The idea that you've raised raised some higher level of perfection in this life if
它的意思是如果你能保持好平衡
you can attain this balance
你就能到達一種接近完美的狀態
So I think we're gonna have fun, and as we get going, I think everything
我覺得我們會在這門課力學的很開心的
everything will flow really smoothly
一切都會進行得很順利
On Wednesday, you have no assignment for next period except get your books
周三,直到下次課前沒有作業,你們只要買好需要用的書就好
If you're watching your pennies and need some beer and pizza money this
如果你現在錢不太夠或者這周需要買啤酒披薩之類的
week, we're not gonna be reading anything except the ones in Future King for a while
我們近期只會讀這一本
On Wednesday, we're gonna talk about history
周三,我們將要學習歷史
Mainly, I know in the state of Missouri, you don't have to have any world
我知道在密蘇里州,你們不需要任何世界歷史知識
history to graduate from High School and you don't have that many world history here
就能從高中畢業在大學你們也沒學多少世界歷史
It kinda came home to me when I was teaching a 400 level german class one
這是我教一個400級的德文課的時候發現的
time, and I just given a little map on a beginning class as bonus part, and so
那次我在黑板上畫了一部分地圖作為獎勵部分
my little baby students said "Oh please please let us do map, we want bonus points "
然后學生們就說"哦請讓我們畫地圖吧,我們想掙獎勵分"
And I said okay, I said I'll make you a deal, for every country on this map you
我就說好啊,我說那我們定個規則,認對一個國家
identify correctly, I'll give you one point, and for every one you misidentify, I'm gonna take off 10 "
得一分,認錯一個國家扣十分
Somebody put down where Poland is, they put Brazil
一個人畫了波蘭,他們卻認成了巴西
Now, you know, I I met all of this probably most of the trouble is Central America
你猜得到的,我遇到的最多的問題是在中美洲
Or you know maybe if you're trying to differentiate between Laos and
如果你試著分辨老撾和柬埔寨
Cambodia and some of those, you know where they are on the map of the
你會發現你大概知道它們在地圖的哪一塊兒
world but not exactly which one
但是卻不確定到底是哪個
But at least I think most must get the right countries in the right continent
但是我認為你至少應該知道大多數國家在哪個洲上
You know, you might have trouble after that, but anyway, so it's important to
你知道的,也許你做不到,但是無論如何
go back and look at history because this goes out of history
了解世界史很重要,這些都出自歷史
For example, any of you had World History
舉個例子,你們中間有人上過世界歷史嗎
Had some World History, the use of the term Dark Ages in your course
學過一點世界歷史,在課上出現過黑暗時代,這個詞
How do you use it
這個詞是什么意思呢