Lesson_8 The Merely Very Good(仅好而已)

TheMerelyVeryGoodJeremyBernsteinStudents’presentationBackgroundinformationDetailedtextstudyWritingtechnique:buildingconnections&employmentofmontage运用蒙太奇BackgroundinformationJeremyBernsteinRobertOppenheimerStephenSpenderJeremyBernstein(1929-)1955,obtainedPhDfromHarvardU.1957-1961(?)workedattheInstituteofAdvancedStudiesatPrinceton,N.J.1962becameanassociateprofessorofphysicsatNewYorkUniversity.1967becameaprofessorofphysicsatStevensInstituteofTechnology&heldthepositionover30yearsonthestaffofTheNewYorkermagazineformorethanAmericanphysicist,educator,andwriterwidelyknownfortheclarityofhiswritingforthelayreaderonthemajorissuesofmodernphysics.--BritannicaBernsteindrawsonhisexperienceintheworldsofbothphysicsandliteraturetodiscusstheparallellivesofRobertOppeheimerandStephenSpender,andBernstein’soccasionalcontactwiththem.Distinguishedastheywere,thesemen’scareerswereultimatelylinkedwithandovershadowed夺去……的光辉bythoseofmoreillustrious著名的friendsandcolleagues.Oppenheimer’sachievementwasultimatelyreferentialtothatofPaulA.M.Dirac,oneoftheoriginators发起人ofquantumphysics,asSpender’swastothatofW.H.Auden.Bernsteincarefullydescribesthepathos伤感ofcareersthat,largelythroughaccidentsofbirthandhistory,inevitablysufferincomparisontoothers.Thisdilemmameritsdiscussion…..---J.D.SmithR.Oppenheimer(1904-1967)1922-25studiedatHarvard,graduatedsummacumlaude享有最高荣誉1926-1927DoctoralstudyinGottingenU,Germany1928-1929servedintheInternationalEducationBoard1929-1947aprofessorofphysicsattheUniversityofCaliforniaandtheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology1943-1945directoroftheatomicbombproject(ManhattanProject)atLosAlamos,NewMexico.1947-1952directoroftheInstituteforAdvancedStudiesinPrinceton,NewJersey;stayedtheretill19661954publichearingandrevokingofhissecurityclearanceU.S.governmentresearchprojectthatproducedthefirstatomicbomb.In1939U.S.scientistsurgedPres.F.Roosevelttoestablishedaprogramtostudythepotentialmilitaryuseoffission裂变,and$6,000wasappropriated.By1942theprojectwascode-namedManhattan,afterthesiteofColumbiaUniv.,wheremuchoftheearlyresearchwasdone.ResearchwasalsocarriedoutattheUnivs.ofCaliforniaandChicago.In1943alaboratorytoconstructthebombwasestablishedatLosAlamos,N.M.,andstaffedbyscientistsheadedbyJ.R.Oppenheimer.ProductionwasalsocarriedoutatOakRidge,Tenn.,andHanford,Wash.ThefirstbombwasexplodedinafieldtestatAlamogordoairbaseinSNewMexico.Byitsendtheprojecthadcostsome$2billionandinvolved125,000people.Sir.StephenHaroldSpender(1909-95)Englishpoet,literarycritic,andeditor.Sir.StephenHaroldSpender(1909-95)atUniv.ofOxford,becameassociatedwithliteraryfiguressuchasW.H.Auden,ChristopherIsherwood,C.DayLewis,andLouisMacNeice.Spender'ssexualitythesubjectofdebate.Hisseeminglychangingattitudeshavecausedhimtobelabeledbisexual,repressed,latentlyhomophobic,orsimplysomeonesocomplexastoresisteasylabelingStructureanalysispartIPara1-3reasonsfornotgoingtotheconferencepartIIPara4-9reasonsforgoingtotheconferencePartIIIPara10-16theconferencePartIVPara17-20recentthoughts&reflectionsOppenheimer(1925-27)aninvitationtoconference(1981)Born’srecollection(1975)Oppen.&Dirac(1927)loveaffair(1981)Spender&AudenSpender’svisit(1956)Spender’sjournal(1986)theconference(1981)Oppen’swifethetrialDirac&Oppen’sseminar(1958)DiracontollboothSpender’sworkshopaftertheconferencereasonsagainstreasonsfor1925192619271935193719541956195719581963(A)1973197519751981198419861997OgraduatedfromHarvardDinventedquantumtheoryOgotPh.D&DvisitedGottingenandmetOAudenwroteanintroductionKitty’sexwaskilledinSpain&SpenderspentsometimeinSpainOwastriedfordisloyaltySpendervisitedInstituteofAdvancedstudyinPrincetonIgottoPrincetonDvisitedPandinterruptedO’sseminar&wasworkingonapathIwroteforNewYorkerandDwasskillworkingonthatpathAudendiedPublicationofBorn’srecollectionSpender’sJournalentryaboutAuden’spoemtheconferenceDdiedinFloridaPublicationofSpender’sjournalIwrote“Themerelyverygood”Specialattentionallocatedto:language:phrasesandcollocationweavinganecdotesintoyournarration,naturallyandillustratingyourpointcomparison&contrastinclination.n~(todosth)|~(towards/forsth)afeelingthatmakesyouwanttodosth:*Mynaturalinclinationistofindacompromise.Shelackedanyinclinationforhousework.~todosthatendencytodosth:*Thereisaninclinationtotreatgeographyasalessimportantsubject.para1repellent1.Ifyouthinkthatsomethingishorribleanddisgustingyoucansaythatitisrepellent.令人厌恶的;令人反感的[(+to)]*Theideaofdoingthatisrepellenttohim.2.Insectrepellentisaproductcontainingchemicalsthatyousprayintotheairoronyourbodyinordertokeepinsectsaway.*amosquito-repellentspray---repellence.n.Cf:repulsive;repulsionpara1repel.v.1tosuccessfullyfightsbwhoisattackingyou,yourcountry,etc.anddrivethemaway:击退;驱除*torepelanattack/invasion/invader2todrive,pushorkeepsthaway:拒绝;排斥;抵制*acreamthatrepelsinsects3tomakesbfeelhorrorordisgust:使厌恶,使反感*Iwasrepelledbythesmell.4ifonethingrepelsanother,oriftwothingsrepeleachother,anelectricalorMAGNETICforcepushesthemapart:相互排斥;抵抗*Oppositepolesattract,likepolesrepel.para1honorarium[ɔnә`rєәriәm][pl.ho