Typing your own manuscript for submission is a lot like dressing to see that old lover who left you five years ago —Ira Wood In his novel,The Kitchen Man,Wood expands the simile as follows: “Ready to walk out the door you stop one last time at the mirror, just to be sure they’...
Sometimes what I read tells me what to write about. Other times the hints come from what I watch. This time it’s both. First I read a line in Richard Pryor’s autobiographyPryor Convictionswith this mighty stack of intensifying negatives: ...
如: While I am willing to help , I do not have much time available. 尽管我愿意帮忙,但是我没有很多时间。 While he likes the big house very much , he can' t afford it. 虽然他很喜欢那所大房子,但他买不起。 [题组训练 2] 用 although, though, as 或 while 填空 (1) ___...
he met a person named ___and Haydn was___ by the man.Later they were friends.Mozart had ___from a very early age.So,he composed ___au his life,though his lifetime was only___ years.Also,there was a man by whom Mozart was___ very much.He was___,who showed great_...
Janus:An ancient Italian deity, guardian of doorways and gates and protector of the state in time of war. He is usually represented with two faces, so that he looks both forward and backward. <Special Usage> two-faced; hypocritical; two-sided.“In profile, the two sides of her face coul...
For 300 years after theNorman Conquestin 1066, the kings of England spoke onlyFrench. During this time, a large number of French words were assimilated into Old English, which also lost most of its inflections. The resulting language is known asMiddle English. The most famous surviving work ...
When you're writing a book, it's tempting to just dive in. But you'll save yourself time and write a better book if you write a premise before you start.
He was known for making movies that offered sharp social comment.Wilder was one of the first directors to do this.Between the middle 1930s and the 1980s, Billy Wilder made almost fifty movies.During that time he received more than twenty nominations (提名) from the Academy of Motio...
It takes time, effort, willpower – you have to be organised, motivated, determined. The rewards in writing are distant, many months or years away. Writing doesn’t give you the dopamine high of instant gratification in the way online gaming does. Many writers find writing painful – and ...
When you're writing a book, it's tempting to just dive in. But you'll save yourself time and write a better book if you write a premise before you start.