Chapter 13, 11.09

Vocabulary:

1.The dismal忧郁的，沮丧的 truth is that it’s very hard.

It was a dismal failure.

2. It makes you ache for渴望 the sight of a rebellious curve or the irregular, dappled有斑点的 colour of a field where a careless farmer has allowed corn and soybeans to cohabit.

3.it had been decreed（命运）注定，裁定判决

I hope this unlucky case could urge government to decree certain law to protect children's right.

Reflection:

Choose your words with unusual care.

As for substance, be intensely selective.

两个原则，关于style和substance，而style又照应前面章节的style，substance则提到要select，要distill，写作不是记流水账，凡事面面俱到，只需要展现最合适的即可。