1. Words
annotate /??n???te?t/ (annotating,annotated,annotates)
If you annotate written work or a diagram, you add notes to it, especially in order to explain it. 為…做注釋
仿寫:
Historians annotate the diary
genesis /?d??n?s?s/
The genesis of something is its beginning, birth, or creation. (事物的)開端; 誕生; 創(chuàng)始
仿寫:
The project had its genesis two years earlier.
alliteration /??l?t??re???n/
Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together that all begin with the same letter or sound. 押頭韻
仿寫:
Poets have always a great use of alliteration.
offbeat /??f?bi?t/
If you describe something or someone as offbeat, you think that they are different from normal. 不尋常的; 非常規(guī)的
仿寫:
He has an offbeat imagination.
rendezvous /?r?nde??vu?/
A rendezvous is the place where you have arranged to meet someone, often secretly. 會面地點
仿寫:
Their rendezvous would be the Plaza Hotel.
2. Reflection
Learning how to organize a long article is just as important as learning how to write a clear and pleasing sentence.
作者講述怎樣從小段落逐漸地形成大文章。開頭一定要吸引住讀者,然后再逐漸展開,添枝加葉,讓讀者一直饒有興趣地讀下去。
作者以自己的一篇游記為例,闡述寫文章怎樣環(huán)環(huán)相扣,吸引讀者?
在開頭的第一段,作者指出這個地方的神奇和與眾不同之處;第二段承上啟下,引出關于這個地方的一些傳說;第三段介紹此處的歷史背景和名氣;第四段才交代去這個地方的起因;第五段借用宣傳手冊的話渲染這個地方的獨有魅力;第六段介紹此行的成員。
文中作者用詞仔細推敲,讀著既朗朗上口,又有新意,有時為寫好一句話,作者要花費一個小時斟酌,我想這就是所謂的“語不驚人死不休”吧。
開頭寫完后,接下來相對輕松,作者用講故事的方式娓娓道來。在材料多的情況下,要有所取舍,不能偏離主題;可以適當用幽默的方式自嘲一下,讓讀者感到輕松;每個標點符號使用都別有用意;結尾和最初設想的有所不同,但所謂“信筆所至,皆成文章”,不要一味地苛求結尾必須和原來想法一致。
讀到這里,我想起自己也曾去過類似的地方,蘇丹的紅海州,一片沙漠,車輛行駛一兩個小時都不見盡頭,偶爾能看到遠處成群的駱駝和趕駱駝的人。遺憾的是我們沒有停車下來好好看看,只在車上拍幾張照片就早走了,到是白去了一趟。