MaoDunisoneofthebest,famousmodernnovelistsinChina.HismostfamousworkisMidnight.MaoDunhadalreadystartedtodevelophiswritingskillswhenhewasstillinprimaryschool.WhilehewasstudyinginsecondaryschoolinHangzhou,extensivereadingandstrictwritingskillstrainingfilledhislife.Duringthattime,hefinishedreadingalargenumberofclassicalnovelswhichinfluencedhiswritingstyleandcreatingideas.MaoDunenteredthethree-yearfoundationschoolofferedbyPekingUniversityin1913，inwhichhestudiedChineseandWesternliterature.
1.当他在杭州读中学时，广泛的阅读和严格的写作技能培训充满了他的生活:“广泛的”可译为extensive,“广泛的阅读”为extensivereading。“严格的”可译为strict,bestrictwith意为对...要求严格。充满可译为fill，同义词组还有befullof。
2.他读完了大量的古典小说：“读完”可用英语常用的结构finish+v-ing。“大量的”因其修饰的为可数名词“小说”，故可译为alargenumberof。“古典小说”可译为classicalnovels。
3.这些小说影响了他的写作风格和创作理念：“影响”可译为动词influence,也可译为词组havethehifluenceon。英语中表示影响的词语还有名词effect，动词affect,词组haveeffecton。
