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Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such
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2024-10-30
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Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. "You’ve got to want to write," I say to them, "not want to be a writer."
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U. S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering "What if?" I would keep putting my dream to the test--even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope, and any one with a dream must learn to live there. [br] "... people who die wondering What if?" (Para. 3) refers to "those ______ ".
选项
A、who think too much of the dark side of life
B、who regret giving up their career halfway
C、who think a lot without making a decision
D、who are full of imagination even upon death
答案
B
解析
语义理解题。本题需要根据上下文确定“people who die wondering What If?”指的是一类什么样的人。文章第三段的第五和第六句“I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering,What It? I would keep putting my dream to the test-even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear failure.”指出作者不想
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