写作是一个很费时很费力的事情，不管是对写的人还是看的人来说。
这次我试着从最简单的入手，我们先从句子开始练写作，以后再逐步过渡到篇章，不知道能不能行。

今天我们先来看一个句子：
to write it as i wanted, however, would violate all the rules of formal composition i'd learned in school, and mr fleagle would surely give it a failing grade.
然而，照我希望的那样去写，就会违反我在学校里学的正式作文的种种法则，弗利格尔先生也肯定会打它一个不及格。

句型提炼：
to do it as i wanted, (however,) would ...
（然而，）照我希望的那样去。。。，就会。。。

造句：
for example
然而，照我想的那样去画的话，妈妈就会不高兴，因为她不喜欢我画漫画。
to draw it as i wanted, however, would make mum unhappy, for she would not wish to see me drawing cartoon.

今天我们再来看一个句子：
the idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in belleville, but it wasn't until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold.
从孩提时代，我还住在贝尔维尔时，我的脑子里就断断续续的转着当作家的念头，但直到我高中三年级时，这一想法才有了实现的可能。

句型提炼：
the idea of ... had come to ... (off and on) since ..., but it wasn't until ... that the possibility took hold.
从...时候起，...的脑子里就(断断续续)有了...的念头，但直到...时候，这一想法才有了实现的可能 。

注意这个句型中的强调句型：
it wasn't until... that ...是强调“直到...才...”，
it wasn't until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. 的正常语序是： the possibility did not take place until my third year in high school.
在用it was...that...的强调句型强调not... until...句型中的until引导的时间状语时，not 要提前。

造句：
for example
从开始在公司里工作时起，玛丽的脑子里就有了出国进修的念头，但直到她升为主管后，这一想法才有了实现的可能 。
the idea of going abroad for further studyhad come to mary since she began her career in a company, but it wasn't until she was promoted to be a manager that the possibility took hold.

今天我们再来看一个句子：

this title produced an extraordinary sequence of mental images. vivid memories came flooding back of a night in belleville when all of us were seated around the supper table --- uncle allen, my mother, uncle charliem doris, uncle hal --- and aunt pat served spaghetti for supper.
这个题目在我脑海里唤起了一连串不同寻常的图象。贝尔维尔之夜的清晰的回忆如潮水一般涌来，当时，我们大家一起围坐在晚餐桌旁---艾伦舅舅、我母亲、查理舅舅、多丽阿姨、哈尔舅舅---帕特舅妈晚饭做的是意大利细面条。

句型提炼：
...produced an extraordinary sequence of mental images. vivid memories came flooding back of...when...
...在我脑海里唤起了一连串不同寻常的图象。...的清晰的回忆如潮水一般涌来...

造句：
for example
这首歌在我脑海里唤起了一连串不同寻常的图象。毕业送别那天的清晰的回忆如潮水一般涌来，当时我们站在火车站台上，哭着，笑着，送走了一个又一个的同学。
this song produced an extraordinary sequence of mental images. vivid memories came flooding back of that graduation day when we thronged on the platform, laughing and crying, and said goodbye and left one by one.