《Lesson 9 The Killion》.ppt

The Killion By Ian Franzier Writing strategy The beginning of a story: suspending The author’s tone of narrating: the seriousness of the subject and the absurdity of the narrative Exaggeration The author’s different wordings of different deaths Text Organization Part 1: The deadly paycheck Part 2: The famous mathematicians’ anecdotes with the big number Part 3: Computer error that caused so many deaths Part 4: The solution Part 1: The deadly paycheck Why does the author describe the death of Marcie Chang in such details? How do you begin a story to capture the reader’s attention? What language devices does the author employ to demonstrate that the 11 deaths were caused by the same check? Part 1: The deadly paycheck How did the scientists examine the check? What does that imply? Does the description impress you that they are very serious? Part 2: The anecdotes with the big number What is the history of big numbers? Archimetes: Number could attain great size The Greeks: count to a million The Romans: count to a billion and a trillion The Renaissance: a zillion Part 2: The anecdotes with the big number How did the different mathematicians deal with the big number? Newton: Kan Friedrich Gauss: Albert Einstein: Why does the author tell us the great mathematicians’ dealing with the Killion? What impression do you get from that? Part 3: Computer error that caused so many deaths What role does the description of the wires inside the computer play? Isn’t it redundant? How do you know that the computer is very big? Do you what gray staff imply here? How do you paraphrase Line 91-93? Do you know the butterfly effect? Part 4: The solution Do you think that the author is rather cruel to the bank teller when he made such a suggestion? Is the author very confident with his suggestions? What solution does the author provide? Is it a solution? Why do you think the author writes the passage? Have you ever watched any movies about scientific terrors?