wuling010194的部落格

※   1          I                             

      5          V               ←         →          

      10        X                (4,9)         (+)              

      50        L                                            

      100      C                                               

      500      D             

     1000    M

    E.G:  

     9=10-1→IX

     4=5-1→IV

     40=50-10→XL

     90=100-10→XC

※one chinese word=one character

※Pinyin system is easy to learn(from China)

※deity=god   “God”only for Hebrew

※“The face that launched a thousand ships

And burnt the topless towers of Ilium

Sweet Helen,make me immoral with a kiss.”

------------from The Tragical History of the Life  and Death of Doctor Faustus

※The Tragical History of the Life  and Death of Doctor Faustus is the story about a man sells his soul to devil for power and knowlwdge. 

※Trojan War main figures

(win)

●Menelaus→king of Sparta,the husband of Helen,brother of Agamemnon

●Agamemnon→king of Mycenae,brother of Menelaus

●Achilles→greatest warrior,killing Hector

※Achilles' heel-----》the deadly weakness

●Odysseus→come up with the idea of the wooden horse

(lose)

●Hector→prince of Troy,the leader of Trojan War,was killed by Achilles

●Paris→prince of Troy,elopement with Helen that cause Trojan War

●Cassandra→prophetess of Troy,Apollo loves her and was given a gift of foreseeing ability by Apollo 

※Atreus+Aerope→Menelaus+Helen

                        →Agamemnon+Clytemnestra→Iphigenia(as the sacrifice to allow his ships to sail to Troy)

                                                                  →Electra

                                                                  →Orestes

※Peleus+Thetis→Achilles(Thetis put Achilles into River Styx to keep him immortal)

※Priam+Hecuba→Hector+Andromache→Scamandrius

                        →Paris

                        → Cassandra    

tetra-:4   

tetrachord:a scale series of four sounds 

tetragon:a four-sided polygon  e.g.She draws a tetragon on her paper.

tetrapod:an animal has four feet or legs  e.g.Dogs are tetrapods.

mor;mort-:死亡,die

morgue:a building or a room where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation  e.g.

mortality:mortality:the number of deaths during a certain period of time among a particular type or group of people   e.g.The mortality from lung cancer is increasing.

生字

◎canto----》a major division of a long poem

◎bard----》a lyric poet

◎boulder----》a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin.

◎fortification----》defensive structure consisting of wall or mounds bulit around a stronghold to strengthen it.

◎mercy----》a feeling that motivates compassion.

◎invocation----》a prayer asking God help as part of a religious service.

◎ignite----》cause to start burning or burst into flames.