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第 PAGE 9页 共 NUMPAGES 9页 Europa”—a Greek myth 欧罗巴（腓尼基王阿革诺耳之女） 天神宙斯爱上了美丽的腓尼基（Phoenicia）公主欧罗巴(Europa) ，于是他把自己变成一条牛，驮着好奇的公主破浪渡海，来到一块新的大陆，而那块大陆从此就以“欧罗巴”命名，它便是今天的欧洲。 Make himself a cattle and carry the princess on the back. They came to the new land and named it Europe. 腓尼基Phoenicia [fini?i?] 新大陆the New World Europe [ju?r?p] Crete 克里特岛 Minoan米诺斯文明/克里特文明(2200BC-1400BC ) Minoan [min?u?n] Crete is the the origin of european civilization.欧洲文明的发源地 Settlers?had?begun?sailing from Asia Minor to Crete克里特岛 about 6000 BC公元前（Before Christ） a “palace society” King Minos, the Minotaur人身牛头怪物: Half-human, half-bull minor [main?] Minotaur [main?t?:] n. 弥诺陶洛斯（人身牛头怪物） 问题：Among the early civilizations, which is (are) the foundation(s) of European civilization? the Mesopotamian美索不达米亚的and Egyptian Egyptian [id?ip??n]埃及的 Monotheism一神论 The evolution of Hebrew monotheism (一神论）helped Judaism become one of the world’s greatest religions. It influenced the development of both Christianity and Islam. When we speak of the Judeo-Christian heritage of Western civilization, we refer not only to the concept of monotheism but also to ideas of law, morality, and social justice that have become important parts of Western culture. evolution [,i:v?lu:??n]演变  HYPERLINK app:modword:theism \o 单词[theism]已添加到单词本，点击修改   HYPERLINK app:modword:theism \o 单词[theism]已添加到单词本，点击修改  theism [θi:iz?m] Hebrew希伯来人(语) heritage [heritid?]继承，遗产 morality [m?r?l?ti]美德 the Middle Ages——The dark ages黑暗的中世纪 The Crusades 十字军远征与The Hundred Years War英法百年战争 crusade [kru:seid]十字军东侵 Although?the?period?is often portrayed negatively, the Middle Ages was a time when the precursors of many important modern institutions were created. Medieval universities are the direct ancestors of modern ones. （中世纪的大学是现代大学的始祖）The liberal arts of the Middle Ages remain the core of the arts and sciences programs of todays colleges. Achievement成就：Gothic temples哥特式寺庙 portray [p?:trei]描绘 precursor [pri:k?:s?]先驱 medieval [,medii:v?l]中世纪的 a