It was exciting that my favorite writer would come to deliver a  speech at the invitation of the principal.

我最喜欢的作家应校长之邀来发表演讲，这真令人兴奋。

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Rowling is my favorite writer.

罗琳是我最喜爱的作家。

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You mention Hemingway just now. Well, he is my favorite writer.

你刚才提到了海明威。他可是我最喜欢的作家。

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Every week I hoped for a long story from the person that by then I had decided was my favorite writer.

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