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　　“A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right,”says Mollie Hunter．Born and brought up near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people．She firmly believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is．In Mollie’s opinion it is necessary to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing．“If you aren’t telling a story, you’re a very dead writer indeed,”she says．With the chief function of a writer being to entertain (让人愉快), Mollie is indeed an entertainer．“I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language,”she says．“This love goes back to early childhood．I’ve told stories all my life．I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very good at handling them, I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said ‘Nonsense, Mollie, dear, you’ll be a writer．’ So finally I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer．”

　　This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical (自传体的) and gives a picture both of Mollie’s ambition (理想) and her struggle towards its achievement．Thoughts of her childhood inevitably(不可避免地)brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields－sadly now covered with modern houses．“I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood．I’ll never go back,”she said．“Never．”“When I set one of my books in Scotland,”she said,“I can recall my romantic (浪漫的) feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work．And that’s important, because children now know so much so early that romance can’t exist for them, as it did for us．”

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　　Personality types are linked with structural differences in the brain, which could explain why one child grows up to be impulsive(冲动的)and outgoing while another becomes diligent and introspective(内省的)．

　　Structural differences between the brains of 85 people have been measured and linked with the four main categories of personality types, which were classified as " novelty(新奇)seeking ", characterized by impulsive actions; "harm avoidance", marked by pessimism and shyness; "reward dependence", with an addictive personality; and "persistence", who are people tending to be diligent, hard－working and perfectionists．

　　The researchers said the brain differences are structural and can be measured in the size of specific regions of the brain that appear to be linked with each of the four personality types．For instance, people defined as novelty－seeking personalities had a structurally bigger area in the brain while people with harm－avoidance personalities had significantly smaller volumes of tissue(组织)in brain regions．

　　The fact that characteristics are reflected in specific structural differences is useful to know, for instance, when it comes to understanding a child's behavior and choosing the right approach so that somebody who is, for example, particularly timid, might be helped through education and development．

　　There is no point shouting at a child who is very shy and telling them off, because it does not come naturally to them to put themselves forward．But actually knowing there is a biological basis for this helps educators or parents to use the right approach to help a child to compensate．

　　People who have a reward－dependence personality could, for example, be helped at an early age because they are at risk of turning to drink, drugs or food if they do not get the family support and encouragement they need．

　　"This study shows that personality characteristics are something you are born with, but their full expression can be adjusted during development with the right approach, " said Professor Venneri, who carried out the study with colleagues from the University of Parma in Italy and Washington University in St Louis．

　　If you know it's not something you do but something you are, you can change the environment to reduce the risk．Knowing that someone has such a predisposition(体质)could help them" adopt preventive strategies and avoid situations where they might seek rewards which could be potentially harmful．

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