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範圍: Greek Mythology, Iliad. 

in medias res

採「攔腰法」（in medias res，又作「中途倒敘法」）的敘事形式

1052-English Listening Training 4-5 聽力訓練4-5

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無制度性保障同性結合是否違憲？/ 柯志明教授

無制度性保障同性結合是否違憲？

（以下引自柯志明教授臉書）
今天司法院為審理臺北市政府（會台字第12771號）、祁家威（會台字第12674號）就民法第四編「親屬」第二章「婚姻」規定「使同性別二人間不能成立法律上婚姻關係」認有違憲疑義聲請解釋案舉行憲法法庭言詞辯論。對本案，憲法法庭列出下列四個焦點問題：

1.民法第4編親屬第2章婚姻規定是否容許同性別二人結婚？
2.答案如為否定，是否違反憲法第22條所保障婚姻自由之規定？
3.又是否違反憲法第7條保障平等權之意旨？
4.如立法創設非婚姻之其他制度（例如同性伴侶），是否符合憲法第7條保障平等權以及第22條保障婚姻自由之意旨？ 

國家對同性婚姻原則上可以有三種立場：一是制度性保障，二是禁止，三是不干涉。制度性保障就是視同性婚姻為一種值得以法律制度保障的婚姻類型；禁止則是視同性婚姻為非法婚姻類型；不干涉就是對同性婚姻保持法律中立。 

Narcissus

Narcissus 

“The hero of it was a beautiful lad, whose name was Narcissus. His beauty was so great, all the girls who saw him longed to be his, but he would have none of them. He would pass the loveliest carelessly by, no matter how much she tried to make him look at her. Heartbroken maidens were nothing to him. . . . So Narcissus went on his cruel way, a scorner of love. But at last one of those he wounded prayed a prayer and it was answered by the gods: "May he who loves not others love himself.” The great goddess Nemesis, which means righteous anger, undertook to bring this about. As Narcissus bent over a clear pool for a drink and saw there his own reflection, on the moment he fell in love with it. "Now I know," he cried, "what others have suffered from me, for I burn with love of my own self—and yet how can I reach that loveliness I see mirrored in the water? But I cannot leave it. Only death can set me free.” And so it happened. He pined away, leaning perpetually over the pool, fixed in one long gaze. Echo was near him, but she could do nothing; only when, dying, he called to his image, "Farewell—farewell,” she could repeat the words as a last good-by to him. . . . 

Achilles dipped in river Styx

Achilles dipped in river Styx

Achilles' "mother Thetis when he was born had intended to make him invulnerable by dipping him into the river Styx, but she was careless and did not see to it that the water covered the part of the foot by which she was holding him. He dies" (Hamilton 201-202).

Pandora

Pandora

"there were no women. Zeus created these later, in his anger at Prometheus for caring so much for men. . . .

But the Father of Men and of Gods was not one to put up with this sort of treatment. He swore to be revenged, on mankind first and then on mankind's friend. He made a great evil for men, a sweet and lovely thing to look upon, in the likeness of a shy maiden, and all the gods gave her gifts, silvery raiment and a broidered veil, a wonder to behold, and bright garlands of blooming flowers and a crown of gold— great beauty shone out from it. Because of what they gave her they called her Pandora, which means ‘the gift of all.’ When this beautiful disaster had been made, Zeus brought her out and wonder took hold of gods and men when they beheld her. From her, the first woman, comes the race. Of women, who are an evil to men, with a nature to do evil" (Hamilton 74).

1052-Freshman English- English Listening Training 3 靜宜大一英文 聽力訓練三

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靜宜大一英文

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1. 聽力訓練:English Listening Training 3

2. 翻轉影片:1052-Freshman English Week 6 (Unit 6 Reading 2)

Reading Skill: Outline

Reading Skill: Outline (Page 156-157)

A.   Paragraph 1 or 2: Thesis Statement

                                                                                       

B.    Paragraph 3:

       Main Point:                                                                  

       Supporting Idea 1:                                                      

       Supporting Idea 2:                                                      

C.    Paragraph 4:

       Main Point:                                                                    

       Supporting Idea 1:                                                      

       Supporting Idea 2:                                                      

       Conclusion:                                                                 

D.   Paragraph 5:

  Main Point:                                                                  

  Supporting Idea 1:                                                      

  Supporting Idea 2:                                                      

       Conclusion:                                                                

E.    Paragraph 6:

       Main Point:                                                                   

       Supporting Idea 1:                                                      

       Supporting Idea 2:                                                      

       Supporting Idea 3:                                                      

       Conclusion:                                                                

1052-English Listening Training 4-4 聽力訓練4-4

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Ellen Dissects the Kid-Interrupted BBC Interview

1052-English Listening Training 4-3 聽力訓練4-3

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1. 看翻轉影片：1052-Freshman English Week3

2. 聽力練習 English Listening Training 2 (Summary, opinion)  

Activity

1. What Causes Students to Fail Courses in College?
2. What Causes Depression In College Students?

6. Apollo

Apollo 

“The son of Zeus and Leto (Latona), born in the little island of Delos. He has been called ‘the most Greek of all the gods.’ He is a beautiful figure in Greek poetry, the master musician who delights Olympus as he plays on his golden lyre; the lord too of the silver bow, the Archer-god, far-shooting; the Healer, as well, who first taught men the healing art. Even more than of these good and lovely endowments, he is the God of Light, in whom is no darkness at all, and so he is the God of Truth. No false word ever falls from his lips. . . . . . . 

Delphi under towering Parnassus, where Apollo's oracle was, plays an important part in mythology. Castalia was its sacred spring; Cephissus its river. It was held to be the center of the world, so many pilgrims came to it, from foreign countries as well as Greece. No other shrine rivaled it. The answers to the questions asked by the anxious seekers for Truth were delivered by a priestess who went into a trance before she spoke. The trance was supposed to be caused by a vapor rising from a deep cleft in the rock over which her seat was placed, a three-legged stool, the tripod.

8. Aphrodite (Venus)

Aphrodite (Venus) 

“The Goddess of Love and Beauty, who beguiled all, gods and men alike; the laughter-loving goddess, who laughed sweetly or mockingly at those her wiles had conquered; the irresistible goddess who stole away even the wits of the wise.

She is the daughter of Zeus and Dione in the Iliad, but in the later poems she is said to have sprung from the foam of the sea, and her name was explained as meaning ‘the foamrisen.’ Aphros is foam in Greek. . . . . . 

One of the Homeric Hymns, calling her ‘Beautiful, golden goddess,’ . . . . . 

The Romans wrote of her in the same way. With her, beauty comes. . . . . . . 

In most of the stories she is the wife of Hephaestus (Vulcan), the lame and ugly god of the forge. The myrtle was her tree; the dove her bird—sometimes, too, the sparrow and the swan” (Hamilton 32-33).

7. Artemis (Diana)

Artemis (Diana) 

"Apollo's twin sister, daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was one of the three maiden goddesses of Olympus:— 

Golden Aphrodite who stirs with love all creation, Cannot bend nor ensnare three hearts: the pure maiden Vesta, 

Gray-eyed Athena who cares but for war and the arts of the craftsmen,

Artemis, lover of woods and the wild chase over the mountains.

She was the Lady of Wild Things, Huntsman-in-chief to the gods, an odd office for a woman. Like a good huntsman, she was careful to preserve the young; she was ‘the protectress of dewy youth’ everywhere. Nevertheless, with one of those startling contradictions so common in mythology, she kept the Greek Fleet from sailing to Troy until they sacrificed a maiden to her. In many another story, too, she is fierce and revengeful. On the other hand, when women died a swift and painless death, they were held to have been slain by her silver arrows.

1. Zeus (Jupiter) 2. Hera (Juno)

Zeus (Jupiter) 

“Zeus and his brothers drew lots for their share of the universe. The sea fell to Poseidon, and the underworld to Hades. Zeus became the supreme ruler. He was Lord of the Sky, the Rain-god and the Cloud-gatherer, who wielded the awful thunderbolt. His power was greater than that of all the other divinities together. . . . . 

Nevertheless he was not omnipotent or omniscient, either. He could be opposed and deceived. Poseidon dupes him in the Iliad and so does Hera. Sometimes, too, the mysterious power, Fate, is spoken of as stronger than he. . . . He is represented as falling in love with one woman after another and descending to all manner of tricks to hide his infidelity from his wife . . . . . . .

9. Hermes (Mercury)

Hermes (Mercury) 

“Zeus was his father and Maia, daughter of Atlas, his mother. Because of a very popular statue his appearance is more familiar to us than that of any other god. He was graceful and swift of motion. On his feet were winged sandals; wings were on his low-crowned hat, too, and on his magic wand, the Caduceus. He was Zeus's Messenger, who ‘flies as fleet as thought to do his bidding.’

Of all the gods he was the shrewdest and most cunning; in fact he was the Master Thief, who started upon his career before he was a day old. 

The babe was born at the break of day,
And ere the night fell he had stolen away
Apollo's herds.

Zeus made him give them back, and he won Apollo's for- giveness by presenting him with the lyre which he had just invented, making it out of a tortoise's shell. Perhaps there was some connection between that very early story of him and the fact that he was God of Commerce and the Market, protector of traders. . . . . . .

He appears oftener in the tales of mythology than any other god” (Hamilton 33-34).

4. Hades (Pluto)

Hades (Pluto)

“He was the third brother among the Olympians, who drew for his share the underworld and the rule over the dead. He was also called Pluto, the God of Wealth, of the precious metals hidden in the earth. The Romans as well as the Greeks called him by this name, but often they translated it into Dis, the Latin word for rich. He had a far-famed cap or helmet which made whoever wore it invisible. It was rare that he left his dark realm to visit Olympus or the earth, nor was he urged to do so. He was not a welcome visitor. He was unpitying, inexorable, but just; a terrible, not an evil god.

His wife was Persephone (Prosperine) whom he carried away from the earth and made Queen of the Lower World.

He was King of the Dead—not Death himself, whom the Greeks called Thanatos and the Romans, Orcus” (Hamilton 29).

11. Hephaestus (Vulcan)

Hephaestus (Vulcan) 

“The God of Fire, sometimes said to be the son of Zeus and Hera, sometimes of Hera alone, who bore him in retaliation for Zeus's having brought forth Athena. Among the perfectly beautiful immortals he only was ugly. He was lame as well. In one place in the Iliad he says that his shameless mother, when she saw that he was born deformed, cast him out of heaven; in another place he declares that Zeus did this, angry with him for trying to defend Hera. . . . . . . 

. . . . . . In Homer he is in no danger of being driven from Olympus; he is highly honored there, the workman of the immortals, their armorer and smith, who makes their dwellings and their furnishings as well as their weapons. In his workshop he has handmaidens he has forged out of gold who can move and who help him in his work. 

In the later poets his forge is often said to be under this or that volcano, and to cause eruptions. . . . 

He was a kindly, peace-loving god, popular on earth as in heaven. With Athena, he was important in the life of the city. The two were the patrons of handicrafts, the arts which along with agriculture are the support of civilization; he the protector of the smiths as she of the weavers” (Hamilton 35).

3. Poesidon (Neptune)

Poesidon (Neptune) 

“He was the ruler of the sea, Zeus's brother and second only to him in eminence. The Greeks on both sides of the Aegean were seamen and the God of the Sea was all important to them. His wife was Amphitrite, a granddaughter of the Titan, Ocean. . . . 

But when he drove in his golden car over the waters, the thunder of the waves sank into stillness, and tranquil peace followed his smooth-rolling wheels. He was commonly called ‘Earth-shaker’ and was always shown carrying his trident, a three-pronged spear, with which he would shake and shatter whatever he pleased” (Hamilton 28-29).