本书用浅显易懂的英语、有趣的故事体裁,有选择地向读者介绍一些希腊罗马神话、西方历史人物传记、圣经故事和中国古代的圣言。希望以此把中外文史知识的介绍普及与英语学习结合起来。
Homer the Great Storg Tell
ThE Divine Musician
OEdipus and thE Riddlc of the Sphin
Puamalion the Sculptor
Stories from the Bile
Stories the Sculptor
The Story of a Beautiful Garden
The Great Ship That Saved Eight People
The Tower That Was Never Finished
The Beautiful Baby Who Was Found in a River
The Strong Man: How He Lived and How He Dies
Jesus in the Desert, and Beside the River
The Water Jars at the Wedding Feast
The Twelve Disciples and the Sermon on the Mount
The Last Supper
The Olive Orchard and the High Priest' s Hall
The Crown of Thorns
Confucius the Great Educator
Confucius in The Story of Mankind
An introduction to Confucianisn
Themes in Confucian Thought
Humanity
Ritual
Loyalty
Filial Pirty
Relationships
The Gendeman
Rectification of Names
Meritocracy
Influence in 17th Century Europe
Criticism
Religion or Philosophy Debate
Quotations from confucian canons
The Great Learning (《大学》)
The Doctrine of the Mean (《中庸》)
Confuaan Analects (《论语》)
Mencius (《孟子》)
The story of Gecorge Wshington
Ⅰ.When Washington Was a Boy
Ⅱ.His Homes
Ⅲ.His Schools and Schoolmasters
Ⅳ.Going to Sea
Ⅴ.The Young Surveyor
Ⅵ.The Ohio Country
Ⅶ.A Change ofCircumstances
Ⅷ.A Perilousjoumey
Ⅸ.His First Battle
Ⅹ.The French and Indian War
Ⅺ.The Mutterings ofthe Storm
Ⅻ.The Beginning ofthe War
ⅩⅣ.The First President
ⅩⅤ."First in War,First in Peace"
Stories About Grest Scientists
"Eureka!"
Galileo and the Lamps
Sir Isaac Newton and the Apple
James Watt and the Teakettle
Greek Mugths and Famous Men
Roman Dtories Famous Men
Appendix