1.Augustus奧古斯都=>August was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor.
2. The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil. The hero Aeneas was already known to Greco-Roman legend and myth, having been a character in the Iliad.
3. Virgil is traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid has been considered the national epic of ancient Rome from the time of its composition to the present day.
4. Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, influence and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
| Motto(校訓) | Veritas |
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5. The SAT is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States.
6. 北大教堂 Cathedral
7. I saw you crying in the chapel
8. "Roman Fever" is a short story by American writer Edith Wharton.
9. irony
verbal irony--what's said is not what's meant.
situatonal irony--what happens is the opposite of what's expected or desired.
dramatic irony--readers know things that characters do not. We're "in the know."
cosmic irony--bad things happen to good people
10. "The Gift of the Magi" is a short story, written by O. Henry.about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.
11. verification: an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement
e.g. A new research on verification of identification card
12. verisimilitude: the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
e.g. Stories must have verisimilitude to interest most people
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