Text b Why I,'m Not Going to Buy a Computer 1. Background information Dante(1265-1321 The greatest of Italian poets, Dante Alighieri is generally considered with Shakespeare and Goethe as one of the three universal masters in Western literature. His masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is the most important Christian poem. Dante's use of the Italian language in place of Latin in the poem influenced the course of European literature throughout the ages 2. Key language points I,'m hooked to the energy corporations. (line 1) oil company, etc. dependence on strip-mined coal (line 22) a dependence on electricity generated by burning coal from the strip mine I do not admire computer manufacturers much more than I admire the energy industries. (line 27) I disapprove of computer manufacturing as much as I disapprove of energy production Do not admire is used as a mild way of saying"object te (not) much more than: as much as; in the same way that I dont see that computers are bringing us even one step nearer to anything that does matter to me. (line 36) a I find that nothing computers are doing makes the least contribution to what is really Important to me. Economic justice(line 38) (the principle of) equal material distribution among members of a societ Some means of providing economic justice include social welfare, minimum wages, etc theold model"in this case being not just our old Royal standard, but my wife, my criti my closest reader, my fellow worker (line 45) by the"old model"I mean not only our old Royal standard typewriter, but also the in which my wife and I work together in writing -she is my critic, my closest reader, fellow work a Here model is used in double meaning: a particular type or design of machine( as in"a new model of car") and a pattern of doing something(as in"economic growth on the Western model") acrifice an association( line 51) give up a family relationship Lets be scientific about this. (line 56) Let's be matter-of-fact on this problem ork that is demonstrably superior to Dante's (line 57) a work that is obviously better than that of dante They are as follows.(line 64) They are as listed belo As follows is used to introduce a list of people or things or a description or explanation of he way something is done21Century College English Book 3 Teaching Plan Wang Yinquan - 6 - Text B Why I’m Not Going to Buy a Computer 1. Background information Dante (1265 – 1321) The greatest of Italian poets, Dante Alighieri is generally considered with Shakespeare and Goethe as one of the three universal masters in Western literature. His masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is the most important Christian poem. Dante’s use of the Italian language in place of Latin in the poem influenced the course of European literature throughout the ages. 2. Key language points I’m hooked to the energy corporations. (line 1) ◼ I’m dependent on the power plant, the oil company, etc. dependence on strip-mined coal (line 22) ◼ dependence on electricity generated by burning coal from the strip mine I do not admire computer manufacturers much more than I admire the energy industries. (line 27) ◼ I disapprove of computer manufacturing as much as I disapprove of energy production. ◼ Do not admire is used as a mild way of saying “object to”. ◼ (not) much more than: as much as; in the same way that I don’t see that computers are bringing us even one step nearer to anything that does matter to me. (line 36) ◼ I find that nothing computers are doing makes the least contribution to what is really important to me. Economic justice (line 38) ◼ (the principle of ) equal material distribution among members of a society ◼ Some means of providing economic justice include social welfare, minimum wages, etc. the “old model” in this case being not just our old Royal standard, but my wife, my critic, my closest reader, my fellow worker (line 45) ◼ by the “old model” I mean not only our old Royal standard typewriter, but also the way in which my wife and I work together in writing – she is my critic, my closest reader, my fellow work ◼ Here model is used in double meaning: a particular type or design of machine ( as in “a new model of car”) and a pattern of doing something (as in “economic growth on the Western model”). sacrifice an association (line 51) ◼ give up a family relationship Let’s be scientific about this. (line 56) ◼ Let’s be matter-of-fact on this problem. work that is demonstrably superior to Dante’s (line 57) ◼ work that is obviously better than that of Dante They are as follows. (line 64) ◼ They are as listed below. ◼ As follows is used to introduce a list of people or things or a description or explanation of the way something is done