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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 big differ
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s big differ
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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 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 for tune, 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 type-- writer 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 anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
"...People who die wondering, what if?" ( Line 3, 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
由上下文可知,这类人指的是在弥留之际,才后悔有机会努力的时候没有全力以赴,到再无补救可能之时仍充满假设和幻想的人。而作者则是努力付出,不让自己人生留下缺憾的人。
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