Unit07ToErrIsHuman分析.pptVIP

Proverbs Double meaning of the title Text Structure Analysis English-Chinese Translation Chinese-English Translation * * Unit SevenTo Err Is Human To err is human; to forgive, divine. 人难免错误，宽恕别人是神圣的。The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future. 过去的错误是未来的智慧和成功。He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing. 不犯错误，成不了事。The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. 不犯错误的人往往也就是无所作为的人。No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes. 不犯千般错误，难成伟大人物。There is none without a fault. 人孰无过。Every man has his faults. 人孰无过。He is lifeless that is faultless. 人孰无过。By others faults, wise men correct their own. 他山之石，可以攻玉。It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the error. 人总不免要犯错误，只有蠢人才坚持不改。 Man is liable to errors. You can not expect to find someone who never makes any mistakes. Original meaning Only humans, not other lower animals and machines, including computers, are fallible (and this attribute of humans sets them apart and above the others). Meaning in the text Introduction to the Author Lewis Thomas, U.S. physician and author, was born in Queens, N.Y, in 1913. He attended medical school at Harvard and later taught at various universities. He was president of New Yorks Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 1973-83. He translated his passionate interest in and wonder at the intricate mysteries of biology into lucid (明晰的) meditations and reflections on biology in award-winning essays. The best known of his widely read books is The Lives of a Cell (1974, National Book Award). He also was the author of The Youngest Science. Dr. Lewis died in 1994. Introduction to the Text Given our increasing dependence on computers, we are likely to experience the effects of increasing computer errors. How many of these errors can be blamed on the computers themselves or on their users, us, is hard to say. The author of To Err Is Human ponders whether or not computers will in the future be able to learn fr