*字首字根:
1. –ori-: beginning
EX:
Origin
Orient
Orientation
2.-or-: about mouth
EX:
Oracle
Oral
Orally
3. -di-: apart
EX:
Dilemma
Divorce
Different
*Teiresias : a blind prophet
(先瞎了之後,才有預言能力)
*Oedipus:
(1). Creon: Oedipus 的舅舅
(2). -Rex-:king(拉丁文)
(3).plague
(4).Oedipus Complex 戀母情結(psychoanalytic theory)
V.S.
Electra Complex戀父情結(Electra: Orestes的妹妹/Agamemnon的女兒)
*Asclepius: 用蛇毒治療疾病 (the son of Apollo and Coronis. He is the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek religion.)
*Hubris: extreme pride or arrogance
*Words:
1. riddle(n.)謎語
2. graphite(n.)石墨
3.patronize (n./v.)資助;庇護
(1).-patron-:主顧關係
(2).守護神:protector god / patron saint
(3).Don’t patronize me! 別哄我!
(4).Thanks for your patronize. 謝謝惠顧
4.cocky (a.)驕傲的;過於自信的
5.foreshadow (v.)諭示;成為......的前兆/(n.)預兆
6.Pythian:
(1). (adj.)阿波羅的
(n.)皮提亞(希臘Delphi的阿波羅神廟宣示神諭的女祭司)/狂亂的人
(2).Pythian oracle
(3).-pyth-: =>python 大蟒蛇 (the earth-dragon of Delphi, always represented in Greek sculpture and vase-paintings as a serpent. )
7.(p.622)
海離個摸門，桑中滴耶團否，就要火暴了～obscenity (n.)猥褻;淫穢;可憎的事
˙You've gone too far! 你太超過了!
(p.623)
˙banished 放逐 (=exile)
8.bastard (n.)私生子
9. rationale (n.)基本理由;原理的闡述
10.blasphemer (n.)毀謗者;辱罵者
*Movie: Up in the Air(型男飛行日誌)
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