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1、UnitSixTEXTIPreparingforCollegeI.LibraryWork1.Homer(8thcenturyB.C.),theGreekepicpoettowhomareattributedtheIliadandtheOdyssey,thegreatestepicpoetryofalltime.TheIliad,thetaleofthesiegeofTroy(anancientcityinAsiaMinor),isanepicpoemintwenty-fourbooks.TheOdysseyisanepicpoemwhichrecord
2、stheadventuresofOdysseusorUlysses,aGreekleaderintheI.LibraryWorkTrojanWar,alegendarywarwagedanywherefromthe11thtothe14thcenturyB.C.Itisalsointwenty-fourbooks.2.DanteAlighieri(1265–1321),ItalianpoetwhosereputationrestschieflyonTheDivineComedy(ca.1309–1320),anepicpoemthatdescribes
3、hisspiritualjourneythroughHellandPurgatoryandfinallytoParadise,orthewayofanindividualsoulfromsintopurification.I.LibraryWork3.CaiusJuliusCaesar(100–44B.C.),RomangeneralandadministratorwhomadehimselfmasteroftheRomanworldbydefeatingPompeytheGreat(106–48B.C.),theRomangeneralandstat
4、esmanbeforehim.CaesarruledsupremeuntilhewasassassinatedbyagroupofconspiratorsheadedbyMarcusBrutusandCassius.I.LibraryWork4.RobertOwen(1771–1858),Britishsocialistreformerandfounderofcooperativecommunities.HestroveagainstsocialdisordersbroughtaboutbytheIndustrialRevolutionandurged
5、ParliamenttoenactlawsthatwouldalleviatethebadworkingconditionsinBritishfactories.HeassistedthetradeI.LibraryWorkunionmovement.Hediscouragedthehiringofchildren.Heestablishedacooperativesocietyforthepurchaseandsaleofcommodities,andorganizedcooperativecommunitiestocreateabetterenvi
6、ronment.WilliamOwenissaidtobea“red”,orasocialist,becauseheisadescendantofRobertOwen.I.LibraryWork5.ToriesaremembersorsupportersoftheConservativePartyinGreatBritain.ThetermTorywasfirstusedtonameamemberofapoliticalpartyinGreatBritainfromthelate17thcenturytoabout1832thatfavoredthea
7、uthorityofthekingoverParliamentandthepreservationoftheexistingsocialandpoliticalorder.ItwassucceededbytheConservativePartyin1832.I.LibraryWork6.Liberalsarepeopleofliberalprinciplesorviews,ormembersoftheLiberalPartyinGreatBritain.Liberalsfavorprogressorreform,asinpoliticalorrelig
8、iousaffairs.I.LibraryWork7.ARomanCatholicisamem
