【葛传椝英语写作】丈八蛇矛
为了提高自己的写作水平，淘来了这本备受好评的写作工具书，不愧是葛传椝先生，配得上英语学界泰斗、英文教育界先驱、陆谷孙恩师这些响当当得名号。全书英文，一气呵成，针对中国人容易出错的地方无微不至进行了讲解，可以说是最适合国人的写作入门书，当然，你需要有一定的英文基础才能看懂。
什么是写作？
Composition is the art or practice of writing. In other words, it is the art or practice of saying something in written words. When nothing is to be said, no composition is possible. You simply cannot learn composition if you always have nothing to say. Since you are bent upon learning it, you must find something to say. This finding is necessary to practice in composition.
国人常见的写作问题是？
Your question is not what to say but how to say it. You may often have an idea or a thought that you do not know how to express. For instance, you may not be able to express the idea of the glass tube measuring temperature if you do not happen to know the word "thermometer".
什么才是好的写作？
Good writing depends on good diction and good sentence structure. Good diction, which means the choice of proper words for the expression of thoughts, demands something more than good usage. A word may be used in a certain place quite correctly and yet somehow is not the exact word. Incidentally, the treatment of diction in this chapter includes phrases as well as words. Good sentence structure also demands something more than good usage. A sentence may be quite correct and yet somehow does not serve
不过可能是因为这是比较老的书，有些英语学习的方法我不是特别认同，比如说背诵。在很多章节后面都是甩出几段英文，让你朗读到可以背下来为止，似乎有些矫枉过正了。出发点是好的，可以理解通过背诵快速熟悉地道的英文表达的意图，但是现在各种资料这么丰富，还用机械的老方法，一来比较无趣，二来也没有办法跟上时代的步伐。
当然方法论的问题见仁见智，主要还是要找到自己最适合的，然后坚持下去。
（这本书在kpw每次打开需要重新分页，体验很糟糕）