(Music) Rod Stewart always had an ear for great soul music.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

An ear and an appetite for these sounds of sense is the first qualification of a writer, be it of prose or verse.

这些感性的声音的耳朵和胃口,是作家最基本的素质，不论是写散文还是诗歌。

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