世界小史 第116期:全部知识
英语课
What Aristotle said must be right.
亚里士多德说的话，必定都是真知灼见。
For what he had done was to gather together all the knowledge of his time.
因为他所做的是搜集了在他那个时代所能知道的全部知识。
He wrote about the natural sciences – the stars, animals and plants;他曾论述过自然科学——论述过星辰、动物和植物；about history and people living together in a state – what we call politics;他曾论述过历史和人在国家中的公共生活——他称为政治；about the right way to reason – logic 1; and the right way to behave – ethics 2.
他曾论述过逻辑学的正确思维；以及伦理学的正确行为。
He wrote about poetry and its beauty.
他曾论述过诗学和诗学中的美。
And last of all he wrote down his own thoughts on a god who hovered 3 impassive and unseen above the vault 4 of heaven.
最后也论述过他对浮悬在平静的、不可见的苍穹之上的神的想法。
All this Alexander studied too, and no doubt he was a good student.
所有这一切亚历山大都学，无疑他是一个好学生。
Best of all he loved the stories about heroes in Homer's great lyric 5 poems – they say he kept them under his pillow at night.
他最爱读荷马伟大抒情诗歌里的英雄故事——据说他把它们放在枕头下面。
But Alexander didn't spend all his time with his nose in a book.
但亚历山大并不是所有的时间都在埋头读书。
He loved sport, and riding more than anything. No one rode better than he.
他热爱运动，尤其在骑马方面更是无人能胜过他。
n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性
- What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
- I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。
n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准
- The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
- Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫
- A hawk hovered over the hill. 一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。
- A hawk hovered in the blue sky. 一只老鹰在蓝色的天空中翱翔。
n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室
- The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
- The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。
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