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So I've given up
于是我放弃了
One word about the Audex system is
我对奥德克斯系统的评论是
we don't necessarily get messages instantly
我们不一定能立即获取信息
It's kind of a new irritating thing, but you might call me,
它是一个新的烦人的东西,但是如果你打电话给我
and if I'm on the phone in my office, it will record it
并且我在办公室里接了,它就会录下你的话
but no light comes on instantly, so I've had students say
但是指示灯不会马上亮起来,所以曾有学生问我
you know, "Why didn't you respond to me more quickly"
"为什么你不能更快地答复我呢"
It's because how the system works
这是因为系统是那样工作的
My email's listed
我的邮箱已经列出来了
Email's a very good way to communicate with me
用邮件是一种非常好的交流方式
I check my email way too much
我经常查看我邮箱的邮件
And even one of those idiots who check it at home
甚至就像有些傻子回到家还会继续查看邮件
The text for this course are three
这门课程的教材有三本
I mentioned them
我已经提过它们了
One thing, I think all professors to a certain extent
有一件事,我觉得所有的教授在一定程度上
play mom and dad in class, and I know
都会在课堂上折腾你们的父母,而且我知道
students are always concerned about the cost of books
学生们总是很关心书的价钱
I don't think I ever bought a book for class
我不记得我曾把自己上课用过的书卖掉
and and sold it back because I destroy them too much
因为书被我损坏得太厉害了
This was, this is my book I started teaching this class with
这是我开始教这门课的时候的书
So that was just a demonstration
只是一个示范而已
So, now I have a nice new pretty one
现在我有一本崭新的书
But we'll read this first, and there are a couple of good general books on
现在我们要开始读它,有好几本很好的
Arthur
关于亚瑟王的书
You may be have already read some
也许你们已经读过一些了
But why it was written in the late 30s
但是这本写于30年代末期的书
is probably the best way to get an overview
能给我们一个非常好的概述
When we read this, it's important to realize
当我们读这本书的时候,很重要的一点是
that it is actually 4 separate books
要意识到它实际上是四本分开的书
And so if you've been reading like the Harry Potter series
所以如果你像读哈利波特系列一样读这本书
for example, you know you could theoretically
比方说,理论上你可以
jump in one and read it
随便翻开一章然后开始读
And if, if you did like I did and just sat down
或者你也喜欢我的方式,坐下来
and read all all the ones at once, you'd think gosh
开始一下子阅读所有的东西,你将会想
this is being repetitious
天啊,这都是在重复
I know this
我知道这个
I just read this
我刚刚读过这一段了
Well, you know, one, this may, the idea here is
嗯,你知道的,我们要做的是
when you're reading the second part
当你读第二部分
of the Queen of Air and Darkness,
那一部分的时候
not necessarily even read the first book,
你不一定非要读过第一章
and so there are gonna be times you stop again,
如果你读过的话,就会有你停下来说
you say, "I remember this; I just read this 3 weeks ago "
"我记得这个,我3周前才读过它"
But this was originally published as 4 separate books,
但是最初这本书是出版成4本不同的书
and there is actually a 5th book in the series which is not included, but the last
事实上还有第五本没有包括进来
one is Candle in The Wind
它的名字是
which gets back to the core of The Once and Future King
它是的核心
So we'll be reading these for quite a while
那么我们将花一段时间读这些书
The second thing we'll do oh there are other books,
我们要做的第二件事是,噢 这里还有其他的书
they're a really good book
一本非常好的书
If you want another general book,
如果你想要多一本综合的书
if you just wanna read something, there's a book by Thomas Berger which is Arthur Rex
或者你想读点什么,这里有本,托马斯,伯杰,写的书
This is a very good book
这是一本很好的书
The reason I don't use it is that there's a lot more sex in it
我没有用它的原因是它里面有较多的性场景
and I'm just it's not worth the pain
我不想
to have somebody go complain about
让一些人到处抱怨
"this book he's having me read "
"这就是他让我读的书"
So he'll read Arthur with more sex, read Berger's book
他将会读有更多性场景的关于亚瑟的书,会读伯杰的书
So true
听起来像真的一样
We'll go then back to Chrétien and actually
然后我们回到克雷蒂安
there is a person before Chrétien who wrote down about Arthur.His name is
事实上,有个人在克雷蒂安之前写了关于亚瑟王的事迹
Geoffrey of Monmouth
他就是蒙茅斯的杰弗里
He wrote in Latin in England
他在英国用拉丁文写作
And he's the first one who wrote down about Arthur,
他是第一个写亚瑟的人
