Unit SixTEXT I Preparing for College,I. Library Work 1. Homer (8th century B.C.), the Greek epic poet to whom are attributed the Iliad and the Odyssey, the greatest epic poetry of all time. The Iliad, the tale of the siege of Troy (an ancient city in Asia Minor), is an epic poem in twenty-four books. The Odyssey is an epic poem which records the adventures of Odysseus or Ulysses, a Greek leader in the,I. Library Work,Trojan War, a legendary war waged anywhere from the 11th to the 14th century B.C. It is also in twenty-four books. 2. Dante Alighieri (1265 1321), Italian poet whose reputation rests chiefly on The Divine Comedy (ca. 1309 1320), an epic poem that describes his spiritual journey through Hell and Purgatory and finally to Paradise, or the way of an individual soul from sin to purification.,I. Library Work,3. Caius Julius Caesar (100 44 B.C.), Roman general and administrator who made himself master of the Roman world by defeating Pompey the Great (106 48 B.C.), the Roman general and statesman before him. Caesar ruled supreme until he was assassinated by a group of conspirators headed by Marcus Brutus and Cassius.,I. Library Work,4. Robert Owen (1771 1858), British socialist reformer and founder of cooperative communities. He strove against social disorders brought about by the Industrial Revolution and urged Parliament to enact laws that would alleviate the bad working conditions in British factories. He assisted the trade,I. Library Work,5. Tories are members or supporters of the Conservative Party in Great Britain. The term Tory was first used to name a member of a political party in Great Britain from the late 17th century to about 1832 that favored the authority of the king over Parliament and the preservation of the existing social and political order. It was succeeded by the Conservative Party in 1832.,I. Library Work,6. Liberals are people of liberal principles or views, or members of the Liberal Party in Great Britain. Liberals favor progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.,I. Library Work,7. A Roman Catholic is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, the part of the Christian Church which acknowledges the Pope as its head. Catholicism differs from Protestantism in the importance it grants to tradition, ritual, and the authority of the Pope.,I. Library Work,8. A Protestant is a member of the Protestant Church, which is any of the Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church. The Protestants reject the authority of the Pope or papacy (教皇统治). They find authority in the text of the Bible.,II. Organization of the Text,1. He failed in a number of examinations required for entering the University of California and the cause of it. (Paragraphs 1 - 4) 2. His private tutor, Mr. Nixon, exerted great influence on him; he encouraged his pupil to think and discover all by himself. (Paragraphs 5 -12),II. Organization of the Text,3. He found the best preparations for college in the stimulating Saturday night conversations among all those Oxford and Cambridge men. (Paragraphs 13 - 15),III. Key Points of the Text,Paragraph 1 to be put off for a year: to be delayed for a year put sth. off: delay doing sth. E.g.: Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事今日毕。 I was not of them: I was not like them; I was not of their kind.,Paragraph 2,so far as I could make out: so far as I could understand make out: understand, see, or hear E.g.: That problem is just beyond me; I cant make it out. He muttered a complaint that nobody could make out.,Paragraph 2,they looked dazed or indifferent: they looked confused / bewildered or uninterested / unconcerned Daze is often used in the passive. To be dazed is to be made unable to think or feel clearly. E.g.: His answer to the question left us all dazed.,Paragraph 2,indifferent: not interested in, not caring about E.g.: We should not be indifferent to the low achievers in school. foreign to me: unfamiliar and strange to me; unknown to me; not within my experience. This is the formal use of the word foreign.,Paragraph 2,E.g.: His concept of education is entirely foreign to us. From Steffenss description of “the elect” in Paragraph 2, what has been revealed about himself?,Paragraph 2,- He must be very different from those boys. To him study did not mean performing all the tasks assigned by the teacher without thinking and reasoning. He must be unhappy to be told to memorize what he was supposed to learn without a thorough understanding.,Paragraph 2,He was motivated by a strong quest for knowledge, not by the desire to distinguish himself in terms of marks.,Paragraph 2,What kind of school had his father chosen? Why was it wrong for him? - It was the type of school where students were expected to “do their duty”, that is, to perform all the tasks assigned by the teacher without thinking and reasoning;,Paragraph 2,teachers usually asked their students to memorize things without a thorough understanding; students were motivated by