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Unit1天才与工匠许多人羡慕作家们的精彩小说，但却很少有人知道作家们是如何辛勤笔耕才使一篇小说问世的。

以下的短文将讨论小说的酝酿过程，以及作家是如何将这小说雕琢成一件精致完美的艺术品。

有一次，我在暮色中来到小树林边一棵鲜花盛开的小桃树前。

我久久站在那里凝视着，直到最后一道光线消逝。

我看不到那树原先的模样，看不见曾穿透果核，能崩碎你的牙齿的力量，也看不到那使它与橡树和绿草相区别的原则。

显现在我面前的，是一种深邃而神秘的魅力。

当读者读到一部杰出的小说时，他也会这样如痴如狂，欲将小说字字句句刻骨铭心，不提出任何问题。

但即使是个初学写作者也知道，除那将小说带到世上的文字之外，还有更多的构成小说生命的因素，小说的生命并不始于写作，而始于内心深处的构思。

要创作出有独创性的作品，并不要求懂得创造的功能。

多少世纪以来的艺术、哲学及科学创造都出自人们的头脑，而创造者也许从未想到去关注创造的内在过程。

然而，在我看来，对创造工作一定程度的了解，至少会使我们通过知道两个事实，增长我们处理正在出现的故事的智慧。

首先，天赋不是掌握了技艺的艺术家独有的特性，而是人脑的创造性功能。

不仅所有对技艺的掌握都含有天赋，而且每个人都具有天赋，无论他的天赋发展是何等不充分。

对技艺的掌握是天赋的显现，是经过培养的，发展了的和受过训练的天赋。

你的天赋在最原始的层面上起作用。

它的任务就是创造。

它是你的故事的创造者。

第二，将你的小说带进世界的文字是艺术家的工作，它就和一个泥瓦匠的工作一样，有意识、谨慎而实实在在。

天赋正如理解力、记忆力和想象力一样是我们的精神禀赋中的天然部分，而技艺却不是。

它必须通过实践才能学到，并要通过实践才能掌握。

如果要使在我们内心深处浮现的故事跃然纸上，光彩照人，那么，每个故事都须有感染力极强的优雅文笔。

只有健全的技艺才能使我们做到这一点。

一个故事是如何酝酿成的呢？据说，我们从一生中的前二十年，或许前五年起就开始写作。

这可能取决于个人，而写作中的很多事都取决于个人。

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1.burn the midnight oil: 开夜车hit the books: 用功读书; 准备功课do back-breaking work: 干很重的体力活work like a dog: 拼命干活; 努力工作fall down on the job: 做不好某事work one’s fingers to the bone: 非常努力地工作2.be a breeze: 易做之事（毫不费力）informal something, such as a task, that is easy to do【非正式用语】have a green thumb: 天才；有天赋（园艺技能）an extraordinary ability to make plants grow well be easy as pie: 极容易【非正式用语】capable of being accomplished or done with no difficulty have a golden touch: （在优越的条件下）做任何想做的事have two left feet: 对某事不在行（极其笨拙）have a nose for something: 探查/发现某事（物）/善于探听the ability to detect, sense, or discover as if by smell感觉能力3.down to earth: 现实的think one is God’s gift to mankind: 认为某人很了不起show off: 炫耀put someone in someone’s place: 挫某人之锐气；给下马威put on airs: 装腔作势；自以为了不起blow one’s own horn: 自吹自擂；自夸4.bury the hatchet: 和解；停战button one’s lips: 保密flow with the tide:hold one’s tongue: 保持沉默let sleeping dogs lie: 不要惹事生非mind one’s own business: 别管闲事rock the boat: 无事找事see eye to eye: 完全同意5.face up to something: 勇于正视；勇于承担point one’finger at someone: 指责某人；责怪leave someone high and dry: 做错事情时老是责怪别人shoulder the responsibility: 承担责任pass the buck: [口]推卸责任, 把为难的事推给别人the buck stops here: 【俚语】责任止于此worm out of something: 逃脱责任6.all or nothing: not allowing for qualification or compromise; either fully or not at all要么是全部，要么一点儿也不要；没有折衷的办法meet someone halfway: if you meet someone halfway, you accept some of their ideas & make concessionsgive-and-take: the practice of dealing by compromise or mutual concession; cooperationmiddle-of-the road:stick to one’s guns: hold fast to a statement, opinion, or course of action, as in The witness stuck to her guns about the exact time she was there. This expression, originally put as stand to one's guns, alluded to a gunner remaining by his post. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1800s.8.be a copycat: One that closely imitates or mimics another 模仿者, 死板地模仿或仿效他人的人; 无主见的家伙cut the apron strings: Usually used in the plural with tied to indicate complete control or dominance 围裙带, 通常以复数形式与tied连用指完全的控制或支配be a yes-man: 应声虫，随声附和的人have a mind of one’s own: 自有主张, 性格果断be on one’s own: 独处lead someone by the nose: 牵着某人的鼻子走stand on one’s own two feet: 自立9.be cool as a cucumber: 泰然自若, 极为冷静go to pieces: 破碎, 碎裂; 身体[精神]垮下来; 瓦解, 崩溃be tough/ hard as nails: 身体强壮得象铁打似的; 铁石心肠的; 严峻的hold one’s head up: 觉得受人尊重; 不再垂头丧气keep one’s chin up: 勇敢, 坚决fall apart: 土崩瓦解; 散开; 崩溃pull oneself together: 振作起来, 冷静下来11.be cool toward someone: 冷漠地对人icy stare: 冷漠的凝视give someone the cold should: 故意冷落某人turn one’s back on someone:turn one’s nose up at someone: 蔑视welcome someone with open arms13.be hard-hearted: 无情be tight-fisted: 小气be warm-hearted: 热情go to bat for someone: 援助have a heart: 心地善良have a heart of gold: 有同情心have a heart of stone: 铁石心肠14.be down in the dumps: 沮丧feel blue: 情绪低落be in seventh heaven: 欢天喜地be on top of the world: 非常愉快be on cloud nine: 极其快乐walk on air: 得意洋洋, 兴高采烈be out of sorts: be tickled pink: 高兴得要命15.be off base: 与目标相差甚远be right on target: 正好达到目标get to the heart of: 理解了最重要的事情beat around the bush: 旁敲侧击hit the nail on the head: 一针见血miss the mark: 未达到原定目标18.bite off more than one can chew: 不自量力burn oneself out: 精疲力竭spread oneself too thin: 贪多嚼不烂eat like a horse: 狼吞虎咽eyes are bigger than one’s stomach: 眼大肚子小take it easy: 从容不迫lose one’s head: 惊慌失措。

泛读教程---英语习语、谚语Unit 11) Burn the midnight oil熬夜读书，开夜车To study or work until late at night.2) Hit the books用功读书，与熬夜无关To study, especially with particular intensity3) Do back-breaking work劳累至极腰酸背痛的工作To do some physically difficult work and makes you very tired.4) Work like a dog拼命工作To work very hard.5) Fall down on the job敷衍了事，没做好工作Be incapable for a work.6) Work one’s fingers to the bone非常努力的工作To work very hard.Unit 21) Be a breeze像一缕清风一样很容易做 A thing that is easy to do.2) Have a green thumb擅长园艺To be good at gardening.3) Be easy as pie小菜一碟，小事一桩To be very easy.4) Have a golden touch点石成金，无所不能It means that you can do anything that you want to do.5) Have two left feet笨手笨脚To be very awkward in your movements, especially when you are dancing or playing a sport.6) Have a nose for something善于发现某物，有洞察力To be perspective and good at discovering.Unit 31) Down to earth脚踏实地，实事求是To do something with no illusions or pretensions, sensible and practical.2) Think one is god’s gift to mankind自以为了不起，自负To think oneself is really something in some areas; conceited.3) Show off炫耀To show one’s ability with pride to anyone.4) Put someone in someone’s place安分守己To make someone do his own duty and abide by the law. 5) Put on airs摆架子，摆谱It means someone is conceited in order to show his identity.6) Blow one’s own horn自吹自擂，自我吹嘘To brag about oneself.Unit 41) Bury the hatchet言归于好，和解，摒弃前嫌To stop being unfriendly and become friends again.2) Button one’s lips一言不发，守口如瓶To refuse to talk and be silenced.3) Flow with the tide跟风，紧随潮流To keep following someone or the trend.4) Hold one’s tongue保持沉默，不开口To say nothing about something and stay silent.5) Let sleeping dogs lie别无事生非，招惹麻烦To avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments.6) Mind one’s own business少管闲事，管好自己To concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others.7) Rock the boat捣乱To do something that upsets a situation and causes problems.8) See eye to eye看法完全一致，完全同意To share the same views as somebody about something.Unit 51) Face up to something勇敢的面对To accept and deal with something that is difficult or unpleasant.2) Point one’s finger at someone指责某人To accuse somebody .3) Leave someone high and dry使某人很无助To leave someone unsupported and unable to maneuver; toleave someone helpless.4) Shoulder the responsibility能够承担责任To take responsibility.5) Pass the buck推卸责任To shirk the responsibility.6) Worm out of something推卸摆脱某事To get rid of somethingUnit 61) All or nothing孤注一掷的，没有商量余地 A situation which will end either in complete success or complete failureHaving no middle position or compromise available2) Meet someone halfway向某人妥协To compromise to somebody3) Give-and-take妥协，互让，互相迁就To have an exchange of views on some topic in order to make mutual concessions4) Middle-of-the-road折中的办法，折中之计 A compromising solution that can be accepted by most people5) Stick to one’s guns固执己见To maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced with opposition6) Find middle ground寻求找到一个中间立场 A set of opinions and decisions that two or more groups who oppose each other can agree onUnit 71) Go through with经历困难而完成，把事情坚持到底To do something even though it may be very unpleasant or difficult for you2) Hang in there坚持，不气馁，不畏困难To maintain a course of action despite negative outlook; to persist; to subsist while keeping high spirits3) Give up放弃To stop trying to do something4) Stick with坚持做某事To continueor persist; to stick to5) Sweat out努力的忍耐以达到某个目的To work very hard to achieve somethingUnit 81) Be a copycat模仿别人To imitate or copy others2) Cut the apron strings摆脱依赖，独立生活To be or become impossible to manage or to control3) Be a yes-man唯唯诺诺的人To be a person who always agrees with people in authority in order to gain their approval.4) Have a mind of one’s own自有主见，能够独立思考To have one’s own idea and think independently5) Be on one’s own独立自主，不依靠他人To be independent6) Lead someone by the nose牵着别人的鼻子走，完全控制别人To have a full control of somebody7) Stand on one’s own two feet独立自主，自力更生To be independentUnit 91) Be as cool as a cucumber表示非常冷静，毫不紧张。