Utopian and dystopian fiction:
The utopia and its offshoot, the dystopia,
are genres of literature that explore social and political structures. Utopian
fiction is the creation of an ideal society, or utopia, as the setting for a
novel.
Dystopian fiction (sometimes combined with, but
distinct from apocalyptic literature) is the opposite:
creation of an utterly horrible or degraded
society that is generally headed to an irreversible oblivion, or dystopia.
Many novels combine both, often as a metaphor(隱喻) for the
different directions humanity can take in its choices, ending up with one of
two possible futures. Both utopias and dystopias are commonly found in science
fiction and other speculative fiction genres, and arguably are by definition a
type of speculative fiction.
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Pietà
The Pietà
(Italian pronunciation: [pjeˈta]) is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the
dead body of Jesus
, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a
particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a scene from the Passion of
Christ found in cycles of the Life of Christ. When Christ and the Virgin are
surrounded by other figures from the New Testament, the subject is strictly
called a Lamentation in English, although Pietà is often used for this as well,
and is the normal term in Italian.
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*Bureau (noun) /ˈbjʊə.rəʊ/
→1. an organization or a business that
collects or provides information
（搜集或提供資訊的）辦事處，辦公室，機構
2. a
government organization
（政府部門的）局，處，科
eg. the Federal Bureau
of
Investigation聯邦調查局
*strike (verb)
→ to refuse to continue working because of
an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels or job losses
罷工
*Senator (noun) /ˈsen.ə.tər/
→ a politician who has been elected to a
Senate
參議員
*Advocate (verb) /ˈæd.və.keɪt/
→ to publicly support or suggest an idea,
development or way of doing something
主張；擁護；支持；提倡
*exclude
Include
seclude
*defendant (noun) /dɪˈfen.dənt/
→ a person in a law case who is accused of
having done something illegal
被告，被告人
*Attorney (noun) /əˈtɜː.ni/
→ US for lawyer律師
*a defense attorney
辯護律師
*an attorney for the plaintiff
原告律師
*a civil/criminal attorney
民事／刑事律師
*Verdict (noun) /ˈvɜː.dɪkt/
→ an opinion or decision made after
judging the facts that are given, especially one made at the end of a trial
（根據事實作出的）意見，決定；（尤指）判決，裁決
*Jury (noun) /ˈdʒʊə.ri/
→ a group of people who have been chosen
to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide whether a
person is guilty or not guilty, or whether a claim has been proved
陪審團
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*demon -: spirit, divine power
eg. democracy (noun) /dɪˈmɒk.rə.si/
→the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of
government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives
or directly by the people themselves
民主；民主思想；民主政體
eg. Demon (noun) /ˈdiː.mən/
→ 1. an evil spirit惡魔，魔鬼
2.
a person who does a particular
activity with great skill or energy
技法純熟者；幹勁十足的人
3.
a person who behaves very badly壞蛋；淘氣鬼
4.
a negative feeling which causes
you to worry or behave badly
灰暗心理，頹廢心理
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