Issue 4
"The video camera provides such an accurate and convincing record of contemporary life that it has become a more important form of documentation than written records."
According to the speaker, the video recording is a more important means of document a contemporary life than a written record because video recordings are more accurate and convincing. Although I agree that a video provides a more objective and accurate record of an event's spatial aspects, there is far more to document a life than what we see and hear(本人覺得這后半句難以理解). Thus the speaker overstates the comparative significance of video as a documentary tool.
For the purpose of documenting temporal, spatial events and experiences, I agree that a video record is usually more accurate and more convincing than a written record. It is impossible for anyone, no matter how keen an observer and skilled a journalist, to recount a complete and objective detail such events as the winning touchdown at the Super Bowl, a Ballanchine ballet, the Tournament of Roses Parade, or the scene at the intersection of Florence and Normandy streets during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Yet these are important events in contemporary life the sort of events we might put up a time capsule for the purpose of capturing our life and times at the turn of this millennium.
此段寫得比較平實(shí)，主要是列舉事例?？磥砦覀円惨喽嚓P(guān)注時(shí)政新聞了，我們也可陳述自己的故事，只要讓人明白講得是什么即可，無非是把Los Angels改成Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou……罷了。
The growing documentary role of video is not limited to seminal events like those described above. Video surveillance cameras are objective witnesses with perfect memories. Thus they can play a vital evidentiary role in legal proceedings--such as those involving robbery, drug trafficking, police misconduct, motor vehicle violations, and even malpractice in a hospital operating room. Indeed, whenever moving images are central to an event the video camera is superior to the written word. A written description of a hurricane, tornado, or volcanic eruption cannot convey its immediate power and awesome nature like a video record. A diary entry cannot "replay" that wedding reception, dance recital, or surprise birthday party as accurately or objectively as a video record. And a real estate brochure cannot inform about the lighting,spaciousness, or general ambiance of a featured property nearly as effectively as a video.
我們要學(xué)習(xí)的是這段里的事例排列，比如一些表達(dá)方式：robbery, drug trafficking, police misconduct, motor vehicle violations, and even malpractice in a hospital operating room Nonetheless(很明顯的轉(zhuǎn)折句，引出作者的有條件地同意原文觀點(diǎn)，partially agree but disagree with reasons), for certain other purposes written records are advantageous to and more appropriate than video records. For example, certain legal matters are best left to written documentation: video is of no practical use to document the terms of a complex contractual agreement, an incorporation, or the establishment of a trust. And video is of little use when it comes to documenting a person's subjective state of mind, impressions, or reflections of an event or experience. Indeed, to the extent that personal interpretation adds dimension and richness to the record, written documentation is actually more important than video.
個(gè)人認(rèn)為此段應(yīng)為全文論述的重頭戲了，但小米好像并沒有給出更多強(qiáng)有力的論述。精華：一些表達(dá)——contractual agreement, an incorporation, or the establishment of a trust, a person's subjective state of mind, impressions, or reflections of an event or experience, personal interpretation adds dimension and richness to the record
Finally, a video record is of no use in documenting statistical or other quantitative information.
Returning to the riot example mentioned earlier, imagine relying on a video to document the financial loss to store owners, the number of police and firefighters involved, and so forth.
Complete and accurate video documentation of such information would require video cameras at every street corner and in every aisle of every store.真太搞笑了，連作者本人自己也承認(rèn)舉了riot example,這是他的優(yōu)點(diǎn)也是缺點(diǎn)，因?yàn)榻o人的感覺就是事實(shí)的堆砌，過于累贅！
In sum, the speaker's claim overstates the importance of video records, at least to some extent. When it comes to capturing, storing, and recalling temporal, spatial events, video records are inherently more objective, accurate, and complete. However, what we view through a camera lens provides only one dimension of our life and times; written documentation will always be needed to quantify, demystify, and provide meaning to the world around us.
Ets仁慈一點(diǎn)的話會(huì)給5分的，但我覺得最多4.5，因?yàn)楹翢o特色可言，該詳述的沒有詳述，不該的也流于“水帳”。優(yōu)點(diǎn)是能在短短的時(shí)間內(nèi)舉出n多例子，也難為他啦！我覺得此篇文章更應(yīng)在written works can record the thoughts of human, which is too abstract as its nature determines to electronic scientific miracles like camera to document.
"The video camera provides such an accurate and convincing record of contemporary life that it has become a more important form of documentation than written records."
According to the speaker, the video recording is a more important means of document a contemporary life than a written record because video recordings are more accurate and convincing. Although I agree that a video provides a more objective and accurate record of an event's spatial aspects, there is far more to document a life than what we see and hear(本人覺得這后半句難以理解). Thus the speaker overstates the comparative significance of video as a documentary tool.
For the purpose of documenting temporal, spatial events and experiences, I agree that a video record is usually more accurate and more convincing than a written record. It is impossible for anyone, no matter how keen an observer and skilled a journalist, to recount a complete and objective detail such events as the winning touchdown at the Super Bowl, a Ballanchine ballet, the Tournament of Roses Parade, or the scene at the intersection of Florence and Normandy streets during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Yet these are important events in contemporary life the sort of events we might put up a time capsule for the purpose of capturing our life and times at the turn of this millennium.
此段寫得比較平實(shí)，主要是列舉事例?？磥砦覀円惨喽嚓P(guān)注時(shí)政新聞了，我們也可陳述自己的故事，只要讓人明白講得是什么即可，無非是把Los Angels改成Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou……罷了。
The growing documentary role of video is not limited to seminal events like those described above. Video surveillance cameras are objective witnesses with perfect memories. Thus they can play a vital evidentiary role in legal proceedings--such as those involving robbery, drug trafficking, police misconduct, motor vehicle violations, and even malpractice in a hospital operating room. Indeed, whenever moving images are central to an event the video camera is superior to the written word. A written description of a hurricane, tornado, or volcanic eruption cannot convey its immediate power and awesome nature like a video record. A diary entry cannot "replay" that wedding reception, dance recital, or surprise birthday party as accurately or objectively as a video record. And a real estate brochure cannot inform about the lighting,spaciousness, or general ambiance of a featured property nearly as effectively as a video.
我們要學(xué)習(xí)的是這段里的事例排列，比如一些表達(dá)方式：robbery, drug trafficking, police misconduct, motor vehicle violations, and even malpractice in a hospital operating room Nonetheless(很明顯的轉(zhuǎn)折句，引出作者的有條件地同意原文觀點(diǎn)，partially agree but disagree with reasons), for certain other purposes written records are advantageous to and more appropriate than video records. For example, certain legal matters are best left to written documentation: video is of no practical use to document the terms of a complex contractual agreement, an incorporation, or the establishment of a trust. And video is of little use when it comes to documenting a person's subjective state of mind, impressions, or reflections of an event or experience. Indeed, to the extent that personal interpretation adds dimension and richness to the record, written documentation is actually more important than video.
個(gè)人認(rèn)為此段應(yīng)為全文論述的重頭戲了，但小米好像并沒有給出更多強(qiáng)有力的論述。精華：一些表達(dá)——contractual agreement, an incorporation, or the establishment of a trust, a person's subjective state of mind, impressions, or reflections of an event or experience, personal interpretation adds dimension and richness to the record
Finally, a video record is of no use in documenting statistical or other quantitative information.
Returning to the riot example mentioned earlier, imagine relying on a video to document the financial loss to store owners, the number of police and firefighters involved, and so forth.
Complete and accurate video documentation of such information would require video cameras at every street corner and in every aisle of every store.真太搞笑了，連作者本人自己也承認(rèn)舉了riot example,這是他的優(yōu)點(diǎn)也是缺點(diǎn)，因?yàn)榻o人的感覺就是事實(shí)的堆砌，過于累贅！
In sum, the speaker's claim overstates the importance of video records, at least to some extent. When it comes to capturing, storing, and recalling temporal, spatial events, video records are inherently more objective, accurate, and complete. However, what we view through a camera lens provides only one dimension of our life and times; written documentation will always be needed to quantify, demystify, and provide meaning to the world around us.
Ets仁慈一點(diǎn)的話會(huì)給5分的，但我覺得最多4.5，因?yàn)楹翢o特色可言，該詳述的沒有詳述，不該的也流于“水帳”。優(yōu)點(diǎn)是能在短短的時(shí)間內(nèi)舉出n多例子，也難為他啦！我覺得此篇文章更應(yīng)在written works can record the thoughts of human, which is too abstract as its nature determines to electronic scientific miracles like camera to document.