Week 7

Week 7

Supplement material

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) He was the embodiment of the *Age of Reason. He was a master of pure, simple, direct, and clear expression. Characteristics: He was a born diplomat—detached, adaptable, witty, urbane, charming, and clever. (p. 235)

* The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is an influential work written by English and American political activist Thomas Paine. It follows in the tradition of eighteenth-century British deism, and challenges institutionalized religion and the legitimacy of the Bible (the central Christian text).

Poor Richard’s Almanack

Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It was a best seller for a pamphlet published in the American colonies; print runs reached 10,000 per year.

Autobiography

	The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written.
Key words of The Autobiography	Felicity, Vanity, and old Men

From Book 23, Iliad

The Iliad (/ˈɪliəd/;^[1] Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς Ilias, pronounced [iː.li.ás] in Classical Attic; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.

Temperance 不應該直接翻氣質

There is no direct translation.

The things that kids hate: ignorance, snob, and unfairness

(Based on Prof. Sun’s experience)

Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

—Silence

(Benjamin Franklin on Living a Virtuous Life)

or 

The quote: “That government is best which governs least.” Who said it?

Henry David Thoreau vs. Thomas Jefferson

So says Thomas Jefferson? You might reconsider

The Jeffersonian Perspective: Commentary on Today's Social and Political Issues

Based on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson

Al Gore's Concession Speech

The Electoral College

The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.

https://youtu.be/SGoL1jYxu5E

Edgar Allen Poe

"The Philosophy of Composition" is an 1846 essay written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well.

Ode on a Grecian Urn

By John Keats

When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe. Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all. Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."

Ballad: 音樂性、故事性、重複性

A ballad /ˈbæləd/ is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "dancing songs".

Elegy: a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

(In Greek and Roman poetry) a poem written in elegiac couplets, as notably by Catullus and Propertius.

La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats

O WHAT can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge has wither’d from the lake,
And no birds sing.

The Raven

高更受到Edgar A. Poe影響 張愛玲的流言裡也有提到

Vocabulary

Indian Summer秋老虎

Therm- 氣

Thermometer 氣壓計

Hydro- 水

Hydrometer 溼度計

Atmosphere

Vaporà evaporation

e-: out

Evaluation

Evacuation

Songs

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKdq249uOGs

My Old Kentucky Home, good night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ3ZCOvz4yw

Old black Joe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riJz9GskDAc