2022真题逐词逐句精讲1考研英语(二)

　　2022真题逐词逐句精讲1考研英语(二)

　　

　　Section I Use of English

　　第一段

　　①Harlan Coben believes that if you're a writer, you'll find the time; and that if you can't find the time, then writing isn't a priority and you're not a writer.哈兰·科本认为，如果你是一名作家，你准会抽出时间写作；如果你抽不出时间，那么写作就不是你最重要的事，你也就算不上一名作家。

　　②For him, writing is a normal job—a job like any other.对他而言，写作是一份正常的工作——就像其他任何工作一样。

　　③ He has compared it with plumbing, pointing out that a plumber doesn't wake up and say that he can't work with pipes today.他曾将其与管道施工相比较，并指出，一位管道工不会一觉醒来就说自己今天不能从事管道工作了。

　　第二段

　　①If, like most writers these days, you're holding down a job to pay the bills, it's not easy to find the time to write.如果，你像现在的大多数作家一样，是为了支付账单而要保住工作，那么抽出时间写作并不容易。

　　② But it's not impossible.但这并非不可能。

　　③ It requires determination and single-mindedness.它需要决心和专心。

　　④ Remember that most bestselling authors began writing when they were doing other things to earn a living.别忘了，大多数畅销书作家是在从事其他工作维持生计时开始写作的。

　　⑤And today, even writers who are fairly well-known often have to do other work to supplement their writing income.如今，即使是相当著名的作家，也通常不得不从事其他工作来补充他们的写作收入。

　　第三段

　　① As Harlan Coben has Suggested, it's a question of priorities.正如哈兰·科本所暗示的，这是一个优先级的问题。

　　②To make writing a priority, you'll have to sacrifice some of your day-to-day activities and some things you really enjoy为了把写作放在首位，你将不得不牺牲一些日常活动和一些你真正喜欢的事情。

　　③Depending on your interests and your lifestyle, that might mean spending less time watching television or listening to music, though some people can write while they listen to music.根据你的爱好和生活方式而定，这可能意味着花更少的时间看电视或听音乐，尽管有些人可以在听音乐的同时进行写作。

　　④You might have to cut down on the amount of exercise or sport you do.你可能不得不减少你所做的锻炼或运动的量。

　　⑤You'll have to make social media an occasional activity rather than a daily,time-consuming habit.你必须得让使用社交媒体成为一种偶尔的活动，而不是一种日常且耗时的习惯。

　　⑥There'll probably have to be less socializing with your friends and less time with your family.你可能不得不减少与朋友之间的来往，并减少与家人在一起的时间。

　　⑦ It's a tough learning curve, and it won't always make you popular.这是一个艰难的过程，而且它并不总是会让你受欢迎。

　　第四段

　　①There's just one thing you should try to keep at least some time for, in addition to your writing—and that's reading.除了写作，还有一件事你至少应该试着留出一些时间去做——那就是阅读。

　　②Any writer needs to read as much and as widely as they can; it's the one indispensable supporter—something you can't do without.任何一个作家都需要尽可能多地、广泛地阅读；它是一个不可或缺的支持者——你写作不能没有的东西。

　　第五段

　　①Time is finite.时间是有限的。

　　②The older you get, the quicker it seems to go.年纪越大，时间似乎就流逝得越快。

　　③We need to use it as carefully and as productively as we can.我们需要尽可能谨慎地且有效地利用时间。

　　④ That means prioritising our activities so that we spend most time on the things we really want to do.这意味着要按优先级排列我们的活动，这样我们就能把大部分时间花在我们真正想做的事情上。

　　⑤ If you're a writer, that means—above all—writing.如果你是一个作家，那就意味着——最重要的是——写作。

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