老师：您好！以下是我根据大学英语第一册第一篇课文翻译的第一个段落。烦请查看翻译是否正确，如果有翻译错误或者不够到位的地方，烦请指正。谢谢！

writing for myself

为自己写

The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn't until my third year in high school that possibility took hold.

自从在贝尔维尔我的童年起，成为一个作家的想法有时在我脑海中出现，但是直到高中三年级这个可能性才被确立。

Until then I'd been bored by everything associated with English courses.

在那之前，我对所有与英语课有关的课程都感到很无聊。

I found English grammar dull and difficult.

我觉得英语语法枯燥乏味。

I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.

我恨作业布置的那么长，死气成成的段落让老师读起来和让我写出来都感到极度痛苦。