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1、Unit Three Bards of the Internet,by Phillip Elmer-DeWitt,Text Analysis,In this essay the author describes the current fashion of netwriting found on the internet, explains its merits and differences from published writing as well as justifications for its survival and prevalence,Comments,The first t
2、wo paragraphs are an introductory lead that presents an analytical comparison between what happened to writing when the telephone was invented and what is happening on computer networks now.,Language Points,1. One of the unintended side effects of the invention of the telephone was that writing went
3、 out of style. When telephone was invented, no one realized at that time that it would outdate writing. 2. scribbler n. a bad or unimportant writer of books or articles in newspapers or magazines. e.g. He dismissed the economists as teenage scribblers who wanted to get their names in the newspaper.,
4、Language Points,3. and give their fingers and sometimes their mind a rest. and prefer to use the telephone rather than the pen. 4. Which makes whats happening on the computer networks all the more startling. Here “which” is a relative pronoun referring to the situation mentioned in the preceding par
5、agraph. The sentence would be grammatically acceptable if it were restructured as “All this makes whats happening on the computer networks all the more startling.”,Language Points,5. Just when the media of McLuhan were supposed to render obsolete the medium of Shakespeare, the online world is experi
6、encing the greatest boom in letter writing since the 18th century. Contrary to what is expected, at a time when the media of McLuhan (e.g. television) were supposed to make the medium of Shakespeare (i.e. letter writing) out of date, letter writing on the Internet is enjoying the greatest developmen
7、t since the 18th century.,Language Points,Obsolete adj. not in use any more, because something newer or better has replaced it. e.g. Gas lamps became obsolete when electric lighting became possible. obsolescent adj. becoming OBSOLETE e.g. The amateur movie gauges of 8 mm, Super-8 and 9.5 mm are obso
8、lescent. Much of our existing military hardware is obsolescent.,Comments,In Paragraph 3, a number of peoples remarks are quoted. These quotations serve as evidence of the fact that deviations from the traditional medium of letter writing are rare in history. The implication is that we should not be
9、surprised by the boom of net writing.,Language Points,1. David Sewell, , likens netwriting to the literary scene Mark Twain discovered in San Francisco in the 1860s, “when people were reinventing journalism by grafting it onto the tall-tale folk tradition.” David Sewell compares netwriting to the li
10、terary scene Mark Twain discovered in San Francisco in the 1860s, “when journalists were fond of writing news reports in the traditional tall-tale style.” the tall-tale folk tradition: the tradition in which people tell a story or a tale in a fanciful and exaggerated manner.,Language Points,Here the
11、 author refers to the unique kind of journalism in which people report news in much the same way as tell tall-tales. 1) Liken v. (to) 把比作 e.g. Shes been likened to a young Elizabeth Taylor. She likened the experience to sinking into a warm bath. Our small company can be likened to a big, happy famil
12、y. He always likens his work to a battle. 2) Graft v. 接枝，移植(onto) e.g. Surgeons removed some skin from her leg and grafted it on / onto her face.,Language Points,2. Hark back v. (of someone) remember something in the past, often repeatedly, or (of sth.) to suggest from the past 反复回想起过去的事情，回到过去 e.g.
13、Hes always harking back to his childhood and saying how things were better then. The directors latest film harks back to the early years of cinema.,Comments,In paragraph 4, the author concedes the most serious problem of netwriting its poor quality.,Language Points,1. For it can be very bad indeed:
14、sloppy, meandering, puerile, ungrammatical, poorly spelled, badly structured and at times virtually content free. For it can be very bad indeed: pointless, childish, with many grammatical and spelling mistakes, and structural mistakes, and sometimes it has no real message or meaning. 1) Sloppy adj.
15、1) lacking care or effort 草率的 e.g. Spelling mistakes always look sloppy in a formal letter. Another sloppy pass like that might lose them the whole match.,Language Points,2) (of a substance) more liquid than it should be, often in a way that is unpleasant. e.g. The mixture is a bit sloppy so I add s
16、ome more flour. He planted a sloppy kiss on my hand it was revolting. 2) meander v. (河流) 蜿蜒曲折；漫步 e.g. The stream meanders in a leisurely way through the small town. We spent the afternoon meandering around the streets of the old town.,Language Points,(fig) The film meanders along with no particular story line. meandering adj. 蜿蜒的，曲折的 e.g. It is an area of marshy depressions and meandering rivers. The minister gave a long meandering speech. 3) puerile adj. showing
