试译 1066 and All That:测试一

Up to the End of 1066 截止到 1066 年 Which do you consider were the more alike, Caesar or Pompey, or vice versa? (Be brief.) 你觉得凯撒像庞贝,还是庞贝像凯撒?(请简要作答。) Discuss, in latin or gothic (but not both), whether the Northumbrian Bishops were more schismatical than the Cumbrian Abbots. (Be bright.) 请用拉丁语或哥特语讨论,诺森布里亚的主教是否比坎布里亚......

试译 1066 and All That:第十四章

The Dreadful Story of Stephen and his Aunt Matilda (or Maud) 史蒂芬和他姑妈玛蒂尔达(或叫莫德)的糟糕往事 THE moment Stephen came to the throne it was realized that he was a mistake and had been christened wrong; thus everything was thrown into confusion. Stephen himself felt quite uncalled for, and even his Aunt Matilda was able to take him in when she began announcing that she was the real King. Stephen, however, soon discovered that she had been malchristened, too, and was unable to......

试译 1066 and All That:第十三章

Henry 1: A Tragic King 亨利一世:一名悲催的国王 HENRY I was famous for his handwriting and was therefore generally called Henry Beau-geste. He was extremely fond of his son William, who was, however, drowned in the White City. Henry tried to console himself for his loss by eating a surfeit of palfreys. This was a Bad Thing since he died of it and never smiled again. 亨利一世得名于他的字迹,从而通常被称作美姿仪的亨利......

仙人周刊 06:一周精神生活总结

Hi,我是许仙人。 这里是《仙人周刊》,我的一周精神生活总结。 广州连续下了一个礼拜的雨,到处都湿漉漉的。今天(昨天)降温,又回到了冬天该有的样子,冷,但好在衣服可以晒干了。 回顾本周最大的成就,就是没打游......

神的「房子」|出埃及记 36

上一期介绍了约柜、桌子和灯台,它们是放在圣所,也就是神的「房子」里的全部「家具」。虽然物件很少,就三样东西,但各个都金光灿灿。 不知道圣所又长成什么样子呢? 懒得看文字描述的,可以直接看下面的 3D 复原视频。......

约柜、桌子和灯台|出埃及记 35

上一期说到摩西再上西奈山。 摩西此番在山上待了整整四十个昼夜,这不禁让人好奇,他到底在干嘛?怎么会待那么久呢? 我一开始还暗戳戳地怀疑,神给他的两块写有律法和戒律的石板,该不会是摩西在那个时候,自己在山上......

试译 1066 and All That:第八章

Ethelread the Unready: A Weak King 决策无方的埃塞尔雷德:一名软弱的国王 ETHELREAD THE UNREADY was the first Weak King of England and was thus the cause of a fresh Wave of Danes. 决策无方的埃塞尔雷德是英国第一位软弱的国王,因此招致了新一轮的丹麦入侵。 He was called the Unready because he was never ready when the Danes were. Rather than wait for him......

试译 1066 and All That:第十二章

Rufus: A Ruddy King 鲁弗斯:红国王 THIS monarch was always very angry and red in the face and was therefore unpopular, so that his death was a Good Thing: it occurred in the following memorable way. Rufus was hunting one day in the New Forest, when William Tell (the memorable crackshot, inventor of Cross-bow puzzles) took unerring aim at a reddish apple, which had fallen on to the King’s head, and shot him through the heart. Sir Isaac Walton, who happened to be present at the time, thereupon invented the Law of Gravity. Thus was......