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铁姑 (少发骚,多看书。)
得体的文章最忌冗长;长则本来得体也变为不得体了。B.L. Taylor说:世上闷人真多,你问他好,他真的一五一十告诉你他好不好(“A bore is a man who when you ask him how he is, tells you”)。文章一闷,当然就不会得体矣!千万不可相信喋喋不休的高谈之士说「总而言之」;那不是结束语,是重新开讲(“Beware of the conversationalist who adds 'in conclusion'. He is merely starting afresh”),Robert Morley说的。 .. (更多)2012-04-05 13:09:16 回应
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铁姑 (少发骚,多看书。)
“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a manchine should have no unnecessary parts.This requires not that the writer make all of his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subject only in outline, but that every word tell.”我试译... (更多)2012-04-05 12:58:58 回应
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铁姑 (少发骚,多看书。)
We are going now to the British Museum to read--a fearful way of getting knowledge.If I had Aladdin's lamp I should certainly use it to get books served up to me at a moment's notice。 Christina Foyle坐计程车,司机跟她聊天,突然说:人老了不机灵有什么用(What is the good of getting old,if u don't get artful.)。“机灵”毕竟是艺术的灵魂;笨笨的有什么看头,不如杀掉它。 (更多)2012-04-05 12:53:59 回应

