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1、Unit10TheTransactionWilliamZinsser1AbouttenyearsagoaschoolinConnecticutheld“adaydevotedtothearts,”andIwasaskedifIwouldcomeandtalkaboutwritingasavocation.WhenIarrivedIfoundthatasecondspeakerhadbeeninvited—Dr.Brock(asI’llcallhim),asurgeonwhohadrecentlyb
2、eguntowriteandhadsoldsomestoriestonationalmagazines.Hewasgoingtotalkaboutwritingasanavocation.Thatmadeusapanel,andwesatdowntofaceacrowdofstudentnewspapereditors,Englishteachersandparents,alleagertolearnthesecretsofourglamorouswork.2Dr.Brockwasdressedi
3、nabrightredjacket,lookingvaguelybohemian,asauthorsaresupposedtolook,andthefirstquestionwenttohim.Whatwasitliketobeawriter?3Hesaiditwastremendousfun.Cominghomefromanarduousdayatthehospital,hewouldgostraighttohisyellowpadandwritehistensionsaway.Thewords
4、justflowed.Itwaseasy.4Ithensaidthatwritingwasn’teasyanditwasn’tfun.Itwashardandlonely,andthewordsseldomjustflowed.5NextDr.Brockwasaskedifitwasimportanttorewrite.“Absolutelynot,”hesaid.“Letitallhangout,andwhateverformthesentencestakewillreflectthewrite
5、rathismostnatural.”6Ithensaidthatrewritingistheessenceofwriting.Ipointedoutthatprofessionalwritersrewritetheirsentencesrepeatedlyandthenrewritewhattheyhaverewritten.ImentionedthatE.B.WhiteandJamesThurberrewrotetheirpieceseightorninetimes.7“Whatdoyoudo
6、ondayswhenitisn’tgoingwell?”Dr.Brockwasasked.Hesaidhejuststoppedwritingandputtheworkasideforadaywhenitwouldgobetter.8Ithensaidthattheprofessionalwritermustestablishadailyscheduleandsticktoit.Isaidthatwritingisacraft,notanart,andthatthemanwhorunsawayfr
7、omhiscraftbecausehelacksinspirationisfoolinghimself.Heisalsogoingbroke.9“Whatifyou’refeelingdepressedorunhappy?”astudentasked.“Won’tthataffectyourwriting?”10Probablyitwill,Dr.Brockreplied.Gofishing.Takeawalk.11Probablyitwon’t,Isaid.Ifyourjobistowritee
8、veryday,youlearntodoitlikeanyotherjob.12Astudentaskedifwefounditusefultocirculateintheliteraryworld.Dr.Brocksaidthathewasgreatlyenjoyinghisnewlifeasamanofletters,andhetoldseveralstoriesofbeingtakentolunchbyhispublisherandhisagentatchicManhatta
