23.Your outline should smoothly conduct you from one point to the next, but do not permit it to railroad you.
【分析】并列句。but連接兩個轉折關系的并列分句,第 二個分句為祈使句。
【譯文】你的寫作提綱應該指引你從一個點自然過渡到下一個點,但卻不束縛你的思路。
【點撥】l)conduct可作名詞和動詞,有“管理,指導,實施,進行,指揮,引路”等含義,句中該詞為動詞,意為“指導,指引”。2)railroad作名詞的情況較常見,意為“鐵路;鐵路公司”;句中該詞為動詞,意為“強迫”。
24.By using the first draft as a means of thinking about what you want to say, you will very likely discover more than your notes originally suggested.
【分析】復合句。By using... 在句中作狀語,其中what引導的從句作thinking about的賓語;more than引導比較狀語從句。
【譯文】當你通過寫初稿來理清自己想要說什么時,你很可能會發現寫出來的內容要比你最初筆記記錄的多。