Day 9 Chapter 13

My understanding of this chapter

The author discussed how to write a place by three parts: First, write the specific characteristics; second, focus on the style, which embodied in words, temperament and anchorage; third, write about human activity in that place.

读完这一章，我自己会回想曾经旅游过的地方，我印象最深的地方是哪里？如果要表写，我会怎么来写呢？我想到在拉萨的一些画面，如今印象最深刻的不是壮丽的布达拉宫，而是面馆里一个一向认生的小女baby主动投向我的怀抱；还有洱海吧，不是因电影而出名的那个拍照地点，而是自己一个人骑着电动车3个小时内往返“小普陀”的过程，37公里/小时的速度，恐怕是目前最快的记录了。

Vocabulary

genius-tinkerers

genius noun.

解释：very great and rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art, or a person who has this:

例子：Einstein was a (mathematical) genius.

容易和这个genius混淆的词语

genuine 

解释1：If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears to be: 

例子1：If it is a genuine Michelangelo drawing, it will sell for millions

解释2：If people or emotions are genuine, they are honest and sincere: 

例子2：He's a very genuine person.

tinker 是verb 不是 noun

解释：to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it: He spends every weekend tinkering (around) with his car.

所以genius-tinkerer应该是天才修理师的意思吧