回答68~70题:Itistr uethatgoodwritersrewriteandrewriteandthenrewritesomemore.Butinordertoworkupthedesiretorewrite,itisimportanttolearntolikewhatyouwriteattheearlystage.
IamsurprisedatthenumberoffamouwwritersIknowwhosaythattheysodislikereadingtheirownwritinglaterthattheyevenhatetolookoverthepublishers’opinions.Onereasonwemaydislikereadingourownworkisthatwe’reoftendisappointedthattherichideasinourmindsseemverythinandplainwhernfirstwrittendown.JerryFodorandStevenPinkersuggestthatthisfactmaybearesultofhowourmindswork..
Differentfrompopularbelief,wendonotusuallythinkintheworksandsentencesofordinarylanguagebutinsymboisforideas(knownas“mentalese”),andwritingourideasdownisanactoftr anstationfromthatsymboliclanguage.Butwhilementalesecontainsourthoughtsintheform.ofacomplextapestr y(织锦),writingcanonlybecomposedonethreadatatime.Therefoneitshouldnotbesurprisingthatourfirstattemptatexpressingideasshouldlooksosimple.Itsionlybyrepeatedlyrewrtingthatwenproducsnewthreadsandconnectthemtogetclosertotheideasformedinourminds.
Whenpeoplewriteasifsomestr ictcritics(批评家)arelookingovertheirshoulder,theyaresoworriedaboutwhatthiscriticmightsaythattheygetstuckbeforetheyevenstart.PeterElbowmakesanexcellentsuggestiontodealwiththisproblem.Whenwritingwenshouldhavetwodifferentminds.Atthefirststage,weshouldseeeveryidea,aswellasthewordsweusetoexpressit,aswonderfulandworthputtingdown.Itisonlyduringrewritesthatweshouldexaminewhatwenexcitedlywroteinthefirststageandcheckforweaknesses.
第13题:Whatd owenlearnfromethetextaboutthosefamouswriters?
A.Theyoftenregretwritingpoorworks
B.Someofthemwritesurprisinglymuch.
C.Manyofthemhatereadingtheirownworks
D.Theyarehappytorevlewthepublishers’opinions.
正确答案:C


