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1、写作Directions:forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledthewaytosuccessbycommentingonAbrahamLincoln’sfamousremark,”givemesixhourstochopdownatree,andIwillspendthefirstfourhourssharpeningtheaxe”youshouldwriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words.快速阅读Google'splanforworld's
2、biggestonlinelibrary:philanthropyoractofpiracy? Googlehasalreadyscanned10millionbooksinitsbidtodigitisethecontentsoftheworld'smajorlibraries,butacopyrightbattlenowthreatenstheproject,withAmazonandMicrosoftjoiningauthorsandpublishersopposedtothescheme. Inrecentyearstheworld'smostvener
3、ablelibrarieshaveplayedhosttosomeincongruousvisitors.Industynooksandfar-flungstacks,teamsofworkersdispatchedbyGooglehavebeenbeaveringawaytomakedigitalcopiesofbooks.Sofar,Googlehasscannedmorethan10milliontitlesfromlibrariesinAmericaandEurope–includinghalfamillionvolumesheldbytheBodleian
4、inOxford.Theexactmethoditusesisunclear;thecompanydoesnotallowoutsiderstoobservetheprocess. WhyisGoogleundertakingsuchaventure,soseeminglyout-of-kilterwithitssnazzy,hi-techimage?Whyisiteveninterestedinallthoseout-of-printlibrarybooks,mostofwhichhavebeengatheringdustonforgottenshelvesfo
5、rdecades?Thecompanyclaimsitsmotivesareessentiallypublic-spirited.Itsoverallmission,afterall,isto"organisetheworld'sinformation",soitwouldbeoddifthatinformationdidnotincludebooks.Likethe23AncientEgyptianswhoattemptedtobuildalibraryatAlexandriacontainingalltheknownworld'sscrolls,Googleex
6、ecutivestalkofconstructingauniversalonlinearchive,atreasuretroveofknowledgethatwillbefreelyavailable–oratleastfreelysearchable–forall. Thecompanylikestopresentitselfashavinglofty,utopianaspirations."Thisreallyisn'taboutmakingmoney"isamantra."Wearedoingthisforthegoodofsociety."AsSantia
7、godelaMora,headofGoogleBooksforEurope,putsit:"Bymakingitpossibletosearchthemillionsofbooksthatexisttoday,wehopetoexpandthefrontiersofhumanknowledge." DanClancy,thechiefarchitectofGoogleBooks,offersananalogywiththeinventionoftheGutenbergpress–Google'sbookproject,hesays,willhaveasimil
