-1-Unit4MeetingthemuseInspirationspringsmorereadilyfromknowledgethanfromignorance.—Horace灵感往往来自知识,而非愚昧。——贺拉斯ThereisnowideroadwhichleadstotheMuses.—Propertius没有宽敞的大道可以通向诗人的灵感。——普罗佩提乌斯Inspirationissolitary,neverconsecutive.—Lamartine灵感是孤独的,决无连续性。——拉马丁Inspirationislikeabutterfly.Themoreyouchaseit,themoreelusiveitbecomes.Peopleshouldn'tturnlackofinspirationintoanobsessiveproblem,becausethey'llneverfindthewayout.Inspirationislikeoxygen.Themainthingtodoistobeinconstantsearchofinspiration,becauseourcreativityandproductivitydependmostlyonthemoodandotheremotionalstates.Writingagoodstoryisnotaneasytask.What'sthesecret?MoYanbelieveshissuccesscomesfromalargeamountofreading.-2-MowasbornintoafarmingfamilyinavillageinShandongprovince.Hegrewuplisteningtofolkstoriesaboutgods,spiritsandfoxes.ThosestorieslaterbecametheinspirationforMo'swriting.AfterMolefthishometownandjoinedthearmyin1976,hebegantoreadwidely,includingworksbyLuXunandmanyotherfamouswriters.Hestudiedfromthesewritersbutdidnotcopythem.Instead,hedevelopedhisownstyle.AsthefirstChinesecitizentowinaNobelPrizeinliterature,Motoldagroupofreportersinhishometownshortlyafterhewontheaward.“Igrewupinanenvironmentfilledwithfolkculture.ItentersmynovelswheneverIpickupapen.Thishasaffected,evendecided,mystyle.”[探究发现]1.FindoutwhereisMoYanfrom.Shandong.2.FindoutwhereMoYan'sinspirationcomesfrom.Alargeamountofreading.3.FindoutwhatcanwelearnfromMoYan.Romewasnotbuiltinaday.