評論
打印
So I've given up
于是我放棄了
One word about the Audex system is
我對奧德克斯系統的評論是
we don't necessarily get messages instantly
我們不一定能立即獲取信息
It's kind of a new irritating thing, but you might call me,
它是一個新的煩人的東西,但是如果你打電話給我
and if I'm on the phone in my office, it will record it
并且我在辦公室里接了,它就會錄下你的話
but no light comes on instantly, so I've had students say
但是指示燈不會馬上亮起來,所以曾有學生問我
you know, "Why didn't you respond to me more quickly"
"為什么你不能更快地答復我呢"
It's because how the system works
這是因為系統是那樣工作的
My email's listed
我的郵箱已經列出來了
Email's a very good way to communicate with me
用郵件是一種非常好的交流方式
I check my email way too much
我經常查看我郵箱的郵件
And even one of those idiots who check it at home
甚至就像有些傻子回到家還會繼續查看郵件
The text for this course are three
這門課程的教材有三本
I mentioned them
我已經提過它們了
One thing, I think all professors to a certain extent
有一件事,我覺得所有的教授在一定程度上
play mom and dad in class, and I know
都會在課堂上折騰你們的父母,而且我知道
students are always concerned about the cost of books
學生們總是很關心書的價錢
I don't think I ever bought a book for class
我不記得我曾把自己上課用過的書賣掉
and and sold it back because I destroy them too much
因為書被我損壞得太厲害了
This was, this is my book I started teaching this class with
這是我開始教這門課的時候的書
So that was just a demonstration
只是一個示范而已
So, now I have a nice new pretty one
現在我有一本嶄新的書
But we'll read this first, and there are a couple of good general books on
現在我們要開始讀它,有好幾本很好的
Arthur
關于亞瑟王的書
You may be have already read some
也許你們已經讀過一些了
But why it was written in the late 30s
但是這本寫于30年代末期的書
is probably the best way to get an overview
能給我們一個非常好的概述
When we read this, it's important to realize
當我們讀這本書的時候,很重要的一點是
that it is actually 4 separate books
要意識到它實際上是四本分開的書
And so if you've been reading like the Harry Potter series
所以如果你像讀哈利波特系列一樣讀這本書
for example, you know you could theoretically
比方說,理論上你可以
jump in one and read it
隨便翻開一章然后開始讀
And if, if you did like I did and just sat down
或者你也喜歡我的方式,坐下來
and read all all the ones at once, you'd think gosh
開始一下子閱讀所有的東西,你將會想
this is being repetitious
天啊,這都是在重復
I know this
我知道這個
I just read this
我剛剛讀過這一段了
Well, you know, one, this may, the idea here is
嗯,你知道的,我們要做的是
when you're reading the second part
當你讀第二部分
of the Queen of Air and Darkness,
那一部分的時候
not necessarily even read the first book,
你不一定非要讀過第一章
and so there are gonna be times you stop again,
如果你讀過的話,就會有你停下來說
you say, "I remember this; I just read this 3 weeks ago "
"我記得這個,我3周前才讀過它"
But this was originally published as 4 separate books,
但是最初這本書是出版成4本不同的書
and there is actually a 5th book in the series which is not included, but the last
事實上還有第五本沒有包括進來
one is Candle in The Wind
它的名字是
which gets back to the core of The Once and Future King
它是的核心
So we'll be reading these for quite a while
那么我們將花一段時間讀這些書
The second thing we'll do oh there are other books,
我們要做的第二件事是,噢 這里還有其他的書
they're a really good book
一本非常好的書
If you want another general book,
如果你想要多一本綜合的書
if you just wanna read something, there's a book by Thomas Berger which is Arthur Rex
或者你想讀點什么,這里有本,托馬斯,伯杰,寫的書
This is a very good book
這是一本很好的書
The reason I don't use it is that there's a lot more sex in it
我沒有用它的原因是它里面有較多的性場景
and I'm just it's not worth the pain
我不想
to have somebody go complain about
讓一些人到處抱怨
"this book he's having me read "
"這就是他讓我讀的書"
So he'll read Arthur with more sex, read Berger's book
他將會讀有更多性場景的關于亞瑟的書,會讀伯杰的書
So true
聽起來像真的一樣
We'll go then back to Chrétien and actually
然后我們回到克雷蒂安
there is a person before Chrétien who wrote down about Arthur.His name is
事實上,有個人在克雷蒂安之前寫了關于亞瑟王的事跡
Geoffrey of Monmouth
他就是蒙茅斯的杰弗里
He wrote in Latin in England
他在英國用拉丁文寫作
And he's the first one who wrote down about Arthur,
他是第一個寫亞瑟的人
