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Many young people tell me they want to be writers. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s big differenc
Many young people tell me they want to be writers. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s big differenc
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Many young people tell me they want to be writers. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these young people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours lonely at a typewriter. " You’ve got to want to write, " I say to them, " not want to be a writer. "
The reality is that writing is lonely, private and poor - paying. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never realized. When I left a 20 - year career in the U.S. Army to become a freelance writer(自由撰稿者), I had no expectation at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a true writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten any breakthrough and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that I barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who gave up halfway. I would keep putting my dream to the test------even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure.
This is the
shadow - land
of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
"shadow -land" in the last sentence refers to______.
选项
A、the piece of land one often dreams about
B、the state of uncertainty before one’s final goal is reached
C、the bright future that one is looking forward to
D、a world that exists only in one’s imagination
答案
B
解析
语义题。本题问最后一句中的shadow—land指的是……。根据文中的This is theshadow—land of hope,…句中的指示代词this,可知前文可能出现过shadow—land的含义解释,因此我们可以用回指的方法回头到上文去找答案,这就不难找出上句:even though itmeant,living with uncertainty and fear of failure。这句话的意思与选项B一样,故选B。
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