Week 2 chapter 1-2(English Vocabulary and Etymology)

1.William Caxton(the first retailer of English printer press into England)
He is thought to be the first English person to work as a printer and the first to introduce a printing press into England, which he did in 1476. He was also the first English retailer of printed books; his London contemporaries in the trade were all Flemish, German, or French. In 2002, he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons in a BBC poll.


2.James I(the first time England and Scotland agreed to have the same monarch)
 James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union.



3.Samuel Johnson( A Dictionary of the English Language)
was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is also the subject of "the most famous single biographical work in the whole of literature

Vocabulary

1. Pre- prefix means"before", "in front of, early"
Example.
Predict(to say something will happen in the future )
 Preclude(to prevent something to happen)
 Preschool(a school for children between two to five years old)

2.Con- prefix means"with", "together"
Example. 
Conclusion(gather all the information in the situation)
Convene(gather people together)
 Connection(something that linked with each other)

3.Belligerent/bəˈlɪdʒ ər ənt/adjective-warlike ,fighting a war aggressively.
Example: An veteran likes to speak in a belligerent tone.  

4.Mortgage/ˈmɔr gɪdʒ/ noun-which the organization lend you the money and you have to pay it back.
Example-The bank refused in accept any mortgage on land. 

5. Mortician/mɔrˈtɪʃ ən/ noun--- funeral director
Example- My uncle is a mortician, he was very professional and careful for every cases he got.

The video 



1. It save your time.



2. It make you nicer.


3. It's a cure for loneliness.

4. It prepare you the failure. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RCFLobfqcw

week2 Homer The Iliad (western literature )

1. Apollo and his lyre- Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. As the patron of Delphi (Pythian Apollo), Apollo was an oracular god—the prophetic deity of the Delphic Oracle.


2.Athena and her owl(goddess of hunting)
She born from Zeus forehead


3.Atreus( father of Agamemnon)and Oedipus( king of Odedipus)
the two are tragedy of family

The house of Atreus in Mycenae

4. Greek Theater



5. Asclepius and the snake(god of medicine)-was a god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical art,He was one of Apollo's sons, sharing with Apollo the epithet Paean,The rod of Asclepius, a snake-entwined staff, remains a symbol of medicine today. Those physicians and attendants who served this god were known as the Therapeutic of Asclepius.


6. Poseidon( god of sea and water)- is one of the twelve Olympian deities of the pantheon in Greek mythology. His main domain is the ocean, and he is called the "God of the Sea".


7. Cronus learned from Gaia and Uranus that he was destined to be overcome by his own sons, just as he had overthrown his father. when his sons born by Rhea, he swallowed them all as soon as they were born to prevent the prediction. When the sixth child, Zeus, was born Rhea secretly gave birth to Zeus in Crete, and handed Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, also known as the Omphalos Stone, which he swallowed, thinking that it was his son.



Vocabulary

1. Dia- prefix means "completely","pass through"
Example Dialect( the form of language that spoken in different region)                
               Diagnosis( the process of examination of disease condition)

2. De- prefix means "separation ","negation"," reversal"
Example Departure( an act of leaving a place) 
               Depreciate( become less valuable over a period of time)

3 poly- root means "much", "many"
ex. polygamy( have more than one husband or wife in one time) 
       monopoly( completely control of trade)

Week 1 Orientation (English Vocabulary and Etymology)

1. Prefix  /ˈpri fɪks/ noun-Grammar an affix placed before a word(in front of the word  )
Example: DE-negative / remove,such as deactivated( means stop working)

2.Root /rut, rʊt/ noun-a word that doesn't need the prefix or suffix
Example: Aqua(means water) and Arbor(means tree)

3. Suffix /ˈsʌf ɪks/-Grammar. An affix placed after a word( the end of the word)
Example: ess- female,such as actress(means woman who acts )

Vocaburary

1.detriment /ˈdɛ trə mənt/ noun-disadvantage or damage

Example:Conversely, one could argue that in 2012 the impact of these groups was overestimated, this time to the detriment of Republicans.

2.dexterous /ˈdɛk strəs, -stər əs/ adjective-skillful and clever
Examples: It is her dexterous intelligence that keeps it all carefully balanced. 

                          

3.anthropomorphic/ˌæn θrə pəˈmɔr fɪk/ adjective-treating gods, animals as if  they had a human form
Examples:While a narrator spins anthropomorphic tales about the deity.

History of English (notes)

1. 400 ---Roman(Latin) Celtic languages

2. 7th Anglo---Saxon (Germanic)

3.1066 William, Normans invaded England(French)

4.French(words 25% from latin)+Anglo(grammar and only short word)=English

5.Chinese is the first language/ English is the second

The video 

The history of English in ten minutes

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXrgD8_VtMA&feature=share

                     

Week 1 Orientation(Western Literature)

1. genre --- a type
             --- drama
             --- poetry
             --- fiction

2. Sappho of Lesbos-(Greek lyric poetry)
(c. 620-570 BCE) was a lyric poet whose work was so popular in ancient Greece, and beyond, that she was honored in statuary and praised by figures such as Solon and Plato.

3.Aphrodite- is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus.She is identified with the planet Venus.

As with many ancient Greek deities, there is more than one story about her origins. According to Hesiod's Theogony, she was born when Cronus cut off Uranus's genitals and threw them into the sea, and she arose from the sea foam . According to Homer's Iliad, she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione. 


Vocabulary 

1.Orientation /ˌɔr i ənˈteɪ ʃən, -ɛn-, ˌoʊr-/ noun- the direction or position in which an object faces.
Example:Companies have been forced into a greater orientation to the market.

2. Allusion /əˈlu ʒən/ noun-something that is said or written that refers to or mention another person or subject in indirect way.
Example:Her poetry is full of obscure literary allusion.

3. Genre   /ˈʒɑːnrə/ noun-kind or category,especially on literature or artistic work.
Example:Hoping to tempt her back into writing, her agent suggested that she and her husband collaborate on a book in his genre.

  Roman Numerals

Example:
2014: MMXIV     90: XC     999:MCXCIX

The video
Hellenism 2004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6UGTvRbdUs

The movie
Helen of Troy (2003)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x7n0ELVKHI