There is a formal poetry perfect only in form...the number of syllables, the designated and required stresses of accent, the rhymes if wanted-they come off with the skill of a solved crossword puzzle.

  • -- Carl Sandburg 卡尔·桑德伯格

有一种正式的诗,只有在形式上才完美……音节的数量,指定的和需要的重音,如果需要押韵,这些都与填字游戏的技巧有关。

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There's also a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I'm doing, that requires quite a lot of study and quite a lot of hard work as well.

作为一名作家,我也有一定程度的自律性,旨在提高我的写作水平,这需要大量的学习和努力。

I started working when I was seven, and ever since then I've been saving for an apartment. Even before that I had a little jam jar designated for my apartment money.

我七岁开始工作,从那时起我就一直在攒钱买房。甚至在那之前,我就有一个果酱罐专门用来装公寓的钱。

Perhaps I'd like to design cars, but I don't think I'd be much good at it.

也许我想设计汽车,但我认为我不太擅长。

I love doing impressions and I love doing accents.

我喜欢做印象和口音。

Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole.

在口音上做文章,会使整个句子生动活泼。