首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big diff
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big diff
admin
2015-01-29
76
问题
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hour alone 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 a lonely, private and poorly-paid affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the US Coast Guard to become a ereelance(自由职业)writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me a 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 manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break 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 die wondering: What if? I would keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
The writer mentions his 20-year career in the US Coast Guard in order to show______.
选项
A、his regret at leaving the army
B、his determination to realize his dream
C、his disappointment with the army life
D、his excitement with the new life in the big city
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/xdfK777K
本试题收录于:
浙江省大学英语三级题库大学英语三级分类
0
浙江省大学英语三级
大学英语三级
相关试题推荐
HowtoGrowOldByBertrandRussellSomeoldpeoplealeoppressedbythefearofdeath.Intheyou
—Hey,Rose,there’saletterforyou.—Thanks.Youmust’vegotinlatelastnight.Ididn’tevenhearyoucomein,andIwentto
WhatdoesFebruary29thmeantoyou?Formostpeopleitmeansanextradayatwork,whichmightexplainwhyaleapyearisgener
Ifideascansymbolizethespiritofanage,thenthesymboloftherecentappliedlinguisticageisundoubtedly"languageacqui
Youngpeople,particularlyteenagers,loveescapistfare.Theywatchtelevision,gotothemovies,orevenreadbookstogetawa
Oneday,whileatworkinthecoalmine,Ihappenedtooverheartwominerstalkingaboutagreatschoolforcoloredpeoplesomewh
Bandscomeandgo.Somebecomefamous.Othersdon’t.Someenjoygreatwealth.Othersmakenothing.Butwhy?Sometimestheyjust
Althoughhardstatisticsaredifficulttocomeby,thereissubstantialanecdotalevidencethatuseofperformance-enhancingdru
In1971,agroupofdoctorsgottogetherinFranceandcreatedanorganizationcalledMedecinsSansFrontieres,orMSF,which【
ThesecircumstanceswerefarfrombeingordinaryandSmithhada______reasonforbeingherepersonally.
随机试题
双足外踝后方,向上延伸四横指的区域是()反射区。
由于四环素的各种不良反应,以下哪些人应禁用此药
确定房屋沉降缝的宽度应根据()。
“备案号”栏应填写()。“运费”栏应填写()。
泌乳量受多方面的影响,这些因素有()。
()是按照班级授课制的培养目标和教育规范组织起来的,以共同学习活动和直接人际交往为特征的社会心理共同体。
尽管大多数时候,人类学家以科学家自居,但不可否认的是,每个人类学家与他们的研究对象都是活生生的个人,各种感受的交织,情感的触动免不了影响研究的结果。不过,不要紧,承认这种“沮丧、尴尬、疲倦和窘迫”并不是一件太糟的事情,而且越来越被看做是田野叙述中,一个有益
清晨起床,只需要轻轻一声“小爱同学”,卧室的窗帘便会自动打开;老人起夜,不用在漆黑的室内瞎摸开关,只需要起身感应,智能灯光就能轻柔地照亮房间;忙碌一天,到家前10分钟,空调已开启舒适模式,扫地机器人已完成清扫……随着智能家居的研发和普及,这样的场景正逐步走
设有如下程序OptionBase1PrivateSubCommand1_Click()Dima(10)AsIntegerDimnAs
Whatisthepurposeofthisspeech?
最新回复
(
0
)