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Unit 6 Preparing for College Lincoln Steffens Cultural Background Writing Skill Text Analysis Questions on the Text Language Point Exercises Homer Greek epic poet. Two of the greatest works in Western literature, The Iliad and The Odyssey, are attributed to him. 荷马 希腊史诗作者 创作了西方文学最伟大的两部作品《伊利亚特》和《奥德赛》 Homer sometimes nods. [谚]智者千虑, 必有一失。 Dante 但丁(Alighieri, 1265-1321, 意大利诗人, 《神曲》 (Divine Comedy)作者) Shakespeare English playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in English literature. His plays, many of which were performed at the Globe Theatre in London, include historical works, such as Richard II, comedies, including Much Ado about Nothing and As You Like It, and tragedies, such as Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. He also composed 154 sonnets. The earliest collected edition of his plays, the First Folio, contained 36 plays and was published posthumously (1623). Caesar Roman general, statesman, and historian who invaded Britain (55), crushed the army of his political enemy Pompey (48), pursued other enemies to Egypt, where he installed Cleopatra as queen (47), returned to Rome, and was given a mandate by the people to rule as dictator for life (45). On March 15 of the following year he was murdered by a group of republicans led by Cassius and Brutus, who feared he intended to establish a monarchy ruled by himself. 凯撒，尤利乌斯100-44 罗马将军、政治家、历史学家，他入侵了大不列颠王国（55年）并征服了他的政敌庞培的军队（48年），又追击其它敌人至埃及，他在此立克娄巴特拉为女王（47年），返回罗马后，被罗马人民授予终身一人统治的权力（45年）。次年3月15日，他被卡西乌和布鲁图斯领导的一群共和主义者谋杀身亡，这些人担心他图谋建立由他个人统治的君主制政权 caesarean n.剖腹产术的 Tory A member of a British political party, founded in 1689, that was the opposition party to the Whigs and has been known as the Conservative Party since about 1832. 托利党党员创建于1689年，作为辉格党对立党而存在的英国政党党员，1832年以后托利党名为保守党 A member of a Conservative Party, as in Canada. 保守党党员加拿大等国保守党的党员 Often tory 常作tory A supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of democratization or reform; a political conservative. 保守主义者；顽固派留