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Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.

  • -- Christopher James Hampton 克里斯托弗·詹姆斯·汉普顿

问一个作家对评论家的看法就像问灯柱对狗的感觉一样。

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We have been working hard on our defense all week. We had a few days off for the holidays. That was nice, but we got right back to work. We got right into the defensive part of things and really emphasized that all week long.

我们整个星期都在努力防守。我们放假几天。很好，但我们马上就回去工作了。我们整个星期都在强调防守。

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A man that'd expict to thrain lobsters to fly in a year is called a loonytic; but a man that thinks men can be tur-rned into angels by an iliction is called a rayformer an' remains at large.

一个人如果一年内被赶去捕龙虾，他就被称为疯子;但是，如果一个人认为人可以通过魔法变成天使，那他就被称为“射线制造者”，他仍然逍遥法外。

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It has been a wonderful five years. I'm excited about the many projects we're working on as we move into year six, and I want to thank everyone for tuning in. We couldn't do it without you!

这是美好的五年。当我们进入第六年的时候，我对我们正在做的许多项目感到兴奋，我想感谢每一个收看我们节目的人。没有你我们做不到!

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A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

许多年轻的作家会犯这样的错误，把一个贴好邮票、写好地址的信封放在信封里，信封足够大，可以把手稿寄回来。这对编辑来说诱惑太大了。

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My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite.

我的成长经历绝对不是典型作家的成长经历。甚至可以说是相反的。

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For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.

首先，我认为在任何战争中都没有人认为自己是英雄。

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Description begins in the writer's imagination, but should finish in the reader's.

描写始于作者的想象，但应止于读者的想象。

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Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.

写作是说话不被打断的最好方式。

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