第三次课中你们做了一些笔记，记录你们在录影中所看到的技术系统，或你所看到内容的一些暗示。我们将在课堂上讨论这些笔记。你应该回顾并修改笔记，将笔记编排成清晰可读的文件。依据你个人喜好，可条列做成书面格式，在第四次课作为家庭作业上交。
During Class #3 you will be making notes about the technological systems you see in the video, or that are implied by what you see. We will discuss these notes in class that day. You should review and revise these notes to arrange them in a legible document, which can be a list or spreadsheet depending upon your preference, for submission as a homework assignment in Class #4.

可以透过本课程网址中的“讨论”功能，课上前交这份作业。列印出一份，带到课堂。
You should try to submit this assignment ahead of class through the "discussion" function of this website. Bring a hard copy to class.

1. 课程主题为“危机世界中的科学技术”。针对与主题相关的当今事件，写一篇一至二段的小文章。描述这个（些）重大事件并对其与课程主题相关性略作说明。
   Paragraph or two on current events pertaining to technology in a dangerous world. Just describe the significant event or events and add a few words about how it/they relate to the topic of this class.
   
   
2. 当Claude Canizares在第六次课来访时，拟出一个问题请教他。该问题应与他担任MIT副教务长职务有关，或与他的科研工作有关。无论哪种情况，你的问题应从他那儿得到一些资讯或引出观点。而这些资讯或观点，与他所从事的军用与民用之间边界研究工作经验有关； 或者，这些资讯或观点，与他所从事的另一项工作经验有关，即定义在9.11之后的世界中MIT的责任。
   Write a question to ask Claude Canizares when he visits you in Class #6. The question can relate to his role as associate provost at MIT or to his scientific research work. In either case your question should elicit from him some information or perspective that relates to his experience working on the frontier between civilian and military research, or to his experience in defining MIT's responsibilities in the post 9/11 world.

对第一项作业的附加说明：学生们一直被要求定期阅读《纽约时报》（或另一种相近的印刷出版物），寻找与课程主题相关的新闻。作业是：就某一与课程主题相关的当今事件，写一篇长约一段的小文章，描述事件内容及其与课程主题的关系。
Additional comments on the first assignment: Students have been asked to read The New York Times (or a similarly substantial publication) regularly to look for news relating to the topic of the class. The assignment is to write a paragraph on some current story that relates to the topic, describing what the story is and what the relationship is.

学生应仔细阅读剪报集，并从中选择使他们感兴趣的新闻（可以在正常办公时间接待学生）。学生也可能找到属于自己的剪报新闻。学生写一篇二页的文章：（1）概括说明新闻故事及解说词如何阐述主题，即“危机世界中的科学技术”；（2）推荐一些方法方式，使他们对此主题可以进行深入研究。这篇论文可以发展成更长的论文，在第十九次课交老师。
Students should go through the collection of clippings and choose one that interests them. (They are available during regular office hours). Students may also find a clipping of their own. They should write two pages (1) summarizing how the news story/commentary addresses the topic of technology in a dangerous world, and (2) suggesting ways that they could do further research into this topic. This paper might evolve into the longer paper that is due in Class #19.

作为你将独立完成的研究论文--你计划从事的工作，应在今天上交的提案中描述。提案应包括以下组成部分：一、用一段篇幅描述主题；二、利用在课堂上讨论的概念分析主题，用一段篇幅描述你将如何进行分析；三、你的研究计划，包括原始资料的范围和类型；四、用一段篇幅说明预计的成就和发现；五、用一段篇幅勾勒预期将碰到的难题（实际问题和概念性问题）；六、（任务）大事预计完成时间表：1.研究工作；2. 粗略的提纲；3. 附加研究；4. 初稿（初稿在第十三次课交）。其他任何我必须知道且与报告有关的事情（例如，除了标准的书面报告格式外，假如你还有其他计划），你也可以包括进来，但是你必须包含以上资讯。整个提案可能长达3-4页双行格式。在第八次课，就你的项目，对班上其他同学，做一个不超过三分钟的概要说明。如果你愿意，你可利用带有视觉效果的辅助说明。
The proposal due today should describe the project you intend to do as your single-authored research paper. The proposal should include the following components: one-paragraph description of the topic; one paragraph describing how you will analyze the topic using concepts we are discussing in this class; your research plan, including range and types of sources; one paragraph on anticipated contribution/findings; one paragraph on anticipated problems, either practical or conceptual; and a time-line of target dates for completion of research, rough outline, additional research, and first draft (first draft is due in Class #13). You can include anything else about the report that I need to know (e.g. if you plan anything but the standard written report format), but you must include the above information. The entire proposal will probably run about three-four double-spaced pages. In Class #8 you will give a three-minute (maximum) summary of your project to the rest of the class. Use visual aids if you wish.

此次参观的目的就是为了让你们加深理解，MIT作为一个公共机构，它在危机四伏的世界中所起的作用。为了达到这个目的，你们集中注意有关MIT教育的展览。解说员将对展览做一个总的解说，并可回答问题和提供建议。首先，从从容容地仔细参观整个展览，并找到一些特别吸引你注意力的部分。然后将注意力集中在可能与主题密切相关的某一件人工制品上（或可能是人工制品的展品，注意力集中）。此人工制品可能暗示，作为一个社会机构，MIT如何试图使世界少些危险；它也可能是这么一件人造品，暗示着MIT(无意中)使世界变得更危险。 在家庭作业中，尽可能地仔细描述这个（些）人造品。以该物体为焦点：既可用语言描述，如果你愿意，也可用草图勾勒。尽你所能弄清楚：它如何运转，其质地材料，它如何被设计，谁可能设计和使用了它，等等。依据该物体进行推断，回答下列二个问题：一、关于我们这个充满危险的世界中的技术，此人造品告诉你什么？此人造品及其从属的那个系统，关于这二者的关系，你们应特别深入思考。这个系统是暗示的而非显而易见， 试图把人造品与它所属其中的大环境联系起来。二、你们应该追问：，这个物品告诉你哪些有关MIT作为一个社会机构的具体情况？这个物品幕后是什么人？你能推断出他们的知识、教育、训练和目标等方面的哪些资讯？完整的作业应列印出来长约3 页双行格式。以上问题意欲作为一种引导，而非严格的限制。最重要的是，就此人造品深入地思考和聪慧地创作。该作业在第十三次课交，并评分。在第十三次课，我们将讨论博物馆和你们的作业，我们也会开始讨论Castells的文章。为了不至于阅读量太大，我已减少阅读作业。我建议，在参观博物馆之前，你们现在就开始阅读Castells的文章，以便你们在参观后能够集中精力写书面家庭作业。
The purpose of your visit is to deepen your understanding of MIT's institutional role in a dangerous world. You will focus on the exhibit about MIT education in order to do this. A guide will give you an overview of the exhibit and be available to answer your questions and to offer suggestions. First, take time to go through the entire exhibit and to find some parts of it that especially attract your attention. Then focus in on one artifact (or possibly artifacts, but try to focus) that seem to relate closely to the theme of MIT's role in a dangerous world. The artifact might suggest how MIT as an institution has tried to make the world less dangerous; it might also be an artifact that suggests how MIT (maybe unintentionally) might make the world a more dangerous place. For your homework assignment, describe the artifact (or artifacts) as carefully as you can. Focus on the object: describe it in words and if you wish in a sketch. Try to figure out everything you can about how it works, what it is made of, how it was designed, who might have designed or used it, and so forth. Then extrapolate out from the object to answer two questions: what does this object tell you about technology in a dangerous world? You should think especially hard about the relation between the artifact and the system of which it is a part. The system is implied, not visible, but try to connect the object with its larger context. Next, you should ask what this object tells you specifically about MIT as an institution. Who are the people behind the object and what can you infer about their knowledge, education, training, and goals? The full homework assignment should run about three pages (typed, double-spaced). The above questions are intended as guides, not as rigid constraints. It is more important to think deeply and to write intelligently about the artifact than anything else. The assignment will be due in Class #13 and it will be graded. In Class #13, we will discuss the museum and your assignments, and we will also begin to discuss the Castells reading. I have reduced the reading assignment so it won't be too heavy. I recommend that you get started on it now, before the museum tour, so that you can focus on the written homework assignment after the tour.