Western literature note week 2

ü  Character has the meaning of keyboard.

ü  Chinese character: 曹雨 Tsao Yu→ Cao Yu

ü  ‘’J’’ means god Ex: Jesus Jacob Joseph

ü  god= 一般的神   God= 希伯來的神   Deity= 神祈

ü  July is originate from Julius Caesar. October is originate from Augustus.

ü  Octopus 八角章魚  Mediterranean 地中海

ü  ‘’-gamy’’ 男生女生配 For example: monogamy

ü  ‘’-nomy’’ means naming  For example: autonomy

ü  bi- stands for “two” For example: bigamy

ü  trigonometry (‘’nome’’ means naming , ‘’metry’’ means measure)

ü  qua- stands for ”four” For example: a quarter to eleven

ü  nov- stands for “eleven” For example: novice

ü  mor-, mort- stand for death For example: mortgage , morgue , mortician

ü  Phoenicianalphabet is the oldest verified consonantal alphabet, which became one of the most widely used writing systems.

ü  不發音的例子: Lamb, psychology, scent, science

ü  Romanic number:

ü  Regulation: 4,9(-)← →(+) 十位數歸十位數管,個位數歸個位數管

1---I , 2---II , 5---V , 10---X , 50---L , 100---C , 500---D , 1000---M

Ex: 49---XL IX , 90---XC , 99---XC IX , 2014---MMXIV。

ü  ‘’Was this face that launched a thousand ships?’’ said Marlowe from If bread lyrics.

Ilium is the legendary city of Troy.