ebb away
本意潮落的意思，讓我想起了Peak里學(xué)到的單詞wane表示興趣減少
4.relax
Because it was asked by the poultry industry to relax the conditions under which the ingredients might also include chicken.
to make a rule or law less strict
relax rules/regulations/controls
例：Two weeks after the police relaxed security at the airports, there was a bomb attack.警方放松了對機場采取的安全措施兩周后就發(fā)生了一起炸彈襲擊事件。
5.moral
One moral of this story is that you should always collect more material than you will use.
■The moral of a story, event or experience is the message which you understand from it about how you should or should not behave 道德教訓(xùn)；寓意
?And the moral of/to the story is that honesty is always the best policy.這個故事的寓意是：誠實總是上策。
6.landscape
Our daily landscape is thick with absurd messages and portents.
the political/social landscape the general situation in which a particular activity takes place:情況，情形
例：Recent electoral shocks have shaken the European political landscape.
Summary
In Part 1, the author introduces us the principles of writing. The first principle is about simplicity, which means that a good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. The second one is about one's own writing style.? In fact, your style is to write what you want to say, be confident and? be yourself.
In part 2 , the author begins to tell us details about how to write. Firstly, he talks about the unity, the anchor of good writing. Before you write, you should think clearly, and you'd be better? think small, to decide what single point you want to leave in? the readers mind. Meanwhile the unity should? maintain consistency with pronoun, tense and mood.
Now you begin to write, remember the lead and the end is both important. A good lead can capture the audience immediately. Next the lead must provide hard details. Take special care with the last sentence－it's the springboard of the next paragraph.? At last to end a writing at exactly the right time but also with surprise, you can encapsulate the idea or use a quotation.
Reflections
今天做總結(jié)的時候讓我感覺到自己跳出了每天的章節(jié)內(nèi)容，能從總整體俯瞰這周的內(nèi)容。其實第一章就是在說什么樣的文章是好文章，作者強調(diào)要簡潔清晰的稱述自己的所想。李笑來在《把時間當做朋友》這本書里就說過寫作能力中最基本的一種就是寫出簡潔、有效、準確、樸素、具體的說明性和說理性的文章。第一次看到這段話時我才知道原來寫作不僅僅時我們上學(xué)時候讀過的文學(xué)作品，寫作最開始出現(xiàn)的功能其實就是紀錄，用最簡潔最有效的方式表達。
這本書里的生詞真的是很多，看的時候都是深呼吸鼓勵自己讀下去。讓我想到去年9月群里讀的毛姆的兩本英文原版，一開始也是不知所云，不過堅持下去依然有收獲。就像Eric常說的，不要期望與記住一本書所有的東西，能學(xué)到一點或者記住一點就很不錯了。
這周我最大的收獲就是開始意識到并開始思考什么樣是好的寫作，我自己能否運用。驚喜的是昨天在寫人類簡史全書的復(fù)盤時我居然開始思考怎樣的開頭會吸引讀者，我是這么寫的：“看這本書的時候，我總在思考一個問題：人類真的進化了嗎？“這么寫是因為我在看書的過程中確實是在思考這個問題，另外也是被本周看的內(nèi)容所影響，如果我自己是讀者，我會被這個問題吸引啊。
