a. 羅馬數字的辨別 Roman Numerals

Ex. 

2014: MMXIV     90: XC     99:XCIX

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b. The face that launched a thousand ships

(from Faustus浮士德)傾國傾城的容貌

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歌曲欣賞/Bread- If

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c. 字首 Prefix

  tera-: 4

  mono-: 1

  tri-: 3

  penta-: 5

  qua-: 4

  oct-: 8 (在拉丁文裡是8的意思。屋大維雖被封為奧古斯都Augustus，但本名叫Gaius Octavius！)

  mor-: 死亡

  for example, morgue: a building or room where dead bodies are kept temporarily

  for example, mortal: human and not able to live for ever

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d. 單字 Vocabulary

  hieroglyphics 象形文字

  character 符號；(漢)字

  pinyin system 拼音系統

  alphabet 字母系統

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e. Peleus + Thetis (goddness of water) -> Achilles

Thetis小時候很怕Achilles打仗死掉，所以讓他穿女裝→Patroclus是他的好友(兼男友?!)

Thetis tried to make Achilles immortal, by dipping him in the river Styx. However, he was left vulnerable at the part of the body by which she held him, his heel.