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1、On Consigning Manuscripts to Floppy Discs&Archives to Oblivion,Unit Eleven,Structure of the Text,Para.1,Para.2,3,4,Para.5,6,7,Para.8,9,Introduction,Conclusion,Body,Part 2,Part 1,manuscripts,archives,Paragraph One,Thesis Statement:“Manuscripts,those vital records of an authors creative process,are an
2、 endangered species.”,Dr.An Wang(Feb.7,1920,Shanghai-Mar.24,1990,Boston),He received his B.S.from Chiao Tung University in Shanghai in 1940 and his Ph.D.in applied physics from Harvard University in 1948.In 1948 he invented the computer memory core,the most common device used for storing computer da
3、ta before the invention of the integrated circuit(chip).IBM bought this patent for$500,000.He founded Wang Laboratories in June 22,1951 with$600.The firm began by making calculators and other electronic items.In 1971 Wang Laboratories branched into word processors and computers,dominating the word p
4、rocessing market by the end of the decade.In 1986 Wang employed 30,000 people and enjoyed$3 billion in sales.But with the advent of the personal computer,the company fell behind.,Dr.An Wang,I founded Wang Laboratories to show that Chinese could excel at things other than running laundries and restau
5、rants.No matter how complicated a problem is,it usually can be reduced to a simple,comprehensible form which is often the best solution.You have to risk failure to succeed.The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.,William Butler Yeats(1865-1939),Irish poe
6、t,dramatist and prose writer,one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century.Yeats received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.Some of his famous poems:The Lake Isle of Innisfree;The Second Coming;Leda and the Swan;Sailing To Byzantium,Among School Children,Labour is blossoming or
7、 dancing where The body is not bruised to pleasure soul.Nor beauty born out of its own despair,Nor blear-eyed wisdom out of midnight oil.O chestnut-tree,great-rooted blossomer,Are you the leaf,the blossom or the bole?O body swayed to music,O brightening glance,How can we know the dancer from the dan
8、ce?,在学童中间,辛劳本身也就是开花、舞蹈，只要躯体不取悦灵魂而自残，美也并不产生于抱憾的懊恼，迷糊的智慧也不出于灯昏夜阑。栗树啊，根柢雄壮的花魁花宝，你是叶子吗，花朵吗，还是株干？随音乐摇曳的身体啊，灼亮的眼神！我们怎能区分舞蹈与跳舞人？卞之琳 译,Among School Children-Theme,It creates a triumphant interaction between art and its creationMan in the act of creation is drawn into the immortality of the creation,and the
9、creation,although pure and perfect,must depend on the man.The process is natural and entirely unforced.Therefore the two are one and interdependent.,Among School Children,Labour is blossoming or dancing where The body is not bruised to pleasure soul.Nor beauty born out of its own despair,Nor blear-e
10、yed wisdom out of midnight oil.O chestnut-tree,great-rooted blossomer,Are you the leaf,the blossom or the bole?O body swayed to music,O brightening glance,How can we know the dancer from the dance?,What does the citation“beauty was born out of its own despair,and blear-eyed wisdom out of midnight oi
11、l”mean in para.2?,The creation of beauty was the result of a painstaking process,so much so that sometimes writers simply lose hope;and the wisdom imbued in great works was the result of many sleepless nights.,Edna St.Vincent Millay(1892-1950),Millay,who was openly bisexual,was one of the most succe
12、ssful and respected poets in the U.S.With the frank and cynical love poetry of A Few Figs From Thistles in 1920 and Second April in 1921,Edna St.Vincent Millay was hailed as the voice of her generation,embodiment of the New Woman.A Few Figs From Thistles drew much attention for its controversial des
13、criptions of female sexuality and feminism.In 1923 her fourth volume of poems,The Harp Weaver,was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.,First Fig,My candle burns at both ends;It will not last the night;But ah,my foes,and oh,my friends It gives a lovely light!-A Few Figs From Thistles我的蜡烛两头燃烧，天亮之前就要熄灭；可是呵，我的敌人
14、，我的朋友 烛光闪烁多么可爱！,W.B.Yeats&Maud Gonne,In 1889 Yeats met his great love,Maud Gonne(1866-1953),an Irish actress and revolutionary who became a major landmark in the poets life and imagination.From that moment,as he wrote,the troubling of my life began.He fell in love with her,but his love was hopeless.
15、Maud Gonne liked and admired him,but she was not in love with him.Her passion was lavished upon Ireland;she was an Irish patriot,a rebel,and a rhetorician,commanding in voice and in person.In fact,she was a founder(1906)of Sinn Fein.When Yeats joined in the Irish nationalist cause,he did so partly f
16、rom conviction,but mostly for love of Maud.,W.B.Yeats&Maud Gonne,In 1899 Yeats asked Maud Gonne to marry him,but she declined.Four years later she married Major John MacBride,an Irish soldier who shared her feeling for Ireland and her hatred of English oppression.In 1917 Yeats asked Iseult Gonne,Mau
17、d Gonnes daughter,to marry him.She refused.Some weeks later he proposed to Miss George Hyde-Lees and was accepted;they were married in 1917.A daughter,Anne Butler Yeats,was born in 1919,and a son,William Michael Yeats,in 1921.,No Second Troy,Maud Gonnes marriage to Major John MacBride in 1903 inspir
18、ed Yeatss poem No Second Troy.,Why should I blame her that she filled my daysWith misery,or that she would of late Have taught ignorant men most violent ways,Or hurled the little streets upon the great,Had they but courage equal to desire?What could have made her peaceful with a mind That nobleness
19、made simple as a fire,With beauty like a tightened bow,a kind That is not natural in an age like this,Being high and solitary and most stern?Why,what could she have done,being what she is?Was there another Troy for her to burn?,没有第二个特洛伊,我有什么理由怪她使我痛苦，说她近日里宁可把最暴烈的行动 教给那些无知的小人物，让小巷冲上去同大街抗衡，如果它们的勇气足以同欲望
20、并肩？什么能使她平静，而心灵 依然高贵，纯净有如火焰，她的美又如强弓拉得绷紧，这绝非当今时代认为自然，由于它深远、孤独而又清高。啊，这般天性，又怎能希望她改换？难道还有一个特洛伊供她焚烧？,Ray Bradbury,born on August 22,1920,he is a science fiction and fantasy writer.His best-known works,Fahrenheit 451(1953,adapted for the screen in 1966 by Franois Truffaut)also worked on screenplays,includi
21、ng Moby Dick(1956)and King of Kings(1961).On Nov.17,2004,Bradbury was the recipient of the National Medal of Arts,presented by President George W.Bush and Laura Bush.,Bradburys Fahrenheit 451,Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian fiction novel which is set in a world where books are banned and critical thou
22、ght is suppressed;the central character,Guy Montag,is employed as a fireman.451 degrees Fahrenheit is stated as the temperature at which book-paper catches fire,and burns.,Main Idea of Para.2&3,Manuscripts reveal the tremendous efforts and strong passion that writers pour into the creation of their
23、works.Manuscripts can faithfully record the whole process of a literary work-from its prototype to the finalized,published version.,Fahrenheit 451,Fahrenheit 451 is developed out of a series of short stories which Bradbury wrote in the early 1950s.,The Fireman,Fire Burn,Fire Burn!,The Hearth and the
24、 Salamander,Paragraph 4,What does McNelly want to illustrate with this example?Manuscripts can faithfully record the whole process of a literary work-from its prototype to the finalized,published version.,Paragraph 5,How do you justify the use of“moreover”at the beginning of this paragraph?It indica
25、tes furtherance,a shift from manuscripts to archives,to which they contribute.,Thomas Jefferson(April 13,1743 July 4,1826),He was a political philosopher,architect,musician,book collector,scientist,horticulturist,diplomat,inventor,and third President of the United States.Jefferson thus wrote on his
26、own tombstone:Author of the Declaration of American Independence,of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom,and Father of the University of Virginia.,Paragraph 7,What similarity do you think McNelly has in mind when he uses the word“similarly”at the beginning of this paragraph?The fascination
27、hand-written letters from famous men and women hold is similar to that of manuscripts of famous writers.,Paragraph 8,Comment on the rhetoric of this sentence:“Libraries preserve them,students learn from them,auctioneers cry them at fabulous prices,owners cherish them.And word processors totally elim
28、inate them.”Parallelism-repetition of four short,simple“subject+verb+object”structures to show the value of manuscripts to contrast with the effect word-processors have on them.This is highlighted by the sentence-initial“And”.,Topic for discussion,To what extent do you agree with McNelley?Do you think his argument totally valid?,
