Aldous Huxley was a most unfortunate man.When he died in 1963 he must have expired in the confident belief that the event would be given wide coverage in the press the next day.After all,his career had not been without distinction.Where he made his big mistake was in dying on the same day that John F.Kennedy was assassinated. As a result Huxley got about three column inches at the bottom of page 27.
In the same way the death of Victor Farris has gone widely unnoticed because he foolishly shuffled off this mortal coil at the same time as Mr.Konstantin Chernenko.Now,as you all know,Victor Farris was the chap who invented the paper clip.The paper milk carton too.And paper clips and milk cartons will be in use long after everyone has forgotten the name of the comrade who came between Andropov and whatever this new bloke is called.
The same goes for the inventor of the supermarket trolley who died in Switzerland a few months ago. Fell off his trolley,so to speak.For all I know, he may be a household name in his own canton and they are putting up a statue of home wheeling his trolley,and are going to commemorate him on one of those ever-so-tasteful Swiss postage stamps we used to collect when we were younger and wiser, but I doubt if his name will be remembered outside the borders of his small country.Personally I forgot it within minutes of reading of his decease.
Not that it matters.Somehow it is hard to imagine things like paper clips and supermarket trolleys having had a named inventor. It’s like discovering that at a particular moment of history a particular person invented the spoon,or the chair, or socks. One assumes that these everyday objects just happened,or evolved through natural selection.
It isn’t necessarily so.I read only the other day that Richard Ⅱ invented the handkerchief.Almost everything else was invented either by Leonardo da Vinci or by Benjamin Franklinor else by Joseph Stalin.
It’s quite possible that Leonardo or Benjamin Franklin or Stalin also invented the supermarket trolley.Certainly it has been invented more than once.Hardly was Herr Edelweissin his grave,than news came of the death of Sylvan N.Goodman at the age of 86.Sylvan also invented the supermarket trolley or,as the Los Angeles Times report calls it,the shopping cart.
Be that as it may,Herr Edelweiss or Sylvan Goodman,or both,did a grand job and made supermarket shopping far less hellish than it would otherwise be.The next step will be to get the trolleys out of the shops and into the streets.You could put an engine in the front and call it a car.Or give it big wheels and a canopy and call it a pram.The possibilities are endless.
题目：
Who probably invented spoons?
A.Leonardo da Vinci.
B.Benjamin Franklin.
C.Victor Farris.
D.A person unknown.
网上答案不少选D的，但原文明确说了可能是达芬奇创造的呀。
翻译：
1: 倒数第二段：Hardly was Herr Edelweissin his grave,than news came of the death of Sylvan N.Goodman at the age of 86.
2. 倒数第一段：Be that as it may,Herr Edelweiss or Sylvan Goodman,or both,did a grand job and made supermarket shopping far less hellish than it would otherwise be.
3. 第二段：... becasuehe foolishly shuffled off this mortal coil at the same time as Mr.Konstantin Chernenko.And paper clips and milk cartons will be in use long after everyone has forgotten the name of the comrade who came between Andropov and whatever this new bloke is called.
做阅读题时，
不要忘记一个尤为重要的东西：篇章结构
它是文章的布局，每个段落，自然是要围绕一个主题的
所以，抓住主题，就能防止在一些琐碎的细节上兜圈子
Aldous Huxley was a most unfortunate man.When he died in 1963 he must have expired in the confident belief that the event would be given wide coverage in the press the next day.After all,his career had not been without distinction.Where he made his big mistake was in dying on the same day that John F.Kennedy was assassinated. As a result Huxley got about three column inches at the bottom of page 27.
In the same way the death of Victor Farris has gone widely unnoticed because he foolishly shuffled off this mortal coil at the same time as Mr.Konstantin Chernenko.Now,as you all know,Victor Farris was the chap who invented the paper clip.The paper milk carton too.And paper clips and milk cartons will be in use long after everyone has forgotten the name of the comrade who came between Andropov and whatever this new bloke is called.
The same goes for the inventor of the supermarket trolley who died in Switzerland a few months ago. Fell off his trolley,so to speak.For all I know, he may be a household name in his own canton and they are putting up a statue of home wheeling his trolley,and are going to commemorate him on one of those ever-so-tasteful Swiss postage stamps we used to collect when we were younger and wiser, but I doubt if his name will be remembered outside the borders of his small country.Personally I forgot it within minutes of reading of his decease.
上面这三段讲的, 差不多是一个意思：
（人要生逢其时），死，也要死得当时，被另一个“盖了帽”，连死讯的报道都不咋的。
也就别说创造创造之类的东西了。
可见这篇文章写得并不好，布局不太合理：等于是用了三段来提出主题
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Not that it matters. Somehow it is hard to imagine things like paper clips and supermarket trolleys having had a named inventor. It’s like discovering that at a particular moment of history a particular person invented the spoon,or the chair, or socks. One assumes that these everyday objects just happened,or evolved through natural selection.
It isnt necessarily so.I read only the other day that Richard Ⅱ invented the handkerchief.Almost everything else was invented either by Leonardo da Vinci or by Benjamin Franklinor else by Joseph Stalin.
这两段标红的部分，是段落规划提示词，
即咋一眼看，是两个对立的段落，但深入看了两段文字后，会发现它们的语流是一致的
即论述一个事物的两个方面
上一段说，
这无关紧要。这类人死就去世了呗，像别针、超市手推车这种小东西，何足怪齿。 其创造者又何以叫人瞩目
### 注意这里出现 spoon，没说是哪个创造的（语气是：传闻是达芬奇而已，大家说是如此），但语意是spoon只是一件小玩意罢了， 一件不足挂齿的东西
下一段说，
本来是哪个创造的，也不肯定就是那样的
### 只须看见 约瑟夫*斯大林 创造电视，基本就能一定，这段的语气是搞笑性质的
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It’s quite possible that Leonardo or Benjamin Franklin or Stalin also invented the supermarket trolley. Certainly it has been invented more than once.Hardly was Herr Edelweissin his grave,than news came of the death of Sylvan N.Goodman at the age of 86.Sylvan also invented the supermarket trolley or,as the Los Angeles Times report calls it,the shopping cart.
这段是作者的叽叽歪歪了。
这段的核心是：一样东西会有重复创造，那也为未可知
Be that as it may,Herr Edelweiss or Sylvan Goodman,or both,did a grand job and made supermarket shopping far less hellish than it would otherwise be.The next step will be to get the trolleys out of the shops and into the streets.You could put an engine in the front and call it a car.Or give it big wheels and a canopy and call it a pram.The possibilities are endless.
继续叽叽歪歪，仍然是说一样东西会或许会有重复创造
并最后点明主题：The possibilities are endless.
-------------为便于理解，我讲述的用词是语意放大性质的-----------------
题目：
Who probably invented spoons?
A.Leonardo da Vinci.
B.Benjamin Franklin.
C.Victor Farris.
D.A person unknown. （√）
网上答案不少选D的，但原文明确说了可能是达芬奇创造的呀。
看了我上面的剖析，你还会选达芬奇么？
我问你，电视机是斯大林创造的么？
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翻译：
1: 倒数第二段：Hardly was Herr Edelweiss in his grave,than news came of the death of Sylvan N.Goodman at the age of 86.
大意：HE刚死，巧了，SN这个大神逼也去世了。
（为何说后者可能是大神逼呢，由于前者是“管他叫什么”，后者有名有姓）
2. 倒数第一段：Be that as it may, Herr Edelweiss or Sylvan Goodman,or both,did a grand job and made supermarket shopping far less hellish than it would otherwise be.
注解：
Be that as it may = Though it may be that
otherwise = 这另外一种状况下 （有购物车是“这样的情况”，那“无购物车”就是“在另外一种状况下”= otherwise； 用数学语言讲解是，一个是 A，otherwise表示的就是 非A）
3. 第二段：
（整段）In the same way the death of Victor Farris has gone widely unnoticed because he foolishly shuffled off this mortal coil at the same time as Mr.Konstantin Chernenko.Now,as you all know,Victor Farris was the chap who invented the paper clip.The paper milk carton too.And paper clips and milk cartons will be in use long after everyone has forgotten the name of the comrade who came between Andropov and whatever this new bloke is called.
注解：
shuffle off =脱掉;摆脱
mortal coil 它是莎士比亚（to be, or not to be那首诗里）的用词
可以理解为尘世的烦扰，但国内有位名家把它翻译为“一身臭皮囊”，非常到位。
shuffled off this mortal coil =脱掉那身臭皮囊 =死掉
Andropov 安德罗波夫1914-1984
Chernenko 契尔年科1911-1985
都是苏联时期执政非常短暂的领导人（在戈尔巴乔夫之前）,
bloke= 家伙
这段明显是调侃的语气，你FR死就死呗，咋就那样愚蠢地死在契尔年科同时？让人家盖了“死的风头”了。
-----安德罗波夫（去世了) ----------- FR / 契尔年科----------------
FR去世了，下面，他的 the paper clip/the paper milk carton 一定还会长期被用
... long after everyone has forgotten the name of the comrade who came between Andropov and whatever this new bloke is called.
came between = 死在；卒于
the comrade = FR（只能如此理解），
然后是，FR代表了他的生活年代，或者说是他死的最后期限/岁月
... 在大家忘记了这位同志的名字（实质是FR）很长时间之后 （那推车、盒还会在用），这位同志（FR）这个人死在安德罗波夫和他一个人所代表的最后的岁月之间， 至于他的名字，就管它叫什么了
whatever this new bloke is called.
假如改成 whatever this new bloke himself is called.
那就简单了，那第三个翻译也就不需费这么多口舌了。
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