西洋文學概論Week2

 

The content of the course

1.Quiz 50題

2.Vocabulary

Dia—  go through

For example:

dialogue(n./v.)對話   dialect(n.)方言(adj.)方言的

diagnosis(n.)診斷    diameter(n.)直徑

   

De —  down, away from 

For example:

departure(n.)離開,出發 

depreciate(v.)(使)貶值

decline (n.)晚年,衰退 (v.)傾斜 (vi.)衰落,下降 (vt.)婉拒

 

monotheistic(adj.)一神教的  〔mono-- 單一, the-- 神〕

For example:

monopoly (n.)壟斷,獨佔

   

--ium 有形無形的範疇

For example:

aquarium水族館 

millennium 千禧年: A millennium (plural millennia) is a period of time

equal to 1000 years.

equilibrium/,ikwəl'ɪbriəm/ 平衡

auditorium禮堂〔audi— 聽〕

 

ps. Auditor聽眾 v.s. spectator圍觀群眾

 

coliseum /kɒləˈsiːəm/ (n.)競技場

 

lyre七弦豎琴〔延伸: lyric(adj.)抒情的， --s(n.) 歌詞〕

 

 

patron(n.)主顧 

patronage(n.)政治酬庸 

patronize (vt.)贊助

 

3.appreciate professor’s brilliant pictures(travel to Greece )

4.recommend movie:我的心留在愛琴海

(sorry,I can’t find movie photo)

 

5.orpheus

Orpheus was a legendary Thracian musician, poet, and prophet in

ancient Greek religion and myth. The major stories about him are

centered on his ability to charm all living things and even stones with

his music, his attempt to retrieve his wife, Eurydice, from the underworld,

and his death at the hands of those who could not hear his divine music.

 

 

 

6.next class:荷馬史詩, quizzes