Ⅰ、vocabulary

1、thorny

意思： ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 (问题)棘手的，复杂难解的，令人头疼的 If you describe a problem as thorny, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to solve, and that people are often unwilling to discuss it.

原句： A thornier problem is raised by the feminists' annoyancewith words that contain "man," such as "chairman" and "spokesman."

造句： It is essential that we tackle this thorny problem.

2、lurk

意思： VERB 动词 （危险、疑虑、恐惧等）暗藏，潜在 If something such as a danger, doubt, or fear lurks somewhere, it exists but is not obvious or easily recognized.

原句：The  feminist movement helpfully revealed how much sexism lurks inour language, not only in the offensive "he" but in the hundredsof words that carry an invidious meaning or some overtone ofjudgment.

造句： Around every corner lurked doubt and uncertainty.

3、palatable

意思： ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 （想法、方法等）合意的，可接受的 If you describe something such as an idea or method as palatable, you mean that people are willing to accept it.

原句： I noticed that many reporters had fallen into the habit of trying to make the news more palatable by writing in a feature style.

造句： That option is not very palatable.

Ⅱ、Reflection

I especially like tocut: to press the DELETE key and see an unnecessary word or phrase or sentence vanish into the electricity. I like to replace ahumdrum word with one that has more precision or color. I like to strengthen the transition between one sentence and another.I like to rephrase a drab sentence to give it a more pleasing rhythm or a more graceful musical line. With every small refinement I feel that I'm coming nearer to where I would like to arrive, and when I finally get there I know it was the rewriting,not the writing, that won the game.

作者指出：删节在写作中是十分重要的。要敢于按删除键，尝试着用精彩的词去替换平凡的词，努力做好每句话间的衔接过渡、增强句子的逻辑性，试着去体会并掌控句子的韵律。每一个细微之处的修改都能让你的写作焕发新的生命活力。也正如作者所说，写作是场游戏，修改则是博弈。修改的越精进，你在游戏中就能获得更大的优势，这也是自己与自己较劲，不断提升的过程。