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Lesson Seven Plot?第七课 情节?E.M. Forster?E.M.福斯特 New words?sequence?(n.) A number of things in or as if in line: series, chain, catena, course, order?causality?n. pl.?causalities 1.?The principle of or relationship between cause and effect.?2.?A causal agency, force, or quality.?preserve, keep?overshadow?(v.) To surpass in power, importance, or influence: predominate, dominate, govern, loom large, prevail?Underline the keywords?1 Let us define a plot. We have defined a?story?as a narrative of?events arranged in their time-sequence. A?plot?is also a narrative of events, the?emphasis?falling?on causality. The king died and then the queen dies, is a story. The king dies, and then the queen died of grief, is a plot. The time-sequence is preserved, but the sense of causality overshadows it.?译文?让我们给情节 下一个定义，我们已经把故事定义为按时间叙事。情节也是叙事，只是重点放在因果关系上。“国王死了后来王后死了”，是故事。“国王死了，而王后因悲痛国王而死”，是情节。时间顺序没有变，但因果关系使它显得不重要了。?没有变，译成被保存不好。?显得不重要，译成在阴影下不好。?New words?suspend?v.?pause, hesitate, interrupt, delay, hold up, discontinue, break, wait, mark time, intermit, falter, rest:?He suspend for a moment to allow late-comers to take their seats.?Underline the keywords?Or again; The queen died, no one knew why, until it was discovered that it was through grief at the death of the king. This is?a plot with a mystery?in it, a form capable of high development. It suspends the time sequence, it moves as far away from the story as its limitations will allow. Consider the death of the queen. If it is in?a story?we say and then? If it is in?a plot?we ask why? That is the?fundamental difference between these two?aspects of the novel.?译文?或者说，“王后死了，没人知道为什么。直到最后人们才发现，是死于对国王驾崩的哀痛。”这是一个富有神秘色彩的情节，是一个能够向纵深发展的形式。它暂时不考虑时间顺序，把它悬了起来。它在故事允许的范围内，远离了故事情节。看看王后的死。如果是故事，我们说，“后来呢？”如果是情节，我们问，“为什么？”这是小说的两个方面的根本区别。?New words?gaping?Deep and wide open:?a gaping wound; a gaping hole.?cave?山洞 A hollow or natural passage under or into the earth with an opening to the surface.?Sultan?苏丹 A ruler of a Moslem