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 the Danes used to fine him large sums called Danegeld, for not being ready. But though they were always ready, the Danes had very bad memories and often used to forget that they had been paid the Danegeld and come back for it almost before they had sailed away. By that time Ethelread was always unready again. ...

2022.12.15

试译 1066 and All That:第七章

Lady Windermere. Age of Lake Dwellers 温德米尔夫人,湖居者的时代。 ALFRED had a very interesting wife called Lady Windermere (The Lady of the Lake), who was always clothed in the same white frock, and used to go bathing with Sir Launcelot (also of the Lake) and was thus a Bad Queen. It was also in King Arthur’s time that the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was published: this was the first English newspaper and had all the news about his victories, and Lady Windermere, and the Cakes, etc. ...

2022.12.15

试译 1066 and All That:第六章

Exgalahad and the British Navy 埃克斯加拉哈德1和英国海军 ARTHUR invented Conferences because he was secretly a Weak King and liked to know what his memorable thousand and one Knights wanted to do next. As they were all parfitly jealous Knights he had to have the Memorable Round Table made to have the Conferences at, so that it was impossible to say which was top knight. He had a miraculous sword called Exgalahad wi which he defeated the Danes in numerous battles. In this he was also much assisted by his marine inventions, including the water-dock and the British Navy. The latter invention occurred as follows. ...

2022.12.14

看展记:胡根天、谭平、王礼军、强光浩

那天写完周刊,头昏脑涨,赶紧预约了周二去参观广东省美术馆,这才轻松下来。 周二是工作日,但观展的人比我想象中多,其中大部分是年轻人,估计是学生。 当天有四个展正在展出,我都逛了一遍。以下是我的一些观感。 拓荒者:20 世纪广东美术进程中的胡根天 胡根天(1892—1985)这位老兄,是最先在广东创办美术社、开展美术教育的人。他年轻时在日本留学,就读于东京美术学校,接受了日本最好的西洋画教育。 ...

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学术阅读的方法

看书如何记笔记,一直是个问题。 很多人会把书中所谓的「金句」标注或摘录下来,也有些人会更进一步,用自己的语言把那段话重述一遍。但这样得到的东西,仍是碎片化的。 ...

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