我们沿着最漂亮的诺丁山街往上走，我喜欢在开始每天的写作前，呼吸些新鲜的空气，否则我真不觉得自己醒得透透的。

We go up and along the prettiest Notting Hill streets, and I love to get some fresh air before I start writing each day, as otherwise I really don't feel as if I have properly woken up.

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你们可以在写作过程的任何时间点上造访写作中心：写作前、写草稿时或修改一件作品时。

You may visit the Writing Center at any point in the writing process: prewriting, drafting or revising a piece of writing.

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在写作前准备一些要用的好词汇，好句子。

Prepare some new words, expressions and good sentences to be used before writing something.

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In the second poem here, "I Looked Up From My Writing," the poet, the first person, is being interrupted at his desk at night.

在第二首诗中“从我的写作中来看“,诗人也是第一人称，夜晚在书桌前被打扰。

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