Shuan's Writing Book

This is currently where I put my learning and practicing stuff for TOEFL. I'll also post some quotes here.

Thursday, February 12, 2004

來篇洛神賦吧......
黃初三年,余朝京師,還濟洛川
古人有言,斯水之神,名曰宓妃。
感宋玉對楚王神女之事,遂作此賦。
其詞曰:

余從京城,言歸東藩,背伊關,越轘轅,經通谷,陵景山
日既西頃,車殆馬煩,爾乃稅駕乎蘅皋,秣駟乎芝田


待續.....
今天要寫的是藝術類

auteur
大導演(源自法文)
EX:
To most moviegoers, Cline Eastwood is the man on the winning side of a .357 Magnum, but intellectuals admire hime as an auteur

related words:

maestro
noun [C] plural maestros or maestri
a man who is very skilled at playing or conducting (= directing the performance of) music
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

今天來寫寫看TIME經典單字的筆記吧!

agnostic
(a. n.) 不可知論者
From Cambridge Dictionary:
noun [C]
someone who does not know, or believes that it is impossible to know, whether a god exists:
原始的意思:有關宗教方面的事物,許多是凡人的理性無法理解的
一般來說,不可之論者認為只有直接的經驗才是可靠的

相關單字:
epistemology
noun [U] SPECIALIZED
the part of philosophy that is about the study of how we know things
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

sceptic, US skeptic
noun [C]
a person who doubts the truth or value of an idea or belief:
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

atheist
noun [C]
someone who believes that God or gods do not exist
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)