Lesson 7-Invisible Man

they are afraid that day will be true which the black and the white all have the same social equity. They can’t accept that. They think they should have higher social state. But that is really ridiculous. .
are not really admire the narattor'stalence.They just want to make fun of him and entertain themselves.
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Invisible Man (Para 47-90)
63.We of the young generation extol the wisdom…words or wisdom…
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Invisible Man (Para 47-90)
66.“Cast down your bucket where you are”—cast it down in making friends…we are surrounded…
Make full use of what you have and do the best you can. Take this attitude in making friends in every honorable way, making friends with people of different races among whom we live.
the narrator's speech（para47-

⾼英I习题英汉翻译参考答案Invisible Man 曹志希原则：遵循信息流翻译观⽅法：词性转换、词汇增删、辞格保留A. Phrases and clauses1.临终之际 on his deathbed (para. 2)2. 不由⾃主 in spite of myself (para. 3)3. 榜样品⾏an example of desirable conduct vs. a desirable conduct for example (para. 3)4. 简易拳击场 portable boxing ring (para. 5)5.等待时流的汗⽔ anticipatory sweat (para. 6)6.⽓味更浓的是烟叶和威⼠忌 (it)smelled even more strongly of tobacco and whiskey (para. 7)7.⼀粒粒珍珠般⼤⼩的汗珠发光发亮像露珠beads of pearly perspiration glistening like dew (para. 7)8.突然爆发的看不见东西时产⽣的恐惧⼼理 a sudden fit of blind terror (para. 11)9.他们脑袋缩回，差点夹到了肩膀的⾥⾯ their heads pulled in short against their shoulders (para. 21)10.硬币有各种各样的形状 coins of all dimensions (31)11.⽤铜制的纪念币来宣传某个品牌汽车brass pocket tokens advertising a certain make of automobile (para. 90)12. 敬启者To Whom It May Concern (para. 93)B. Sentences for translation (from English to Chinese)1.活着的⽅式是把头放进狮⼦⼝。

• college professor • writer
• "I have always read a lot, and I began to realize I had a certain talent for it. It was not easy to be the kind of musician I wanted to be: I did t have enough money to go to Juilliard [school of music]. So I stuck with what I had.”
• a story about a young African American man who is struggling to prove himself in a racial, prejudice world.
• Invisible Man (1952)
• Shadow and Act (1964)
• Going to the Territory (1986)
• Flying Home: And Other Stories
is published (after being discovered in his home) （1996）
many American writers were influenced by Ellison
• Gettysburg Address
• Ecclesiates
• Joseph Conrad • Fyodor Dostoevski • William Faulkner • Ben Franklin • Henry James • Herman Melville
Careers/Jobs

Battle Royal
Take the ‘Battle Royal’ passage in my novel, where the boys are blindfolded and forced to fight each other for the amusement of the white observers. This is a vital part of behavior pattern in the South, which both Negroes and whites thoughtlessly accept…The patterns were already there in society, so that all I had to do was present them in a broader context of meaning.
苍天呼吁
d. Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song Of Solomon, Beloved
e. Alice Walker: The Color Purple
艾里森和《看不见的人》
艾里森：《看不见的人》（Invisible Man， 1952）。
着重探讨的是“寻找自我”这样一个具有普 遍意义的命题。
Text analysis
paragraph 1
Words like “I was looking for myself” and “I am
nobody but myself” point out the central theme of the novel---searching for self-identity.
“我一直在寻找自我，曾有过许多只有我自 己才能够回答的问题。我不问自己，却老是 去问别人。只是在经过漫长的时间，体验过 种种期望遭到毁灭的痛苦以后，我才获得别 人与生俱有的认识：我就是我自己。”