Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most must mourn the deepest o"er the fatal truth, the Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.

— Manfred, Poet, George Gordon Byron

知识就是痛苦：那些懂得最多的人往往为真理表达最深切的哀悼；知识的树不同于生命的树。

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——《曼弗雷德》乔治·戈登·拜伦，诗人

• 词汇

mourn v. 哀悼，悼念

及物：mourn somebody/something

不及物：mourn for somebody/something

为失去某人/某物而感到悲伤

We all mourned over the end of the holiday.

假期结束了，我们都好伤心。

生命之树：The Tree of Life

知识之树/知善恶树：The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

• 拓展

随着意志的现象愈臻于完美，痛苦也就日益显著。

在植物身上还没有感性，因此也无痛感。

低等动物就能有一种程度很微弱的痛感了。

甚至昆虫，感觉和感痛能力都还有限。

直到脊椎动物有了完备的神经系统，

这些能力才以较高的程度出现；

而且是智力越发达，痛苦的程度愈高。

因此，随着认识越来越明确，意识越来越加强，

痛苦也就增加了，这是一个正比例。

到了人，这种痛苦也达到了最高的程度；

并且是一个人的智力愈高，认识越明确就越痛苦。

具有天才的人则最痛苦。

——《作为意志和表象的世界》叔本华，哲学家

Two new Vocabulary words of the day!!

2/5/22

Pejorative ~ Firsthand

1. Pejorative ~ adj. Call a word or phrasepejorativeif it is used as a disapproving expression or a term of abuse. Tree-hugger is apejorativeterm for an environmentalist. Coming from the Latin word for "worse,"pejorativeis both an adjective and a noun. As an adjective, it means disapproving or disparaging. Hack is a pejorative term for a bad writer. If you call someone a politician in the pejorative sense, you mean that they are scheming and out for personal gain. Terms of abuse such as jerk and negative euphemisms such as bottom feeder are pejoratives, words you use when you want to call someone a bad name.

2. Firsthand ~ adj. Anythingfirsthandis directly experienced, so yourfirsthandknowledge of the new math teacher"s purple hair comes from the fact that you"ve seen it with your very own eyes. When you get information from someone who saw something happen or heard something said, that"s firsthand evidence. And anything you see or hear yourself is also firsthand. Your summer job might be a firsthand look at what farming is really like. Interviewing a witness to a crime gives a police officer firsthand testimony about what exactly happened.

1... (a) A pejorative remark usually brings about an angry response from the listener.(b) Even though I had a good explanation for my lateness, my employer still described my conduct in a pejorative way.(c) If you make pejorative remarks in front of your customers, it is highly likely they will not return to your business.(d) Rather than behave like a responsible adult, the woman spoke in a pejorative tone to the small child.

Two new Vocabulary words of the day!!

8/4/21

Mastery ~ Windfall

1. Mastery ~ n. Expert skill, expert knowledge or outstanding ability. i.e. The Chinese girls have shown their mastery in table tennis at the Olympics. Complete control, total control over somebody or something.

2. Windfall ~ n. Money obtained unexpectedly, something good that is received unexpectedly, especially a sum of money. An unanticipated benefit, usually monetary in nature. Something blown down by wind, something that the wind has blown down, especially a piece of ripe fruit blown off a tree.

1... (a) Man’s mastery over nature in our world allows us to achieve many things, but even so we can never outmatch nature’s raw power.(b) You can only achieve mastery through a great deal of practice and determination, as there is no such thing as being born an expert.(c) All of the students in the group are showing their degree of mastery in English, every day and well on their way to fluency.

2. (a) The college student was thrilled when the purchase of a dollar lottery ticket won her a windfall.(b) I get and give a windfall of hugs every day; it is worth much more than money! (c) Once you have changed your mindset about the ways you can save money, you"ll find awindfallof opportunities to do so.

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