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VIII. SA to Ex. III, P. 3, Workbook 5. The younger generation today are very much alive to the latest information found on the Internet. 6. It is a matter of opinion whether a foreign language is more easily learned in one’s childhood or otherwise. 7. Never loose heart in the face of a setback; take courage and deal with it squarely. 8. Rice, meat, vegetables, and fruit constitute a balanced diet. * TEXT II The Maker’s Eye: Reviewing Your Own Manuscripts (作者的眼光：修改自己的手稿） I. Organization of the Text 1. The way writers should view their own writing through the maker’s eye (Paragraphs 1 – 9) * 2. How to revise one’s own writing (Paragraphs 10 – 26) II. Key Points of the Text Paragraph 2 journeyman: an experienced person whose work is fairly (but not very) good 熟练工 craftsman: a person skilled in a job 能工巧匠 prolific: productive; producing many works * Paragraph 3 a progression of: a succession of decode: discover the meaning of (something written in a code) 解码；译解 compare encode: turn (a message) into code Paragraph 4 detach … from: separate … from * Paragraph 5 supposedly: as is believed; as it appears 想象上，据推测，大概 for a year to the day: for exactly a year discipline: control euphoric: extremely happy euphoria: a feeling of happiness and cheerful excitement 欣快症；异常欣快 * Paragraph 6 counsel: advise E.g.: a counsel of perfection 要别人必须做到十全十美的要求； 达不到的理想 darken counsel 使更加难以理解 take counsel of one’s pillow 通夜思考 excise: remove by cutting out * a schizophrenic process: a maddening or disorderly process 混乱的过程；前后矛盾的过程 schizophrenia: a mental disorder marked by a separation of a person’s mind and feelings 精神分裂症 Paragraph 8 prune: cut off, remove or shorten some of the branches in order to improve the shape, growth, production of flowers or fruit; reduce or remove (anything useless * or unwanted) from (something) by making careful choices 修剪；删除 spontaneous: happening as a result of natural feelings or cause, without outside force or influence, or without being planned 自然产生的，自发的 spontan