關於雅典羅馬的英語閱讀理解

『壹』 懇求以下英語閱讀理解的正確答案

有些人認為，國際體育創造了良好的會之間的民族和國家，如果玩游戲，一起他們將學會共同生活。其他人說，正好相反：國際競賽，鼓勵虛假的民族自豪感和引起誤解和仇恨。有可能是有些道理，在這兩個論點，但在近年來奧運會，做了一點支持認為，體育鼓勵國際兄弟。不僅是這里的悲慘事件，涉及的謀殺案有關的運動員，但游戲也破壞較輕的事故主要是由輕微的國家XX.一個國家收到了第二位的獎牌與有形的憤慨之後，曲棍球決賽。有過嘈雜的場面在年底曲棍球比賽，輸的反對，最後的決定。他們確信之一，其目標不應該已不允許和他們的對手'的勝利是不公平的。他們的經理人，是在一個憤怒時，他說， 「這不是曲棍球。曲棍球和國際曲棍球聯合會完成」 。聯合會主席後來說，這樣的行為可能會導致暫停隊至少3年的美國籃球隊宣布，他們將不會產生首位到俄羅斯後，爭論結束他們的競賽。游戲已經結束，在騷動。它被認為是在第一，美國贏了，由一個單一的點，但它宣布有三秒仍發揮。一名俄羅斯球員，然後將球從1月底，法院，另一方面，和其他玩家出現到籃子里。這是第一次，美國已失去了以往任何時候都對奧運籃球比賽。上訴陪審團辯論的事，四個半小時之前宣布的結果，會立場。美國球員，然後投反對票不接受---------這種將繼續，只要運動是有競爭力的發揮，而不是為愛情游戲。有人認為運動員的競爭，應作為個人，或在非國家工作隊，可能是太多的希望。但在目前的組織奧運會有太多的鼓勵侵略的愛國精神

『貳』 求英語閱讀理解的答案。快快快！！！！！！

C A D A B是講Hank頑強的生活，雖然殘疾，但一直克服困難戰勝困難。

『叄』 跪求50篇英語閱讀理解題（帶答案）

（2）
No.4 middle School
Kunming ,yunnan
April 2nd ,2004
Dear editor (編輯) ，
I live in a beautiful city . Many visitors come to my city . there are so many colorful peacocks (孔雀) here .
The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng Square
They are given food freely by visitors . They usually throw food to them , and don』t think about at all whether the food is right or not . Some of the peacocks became ill , some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors.
I』m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds , but don』t realize (意識到) that they may be doing them harm (傷害).
The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds , and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening .
Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food . For us every person , it』s our ty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully.
Yours,
Sun Yan
()6.Many visitors come to the writer』s city to __________.
A. do some shopping B. see beautiful peacocks
C. play on Dongfeng square D. eat nice food
()7.Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors ______;
A. did』t give them any food B. gave them too much food
C. threw them some bad food D. loved them and played with them
()8.Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may _____________.
A.sell food for visitors B. sell food for peacocks
C.make the square more beautiful D.have the beautiful birds
()9.From the passage we know people should __________.
A. live and play with the birds
B. stop the birds from eating too much
C. give right food to the birds
D. give more food to the birds
()10.We can guess the writer of the letter, Sun Yan , may be a _____.
A. visitor B. shopkeeper C.square keeper D. student
6-10：B C B C D
（3）
Every town in the United States has a post office . Some are very small , and you may also find them in the corner of a shop . Others are larger buildings . They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings . From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 to 4:30 .
If you know how much the postage (郵資) is for your letter , you can buy stamps at any window. In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines . Stamps are sold many different prices , from one cent (美分) to many dollars . If you are not sure how much postage is for you letter , you may ask the man or the woman in the post office for help . he or she will give you the stamps you need . If you are sending your letter far away , you should use airmail envelopes (航空信封) . Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country.
At a post office you can also buy postcards . A postcard is cheaper than a letter . Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter . The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures . However ,also they are not to be sent outside the country .
Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch with people in many different countries .
()11.The passage tell us that we can find ________ easily in the United States of America.
A. post office s B.large buildings
C.small shops D.different banks
()12.The post offices in the United States are open _________.
A.seven hours a day B.six hours a day
C.five hours a day D.eight hours a day
()13.If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter ,you can____.
A. go and buy stamps from the machine in the post officesend a cheap postcard instead of your letter
B. get in touch with somebody you know in the post office
C.ask the man or the woman in the post office for help
()14.The price of postage for ________ is more expensive.
A.a beautiful postcard B.a letter written on envelope
C.a letter by airmail D.a postcard with pictures
()15.The passage tells us something about ________ in the USA
A.the post B.the postage C.letters D.postcards
11-15 A D D C A
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Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour』s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, 「 must do something about the noise,」 he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. 「Ah, I』ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won』t be able to hear the noise.」 The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.
「Steal my bell? I』ll teach you a lesson(教訓),」 the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. 「Why did he come out just then?」 he wondered (感到疑惑).
( )16. The thief was trying to get .
A. his neighbour B. his neighbour』s doorbell
C. some cotton D. a door with a bell on it
( )17. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell.
A. safe B. difficult C. dangerous D. easy
( )18. The neighbour ran out probably(很可能) because .
A. he knew his doorbell was being stolen
B. he thought someone was eager (渴望的) to visit him
C. he realized (意識到) something strange happened
D. Both B and C
( )19. The neighbour hit the thief to .
A. give him lessons B. punish (懲罰) him for stealing
C. help him with the bell D. be his teacher
( )20. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.
B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.
C. The thief thought the neighbour couldn』t hear the noise the bell made.
D. The thief didn』t want to know why the neighbour ran out.
16-20 B A D B C
（5）
A farmer was put in prison(監獄). One day, he got a letter from his wife.
「I am worried about out farm,」 she wrote. 「It』s time to plant potatoes ,
but I can』t do all the digging(挖) by myself.」
The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife,「Don』t dig
the fields. This id where my gold(金子) is. Don』t plant potatoes until I comehome.
A few days later, the farmer got anther letter from his wife. It said, 「Two days
ago, about ten prison guards(監獄看守) came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking for something. They have g our field.」
The farmer wrote to his wife at once. 「Now you can plant our potatoes,」 he wrote.
( )21.The farmer was put in prison ________.
A. because he had done something wrong
B. because he had a lot of gold in the fields
C. The writer didn』t say anything about why the farmer was put in prison
D. For nothing
( )22.The farmer』s wife was much worried about _____ .
A. her husband B. their farm C. planting potatoes D. herself
( )23.The farmer told his wife __ first.
A. not to dig the fields B. to dig the fields
C. to ask the prison guards for help D. to find the gold in the fields
( )24.Why did the prison guards dig the farmer』s fields ?________.
A. They wanted to help the farmer
B. Their leader ordered them to do so
C. The farmer asked them to do so
D. They wanted to find out the gold
( )25.Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once ? Because _____.
A. their fields had been g
B. the gold was found out
C. the prison guards asked him to do so
D. the prison guards were digging the fields
21—25 C B A D A
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An owl is a bird with very large eyes. Those eyes make the owl look clever. The owl can not move its eyes freely as people can. It can only look straight ahead (朝前). If it wants to look at both sides, it must turn its neck.
Owls see better at night than ring the day. At night they look for food. They eat mice and insects.
Owls make a strange noise because the owls sleep most of the day. They usually give their cries at night. The cry sounds like 「Whoo! Whoo!」. This strange sound sometimes frightens people at night.
26. An owl looks clever because it can look straight ahead.
27. An owl looks for food at night because it sees better at night than ring the day.
28. An owl lives on all kinds of birds.
29. The cry of an owl is frightening.
30. Man must not kill owls because they are helpful to people.
26-30 B A B A A
（7）
Coffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the United States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink.
31. Coffee is an ____________ drink.
A . interesting B. international C. ice-cream D. American
32. Different people like to drink coffee ____________.
A. at work or at home B. in different ways C. with cream or sugar D. between meals
33. Today Americans drink ____________ coffee than people in any of the other countries.
A. as much as B. less C. more D. most
34. 「Coffee is black and very strong.」 The word STRONG here means ____________.
A.堅固的 B.淡的 C.清的 D.濃的
35. ____________ is the most popular American drink.
A. Black tea B. Coffee C. Water with ice D. Whisky
31-35 B B C D B
（8）
Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can』t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.
They hope computers can help them improve (提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain (抱怨) that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.
In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.
36. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _______________.
A. our country asks us to learn it
B. it can help us a lot
C. we can use it to play games
D． it can help us to find jobs
37. What do many teachers and parents complain about? _______________.
A. Their students and children use computers to play games.
B. Computers let them lost their jobs.
C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.
D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.
38. In this passage we know computers _______________.
A. also bring us trouble
B. bring us happiness only
C. are hated by people
D. are bad for people』s health
39. Can computers really help children to study? _______________.
A. Yes, they can. B. It』s hard to say C. No, they can』t. D. Of course not.
40. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _______.
A. computers are used by people
B. people can live well without computers
C. one must decide how to use computers
D. computers are strange machines
36-40 B C A A C
（9）
Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he called them together and said, "Sons, I will die soon. To my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second, one-third(三分之一), and to my youngest, one-ninth (九分之一)." Soon after that he died.
Now, the old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didn't know how to do as their father said. They thought a long time about the problem, and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father. At last they went to their father's old friend and asked for his advice. As soon as he heard their story, he said, "I will help you. I was a good friend of your father's. I am old. I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours."
The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished, The oldest took half- that was nine camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took one-ninth, that was two.
After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel there. So, to show their thanks to their father's friend, they gave the camel back to him
41. "Once upon a time" means " ________".
A. long long ago B. not very long ago
C. at once D. sometimes
42. The meaning of "disobey" in the second paragraph is" ________".
A. 服從 B. 違背 C. 聽從 D. 嘲笑
43. The meaning of "asked for his advice" in the second paragraph is " ________".
A. 向他請教 B. 問他數量 C. 批評他 D. 勸告他
44. The second old man ________the three brothers.
A. was good to B. was not good to C. didn't like D. cheated(哄騙)
45. Both the two old men in the story were ________.
A. foolish B. clever C. poor D. rich
41-45 A B A A B
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Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly went to town, but one day he went into town to buy a few things. After he bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When he looked around, he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers. So after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself one pair, too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.
The man in the shop let him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, "No, I can't read with these."
The man became puzzled (迷惑的) , and he said, "Excuse me, but can you read?"
"No, of course I can't!" Tom said angrily. "If I could read before, do you think I would come here to buy your glasses?"
46. Tom lived ______.
A. with his family B. near town C. in the country D. in town
47. Tom didn't go to town______.
A. never B. often C. sometimes D. sometime
48. Why did Tom decide to buy a pair of glasses?
A. Because he thought if he bought them, he could read.
B. Because they were very bright.
C. Because they were cheap.
D. Because he could read newspaper.
49. Tom went to the shop to ______.
A. have a rest B. have dinner C. wear glasses D. buy a pair of glasses
46-49 C B A D
(11)
We know mosquitoes very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.
No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide if she loves you. She? Yes, she. The male mosquito doesn』t bite! Only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn』t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You』re different from the others!
If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(癢) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. When the itch begins, she has flown away.
And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, in a tree or on a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.
( )51.All the people don』t like mosquitoes.
( )52.All mosquitoes like to bite people for blood.
( )53.If a mosquito wants to bite you, it means she is very tired.
( )54.The mosquito bites you too quickly and quietly to let you know.
( )55.The itch begins after the mosquito flies away.
51-55 FFFTT
(12)
Do you know why different animals or pests(昆蟲) have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts(蝗蟲), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops(莊稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest (收獲)time comes, locusts change to the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you』ll find the main use of colouring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters. This is because they have the colours much like the trees.
Have you ever found an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid(液體) when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over(散開), its enemies(敵人) cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.
( )56.From the passage we learn that locusts________.
A. are small animals
B. are easily found by birds
C. are dangerous to their enemies
D. change their colours to protect themselves
( )57.How can pests with different colours from plants keep out of danger?
A. They run away quickly.
B. They have the colours much like their enemies.
C. They hide themselves by day and appear at night.
D. They have to move quietly.
( )58.Bears and lions can keep safe because________.
A. they have the colours much like the trees
B. they move quietly
C. they like brown and grey colours
D. they live in forests
( )59.Why can the kind of fish live up to now?
A. Because it is very big and strong.
Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies.
B. Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.
C. Because it swims faster than any other fish.
( )60.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests.
B. Colours of Different Animals and pests.
C. The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests.
D. Some Animals and Pests.
56-60 D C A B C
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『肆』 英語閱讀理解８篇

Greece, economically, is in the black. With very little to export other than such farm procts as tobacco, cotton and fruit, the country earns enough from 『invisible earnings』 to pay for its needed, growing imports. From the sending out of things the Greeks, earn only $285 million; from tourism, shipping and the remittances of Greeks abroad, the country takes in an additional #375 million and this washes out the almost $400 million by which imports exceed exports. It has a balanced budget. Although more than one drachma out of four goes for defense, the government ended a recent year with a slight surplus -- $66 million. Greece has a decent reserve of almost a third of a billion dollars in gold and foreign exchange. It has a government not dependent on coalescing incompatible parties to obtain parliamentary majorities. In thus summarizing a few happy highlights, I don』t mean to minimize the vast extent of Greece』s problems. It is the poorest country by a wide margin in Free Europe, and poverty is widespread. At best an annual income of $60 to $70 is the lot of many a peasant, and substantial unemployment plagues the countryside, cities, and towns of Greece. There are few natural resources on which to build any substantial instrial base. Some years ago I wrote here: 「Greek statesmanship will have to create an atmosphere in which home and foreign savings will willingly seek investment opportunities in the back ward economy of Greece. So far, most American and other foreign attempt have bogged down in the Greek government』s red tape and shrewdness about small points.」 Great strides have been made. As far back as 1956, expanding tourism seemed a logical way to bring needed foreign currencies and additional jobs to Greece. At that time I talked with the Hilton Hotel people, who had been examining hotel possibilities, and to the Greek government division responsible for this area of the economy. They were hopelessly deadlocked in almost total differences of opinion and outlook. Today most of the incredibly varied, beautiful, historical sights of Greece have new, if in many cases modest, tourist facilities. Tourism itself has jumped from approximately $31 million to over $90 million. There is both a magnificent new Hilton Hotel in Athens and a completely modernized, greatly expanded Grande Bretagne, as well as other first-rate new hotels. And the advent of jets has made Athens as accessible as Paris or Rome – without the sky-high prices of traffic-choked streets of either.

『伍』 英語閱讀解析 這道題重點在哪裡

重點最後一來句
虛擬語氣（條源件從句中有謂語動詞were／had／could／should 將這些詞提前省略if ）if the Greeks had held novelty… 如果希臘人像我們一樣鄙視新奇… 可看出羅馬人幾乎沒有什麼創新
因此選出答案c

『陸』 求英語閱讀理解（關於名著的）

裡面有

『柒』 為什麼希臘羅馬神話對英語有這么大的影響

希臘神話誕生於原始時代，流傳數千年，具有永久的魅力。人們,尤其是巫祝，瞽師
或樂工的口耳相傳，對保存古代神話起很大的作用。然而，古代的文學家們起的作用更大
。可以說，希臘羅馬神話是古希臘文學藝術的源泉和土壤，古希臘羅馬文學又是後人了解
希臘羅馬神話的豐富寶藏。荷馬記述古代小亞細亞阿凱亞人（Achaean；即古希臘人）和
特洛伊人交戰攻打伊利昂城的<<伊利昂紀>>（Iliad）和描寫希臘軍返航途中種種奇遇的
<<奧德修記>>兩部史詩包括了絕大部分的希臘神話。赫西奧德（Hesiod）的<<神譜>>（
Theogony）收集了希臘神話中最重要的天地創造，諸神世系、親族關系等方面的故事，是
現存有關希臘神話的早期資料。其他詩人如薩福（Sappho）歌頌阿佛洛狄忒的抒情長詩，
品達羅斯（Pindarus）的競技勝利者頌等也保存了不少的神話。遐邇聞名的希臘三大悲劇
詩人埃斯庫羅斯（Aeschylus）、索福克勒斯（Sophocles）和歐里庇得斯（Euripides）
流傳下來的三十四部悲劇中有三十三部是以神話為題材的。歷史學家希羅多德（Herodo-
tus）的<<歷史>>收集了許多的希臘神話，阿里斯托芬（Aristophanes）的喜劇中也保存
許多神話材料。
羅馬文學深受希臘文學的影響，羅馬詩人常常取材於希臘神話。維吉爾（Virgil）的
<<埃涅阿斯紀>>（Aeneid）、奧維德（Ovid）的<<變形記>>（Metamorphoses）和賀拉斯
（Horace）的<<歌集>>（Odes）等都引用希臘羅馬神話，給後世研究希臘羅馬神話提供了
豐富的資料和參證。
希臘羅馬神話是世界文化遺產，通過羅馬文學輸入歐洲，經過文藝復興時期，對歐洲
文藝的發展起了重要的影響。神話豐富了文學藝術，卓越的文學藝術又反過來給古代神話
以新的生命。西方文化正是在神話和文學藝術互相推移促進的情況下發展起來的。
從文藝復興時期開始，希臘神話在歐洲引起廣泛的注意和濃厚的興趣。詩人文學家都
紛紛用神話故事為創作素材。僅以英國文學為例，莎士比亞曾運用希臘神話作題材寫了悲
劇<<特洛伊羅斯與克瑞西達>>（Troilus and Cresida）和長詩<<維納斯與阿多尼斯>>（
Venus and Adonis）。彌爾頓（Milton）的<<科瑪斯>>（Comus）詩篇不長，卻提到了三
十多個希臘神話人物與故事。十九世紀英美浪漫主義詩人對絢麗多彩的希臘羅馬神話更是
贊口不絕。美國大詩人惠特曼言簡意賅地說：〃神話真是偉大〃。英國詩人濟慈（Keats
）寫了一首真摯感人的十四行詩描繪他初讀荷馬史詩時的激動心情：
〃......我像在觀察星象的運行，
突然瞥見一顆新星出現，
或如克太茲盡力長大眼睛，
望見了太平－－而他的同行夥伴
都面面相覷，現出驚惶神情，
不敢吭聲，在達連高峰之巔。〃
浪漫主義詩人深受希臘神話的影響，喜歡運用神話材料寫詩。雪萊（Shelley）的<<阿波
羅頌>>、<<潘之歌>>，濟慈的<<致普緒刻>>至今仍是膾灸人口的歌頌神話人物的美麗詩歌
。然而，詩人引用神話典故，往往不僅僅是為了神話本身的瑰麗，而是藉以寄託詩人的思
想感情。他們往往借景抒情，取譬言志，抒發憂憤，針砭時弊。濟慈以凡人恩底彌翁和月
亮女神戀愛故事為題材的<<恩底彌翁>>（Endymion）表達他對至善至美的愛情與幸福的追
求。雪萊的<<阿多尼斯>>（Adonais）借維納斯的情人阿多尼斯為野豬殘殺的神話表達他
對濟慈的悼念。希臘神話所描述的古人不屈服於命運的頑強意志，以及神和英雄們以超人
的力量和大自然進行的不屈不撓的斗爭，都激動了浪漫主義詩人，啟發了他們的遐想；浪
漫詩人的詩歌又賦予古老的神話以新的生命。雪萊、拜倫（Byron）、朗費羅（H.W.Long-
fellow）等詩人都曾作詩謳歌為人類偷取火種的普羅米修斯。在拜倫筆下，普羅米修斯確
實凜凜有生氣，成為反抗壓迫堅忍不拔的意志和力量的化身。雪萊的詩劇<<解放了的普羅
米修斯>>塑造了這位不屈的鬥士的新形象，全劇情緒振奮，調子昂揚，色彩鮮明，充分表
現了詩人對革命的嚮往，富有強烈的時代氣息。
在了二十世紀，由於工業文明的不良後果日趨明顯，社會矛盾日漸尖銳，人們痛感文
明的墮落，理想的崩潰，信仰的瓦解，道德准則的失墜，熱切渴望新的美好而有意義的生
活方式和精神文明。文學家更喜愛用意味深長的神話故事抒發苦悶和憤懣，對現實生活中
的不合理現象進行抨擊。正如理查德．蔡斯（Richard Chase）所說，〃神話是肯定人們
生活中文化和個人方面的種種危機－－誕生、進入人生、理想的友誼、婚姻、對人或大自
然的戰事、死亡等－－並使之富有意義的一種方式。神話通過喚醒對往昔、文化傳統或英
雄們超人力量的感情來賦予生活中的危機以意義。〃這種例子可說是俯拾皆是。最著名的
是艾略特（T.S. Eliot）的<<荒原>>（The Waste Land）。這部二十世紀西方文學的劃時
代的作品利用了大量的神話傳說把第一次世界大戰以後的歐洲比擬成一片荒原，充分表現
了歐美知識分子憂郁絕望的情緒。詹姆斯．喬伊斯（James Joyce）的代表作<<尤利西斯
修斯（即尤利西斯）相比擬，把他在都柏林一晝夜的游盪和奧德修斯的十年漂泊相映襯，
從而揭示現代西方社會的腐朽沒落和現代人的孤獨與絕望。美國劇劇家奧尼爾（B.
想感情。他們往往借景抒情，取譬言志，抒發憂憤，針砭時弊。濟慈以凡人恩底彌翁和月
亮女神戀愛故事為題材的<<恩底彌翁>>（Endymion）表達他對至善至美的愛情與幸福的追
求。雪萊的<<阿多尼斯>>（Adonais）借維納斯的情人阿多尼斯為野豬殘殺的神話表達他
對濟慈的悼念。希臘神話所描述的古人不屈服於命運的頑強意志，以及神和英雄們以超人
的力量和大自然進行的不屈不撓的斗爭，都激動了浪漫主義詩人，啟發了他們的遐想；浪
漫詩人的詩歌又賦予古老的神話以新的生命。雪萊、拜倫（Byron）、朗費羅（H.W.Long-
fellow）等詩人都曾作詩謳歌為人類偷取火種的普羅米修斯。在拜倫筆下，普羅米修斯確
實凜凜有生氣，成為反抗壓迫堅忍不拔的意志和力量的化身。雪萊的詩劇<<解放了的普羅
米修斯>>塑造了這位不屈的鬥士的新形象，全劇情緒振奮，調子昂揚，色彩鮮明，充分表
現了詩人對革命的嚮往，富有強烈的時代氣息。
在了二十世紀，由於工業文明的不良後果日趨明顯，社會矛盾日漸尖銳，人們痛感文
明的墮落，理想的崩潰，信仰的瓦解，道德准則的失墜，熱切渴望新的美好而有意義的生
活方式和精神文明。文學家更喜愛用意味深長的神話故事抒發苦悶和憤懣，對現實生活中
O'Neill）的<<哀悼>>（Mourning Becomes Electra）是以埃斯庫勒斯的<<奧瑞斯忒亞>>
（Oresteia）為基礎的，借用神話英雄阿伽門農一家冤怨相報的故事描寫了現代人的悲劇
和苦難的根源。其他英美作家如葉芝（W.B. Yeats）、梅斯菲爾德（John Masefield）、
福斯特（E.M. Forster）、魏爾德（Thornton Wilder）、厄普代克（John Updike）等都
運用神話題材進行創作，以古喻今。

希臘神話對西方文化的影響並不僅僅停留在文學領域。在藝術方面，希臘神話入畫的

故事不勝枚舉。文藝復興時期米開朗琪羅（Michelangelo）、拉斐爾（Raphael）、達

芬奇（Leonardo da Vinci）等大師運用神話主題作的畫已經成為不朽巨作和人類文化的

寶貴財富。在心理學方面，弗洛伊德借用誤犯殺父娶母罪的俄狄浦斯王的故事創造了 俄

狄浦斯情結 （Oedipus complex）一詞，在精神分析中指以本能沖動為核心的一種慾望

。在文藝理論方面，二十世紀中葉涌現出一批以諾思羅普 弗賴伊（Northrope Frye）為

首的文藝理論家，認為一切文學類型以及所有作品的每個情節布局，包括表面看來極其復

雜和十分真實的作品，無不重復某些神話原型人物和神話的基本公式。希臘神話還大大豐

富了英語語言。有些詞彙，如chaotic（混亂的）、hypnotic（催眠的）、martial（軍事

的）、tantalize（逗弄）等，追根溯源，都來自希臘神話。希臘神話在西方社會流傳極

廣，影響深遠，滲透到了生活的各個方面。甚至連科技發展計劃的命名都有取諸神話故事

的，如我們常聽說的 三叉戟飛機 、 阿波羅計劃 、 波塞冬號潛水艇 等等。有些

神話中的人名、地名和典故早已進入日常生活，成為婦孺皆知的常用語了，例如， 特洛

伊的木馬 （the Trojan Horse）、 潘多拉的盒子 （Pandora's Box）， 不和的蘋

果」（Apple of Discord）， 阿喀琉斯的腳跟 （Archilles' Heel）等等。

既然希臘羅馬神話對歐美文化有如此重要的作用，對歐美社會生活有如此深遠的影響

，那末，無論是為了提高英語閱讀和理解的能力，還是為了研究歐美文學、歷史、哲學、

政治等知識，我們都必須首先對希臘羅馬神話有一定的了解。

美國最早一位編寫希臘神話故事的作者托瑪斯 布爾芬哥（Thomas Bulfinch）在<<

寓言時代>>的前言中說，他相信 年幼的讀者將從本書發現無限的樂趣；年長一些的會發

現這是閱讀時的良師益友；有機會外出旅行參觀博物館藝術畫廊的讀者將發現它是名畫、

雕塑的解說員；出入有文化修養社交圈子的讀者又會發現它是解答談話中偶然出現的典故

的鑰匙......」

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『拾』 關於古羅馬的英語短文50個詞

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The Colosseum or Roman Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.

Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made ring Domitian's reign (81–96).[1] The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).

Capable of seating 50,000 spectators,[2] the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. As well as the gladiatorial games, other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.

It has been estimated that about 500,000 people and over a million wild animals died in the Colosseum games.[3][4]

Although in the 21st century it stays partially ruined e to damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome and its breakthrough achievements in earthquake engineering. It is one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church, as each Good Friday the Pope leads a torchlit "Way of the Cross" procession to the amphitheatre