Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Topic sent and Air Show Sent Comb
When we seek to acquire new skills or knowledge, we had better follow two simple steps: learn and practice.
Repetition is the key to learning how to do new things.
There are only two ways that our brains will remember new things: fear or repetition. I recommend repetition.
People often say “Practice makes perfect”. I agree.
When I was learning how to swim when I was a little kid, I had a coach who forced me to swim and swim and swim. That repetition made me a good swimmer.
If I want to learn some new skill, I always practice it just before I go to sleep. The next morning, I can do the skill better.
The key to learning new skills or knowledge is to immerse yourself in the subject until it becomes second-nature to you.
1. The limits of my language are the limits of my mind in that all is know is what I have words for.
1. My mind is limited by my language: all I can know is what I have words for.
1. What I can know in my mind is limited by what I have words for in language.
2. Writing is one off the easiest things to do, but erasing is one of the hardest.
2. Writing is easy; erasing is hard.
3. An original writer is not one who imitates nobody but one whom nobody can imitate.
4. A good writer is not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind- she is a storyteller.
4. A good writer is a storyteller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
4. A storyteller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind, makes a good writer.
5. A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
5. For a woman to write fiction, she must have money and a room of her own.
6. There are two kinds of writers: the great ones who can give you truths, and the lesser ones who can give you only themselves.
6. Of the two kinds of writers, the lesser ones can give you only themselves whereas the great ones can give you truths.
7. Your manuscript is both good and original; unfortunately, the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
8. Words and sentences are subjects of revision; paragraphs and whole compositions are subjects of prevision.
8. Words and sentences are subjects of revision, but paragraphs and whole compositions are subjects of prevision.
9. Writing is no trouble if you jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is easy. It is the occurring that is difficult.
10. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, and a paragraph should contain no unnecessary sentences just as a drawing should have no unnecessary lines, nor a machine contain no unnecessary parts.
10. A drawing should have no unnecessary lines, nor a machine unnecessary parts; likewise, a sentence should contain no unnecessary words, nor a paragraph unnecessary sentences.
“Air Show” sent comb
1. The air show, which grows bigger every year, attracts thousands of locals and tourists.
The air show, which attracts thousands of locals and tourists, grows bigger every year.
The air show attracts thousands of locals and tourists and grows bigger every year.
2. Teams of screaming jets fly low overhead as pilots display their skills.
Teams of pilots display their skills by flying their screaming jets low overhead.
3. Cringing adults watch in awe and some crying children cover their ears; nevertheless, they all want to see more.
4. Skydivers float gently down to earth from 1000 metres up, guiding their falls to land on a white cross.
5. Biplanes which are imitations of early aircraft engage in fights typical of WW1.
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