Vocabulary
1.Anything will do, as long as it nudges his curiosity and tugs at his sleeve.
nudge:可作名词或动词，意为推动、鼓动，此处意为激起他的好奇心。nudge-nudge:性关系、性丑闻。
tug:可做名词或动词，意为用力拉，猛拉，推力，用拖船拖曳，拖船，竞争，绳索链条。
tug at/on:拉
2.But don't dwell on the reason.
dwell:vi 居住；存在于；细想某事。dwell-dwelt-dwelt or dwell-dwelled-dwelled dwell on/upon:老是想着，唠叨；细看，凝视。
3.I gazed with reverence at Lou Gehrig's locker and Bobby Thomson's gane-winning bat.
gaze:vi n 凝视 同义词：stare gaze at sth.
与 look glance stare glimpse glare peer辨析：
look: an act of looking at sb/sth
glance: a quick look
gaze: a long steady look at sb/sth
stare: a long look at sb/sth, especially in a way that is unfriendly or that shows surprise
glimpse: a look at sb/ sth for a very short time, when you not see the person or thing completely
glare: a long angry look at sb/sth
peer:to look closely or carefully at sth, especially when you can not see it clearly
reverence:noun，尊敬，崇敬。reverence for
4.It gratifies my sense of symmetry
gratify:vt 使高兴，使满意。gratifed:adj
symmetry:noun 对称，相似，相当
Excerpt
Your lead may not be the best of all possible leads, but if it does the job it's supposed to do, be thankful and proceed.
Therefore your lead must capture the reader immediately and force him to keep reading.
Failure to know where that sentence should occur can wreck an article that until its final stage has been tightly constructed..
For the nonfiction writer, the simplest way of putting this into a rule is: when you're ready to stop,stop.
If something surprises you it will also surprise—and delight—the people you are writing for, especially as you conclude your story and send them on their way.
这一章写的是如何进行文章的开头与结尾。哦，这里是lead和ending。lead这个词会让我想起慕课网站上xx的先导课，为引起同学兴趣而设置的课程。文章开头同样，需吸引观众，让他不得不看下一句、再下一句，直至完全沉浸在文章中无法自拔。虽然如此，lead如何写却并无绝对规定，不同作者有不同写法，不同读者愿看的也不同。他们只有一点相同：能使人愿意继续看下去。因此开头是一种写作功底与技巧的凝集处。（问题抛出需要解答，好奇心吊得太高不予解答，可能会使人丧失阅读兴趣）同样重要的还有结尾。很多作者不注重结尾，在某种程度上导致写作的失败。所谓凤头猪肚豹尾、起承转合，一篇文章的结构大抵如此。好的结尾能让人意犹未尽，而又明白，就是这里，就该结尾了。结尾处可用许多小心思，如与开头首尾呼应。或者可去前文寻一个句子，寻一个堪当此大任的句子。忘了哪本书上见过，说是写完以后可通读全文，看用哪一段开头更吸引人。大抵原理相同?
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