- 羅馬的榮光 ‘’To Helen’’ by Edgar A. Poe.
Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicéan barks of yore,
That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
To his own native shore.
On desperate seas long wont to roam,
Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
Thy Naiad airs have brought me home
To the glory that was Greece,
And the grandeur that was Rome.
Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche
How statue-like I see thee stand,
The agate lamp within thy hand!
Ah, Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy-Land!
- “The Roman Fever “by Edith Wharton(1934)
The setting of the story takes place in the city of Rome. The exotic setting illustrates the power and class from which the women hail, but the Old Rome context, such as the Colosseum, insinuates Roman Empire-style intrigue.
- Gilgamesh
- Manifest Destiny
- Presumption of innocence (無罪推定原則)
- Republican / Democrat
- 美國三大郵報:USA today/New York time/Washington post
- 西洋三大獎:The Academy Award of Merit /Golden Globe Awards /Grammy Award
“Action is
eloquence, and the eyes of th’ ignorant more learned than the ears” – Coriolanus
William Shakespeare, Coriolanus (c. 1607-08), Act III, scene 2, line 76.
- 推薦電影:Working Girl(1988)、Far and Away(1992)
- 推薦音樂:"Let the River Run" - Carly Simon、"Under the Sea" The Little Mermaid
- Vocabulary
Law maker
Rancor
Ratified
Concession
Success/successful/successive/predecessor
Electoral College
Paranoia
Defend(v.)捍衛
Wiretapping(adj.)竊聽的
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