英文写作终极指南：简洁才是王道

英文写作终极指南：简洁才是王道！

What is good writing?

什么样的文章是好文章？

It depends on what country you're from. We all know what's considered “good writing” in our own country. We grow up immersed in the cadences and sentence structure of the language we were born into, so we think, “That's probably what every country considers good writing; they just use different words.” If only! I once asked a student from Cairo, “What kind of language is Arabic?” She said, “It's all adjectives.”

这取决于你来自何处。我们都知道在自己的国家好文章是什么样的。我们从小到大，已经熟知我们母语的抑扬顿挫和句子结构，于是我们认为，其他国家所谓的好文章也应该是这样，只不过用的语言不同。要是这样就好了！我有次问一个来自开罗的学生：“阿拉伯语是什么样的语言？”她回答说：“都是形容词。”

Well, of co ……此处隐藏2105个字……ecision was made to go to the woods because of a desire for a deliberate existence and for exposure to only the essential facts of life, and for possible instruction in its educational elements, and because of a concern that at the time of my death the absence of a meaningful prior experience would be apprehended.

由一个于思考中生活并面对真实的自然本质的想法催生出前往森林的决定，能够受教其中也是原因之一，此外还出于对临死时懊悔没有真正活过的担忧之情。

All the life has been taken out of the sentence. But what's the biggest thing I've taken out of that sentence? I've taken Thoreau out of that sentence. He's nowhere to be seen.

这个句子立马变得没有生机。但是我从中剥离的最大元素是什么？是Thoreau。整句中完全不见说话人的身影。

So fall in love with active verbs. They are your best friends.

总之，建立起你与主动态动词的关系，它们才是你最好的朋友。