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As an unpublished author, it’s no easy feat getting your work read by the public – at least that used to be the case. Nowadays, ___1___ you need is a computer and Internet access, and you can share your writing with potentially ___2___ of enthusiastic literature fans around the world. That’s the route two very successful Taiwanese authors took a decade ago, since then, they’ve blossomed into full-___3___ celebrities of Taiwanese Internet literature.

身为一个尚未出版任何作品的作家，要让大众阅读你的作品，可是一件不大容易的事──至少在过去情况确实如此。但现在，你只需要一台计算机以及网络联机，你就可以和全世界潜藏的数百万热情文学爱好者分享你的作品。这便是目前两位台湾知名作家十年前所走的成名途径。并且，从那个时候开始，他们写作日益成熟，已然成为台湾网络文学名家。

Using the pen names “Rascal Tsai” and “Nine Blades,” the two young authors began ___4___ their works on the Internet while they were graduate students. Back then, there were no blogs, so the universities’ Bulletin Board Systems (BBSes) were the ___5___ platforms for works. Captivated readers swarmed to the boards to give feedback and support. Soon, publishing companies started calling, and they were quickly ___6___ to the top of Taiwan’s best-seller list.

笔名「痞子蔡」以及「九把刀」的两位年轻作家在还是研究生的时候，便将作品放在网络上。当时部落格尚未问世，所以大学的BBS站便是他们作品的唯一舞台。喜欢他们作品的读者涌向BBS给予他们回馈及鼓励。不久后，出版商主动打电话连络他们，他们的作品一下就冲上台湾畅销书排行榜冠军。

While the two authors have dissimilar styles, they share one thing in ___7___: their careers were transformed by the power of the Internet. Though both have since moved on to become legitimate ___8___ writers, they still post new works of fiction on their own websites, thus continuing their ___9___ to the internet phenomenon.

虽然这两位作家风格互异，但他们有一个共同点：他们的写作生涯都因网络力量而改变。虽然两位之后成了名正言顺的出书作家，但是他们还是将新的文学作品发表在自己的网站上，继续对这股网络文学现象贡献心力。

If you are eagerly ___10__ your chance to be read by the public, why wait for a publisher to sign you? Post your writing on a blog today. Who knows? You might turn out to be the Web’s next literary star.

如果你渴望得到读者的青睐，为何还坐着枯等出版商上门签下你呢？今天就将你的文章放在部落格上。天晓得，或许你会成为下一个网络文学之星！

−by Debbie Duncan

Vocabulary

单词发音

access [ˋæksɛs] n. 通道，入口

enthusiastic [ɪn͵θjuzɪˋæstɪk] adj. 热情的；热心的

celebrity [sɪˋlɛbrətɪ] n. 名人

feedback [ˋfid͵bæk] n. 回馈;（信息等的）返回；反馈的信息

career [kəˋrɪr] n. 生涯; （终身的）职业

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单词发音

feat [fit] n. 壮举; 本领

literature [ˋlɪtərətʃɚ] n. 文学

route [rut] n. 路线; 途径

blossom [ˋblɑsəm] v. 发展成[（+into/out）]

full-blown [ˋfʊlˋblon] adj. 成熟的 fully developed or matured

rascal [ˋræsk!] n. 流氓，无赖

captivate [ˋkæptə͵vet] v. 使着迷; 迷住﹐吸引

legitimate [lɪˋdʒɪtəmɪt] adj. 合法的; 正统的

phenomenon [fəˋnɑmə͵nɑn] n. 现象

propel [prəˋpɛl] v. 推动; 推进

文化在野：九把刀、柴智屏谈《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》

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