学进去

Life is full of pleasure, pain, learning, growth, happiness and sadness. Those can make people better and wiser. E. L. Konigsburg, a famous 1．, tells children, “Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That’s the hardest thing to find.” Konigsburg herself 2． many years doing many things before she discovered that she wanted to be and could be a writer.

Konigsburg was 3． in New York City. She was a good student, graduated first in her high school class, and was the first person in her family to go to 4．, where she got a degree in chemistry. 5． finishing college, she got married and then started working on a master’s degree (硕士学位) in chemistry. When she and her husband moved to Florida, she began to teach science at a private girls’ school.

Soon, however, Konigsburg realized she was more 6． in what was going on inside the students than what was going on inside the test tubes (试管). She stopped teaching science and stayed at home to raise her three children. She 7． began to take drawing and painting classes. Some of her works won awards (奖) in competitions.

As her children grew, Konigsburg had a strong wish to write about their experiences and those of her students in the past. So she did. Today, two Newbery Awards, more than 15 books, and 8． of young readers later, she is still writing.

Konigsburg has a one word piece of advice for people 9． want to be a writer. “Finish. Don’t talk about doing it. Do it Finish.” That also makes it 10． to face any challenge in lives.