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1、Unit10TheTransactionWilliamZinsser1AbouttenyearsagoaschoolinConnecticutheld“adaydevotedtothearts,”andIwasaskedifIwouldcomeandtalkaboutwritingasavocation.WhenIarrivedIfoundthatasecondspeakerhadbeeninvited—Dr.Brock(asI’llcallhim),asurgeonwhohadrecentlybeguntowriteandhads
2、oldsomestoriestonationalmagazines.Hewasgoingtotalkaboutwritingasanavocation.Thatmadeusapanel,andwesatdowntofaceacrowdofstudentnewspapereditors,Englishteachersandparents,alleagertolearnthesecretsofourglamorouswork.2Dr.Brockwasdressedinabrightredjacket,lookingvaguelybohe
3、mian,asauthorsaresupposedtolook,andthefirstquestionwenttohim.Whatwasitliketobeawriter?3Hesaiditwastremendousfun.Cominghomefromanarduousdayatthehospital,hewouldgostraighttohisyellowpadandwritehistensionsaway.Thewordsjustflowed.Itwaseasy.4Ithensaidthatwritingwasn’teasyan
4、ditwasn’tfun.Itwashardandlonely,andthewordsseldomjustflowed.5NextDr.Brockwasaskedifitwasimportanttorewrite.“Absolutelynot,”hesaid.“Letitallhangout,andwhateverformthesentencestakewillreflectthewriterathismostnatural.”6Ithensaidthatrewritingistheessenceofwriting.Ipointed
5、outthatprofessionalwritersrewritetheirsentencesrepeatedlyandthenrewritewhattheyhaverewritten.ImentionedthatE.B.WhiteandJamesThurberrewrotetheirpieceseightorninetimes.7“Whatdoyoudoondayswhenitisn’tgoingwell?”Dr.Brockwasasked.Hesaidhejuststoppedwritingandputtheworkasidef
6、oradaywhenitwouldgobetter.8Ithensaidthattheprofessionalwritermustestablishadailyscheduleandsticktoit.Isaidthatwritingisacraft,notanart,andthatthemanwhorunsawayfromhiscraftbecausehelacksinspirationisfoolinghimself.Heisalsogoingbroke.9“Whatifyou’refeelingdepressedorunhap
7、py?”astudentasked.“Won’tthataffectyourwriting?”10Probablyitwill,Dr.Brockreplied.Gofishing.Takeawalk.11Probablyitwon’t,Isaid.Ifyourjobistowriteeveryday,youlearntodoitlikeanyotherjob.12Astudentaskedifwefounditusefultocirculateintheliteraryworld.Dr.Brocksaidthathewasgreat
8、lyenjoyinghisnewlifeasamanofletters,andhetoldseveralstoriesofbeingtakentolunchbyhispublisherandhisagentatchicManhatta
