OWW CH15-19 WEEK3

WORD AND EXPRESSION

belt out informal

PHRASAL VERB  If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly.

take the trouble to do sth

to make an effort to do something(that one might not otherwise do).

费心做某事，不辞辛劳做某事

trot out

PHRASAL VERB 短语动词反复提出，反复说（陈旧的观点或过时的信息）If you saythat a person trots out old ideas or information, you are criticizing him or her for repeating them in a way that is not new or interesting.

【语用信息】：disapproval

【语域标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

trot out

1.PHRASAL VERB 短语动词反复提出，反复说（陈旧的观点或过时的信息）If you saythat a person trots out old ideas or information, you are criticizing him or her for repeating them in a way that is not new or interesting.

【语用信息】：disapproval

【语域标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

cow

VERB  If someone is cowed, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated.

【语法信息】：be V-ed

【语法信息】：V n into n/-ing

bent

N-SING  If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it.

【搭配模式】：with supp

coin

vt. To devise (a new word or phrase).

dismay

to make afraid or discouraged at the prospect of trouble or danger; fill with apprehension or alarm; daunt

flunk

vt. to fail in (schoolwork) Informal

flunk outInformal

to send or be sent away from school or college because of unsatisfactory work

tenet

n. a principle or belief, especially one that is part of a larger system of beliefs

foreshadow

vt. to be a sign of (something to come); indicate or suggest beforehand; prefigure; presage.

SUMMARY

This week, we learned the remain forms of writing——science and technology, business, sports, arts, and the secret weapon of the nonfiction writer——humor. 

Different forms have common tenets: clarity, simplicity, brevity, humanity. They are not difficult as you think. 

And every form has its own character. When writing science and technology, you must hold the tenet that the reader knows nothing, imagine the writing as an upside-down pyramid. As for business writing, don't use pretentious language, be yourself when you write if you work for an institution. When you write about sports, look for people and places, time and transition. For good criticism and good reviewing, love the medium you are reviewing, don’t give away too much of the plot, use specific detail, avoid the ecstatic adjectives. 

THOUGHT

第三篇FORM其实就是前两篇PRINSIPLE和METHODS的应用。掌握好基本原则和方法，剩下的就是根据不同文体来调整重心。想要建大厦还是要打好基石先。有一点感触很深，就是要有自信，勇于表达自己的观点，清晰地，有力地，说出来。