b7unit4oxford.ppt

Topics for Presentation How do you look at the relationship between schooling and the way in which a person view the world? What is the spirit of Oxford according to the author? What do you think are the best kinds of companions? Why? Motto of Oxford Dominus illuminatio mea (拉丁文:主是我的亮光) The Lord Is My Illumination“ 翻译成中文就是主照亮我或者是上帝乃知识之神” Cambridge: Here light and sacred draughts . 求知学习的理想之地 Motto of Harvard Let Plato be your friend and Aristotle but more let your friend be truth.“Amicus Plato, Amicus Aristotle, sed Magis Amicus VERITAS.”（拉丁文）“与柏拉图为友，与亚里士多德为友，更要与真理为友。” Para2—5 The body of the essay. The author starts his description of Oxford from the buildings, then discusses the spirit reflected by the buildings of Oxford and compares the classical buildings and the Gothic buildings. It is because a detailed description of particular buildings may turn the essay into an ordinary piece of travel notes, which is appropriate to recording information or expressing emotion, but not to conducting abstract and metaphysical thinking. In praising the whole effect of the place, the author would feel it convenient to lead the writing into his intended direction, that is, to abstract the spirit of Oxford. Words and expressions(in Paras.2-5) single out: pick out, choose from a group pinch: be in misery, live in a frugal way e.g. We have to pinch and scrape. She would pinch on food in order to spend on clothing. Words and expressions(in Paras.2-5) Words and expressions(in Paras.2-5) vagrant: adj. wandering about from place to place; having no fixed course; random quaint: unusual and attractive，usually in old-fashion way 奇特的 e.g. a quaint old house 一座古雅的老房子 nay: not only this but also sth. stronger than what has just been said 不但此，而且… e.g. a bright, nay, blinding light 不仅明亮，还令人目眩的一道光 Words and expressions(in Paras.2-5) flavour: if something gives you a flavour of a subject, situation or event, it gives you a general idea of what it is like e.g. The b