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出版社:航空工業
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ISBN:9787802430150
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作者:(美)雅各布·艾博特|主編:王若平|改編:Andrew...
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頁數:280
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出版日期:2007-11-01
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印刷日期:2011-01-01
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包裝:平裝
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開本:32開
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版次:1
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印次:3
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字數:280千字
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本套讀物由美國作家執筆,以5500個*常用的單詞寫成、語言現代、地道、標準。原汁原味,而且通俗易懂。你躺在床上不用翻字典就可以津津有味地學英語。小說裡有人,有人的喫、喝、拉、撒、睡,有人的七情六欲,有人與人之間復雜的關繫,以及人與自然、與社會的衝突和調和。從語言習得的角度來看,本套讀物實現了使用5500個基本單詞細致入微地表述和闡釋生活的細節和人們豐富的內心世界的目的。走進一部英文小說,你實際上就生活在一個”英語世界”裡,這是解決中國人學英語沒有英語語言環境的*佳途徑。 本套讀物精選了國外一百部值得你在一生中去讀的文學作品,讀這些作品不但可以掌握英語,而且可以積澱西方文化,提高個人的品位和修養。 本書為《亞歷山大大帝》英漢雙譯本讀物。
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《亞歷山大大帝》講述了世界歷史上首位征服亞歐大陸的帝王——亞歷
山大大帝的生平故事。
亞歷山大是馬其頓國王菲利浦和伊茲魯斯公主奧林匹亞斯的兒子。亞歷
山大少年時期曾師從亞裡士多德,他熱情自信,興趣廣泛,尤其喜愛荷馬及
其作品,崇拜《荷馬史詩》中的英雄人物和他們的豐功偉績。菲利浦遇害後
,年僅二十歲的亞歷山大繼承王位,他迅速平定塞薩利叛亂,穿越多瑙河,
擊潰伊利裡亞人,突襲底比斯,使希臘諸城邦臣服,同意其接替菲利浦擔任
希臘盟軍最高指揮官,率軍遠征亞洲。
安排好國內事務後,亞歷山大率領35,000人的大軍和160艘戰艦越過達
達尼爾海峽開始了偉大的遠征。他先在特洛伊古城附近的格拉尼卡斯河戰役
大敗波斯人,繼而橫掃整個小亞細亞。
然後亞歷山大向敘利亞進軍,在伊蘇斯城之戰中擊敗波斯國王大流士三
世,俘獲其母親、妻子和孩子,大流士本人得以逃脫。之後,亞歷山大又攻
陷提爾和迦沙,打開了通往埃及的道路。
在埃及,亞歷山大受到了熱情的歡迎。他拜訪了西瓦的朱比特阿蒙神廟
,獲得“太陽之子”神的稱謂。亞歷山大還在埃及設計並建造了成為世界文
化、科學和商業中心的亞歷山大城。
渡過幼發拉底河和底格裡斯河後,亞歷山大在高加美拉之戰中再次擊敗
大流士。大流士逃跑途中被反叛的部屬殺害。之後,巴比倫城和蘇薩城相繼
投降,波斯首都波斯波利斯也落入亞歷山大手中。
在征服過程中,隨著財富的增加、權力的膨脹和目標的實現,亞歷山大
的品格發生了變化。他接受並沉溺於揮霍奢侈的生活方式,與部將間的嫌隙
也漸露端倪,並越來越懷疑別人對他的忠誠。他先是以參與密謀反叛的罪名
處死了帕米尼奧之子,又借機殺死了帕米尼奧本人,而帕米尼奧曾是忠心耿
耿輔佐菲利浦和亞歷山大的兩朝重臣,是亞歷山大遠征亞洲過程中最為倚重
的大將。一次宴會上,亞歷山大又刺殺了曾救過他性命的克利斯托,這進一
步加深了部屬對他的不滿。
亞歷山大又用了兩三年時間繼續探險和征服,一度到達印度河岸邊。在
準備向恆河前進時,因為受到士兵們的抵制,亞歷山大無奈撤軍。他將巴比
倫作為首都,建立了龐大的帝國。由於突發疾病去世,亞歷山大沒有指定接
班人,從而導致了爭奪王權的激烈鬥爭,帝國從此分崩離析。
亞歷山大獲得了“大帝”的美名和聲譽。他確實偉大,擁有那些高於同
類人的權力和纔能。他在短暫的一生中進行的一繫列充滿傳奇色彩的偉大探
索和征服,不僅在當時令人驚奇,也引起後世又—代人極大的興趣與關注。
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PREFACE 前言 CHAPTER 1 HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 第一章 童年與青少年時期 CHAPTER 2 BEGINNING OF HIS REIGN 第二章 統治的開始 CHAFIER3 THEREACTION 第三章 戰鬥 CHAPTER 4 CROSSING THE HELLESPONT 第四章 越過達達尼爾海峽 CHAPTER 5 CAMPAIGN IN ASIA MINOR 第五章 小亞細亞之戰 CHAPTER 6 DEFEAT OF DARIUS 第六章 打敗大流士 CHAPTER 7 THE SIEGE OF TYRE 第七章 提爾城之圍 CHAPTER 8 ALEXANDER IN EGYPT 第八章 亞歷山大在埃及 CHAPTER 9 THE GREAT VICTORY 第九章 偉大的勝利 CHAPTER 10 THE DEATH OF DARIUS 第十章 大流士之死 CHAPTER 11 DETEIORATION OF CHARACTER 第十一章 品格的墮落 CHAPTER 12 ALEXANDER'S END 第十二章 亞歷山大之死
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Alexander the Great died when he was quite young. He was only
thirty-two years of age when he ended his career, and as he was
about twenty when he commenced it, it was only for a period of
twelve years that he was actually engaged in performing the work
of his life. Napoleon was nearly three times as long on the great
field of human action.
Despite the briefness of Alexander's career, he ran
through,during that short period, a very brilliant series of
exploits, which were so bold, so romantic, and which led him into
such adventures in scenes of the greatest magnificence, that all
the world looked on with astonishment then, and mankind have
continued to read the story since, from age to age, with the
greatest interest and attention.
The secret of Alexander's success was his character. He pos-
sessed a certain combination of mental and personal
attractions,which in every age gives to those who exhibit it a
mysterious and almost limitless superiority over all within their
influence. Alexan-der was characterized by these qualities in a
very remarkable de-gree. He was finely formed in person, and very
confident in his manners. He was active, athletic, and full of
passion and enthusi-asm in all that he did. At the same time, he
was calm, collected,and considerate in emergencies requiring
caution, and thoughtful and farseeing in respect to the bearings
and consequences of his acts. He formed strong relationships, was
grateful for kindnesses shown to him, considerate in respect to
the feelings of all who were connected with him in any way,
faithful to his friends, and generous toward his enemies. In a
word, he had a noble character, though he devoted its energies
unfortunately to conquest and war. He lived, in fact, in an age
when great personal and mental powers had scarcely any other field
for their exercise than this. He entered up-on his career with
great enthusiasm, and the position in which he was placed gave him
the opportunity to act in it with remarkable ef-fect.
Several circumstances combined, in the situation in which
Alexander was placed, to afford him a great opportunity for the
ex-ercise of his vast powers. His native country was on the
confines ofEurope and Asia. Now Europe and Asia were, in those
days, as now, marked and distinguished by two vast masses of
social and civilized life, widely different from each other. The
Asian side was occupied by the Persians, the Medes, and the
Assyrians; the Euro-pean side was occupied by the Greeks and
Romans. They were sep-arated from each other by the waters of the
Hellespont, the AegeanSea, and the Mediterranean. These waters
constituted a sort of nat-ural barrier, which kept the two races
apart. The races formed, ac-cordingly, two vast organizations,
distinct and widely different from each other, and of course
rivals and enemies.
亞歷山大大帝英年早逝。他死時年僅三十二歲,因為他登上王位時是二
十歲左右,所以亞歷山大大帝真正從事其畢生事業的時間僅有十二個年頭。 拿破侖影響人類歷史的時間幾乎是亞歷山大大帝的三倍之久。 亞歷山大大帝的生命雖然短暫,但他就是在這短暫的時間內進行了一繫
列偉大的探索,這些探索如此大膽無畏,如此充滿神奇色彩,並將他帶入了
*壯麗的冒險經歷之中,因而不僅在當時令世人驚奇,也引起後世—代又—
代人極大的興趣與關注。 亞歷山大成功的秘密在於他的品格。他不僅外貌氣質頗具魅力,精神上
也很有吸引力,這二者的結合在任何時代都會給擁有它的人—種神秘的、幾
乎是無限的優勢,—種對他們影響之下的所有人的優勢。這些品質在很大程
度上表現了亞歷山大的性格特點。他體貌健美,舉止自信。他積極活躍,愛
好運動,做任何事都充滿熱情。同時,遇到需要謹慎處理的緊急情況時他還
能冷靜、鎮定、考慮周到,並對自己行為的影響和後果深思熟慮,目光遠大
。他建立了強大的社會關繫,對他人的友善幫助衷心感激,對無論以何種方
式同他有聯繫的人的感情體諒入微,他對朋友忠誠不渝,對敵人寬容慷慨。 總而言之,亞歷山大有著崇高的品格,盡管他令人遺憾地將畢生精力投入了
征服與戰爭。實際上,亞歷山大生活在一個除了征服與戰爭之外,幾乎沒有
其他領域可以施展偉大的個人與精神能力的時代。他懷著滿腔熱情開始了自
己的事業,而他所處的地位使他有機會讓自己的行為產生巨大的影響。 在亞歷山大所處的環境下,數種因素相互結合,為他提供了發揮其巨大
能力的偉大時機。他的祖國地處歐亞兩洲交界處。當時同現在—樣,歐亞兩
洲人民的社會與文化生活特點各異,差別極大。亞洲—側被波斯人、米堤亞
人和亞述人占據著,歐洲—側則由希臘人和羅馬人占據。它們之間被達達尼
爾海峽、愛琴海和地中海的水域相分隔。這些水域形成了一種天然的屏障,
將兩個種族相互分隔。這兩個種族相應地形或了兩個規模龐大的組織,彼此
差異懸殊,並理所當然地成了對手和敵人。 P10-13
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