Vocabulary:
1.The dismal忧郁的,沮丧的 truth is that it’s very hard.
It was a dismal failure.
2. It makes you ache for渴望 the sight of a rebellious curve or the irregular, dappled有斑点的 colour of a field where a careless farmer has allowed corn and soybeans to cohabit.
3.it had been decreed(命运)注定,裁定判决
I hope this unlucky case could urge government to decree certain law to protect children's right.
Reflection:
Choose your words with unusual care.
As for substance, be intensely selective.
两个原则,关于style和substance,而style又照应前面章节的style,substance则提到要select,要distill,写作不是记流水账,凡事面面俱到,只需要展现最合适的即可。