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plot: Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
The Lady with the Dog
"The Lady with the Dog" (Russian: Дама с собачкой, Dama s sobachkoy)[a] is a short story by Anton Chekhov first published in 1899. It tells the story of an adulterous affair between a Russian banker and a young lady he meets while vacationing in Yalta.
The story comprises four parts:
part I describes the initial meeting in Yalta,
part II the consummation of the affair and the remaining time in Yalta,
part III Gurov's return to Moscow and his visit to Anna's town,
and part IV Anna's visits to Moscow.
Vladimir Nabokov declared that it was one of the greatest short stories ever written.
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theater. Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress."
Quote by James Madison: “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance.”
What is 3C ?
電腦（Computer）及其週邊
通訊（Communication）
消費電子（Consumer Electronics）
Coming of age
Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult. The certain age at which this transition takes place changes in society, as does the nature of the change. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual or spiritual event, as practiced by many societies. In the past, and in some societies today, such a change is associated with the age of sexual maturity (early adolescence); in others, it is associated with an age of religious responsibility.
prefix & suffix：
-ant : people
eg. attendant (noun) : someone whose job is to be in a place and help visitors or customers
eg. defendant (noun) : a person in a law case who is accused of having done something illegal
eg. Protestant (noun) : a member of the parts of the Christian Church that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the 16th century
spec-: see, look at, observe
eg. specious (adjective): seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false
eg. inspect (verb): to look at something or someone carefully in order to discover information, esp. about quality or condition
eg. spectator (noun) : a person who watches an activity, especially a sports event, without taking part
omni- :all
eg. omnipresent (adjective): present or having an effect everywhere at the same time
eg. omnipotent (adjective) : having unlimited power and able to do anything
new words:
*Literacy (noun): the ability to read and write
*Affair (noun): a matter or situation that causes strong public feeling, usually of moral disapproval
*Epistle (noun): a letter
*Epistolary (adjective) 書信體的: contained in or carried on by letters
*Consummate (verb): perfect, or complete in every way
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