'We don't make sentences. We recycle them.'

Mei is taking English courses on and off. Sure, she is making progress by leaps and bounds, especially in vocabulary. However, she still makes numerous mistakes in her sentences, rendering them laughable sometimes and hilarious some others.

One day, I tried to offer some help, "Why don't you try to memorize the most frequently used sentences? Then you can simply modify them to suit your needs and you are done! If you think about it, we don't make sentences. Instead, we recycle them."

"Okay, I will give it a try." She agreed, hesitantly.

Not impressed by her lack of enthusiasm, I wanted to come up with some stronger support for my proposal and convince her. However, on a second thought, the idea that we do not make new sentences but only recycle old ones shocked me. Sure, the small talks in the company hallway are simply nothing. The ones we speak at meetings are also just routine... Wow! Is my environment so boring? Or, am I so uncreative?

In the end, I did not convince her. Instead, I started writing more regularly. If nothing else, just to make some new sentences.

2010.7.11

所有跟帖： 

• 再请大家帮我改错 -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (46 bytes) () 07/15/2010 postreply 01:32:38

• 回复： -美坛奇葩- ♂ (1348 bytes) () 07/15/2010 postreply 05:58:26

• Thanks for your reply. Here are my responses: -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (1110 bytes) () 07/15/2010 postreply 19:20:54

• Thanks you! -美坛奇葩- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2010 postreply 06:16:46

• 问好，原来这就是你写作的动力之一呀。 -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/15/2010 postreply 08:39:56

• 问好！是的。还有另外一些，找时间写下来，请批评指正 -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/15/2010 postreply 19:22:04

• 写的好，形象生动，文章的标题有创意，谢分享。 -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/15/2010 postreply 08:38:58