Western Literature - Notes: 2015.10.14

A. Vocabularies to Know
1) nature: all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, reproduction and growth
1-1) nurture: to take care of, feed and protect someone or something, especially young children or plants, and help them to develop; to help a plan or a person to develop and be successful
2) messenger: someone who takes a message or documents from one person to another
2-1) passenger: a person who is travelling in a vehicle but is not driving it, flying it or working on it; a train carrying people rather than goods
3) fate: what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death or defeat; a power that some people believe causes and controls all events, so that you cannot change or control the way things will happen
3-1) fatal: A fatal illness or accident, etc. causes death
4) fate: what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death or defeat
4-1) destiny: the things that will happen in the future
5) hubris: being very proud and believing in your own importance
6) para- 平行並立
6-1) paragraph: a short part of a text, consisting of at least one sentence and beginning on a new line. It usually deals with a single event, description, idea, etc.
6-2) parallel: If two or more lines, streets, etc. are parallel, the distance between them is the same all along their length
6-3) parasol: a type of sunshade (= round frame covered in cloth on a stick) carried especially by women in the past, to give protection from the sun
6-4) paradox: a situation or statement which seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics
7) dic- to say, to tell, word
7-1) dictionary: a book that contains a list of words in alphabetical order with their meanings explained or written in another language, or a similar product for use on a computer
7-2) dictator: a leader who has complete power in a country and has not been elected by the people
7-3) predict: to say that an event or action will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience
8) vir& ver在拉丁文中是一樣的
virtual: almost a particular thing or quality