UnitSixTEXTIPreparingforCollege I LibraryWork1 Homer 8thcenturyB C theGreekepicpoettowhomareattributedtheIliadandtheOdyssey thegreatestepicpoetryofalltime TheIliad thetaleofthesiegeofTroy anancientcityinAsiaMinor isanepicpoemintwenty fourbooks TheOdysseyisanepicpoemwhichrecordstheadventuresofOdysseusorUlysses aGreekleaderinthe I LibraryWork TrojanWar alegendarywarwagedanywherefromthe11thtothe14thcenturyB C Itisalsointwenty fourbooks 2 DanteAlighieri 1265 1321 ItalianpoetwhosereputationrestschieflyonTheDivineComedy ca 1309 1320 anepicpoemthatdescribeshisspiritualjourneythroughHellandPurgatoryandfinallytoParadise orthewayofanindividualsoulfromsintopurification I LibraryWork 3 CaiusJuliusCaesar 100 44B C RomangeneralandadministratorwhomadehimselfmasteroftheRomanworldbydefeatingPompeytheGreat 106 48B C theRomangeneralandstatesmanbeforehim CaesarruledsupremeuntilhewasassassinatedbyagroupofconspiratorsheadedbyMarcusBrutusandCassius I LibraryWork 4 RobertOwen 1771 1858 Britishsocialistreformerandfounderofcooperativecommunities HestroveagainstsocialdisordersbroughtaboutbytheIndustrialRevolutionandurgedParliamenttoenactlawsthatwouldalleviatethebadworkingconditionsinBritishfactories Heassistedthetrade I LibraryWork unionmovement Hediscouragedthehiringofchildren Heestablishedacooperativesocietyforthepurchaseandsaleofcommodities andorganizedcooperativecommunitiestocreateabetterenvironment WilliamOwenissaidtobea red orasocialist becauseheisadescendantofRobertOwen I LibraryWork 5 ToriesaremembersorsupportersoftheConservativePartyinGreatBritain ThetermTorywasfirstusedtonameamemberofapoliticalpartyinGreatBritainfromthelate17thcenturytoabout1832thatfavoredtheauthorityofthekingoverParliamentandthepreservationoftheexistingsocialandpoliticalorder ItwassucceededbytheConservativePartyin1832 I LibraryWork 6 Liberalsarepeopleofliberalprinciplesorviews ormembersoftheLiberalPartyinGreatBritain Liberalsfavorprogressorreform asinpoliticalorreligiousaffairs I LibraryWork 7 ARomanCatholicisamemberoftheRomanCatholicChurch thepartoftheChristianChurchwhichacknowledgesthePopeasitshead CatholicismdiffersfromProtestantismintheimportanceitgrantstotradition ritual andtheauthorityofthePope I LibraryWork 8 AProtestantisamemberoftheProtestantChurch whichisanyoftheChristianchurchesthatareseparatefromtheRomanCatholicChurch TheProtestantsrejecttheauthorityofthePopeorpapacy 教皇統(tǒng)治 TheyfindauthorityinthetextoftheBible II OrganizationoftheText 1 HefailedinanumberofexaminationsrequiredforenteringtheUniversityofCaliforniaandthecauseofit Paragraphs1 4 2 Hisprivatetutor Mr Nixon exertedgreatinfluenceonhim heencouragedhispupiltothinkanddiscoverallbyhimself Paragraphs5 12 II OrganizationoftheText 3 HefoundthebestpreparationsforcollegeinthestimulatingSaturdaynightconversationsamongallthoseOxfordandCambridgemen Paragraphs13 15 III KeyPointsoftheText Paragraph1tobeputoffforayear tobedelayedforayearputsth off delaydoingsth E g Neverputofftilltomorrowwhatyoucandotoday 今日事今日畢 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especiallyinareasofstudywheretherewerenopromptanswers buttherewereendlessquestions Paragraph4 metaphysics thebranchofphilosophythatdealswithabstractconcepts etc 形而上學(xué) 玄學(xué)IwasnotintheleastcuriousaboutGreek Iwasn teagertolearnGreek atall Paragraph4 notintheleast notatallE g Lotsofpeoplelovetoreadsciencefiction butI mnotintheleastinterested Thetextbeginswithhisfailuretogetintouniversity Whatcausedhisfailure InfermainlyfromParagraphs3and4 Paragraph4 Hewasnotinterestedinthosesubjectswhichseemedtohimirrelevanttohislife andtheteachersfailedtointeresthiminthosesubjects Asaresult hedidnotdowellinthem Thispartlyaccountedforhisfailure Paragraph5 tobecrammedforBerkeley tobestuffedwithasmuchbookknowledgeaspossibleformetopasstheentranceexaminationoftheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeleycram learnasmuchaspossibleinashorttimejustbeforetheexamination Paragraph5 E g Learningisalong rangeprocess Crammingforanexaminationinthelastminutedoesonenogood retain law toemploy alawyer toactforone 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