hahaman，George Orwell的那篇文章非常值得一读。谢谢你！

since you mentioned yesterday the 6 rules George Orwell advises to follow for Politics and the English Language,I decided to take a look at George Orwell's article “Politics and the English Language” and see how relevant it is to me. i found this article was both instructive and meaningful, and George Orwell was absolutely a great writer.

George Orwell criticizes that many individuals use language improperly. he points out the disgusting and inaccurate use of language in contemporary English prose and political area is not just a pain of empty language, but more importantly, will lead to vagueness, even lead to some wrong place, because of deliberate manipulation of meaning in political writing and contemporary English prose. He concludes that language can corrupt thoughts. Then he supports his argument with a solution of 6 simple advices( because the advices are so good, I'd like quote them here)

1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never us a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.


It is great article, bear. very educational for me. even though my english writing skill is very limited, I can still feel Orwell's words are very inspriational. i aslo like the words by Orwell very much: "we have to let the meaning choose the word and not the other way around." If we follow Orwell's advice, I sure we can make our english writing more expressional and presentable.

his words also remind me of the phrase, "write to express, not to impress." . still remember, bear?
"语言是为人民服务的。" i don't know why i put your famous quote here? :)

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• 戏雨飞鹰的读后感写的好，简洁明了，精辟中肯，颇受启迪。 -婉蕠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 09:02:17

• 谢谢夸奖。昨天晚上（其实是今早）傲夜写的。的确值得一读。 -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 14:33:12

• the article targets mainly political and economic english areas -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (510 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 14:43:00

• 天呀，hahaman的英诗写的好，英语文章也是专业水准。 -婉蕠- ♀ (1150 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 15:11:18

• 谢谢。 but hahaman与Stuart Chase有什么关系？：）：） -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (37 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 15:31:53

• hehe，婉蕠，quote里面那话是出自George Orwell那篇essay：） -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 16:30:15

• 谢谢戏雨飞鹰和hahaman摘录了文章里的精华。 -婉蕠- ♀ (241 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 17:34:22

• 谢婉蕠. 回去读才发现quote里面提到的就是Stuart Chase。 -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (32 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 17:45:42

• 婉絮，说你可能不信。我上英文作文课还补了考 -hahaman- ♀ (262 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 20:31:38

• 哈哈。。你老师到底对不对啊？糊涂ing。头回听说an MA。 -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 20:56:46

• 我也不知道。 -hahaman- ♀ (42 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 21:05:29

• 笑死我了。不过M读音是元音开头啊。婉蕠一定知道。 -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 21:09:33

• 婉絮一定知道，因为婉絮是个好学生。 -hahaman- ♀ (58 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 22:42:28

• 戏雨飞鹰&hahaman,how come you guys are so sure? I am flattered. -婉蕠- ♀ (132 bytes) () 05/05/2010 postreply 08:23:29

• sweetie, I love you more than you know:) -hahaman- ♀ (499 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 13:31:12

• 能得到老熊的认可甚至于夸奖，我就没白写。。你真会夸人：） -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 14:47:46

• sweetie from your writings alone, I would -hahaman- ♀ (104 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 14:58:27

• i don't want everything from you, but -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (11 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 15:36:50

• haha, sweetie, you are so cute -hahaman- ♀ (77 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 17:13:46

• hahaman，你写的太美了，but -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (334 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 14:59:33

• opps, but your writing DID NOT follow orwell's rules -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 15:02:36

• who said that? i follow -hahaman- ♀ (10 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 16:43:02

• bear，这是我试着写并改的东西。经过这个piece，我对 -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (728 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 15:13:26

• 这是试着改了第一段，加上了rhyme，其实，不完全是起初想表达的。 -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (214 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 15:22:29

• 回复：这是试着改了第一段，加上了rhyme，其实，不完全是起初想表达的。 -hahaman- ♀ (106 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 17:11:40

• 对，韵是这些诗体的一个要求。否则，就不能叫做１４行诗了 -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (515 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 20:46:02

• oh, this is a misplacement. meant to follow with the one below. -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 20:52:25

• sweetie you are as fast as light -hahaman- ♀ (269 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 21:00:11

• 谢谢bear。你真的是博学，一点不错。learned. -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (107 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 21:06:49

• sweetie，你的诗写的真是很流畅。 -hahaman- ♀ (395 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 21:24:02

• 别抒情了；）。 我这周有deadline要meet。晚安。 -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 21:33:41

• Ok sweetie. I also have so much to do. Work is too much. -hahaman- ♀ (139 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 21:47:35

• hmm。 -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (50 bytes) () 05/05/2010 postreply 20:07:19

• 刚要合上书本,your line make me忽然想起来你那个＂闪电门拴＂了：） -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (105 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 21:30:16

• haha sweetie, how do you remember everything? -hahaman- ♀ (41 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 21:41:39

• flys-->>flies -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 15:27:27

• bear，我跟着你练了这么多诗歌，这首是我比较 -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (211 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 15:52:27

• sweetie 不要考虑韵除非是十四行等 -hahaman- ♀ (154 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 19:41:24

• this is -hahaman- ♀ (401 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 17:01:52

• 谢谢hahaman。我在看小人书。talk to u later。 -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 18:25:16

• sweetie I read it again and again -hahaman- ♀ (141 bytes) () 05/05/2010 postreply 08:24:52

• great, -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (27 bytes) () 05/05/2010 postreply 18:12:16

• George Orwell:"Politics and the English Language" 来源: 不学王明 -婉蕠- ♀ (162 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 17:36:55

• 就是这篇essay。也要感谢billmon。我昨天还google呢：） -戏雨飞鹰- ♀ (149 bytes) () 05/04/2010 postreply 17:54:12