Day 13 On Writing Well

Words and expressions

1. Southpaws were always lanky, portsiders always chunky,though I’ve never heard “chunky” applied to anything else except peanut butter (to distinguish it from “creamy”), and I have no idea what a chunky person would look like.

southpaw: 左撇子（portsider）

lanky: tall and thin, and moves awkwardly

仿写: He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy.

2. There is a weariness about them.

weariness: temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

仿写: Weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep.

3. It has a certain mounting hilarity—a figure freak amok at his typewriter.

hilarity: laughter, or a feeling of fun

仿写: He joined in the hilarity as much as anyone.

4. No nugget is too trivial or too boring if it can be cemented into that baroque edifice, the lead.

trivial: not serious, important, or valuable

仿写: They always spar over trivial matters.

Reflection

Those are the values to  look for when you write about sport: people and places, time and transition.

Hang around the track  and the stable, the stadium and the rink.Observe closely. Interview in depth. Listen to old-timers. Ponder thechanges. 

看完这一章的最大感想在于，鲜花和掌声总是给了我们的冠军，媒体的镜头大多追逐在那些巅峰的时刻。作为大多数的观众，似乎永远都只能看到成功者站上领奖台最闪亮的那一刻，而运动场下的泪水、伤痛以及失败者落寞的背影悄无声息。越是这样令人揪心的信息，越是容易被淹没在成功者的光环之下。