1. Words
annotate /ˈænəʊˌteɪt/ (annotating,annotated,annotates)
If you annotate written work or a diagram, you add notes to it, especially in order to explain it. 为…做注释
仿写:
Historians annotate the diary
genesis /ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/
The genesis of something is its beginning, birth, or creation. (事物的)开端; 诞生; 创始
仿写:
The project had its genesis two years earlier.
alliteration /əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən/
Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together that all begin with the same letter or sound. 押头韵
仿写:
Poets have always a great use of alliteration.
offbeat /ˈɒfˌbiːt/
If you describe something or someone as offbeat, you think that they are different from normal. 不寻常的; 非常规的
仿写:
He has an offbeat imagination.
rendezvous /ˈrɒndeɪˌvuː/
A rendezvous is the place where you have arranged to meet someone, often secretly. 会面地点
仿写:
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.
作者讲述怎样从小段落逐渐地形成大文章。开头一定要吸引住读者,然后再逐渐展开,添枝加叶,让读者一直饶有兴趣地读下去。
作者以自己的一篇游记为例,阐述写文章怎样环环相扣,吸引读者?
在开头的第一段,作者指出这个地方的神奇和与众不同之处;第二段承上启下,引出关于这个地方的一些传说;第三段介绍此处的历史背景和名气;第四段才交代去这个地方的起因;第五段借用宣传手册的话渲染这个地方的独有魅力;第六段介绍此行的成员。
文中作者用词仔细推敲,读着既朗朗上口,又有新意,有时为写好一句话,作者要花费一个小时斟酌,我想这就是所谓的“语不惊人死不休”吧。
开头写完后,接下来相对轻松,作者用讲故事的方式娓娓道来。在材料多的情况下,要有所取舍,不能偏离主题;可以适当用幽默的方式自嘲一下,让读者感到轻松;每个标点符号使用都别有用意;结尾和最初设想的有所不同,但所谓“信笔所至,皆成文章”,不要一味地苛求结尾必须和原来想法一致。
读到这里,我想起自己也曾去过类似的地方,苏丹的红海州,一片沙漠,车辆行驶一两个小时都不见尽头,偶尔能看到远处成群的骆驼和赶骆驼的人。遗憾的是我们没有停车下来好好看看,只在车上拍几张照片就早走了,到是白去了一趟。