Vocabulary:
1.This is a chapter of scraps废料 and morsels碎屑—small admonitions告诫,劝告 on many points that I have collected under one, as they say, umbrella总括.
2.Many verbs also carry in their imagery or in their sound a suggestion of what they mean: glitter, dazzle, twirl, beguile, scatter, swagger, poke, pamper, vex.
glitter: 1. to shine brightly with flashing points of light (ex. The river glittered in the sunlight.)
2. His blue eyes glittered with anger.
dazzle: 1. if a very bright light dazzles you, it stops you form seeing properly for a short time
2. to make someone fell strong admiration
twirl: to turn around and around or make sth do this 卷曲,快速旋转
beguile: 1.使陶醉 She was beguiled by his smooth talk.
2.哄骗 beguile sb into doing sth
pamper:悉心照料 pamper yourself
3.The second is necessarily longer and it has an insipid无生气的,平淡的 quality
Reflection:
1. Use precise verbs, adverbs and adjectives that do necessary work.
的确,我的写作老师也曾强调动词用好会让文章上一个档次,而不是通篇have, make 0.0
2. 如开篇所说,这章的确是一个umbrella, 作者总结了很多实用写作小技巧。