Words and expressions

1.But she had the German penchant for telling people off, and she died alone at 81, having scolded away all her? friends.

penchant: a strong liking

仿寫: A stylish woman with a penchant for dark glasses.

2. I’ve always felt deprived of knowing more about that missing grandfather.

deprived: not having the things that are necessary for a comfortable or happy life

仿寫: They are probably the most severely deprived children in the country.

3. We come from a tribe of fallible people and we have survived without resentment to get on with our lives.

fallible: able to make mistakes or be wrong

仿寫: Errors may have been made due to human fallibility.

4.Therefore I’ve never wanted anyone to tinker with it, and after I submit an article I protect it fiercely.

tinker: to make small changes to something in order to repair it or make it work better

仿寫: Congress has been tinkering with the legislation.

Reflection

Be? yourself and your readers will follow you anywhere. Try to commit an act of writing and your readers will jump overboard to get away. Your product is? you.

Writing well means believing in your writing and believing in yourself, taking risks, daring to be different, pushing yourself to excel. You will write only as well as you make yourself write.

作者在這兩章中我們的writing可以寫寫自己生活中的事兒，當(dāng)然也可以包含我們的家庭，作者反復(fù)強(qiáng)調(diào)的主題就是我們自己，寫作的動力來源于自己，寫作的內(nèi)容從本身出發(fā)，be yourself.