Trust Your Own Power

夏日供稿翻译：春天

A friend of minewas fond ofdrawing horses. He drew the horses very well,but he always began with the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse. That is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the1)bellyor the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people’s rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way2)peculiarto himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way.

Now the very same thing is true to3)literature. And the question, “How shall I begin?” only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experiencedenoughto trust your own powers. When you become more4)experienced, you will never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail—that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.

参考译文

我的一个朋友非常喜欢画马。他画马画得非常好，但是他总是从尾巴画起。从马的头开始画是西方的规矩，这就是为什么我感到惊奇的原因了。但是我突然灵光一现，领悟到如果你真的掌握了自己要做的事情，无论你从头、尾、腹部还是脚开始都没有区别。大多数伟大的艺术家都对自己所要做的事情了然于胸，因此并不遵循别人的规矩。他们创造自己的规矩。他们用自己特殊的方式完成自己的作品，这种特殊意味着他们用这种方式对于他们来说会更加轻松。

文学也是一样的道理。“我怎样开始？”这个问题意味着你想用从头开始而不是从结尾或者任何其他的部分开始。这就是说，你的经验并不足够，你不相信自己的能力。当你变得更加有经验的时候，你绝不会问这种问题，而且我认为你会经常从结尾开始。这就是说，在你甚至还没有构思开头的时候，你就先写好故事的结局了。

1) belly ['belɪ] n. 腹部

2) peculiar [pɪ'kjuːljə] adj. 奇特的（名词：peculiarity）

3) literature ['lɪtərɪtʃə] n. 文学

4) experienced [ɪk'spɪərɪənst] adj. 有经验的

中考考点:

1.be fond of意为“爱好；喜爱”，常见用法有：

（1）be fond of + doing sth. 表示“对做某事感兴趣；喜欢做某事”。I am fond of swimming in summer. 在夏季我喜欢游泳。

（2）be fond of + n.表示“喜欢某物（事）”。I was fond of little pet when I was young. 当我年轻时候，我喜欢小宠物。

（3）be fond of + pron.表示“喜欢某人”，常接代词宾格形式。She used to be fond of him very much. 她过去很喜欢他。

2. 此句属于“形容词或副词+enough (for sb.) to do sth.”结构，意为“足够……可以做……”。The man is strong enough for the heavy box. (for=to lift)那个男人足够强壮，能举起这个重箱子。It’s late enough for us to stop work. 已经够晚了，我们可以收工了。

拓展：“not+形容词/副词+enough+不定式”结构，意为“不够……以至于不能……”可以和“too...to”结构互换。The boy is not old enough to go to school.=The boy is too young to go to school. 这个男孩还太小，还不能上学。