I like writers who explain things well.
我喜欢能将事物阐述得很好的作家。
Usually people will do anything to avoid being bored, as it's such an aversive experience. But creative people, like writers, sometimes talk about seeking out boredom.
通常人们会做各种事情去避免无聊,因为这是一种非常糟糕的体验。但是有创造力的人们,比如作家,有时候会说起想要寻求无聊感。
If, 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,干着一份养家糊口的工作,那么要腾出时间写作确实不容易。
Some people would like to change things, however! Some organizations and writers say that Britain needs to become more natural again.
然而,有些人想要改变一些事情!一些机构和作家说,英国需要重新变得更加自然。
Well, it's pretty common for writers to generalize, say use a term like hydroponics to describe other types of agriculture.
作家们通常会用水培法之类的术语来概括其他类型的农业,这很常见。
We are talking about the books and writers that we like.
我们正在谈论我们喜欢的书和作家。
According to the form below, 18 students like reading novels written by British writers.
下方表格显示,有18名学生喜欢阅读英国小说。
作家都像这样谈话。
Get Up Early: Writers like Mary Higgins Clark and Sylvia Plath started writing at 5 am and 4 am each day, respectively.
早起。像玛丽·克拉克和希金斯·普拉斯这样的作家分别在每天清晨4点和5点开始写作。
In these courses, students come together like artists and writers and share their work with others.
在这些课程中,学生们像艺术家和作家一样汇聚在一起相互分享他们的工作和经验。
And if dealing directly with big e-book sellers like Amazon proves successful, many writers may start to ask themselves whether they still need to sign up with traditional publishers at all.
如果直接和像卓越亚马逊这种大的电子书销售机构合作愉快的话,许多作者是否还会继续和传统的出版媒体签约会成为一个问题。
The SF writers I like best are the ones who are funny, and there are not many of them.
我最喜欢的科幻作家是那些最有趣的,这种并不是很多。
There are probably people now who become writers because they would like to have a study like Ian McEwan's.
也许现在就有人想要成为作家,而原因仅仅是因为他想要一个伊恩·麦克尤恩一样的书房。
Previously, the new vernacular writers were viewed a bit like outlaws, hovering on the edge of a town that was run by a cabal.
以前,人们认为新型的方言作家和恶棍差不多。 他们这群人流荡在人数不多的小镇郊区。
"Sometimes one sees writers just standing before it, like early hominids in front of a monolith," said Nick Denton, Gawker Media's founder.
“有时有人会注意到作者们只是站在它面前,犹如原始人类站在巨石前一样,”高科传媒的创始人尼克·丹顿说。
"Sometimes one sees writers just standing before it, like early hominids in front of a monolith," said Nick Denton, Gawker Media's founder. Mr. Denton said not all writers have warmed to the concept.
“有时有人会注意到作者们只是站在它面前,犹如原始人类站在巨石前一样,”高科传媒的创始人尼克·丹顿说。
Top baseball players like Alex Rodriguez have higher salaries and higher exposure than top writers.
像罗德里格斯(纽约洋基队强打)这样的顶尖棒球手比顶尖的作家拥有更高的薪水和更多的曝光。
And ofcourse, with some writers you don’t even notice whether they have the rightname or not. It’s like having beautiful hair.
当然,你可能都没太在意一些作家命的名字是否合适。
LIKE most professional writers, Karl Marx worked best up against a deadline.
如同世界上大多数专业作家一样,卡尔·马克思在截稿日期将至前工作状态会达到最好。
I prefer nineteenth-century American writers, like Emerson.
我喜欢19世纪的美国作家,像是爱默生。
I walk five miles a day, and lately I’ve been binge-reading, wolfing down hard-boiled crime novels by writers like Elmore Leonard, James Lee Burke and George P. Pelecanos.
每天我走5英里,如今我嗜书如命,像艾尔默·莱昂纳多、詹姆斯·李·伯克和乔治·P.派勒坎诺斯的冷血犯罪小说,我读得津津有味。
Writers do not talk like that.
作家们不会这样交谈。
But ghost writers have to be invisible like real ghosts.
但是,枪手就得像真的鬼一样让人看不到。
Existentialist writers say that in anguish we feel like we no longer exist.
存在主义作家们说在苦痛中我们感觉不到自己的存在。
Existentialist writers say that in anguish we feel like we no longer exist.
存在主义作家们说在苦痛中我们感觉不到自己的存在。
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