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1.Don‘t Use Adverbs 1。不要用副词 The adverb is not your friend。 Adverbs are words that modify verbs， adjectives， or other adverbs。 They’re the ones that usually end in -ly。 With adverbs， the writer usually tells us he or she is afraid he/she isn’t expressing himself/herself clearly， that he or she is not getting the point or the picture across。 副词并不是你的朋友，副词是用来修饰动词，形容词或其它副词的。它们通常以ly结尾。作者通常用副词来表达那些自己无法解释清楚的意思及表明的观点。 There are numerous usage “rules” regarding the placement of adverbs in prose： one shouldn‘t split a compound verb or infinitive with them （so no “to boldly go” or “must be heartily congratulated”）； 关于在散文中放置有太多的用法规则了：我们不应该让副词出现在复合动词或动词不定式中，因而我们不能说“to boldly go”或“must be heartily congratulated”。 One must place them closest to the word they are modifying （so no “Quickly the news anchor corrected himself”； go with “The news anchor quickly corrected himself”）； 我们必须要把它放在离其所要修饰的词最近的地方（所以我们不能说“Quickly the news anchor corrected himself”，而应该是“The news anchor quickly corrected himself”）。 | 
