Chapter10 Bits & Pieces
Words
1.insipid[ɪn'sɪp.ɪd]
The second is necessarily longer and it has an insipid quality.
not having a strong taste or character, or having no interest or energy 无味的；无特色的；无生气的；乏味的
•a pale insipid wine淡而无味的葡萄酒
•He's an insipid old bore.他是个无聊讨厌的老头子。
•Why anyone buys music with such insipid lyrics is a mystery.这些音乐的歌词索然无味，真不明白为甚么有人会买。
2.sap
A style that consists of passive constructions will sap the reader's energy.
to make something weaker or destroy it, especially someone’s strength or their determination to do something SYN weaken
sap sb’s strength/courage/energy
Her long illness was gradually sapping Charlotte’s strength.
上周学到的单词 ebb
3.mired
If you find yourself hopelessly mired in a long sentence , it probably because you're trying to make the sentence do more than it can reasonably do－perhaps express two dissimiliar thoughts.
. stuck in a bad situation and unable to get out or make progress
mired in；a government mired in scandal and controversy
4.prime
It announces total contrast with what has gone before, and the reader is thereby primed for the change.
to prepare someone for a situation so that they know what to do
搭配prime somebody with／for something
Did you prime her with what to say?
搭配 prime somebody to do something
He had been primed to say nothing about it.
5.pass off as
If the reader catches you in just one bogus statement that you are trying to pass off as true, everything you write there after wil be suspect.
pass somebody/something off as something to make people think that someone or something is another thing:
They bought up pieces of old furniture and passed them off as valuable antiques.
He passed himself off as a doctor.
Reflection:
今天的内容涉及到很多方面，比如写文章一定要修改，可以用主动动词就不要用被动形式，副词很多时候是多余的，以及各种标点的用法等等。其中有关动词和副词的部分让我印象最深刻。
可能因为自己还停留在初级的英语写作水平上，所以关于书中提到的遣词造句暂时不能完全理解。但是关于动词，我记得上学《新概念3》的时候老师就说英文喜欢以物做主语，然后动词用被动形式。于是这变成了我经常用的句型。但是老先生却说能用主动就多用主动，这样意思能表达的更清楚更生动。
还有关于副词，大多数时候都是多余的。看到ERIC今天分享的文章里说，如果形容一个女孩用beautiful，但如果形容女神只用very beautiful岂不是太苍白了。这时候我们可以用stunning，georgeous.....其实本质问题还是我们的语言太匮乏了，就像中文形容一个女孩漂亮，除了说美，还会说什么呢？
