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1、Unit10TheTransactionWilliamZinsser1AbouttenyearsagoaschoolinConnecticutheld“adaydevotedtothearts,”andIwasaskedifIwouldcomeandtalkaboutwritingasavocation.WhenIarrivedIfoundthatasecondspeakerhadbeeninvited—Dr.Brock(asI’llcallhim),asurgeonwhohadrecentlybeguntowriteandhadsoldsomestoriestonationalmaga
2、zines.Hewasgoingtotalkaboutwritingasanavocation.Thatmadeusapanel,andwesatdowntofaceacrowdofstudentnewspapereditors,Englishteachersandparents,alleagertolearnthesecretsofourglamorouswork.2Dr.Brockwasdressedinabrightredjacket,lookingvaguelybohemian,asauthorsaresupposedtolook,andthefirstquestionwentt
3、ohim.Whatwasitliketobeawriter?3Hesaiditwastremendousfun.Cominghomefromanarduousdayatthehospital,hewouldgostraighttohisyellowpadandwritehistensionsaway.Thewordsjustflowed.Itwaseasy.4Ithensaidthatwritingwasn’teasyanditwasn’tfun.Itwashardandlonely,andthewordsseldomjustflowed.5NextDr.Brockwasaskedifi
4、twasimportanttorewrite.“Absolutelynot,”hesaid.“Letitallhangout,andwhateverformthesentencestakewillreflectthewriterathismostnatural.”6Ithensaidthatrewritingistheessenceofwriting.Ipointedoutthatprofessionalwritersrewritetheirsentencesrepeatedlyandthenrewritewhattheyhaverewritten.ImentionedthatE.B.W
5、hiteandJamesThurberrewrotetheirpieceseightorninetimes.7“Whatdoyoudoondayswhenitisn’tgoingwell?”Dr.Brockwasasked.Hesaidhejuststoppedwritingandputtheworkasideforadaywhenitwouldgobetter.8Ithensaidthattheprofessionalwritermustestablishadailyscheduleandsticktoit.Isaidthatwritingisacraft,notanart,andth
6、atthemanwhorunsawayfromhiscraftbecausehelacksinspirationisfoolinghimself.Heisalsogoingbroke.9“Whatifyou’refeelingdepressedorunhappy?”astudentasked.“Won’tthataffectyourwriting?”10Probablyitwill,Dr.Brockreplied.Gofishing.Takeawalk.11Probablyitwon’t,Isaid.Ifyourjobistowriteeveryday,youlearntodoitlik
7、eanyotherjob.12Astudentaskedifwefounditusefultocirculateintheliteraryworld.Dr.Brocksaidthathewasgreatlyenjoyinghisnewlifeasamanofletters,andhetoldseveralstoriesofbeingtakentolunchbyhispublisherandhisagentatchicManhatta
