2013.10.24 note:The Tale of Peter Rabbit (week7)

Note

1.lane: a narrow road
*switching lane :換車道

2.Beatrix Potter
*Beatrix Potter (born Helen Beatrix Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children’s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life.













3.Beatrice(from Divine Comedy)
→Dante's lover
*Divine Comedy:100 cantos
→The Divine Comedy is composed of 14,233 lines that are divided into three canticas (Ital. pl. cantiche)—Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise)—each consisting of 33 cantos (Ital. pl. canti). An initial canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.

*Inferno (Dante)
 It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth. Allegorically, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.

*First Circle (Limbo)
In Limbo reside the unbaptized and the virtuous pagans, who, though not sinful, did not accept Christ.

*the Roman poet Virgil: the poet Dante the author admires
→Virgil is the author of Aeneid, which is about  the establishment of upcoming Rome empire.
(Aeneas: the descendant of Troy)

4. Satan:
*prince of darkness/lucifer(From the fourth Century Lucifer is sometimes used in Christian theology to refer to Satan, as a result of identifying the fallen "son of the dawn" of Isaiah 14:12 with the "accuser" of other passages in the Old Testament.)
*Satan as depicted in the Ninth Circle of Hell in Dante Alighieri's Inferno

5.seven deadly sins
 In the currently recognized version, the sins are usually given as wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.

*original sin
Original sin is the Christian doctrine of humanity's state of sin resulting from the fall of man,^[2] stemming from Adam's rebellion in Eden.

*Hubris/pride


6.Florence:百花綻放之城

7.bard:吟遊詩人

8.The Tale of Peter Rabbit (text)

















*radishes:白蘿蔔
*toolshed:工具間
*camomile tea:洋甘菊茶

 

9.understatement - 輕描淡寫
Understatement is a form of speech or disclosure which contains an expression of
less strength than what would be expected.

10. *Don't get into mischief!→要乖喔
      *parsley:香菜

 *I feel sick.
→我不舒服
*was on his hands and knees:跪著
*on your belly:趴著
*watering can: 澆水器

11. McGregor's garden
















*hoe:鋤