7Seventh：When Algorithms Lend Authors A Helping Hand

1 提问——做出假设 写作句型

Could the next Leo Tolstoy or Jane Austen be a well-engineered AI software programme? It’s a question that is becoming increasingly pressing as machine language-learning software continues to evolve.

问题开场——结合主题做出假设——可能性

e.g. It’s a question that is becoming increasingly pressing as machine language-learning software continues to evolve. 现在的真实情况

2 literary talent is unique and irreplaceable（出色、重要）

3 Sth is just nerves. 某件事不必多虑

4 Sth is (not yet / already) at a stage of development where it does sth. 到 / 没到某个发展阶段

e.g. People’s panic is already at a stage of development where they are afraid of going out.

5 a blanket takeover 地毯式替代 - 完全替代

a blanket strategy 全面策略

6 the impending prospect of collaboration 即将到来的合作的前景

7 either already here or hovering just around the corner. 肯定存在态度——已经出现/即将到来

8 is billed as = is advertised as 被标榜为

9 chip in 贡献出，提供

chip n.芯片 v.给出

10 at a pinch 紧要关头，千钧一发

11 dip a toe into the world of sth 初步接触某物

12 the generational shift 迭代

13 contender = competitor 竞争者（较competitor范围更大更抽象）

14 quaint and slightly off-timbre 过时的、别扭的

15 sb emerged with mixed reports = sb have different opinions

16 particular 独特

17 beautifully unique 独树一帜

18 creative impulses 有创造力的灵感

19 write to a formula 按照公式写作

20 Assembly-line novels 流水线小说

21 plausibly 合理的

22 sth make a dazzling leap from …… to ……华丽转身

23 表达可能性的写作句型

creative writing software isn’t that far from replacing the Mrs Cartlands of today.

句型：sth isn’t that far from doing.

e.g. AI robots isn’t that far from taking exams for today’s students. 可能性