前面讲访谈、游记，这章讲自传。访谈和游记我看的书不是很多，但是自传看了一些，尤其是对于感兴趣的人，比如郎朗的自传《千里之行》，还有最近在看的Stephen King的"On Writing ,A Memoir of the craft",我看的是中文版，这本书与以前看的写作书不同，作者谈论到生活，谈论到童年青年的回忆。在书的最后还有作者列出的书单，这些书带给了他许多乐趣。还有在图书馆看了一点的《一只小鸟告诉我的事》推特联合创始人比斯斯通的自传。有一本准备去看的自传A Single Tear，作者在五十年代就被划为“右派”，到七十年代整整数十年间没有停止被批斗、劳改、监狱劳动教养、北大荒劳改，身边不断有人饿死，靠家人从黑市高价购买的粮食不至于饿死，而同时期大量优秀的文学家被活活饿死。
PART ONE VOCABULARY
1.autobiography、memoir
unlike autobiography,which spans an entire life,memoir assumes the life and ignores most of it.
biography，autobiography，memoirs这三个词都是自传的意思，有什么区别？
biography：story of a person's life written by sb else，指由其他人撰写的传记
e.g.She is the author of several books, including abiographyof the artist Salvador Dali.
autobiography：story of a person's life written by that person，意思是“自传”（即自己为自己写的传记）书上说span an entire life包含了大部分的生活
e.g.This book clearly falls into the category of fictionalised autobiography.
memoirs：a person's written account of his life and experiences，意思是个人生活与经历的回忆录，也可译为“自传”。书上也说了memoris就是选取生活，并非全部都写
e.g.Quite a few have committed social suicide by writing their boring memoirs.
2.egotism
A thin line seprates ego from egotism
egotism：the belief that you are much better or more important than other people自我主义。前几天我们学了snob：someone who thinks they are better than other people because they know more about something – used to show disapproval，自命不凡。都是以自我为中心，贬义
ego：1.the opinion that you have about yourself自我，自我意识
2.technicalthe part of your mind with which you think and take action, according to Freudian psychology弗洛伊德心理学中的自我
3.permissive
By"permission"I don't mean "permissive."
permissive：not strict, and allowing behaviour that many other people would disapprove.放任纵容
permissive attitudes
permissive parents(who allow their chidlren a lot of freedom)
让我想起前几章一个单词self-indulge自我放纵，indulge其中有一个意思就是放纵：to let someone have or do whatever they want, even if it is bad for them
PART TWO THOUGHTS
Again, the rule I suggest is: Make sure every component in your memoir is doing useful work. Write about yourself, by all means, with confidence and with pleasure. But see that all the details—people, places, events, anecdotes, ideas, emotions—are moving your story steadily along.
如何写自传？作者在这一小段明说
1.确保每一个句子没有废话、陈词滥调。每一个细节包括人物、地点、事件、轶事、情感都推动文章情节的发展
2.为你自己而写。文章首段点明只有你自己知道你的过去、想法和情感。就如前面章节风格一样，为你自己而写这是最好的礼物
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