古德明英語(yǔ)軍事小故事:虛榮與死亡 (中英對(duì)照)
古德明《征服英語(yǔ)》之英語(yǔ)軍事故事,古德明,香港英語(yǔ)教育作家,他開了一個(gè)《征服英語(yǔ)專欄》,在專欄中專門用英語(yǔ)寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事,用英語(yǔ)講述歷史中那些驚心動(dòng)魄的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。虛榮與死亡
the athenian philosopher antisthenes, founder of the school of cynics which advocated a life of simplicity, was said to dress with ostentatious poverty. "i can see your vanity, antisthenes," socrates once observed, "through the holes in your cloak."
socrates philosophised even when he was on the threshold of death. "the hour of departure has arrived," he told plato, "and we go our ways ─ ─ i to die, and you to live. which is better, god only knows."
雅典哲學(xué)家安提西尼創(chuàng)立犬儒學(xué)派,以儉樸為教。據(jù)說,他衣要有意顯得貧困。蘇格拉底曾經(jīng)對(duì)他說:「安提西尼,在你披風(fēng)的破洞之下,我看到另一種虛榮。」
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