You are learning sensory writing: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (multi-sensory description: sight, smell, taste, texture, sound), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.
A food photography studio in M50 Creative Park, Shanghai, tasting and describing dishes for a magazine shoot
杂志编辑让我为一组美食照片写文案。她说：「不要只写好吃，要让读者看到文字就流口水。」我打开笔记本，开始用五感来写。
第一道菜是小笼包。我写：「蒸笼一掀开，白色的蒸汽裹着猪肉和姜的香气扑鼻而来。薄如蝉翼的面皮里包着滚烫的汤汁。轻轻咬破一个小口，金色的汤缓缓流出。入口先鲜后甜，回味带一丝姜的辛辣。」
第二道菜是锅贴。「底部煎到金黄，表面还是白色的面皮——一半酥一半软。筷子夹起来的时候，能听到底部「咔嚓」的声音。油在锅里「滋滋」作响。咬下去外酥里嫩，肉馅鲜美多汁。」
编辑看了看说：「现在好多了。读你的文字，我能闻到、听到、感受到这些食物。色香味俱全——这才是好的美食写作。」