时尚英语话题 21

　　21 Keeping a diary----recording precious moments
It has been a long time since I kept a diary, but I am then thinking more and more about the value of some kind of journal¹.
Although writing daily in a diary is tough, it's good a habit to have, especially when learning² a language, or if you want to be some kind of writer. Getting into the habit of writing a little bit everyday, is supposedly one of the important things a writer can do.
Yesterday, I was thinking about great scenes of movies and I got to thinking about the great scenes of my own life, scenes that I should remember, that I should write down somewhere.
As time goes by, I tend to forget those things. As time goes by, the things tend to lose focus, they tend to become less sharp, they fade a little.
So, I'm starting to write stuff³ down more and more.
It's amazing how many things wakes experience in a day or in a week., but if you don't take the time to write some of those things down, the days just blur⁴.
It's hard to separate one day from another, time surely does fly by.
Capturing⁵ the precious moments in a lives with words, in little stories, seems necessary to make your own lives more colorful, even when we feel a little blue. We can look at those memories, those moments, and feel uplifted.
I hope you agree.
Talk about it:
1)Do you keep a diary?
2)How often do you write it?
3)What do you write about?
4)Is your diary private or do you let other people read it?
5)Do you enjoy writing?
6)Do you have a web blog? would you like to start one?
7)Do you ever go back and read what you wrote a long time ago?
8)How do think you can improve as a writer?

1 journal   

n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物

参考例句：

• He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
• He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

3 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

4 blur   

n.模糊不清的事物；vt.使模糊，使看不清楚

参考例句：

• The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
• If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。

5 capturing   

俘获( capture的现在分词 )； 夺取； 夺得； 引起（注意、想像、兴趣）

参考例句：

• Since when is capturing a felon considered interference? 从何时起抓住重案犯被认为是妨碍组员行动？
• Capturing the enemy-held towns is the pivot of our plans. 夺取敌人控制的城镇，是我们计画的轴心。