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contemporary Chinese literature 当代中国文学
nom de plume 笔名
maiden effort 处女作（扩展：a maiden flight 首航）
going strong in sales 旺销
comparatively satisfactory 比较满意
as he puts it 据他说
to some extent 在某种程度上
the innocence of one's childhood 童年的天真
MunicipalMiddle School 市立中学
some time ago 前不久
autobiographical 自传性的
the topic he was requested to speak on 请他讲的题目
intimate portrait 亲切写真
self-portrait 自画像
when I was a child 我小时候
record in Chinese 语文成绩
normal school 师范学校
secondary education 中等教育
government examination for the graduating classes 国家统一毕业考试
botany植物学
not a good mixer 不善交际
scorn 轻蔑
sarcastic 讽刺的，讥讽的
coming to his experience in writing接下去他谈到他的写作经验
crack jokes 说笑话
inborn and not acquired 与生俱有，而不是后天获得的
Half of the merit 一半的功劳
fluent tongue 流畅的语言
sb. is certainly right 某人说的十分正确
最后一段：
"At 27, I went to England, which changed my ideas radically. Had I remained in China, I would never have thought of taking fiction writing seriously..." But to England he went and young China ought to feel grateful about it.
“27岁，我到了英国，我的思想发生了极大的改变。如果留在国内，我永远也不会想到要认真对待小说写作......”但是，他到了英国，年轻的中国应该感谢他能有此行。
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