Events That Collide · 碰撞的事件
A significant event stages a value conflict
- Significant events often illustrate competing value systems that relate to a conflict present in the text.
- So an event is significant partly because it makes an abstract conflict concrete and visible.
- Ask which two value systems the event puts in the same room.
The dinner argument may be about who sits where; the real conflict is who gets to decide.
重要事件把价值冲突演出来
- 重要事件常常体现出与文本中某一冲突相关的、相互竞争的价值体系。
- 因此一个事件之所以重要,部分原因在于它把抽象的冲突变得具体可见。
- 要问这个事件把哪两套价值体系放进了同一个房间。
饭桌上的争执也许是“谁坐哪里”；真正的冲突却是“谁说了算”。
A significant event is significant partly because it... · 一个重要事件之所以重要，部分原因在于它……
Ask which two value systems the event puts in the same room. · 询问该事件将哪两种价值观体系置于同一场景中。
Events collide and accumulate
- Events in a plot collide and accumulate to create a sense of anticipation and suspense.
- Two verbs, and they are different: collide is two events meeting; accumulate is many adding up.
- So the analysis can be about a single meeting, or about a weight built over chapters.
事件相互撞击并累积
- 情节中的事件相互撞击并累积,从而制造出期待与悬念。
- 两个动词,而它们不同:撞击是两个事件相遇;累积是许多事件叠加。
- 因此分析可以关乎一次单独的相遇,也可以关乎数章之间堆积起来的重量。
Select all · 所有 the ways the CED says events create anticipation and suspense. · 选择 所有 CED 指出的事件制造期待与悬念的方式。
Two verbs, and they need different evidence. · 两个动词，且需要不同的证据。
A collision is where two lines meet
- In a long narrative, two separate developments often reach the same scene.
- The debt matures in the same week as the wedding; the letter arrives on the day of the funeral.
- That coincidence is a structure, and the scene where two lines meet is almost always worth the essay.
撞击是两条线相遇之处
- 在长篇叙事中,两条各自发展的线索常常抵达同一个场景。
- 债务到期恰逢婚礼那一周;信件送到恰是葬礼那一天。
- 这一巧合是一种结构,而两条线相遇的那一场,几乎总是值得写。
Collision, accumulation, or a value conflict staged? · 是碰撞、累积，还是精心安排的价值观冲突？
Sort each observation by what it shows. · 根据每个观察点所显示的内容进行排序。
One quotation can demonstrate an accumulation. · 一句引文可以证明一种积累。
Accumulation is the point, so it needs three spaced instances. · 积累是核心要点，因此需要三个分散的实例。
Collision and accumulation need different evidence. A collision is two developments meeting in one scene, and one scene proves it. An accumulation is weight built over chapters, and a single quotation cannot show it — cite three spaced instances or the claim is unproved.
**撞击与累积需要不同的证据。**撞击是两条发展线在同一场戏中相遇,一场戏就能证明它。累积是数章之间堆起的重量,单独一处引文无法展示——要引出三个分散的实例,否则这个主张没有被证明。
A collision is two separate developments reaching the same ____. · 碰撞是指两个独立的发展到达同一个 ____。
That coincidence is a structure, and it is almost always worth the essay. · 这种巧合是一种结构，通常非常值得在论文中探讨。
Accumulation needs several instances
- An accumulating pressure cannot be shown with one quotation, because accumulation is the point.
- Cite three instances spaced across the text and say what each adds to the weight.
- The reader should be able to feel the total from the spacing alone.
累积需要若干实例
- 累积起来的压力无法用一处引文来展示,因为累积本身就是要点。
- 引出三个分散于全文的实例,并说出每一个为这份重量添加了什么。
- 仅凭这些实例的间距,读者就应当能感受到那个总和。
Match each claim to the evidence it needs. · 将每个主张与其所需的证据匹配。
Matching the evidence to the claim is most of what makes an argument work. · 将证据与主张相匹配是论点成立的关键。
An events pass
- For the event you chose, name the two competing value systems it stages.
- Decide whether your argument is about a collision or an accumulation.
- For a collision, name both lines; for an accumulation, cite three spaced instances.
事件检查
- 对你所选的事件,说出它演出了哪两套相互竞争的价值体系。
- 判断你的论证关乎一次撞击,还是一次累积。
- 如果是撞击,说出两条线;如果是累积,引出三个分散的实例。
Collision: the loan falls due in the same week as the wedding, so the scene must choose between two value systems — obligation to a creditor and obligation to a family. Accumulation: three refusals of help, in chapters four, eleven and twenty-two, each smaller than the last and each harder to take back.
撞击:贷款到期恰逢婚礼那一周,于是那一场戏必须在两套价值体系之间作出选择——对债主的义务与对家人的义务。累积:三次拒绝帮助,分别在第四、十一与二十二章,一次比一次更小,却一次比一次更难收回。
Significant events illustrate competing value systems related to a conflict — name the two. Events collide and accumulate to create anticipation and suspense, and these need different evidence: a collision is two lines meeting in one scene; an accumulation needs three spaced instances.
重要事件体现相互竞争的价值体系,与某一冲突相关——要说出那两套。事件相互撞击并累积,以制造期待与悬念,而两者需要不同的证据:撞击是两条线在一场戏中相遇;累积需要三个分散的实例。