Adieu. I take up my pen again to do what I have just told you I would not, but circumstances are such, that I cannot help earnestly begging you all to come here as soon as possible.

刚刚才告诉过你，我不愿意逼你回来，现在我又要拿起笔来逼你了，因为照目前情况看来，我不得不诚恳地请求你们尽可能快些回来。

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Just switch on your computer or take out your pen and paper as soon as you wake up and start working on it.

仅仅在你醒来后就开机或者拿出纸笔来工作。

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And that explains why experts in many fields from medicine to business take up the pen.

而且这解释了为什么从医学到商业的许多领域的专家都提笔著书的原因。

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Ultimately, he seems to take up the pen for reasons overshadowed by his first hero, Mailer: the joy of the ring, the thrill of the fight.

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These are basic movements many of us take for granted: a tri-pod grip to pick up a pen, or hand-shake grip for business meetings, said Miguelez, who has fitted hundreds of amputees with prosthetic devices.

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