1.failing adj.失败的，衰落的
faling health/memories/businesses
e.g.His failing health can be explained by his unhealthy lifestyle.
2.Energies 复数是精力
My failing energies 精力不足
3.refrain from 不去做
e.g.Please refrain from smoking in the bullet train.
4.刊物 Magazine
5.短的篇章Shorter pieces of writing.
6.【句型】be +主语+名词 无论是什么
e.g.be they fiction ,prose or Other forms of litterature
7.非倾吐不可With an irresistible inner urge to unbosom oneself.
e.g.A true friend is one who you can unbosom yourself to.
8.write simply for the sake of writing. 只是为写作而写作
For the sake of 为...起见
e.g. You're fighting for the sake of your future.
e.g.Never do wrong for the sake of money.
9.humor v.迎合，顺应,应付
e.g.He went to the blind date in order to humor his parents.
10.多拿稿费 earn more remuneration
11.come upon(回忆)向你袭来
e.g. When the memories about my grandfather aroused by this picture came upon me, I couldn't refrain from crying.
12.prick v.刺 n.刺痛
e.g.After venting his spleen (怒气)on his mother, he felt the pricks of conscience.
e.g. A pin pricking my heart.
13. succinct adj. 简练的
e.g. The core of translation is to use the most succinct language to describe the meaning.
