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Lesson 1 Another School Year-What For? Background Information Contents I.Author II.Aristotle,Chaucer,Bach III.Dante,Homer,La Rochefoucauld IV.Virgil,Shakespeare V.Neanderthal WBT L E BACK NEXT

Lesson 1 Another School Year—What For? W B T L E I. Author II. Aristotle, Chaucer, Bach III. Dante, Homer, La Rochefoucauld IV. Virgil, Shakespeare V. Neanderthal Background Information

Lesson 1 Another School Year-What For? I.Author John Ciardi American poet,editor,critic,author of books for children,nonfiction writer,and translator (of Dante's The Divine Comedy:The Inferno",The Purgatorio",and "The Paradiso"). W B T L E To be continued on the next page. BACK

Lesson 1 Another School Year—What For? W B T L E John Ciardi American poet, editor, critic, author of books for children, nonfiction writer, and translator (of Dante’s The Divine Comedy: “The Inferno”, “The Purgatorio”, and “The Paradiso”). I. Author To be continued on the next page

Lesson 1 Another School Year-What For? I.Author >"The day will happen whether or not you get up. Author's quotes >"You do not have to suffer to be a poet.Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. >"A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students. WBT L E The end of Author BACK NEXT

Lesson 1 Another School Year—What For? W B T L E ➢ “The day will happen whether or not you get up.” ➢ “You do not have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.” ➢ “A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.” The end of Author. I. Author Author ’s quotes

Lesson 1 Another School Year-What For? II.Aristotle,Chaucer,Bach Aristotle One of the greatest thinkers of all time,an ancient Greek philosopher.His work in the natural and social sciences greatly influenced virtually every area of modern thinking. Aristotle threw himself wholeheartedly into Plato's pursuit of truth and goodness.Plato was soon calling him the "mind of the school".In later years he renounced some of Plato's theories and went far beyond him in breadth of knowledge. WBT L E To be continued on the next page. BACK

Lesson 1 Another School Year—What For? W B T L E One of the greatest thinkers of all time, an ancient Greek philosopher. His work in the natural and social sciences greatly influenced virtually every area of modern thinking. Aristotle threw himself wholeheartedly into Plato’s pursuit of truth and goodness. Plato was soon calling him the “mind of the school”. In later years he renounced some of Plato’s theories and went far beyond him in breadth of knowledge. II. Aristotle, Chaucer, Bach To be continued on the next page. Aristotle

Lesson 1 Another School Year-What For? II.Aristotle,Chaucer,Bach In the early Middle Ages the only works of his known in Western Europe were parts of his writings on logic.They became the basis of one of the three subjects of the medieval trivium 学科)-logic,grammar,and rhetoric.Early in the 13th century other books reached the West. Some came from Constantinople;others were brought by the Arabs to Spain.Medieval scholars translated them into Latin. WBT L E To be continued on the next page

Lesson 1 Another School Year—What For? W B T L E II. Aristotle, Chaucer, Bach In the early Middle Ages the only works of his known in Western Europe were parts of his writings on logic. They became the basis of one of the three subjects of the medieval trivium (三 学科)—logic, grammar, and rhetoric. Early in the 13th century other books reached the West. Some came from Constantinople; others were brought by the Arabs to Spain. Medieval scholars translated them into Latin. To be continued on the next page

Lesson 1 Another School Year-What For? II.Aristotle,Chaucer,Bach The best known of Aristotle's writings that have been preserved are Organon(工具论)(treatises on logic),Rhetoric,Poetics,History of Animals, Metaphysics(玄学)，De Anima(on psychology), Nicomachean Ethics,Politics and Constitution of Athens. W B T L E To be continued on the next page. BACK

Lesson 1 Another School Year—What For? W B T L E II. Aristotle, Chaucer, Bach The best known of Aristotle’s writings that have been preserved are Organon (工具论) (treatises on logic), Rhetoric, Poetics, History of Animals, Metaphysics (玄学), De Anima (on psychology), Nicomachean Ethics, Politics and Constitution of Athens. To be continued on the next page

Lesson 1 Another School Year-What For? II.Aristotle,Chaucer,Bach Chaucer The Father of the English Language as well as the Morning Star of Song,one of the three or four greatest English poets. Playfulness of mood and simplicity of expression. Most famous work was the Canterbury Tales. WBT L E To be continued on the next page. BACK

Lesson 1 Another School Year—What For? W B T L E II. Aristotle, Chaucer, Bach The Father of the English Language as well as the Morning Star of Song, one of the three or four greatest English poets. • Playfulness of mood and simplicity of expression. • Most famous work was the Canterbury Tales. To be continued on the next page. Chaucer

Lesson 1 Another School Year-What For? II.Aristotle,Chaucer,Bach t.T. 图 Bach 和a型边 ,6手+ Bach is considered by many to have been the greatest 的2n composer in the history of western music. Bach's main achievement lies in his synthesis and advanced development of the primary contrapuntal idiom of the late Baroque,and in the basic tunefullness of his thematic material. Bach is also known for the numerical symbolism and mathematical exactitude which many people have found in his music-for this,he is often regarded as one of the pinnacle geniuses of western civilization. WBT L E The end of Aristotle,Chaucer,Bach. BACK NEXT

Lesson 1 Another School Year—What For? W B T L E II. Aristotle, Chaucer, Bach Bach is considered by many to have been the greatest composer in the history of western music. Bach's main achievement lies in his synthesis and advanced development of the primary contrapuntal idiom of the late Baroque, and in the basic tunefullness of his thematic material. Bach is also known for the numerical symbolism and mathematical exactitude which many people have found in his music—for this, he is often regarded as one of the pinnacle geniuses of western civilization. The end of Aristotle, Chaucer, Bach. Bach

Lesson 1 Another School Year-What For? III.Dante,Homer,La Rochefoucauld Dante One of the greatest poets in the history of world literature, Italian writer Alighieri Dante composed poetry influenced by classical and Christian tradition. The illustration shows Dante Dante's greatest work-epic poem:The Divine Comedy, standing in front of the mountain of Purgatory,with hell on his right 1802.It includes three sections: and heaven on his left. the "Inferno"(Hell),in which the great classical poet Virgil leads Dante on a trip through hell; the "Purgatorio"(Purgatory),in which Virgil leads Dante up the mountain of purification;and the "Paradiso"(Paradise),in which Dante travels through heaven. WBT L E To be continued on the next page BACK

Lesson 1 Another School Year—What For? W B T L E III. Dante, Homer, La Rochefoucauld To be continued on the next page. One of the greatest poets in the history of world literature, Italian writer Alighieri Dante composed poetry influenced by classical and Christian tradition. Dante’s greatest work—epic poem: The Divine Comedy, 1802. It includes three sections: • the “Inferno” (Hell), in which the great classical poet Virgil leads Dante on a trip through hell; • the “Purgatorio” (Purgatory), in which Virgil leads Dante up the mountain of purification; and • the “Paradiso” (Paradise), in which Dante travels through heaven. The illustration shows Dante standing in front of the mountain of Purgatory, with hell on his right and heaven on his left. Dante