《权力的游戏》走进大学课堂

 　　Why is winter coming? Why does Jon Snow know nothing? And why is Littlefinger called Littlefinger?

　　为什么凛冬将至？为什么琼恩·雪诺什么都不知道？为什么小指头被叫做小指头？

　　If you're completely obsessed¹ with all things Game of Thrones then this might just be the course for you, although you may not find the answers to all the questions above.

　　如果你完全痴迷于《权力的游戏》中的一切事物，那么这个课程可能就是为你量身打造的，尽管你可能没有找到以上所有问题的答案。

　　The University of British Columbia in Canada has launched a new course for students which will examine George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books and the hit HBO series.

　　加拿大的英属哥伦比亚大学（University of British Columbia）为学生开设了一门新课，这门课程将研究乔治·R·R·马丁的《冰与火之歌》系列小说和美国 家庭影院频道HBO的热播剧《权力的游戏》。

　　'Our Modern Medieval: The Song of Ice and Fire as contemporary Medievalism' is one of the modules² English literature students can choose from at the university.

　　“现代的中世纪：作为当代中世纪主义的《冰与火之歌》”是英国文学专业学生在英属哥伦比亚大学可以选择的学习单元之一。

　　《权力的游戏》走进大学课堂

　　Students will be encouraged to "examine the role of the medieval in the popular consciousness of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries" as part of the course.

　　学校鼓励学生研究中世纪在20世纪末和21世纪初的大众意识中发挥的作用，并将其作为大学课程的一部分。

　　"Throughout the history of western culture, the medieval has been continually reimagined to reflect, as in a mirror darkly, the fears and desires of the contemporary moment," the website explains.

　　课程介绍页面解释称，“纵观整个西方文化史，中世纪就像在模糊的镜子里，不断被重新构想来反映当代的恐惧与欲望”。

　　"For the writers of the Renaissance³, the medieval was the abject⁴ other from which the rebirth of classical learning had liberated⁵ them, while the Victorians found in the Middle Ages archetypical structures of Empire and class-orientated chivalry⁶."

　　对文艺复兴时期（Renaissance）的作家来说，与解放他们的古典学习的重生不同，中世纪是糟糕透顶的年代，维多利亚时代的作家则在中世纪（Middle Ages）发现了典型的帝国结构和等级分明的骑士制度。

　　Anyone looking to enrol⁷ on the course must have read the five books of the series so far and also be fully⁸ up-to-date with the TV series.

　　想要学习此课程的学生必须通读过《冰与火之歌》系列的全部五本书，同时还必须完全跟上《权力的游戏》电视剧集的最新进度。

　　Other bizarre courses you can study at university include Baking Technology Management, Viking Studies and Surf Science.

　　其它可以在大学学习的奇葩课程包括烘焙工艺管理学、北欧海盗研究和冲浪学。

　　This year, a university in Vancouver also began offering a course on marijuana management.

　　今年，温哥华的一所大学还开始开设一门大麻管理学课程。

　　Vocabulary

　　medieval：中世纪的

　　module：主修课的一个学习单元

　　Renaissance：文艺复兴时期

　　abject：糟糕透顶的

　　Victorian：维多利亚时代的人(尤指作家)

　　archetypical：典型的

　　chivalry：骑士制度

1 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

2 modules   

n.模块( module的名词复数 )；单元；（宇宙飞船上各个独立的）舱；组件

参考例句：

• The course consists of ten core modules and five optional modules. 这门课程包括十个必修单元和五个选修单元。
• Our English course is divided into modules on poetry, drama, and novels. 我们的英语课分为诗歌、戏剧和小说等单元。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 renaissance   

n.复活，复兴，文艺复兴

参考例句：

• The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
• The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。

4 abject   

adj.极可怜的，卑屈的

参考例句：

• This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.这一政策最后以惨败而告终。
• He had been obliged to offer an abject apology to Mr.Alleyne for his impertinence.他不得不低声下气，为他的无礼举动向艾莱恩先生请罪。

5 liberated   

a.无拘束的，放纵的

参考例句：

• The city was liberated by the advancing army. 军队向前挺进，解放了那座城市。
• The heat brings about a chemical reaction, and oxygen is liberated. 热量引起化学反应，释放出氧气。

6 chivalry   

n.骑士气概，侠义；（男人）对女人彬彬有礼，献殷勤

参考例句：

• The Middle Ages were also the great age of chivalry.中世纪也是骑士制度盛行的时代。
• He looked up at them with great chivalry.他非常有礼貌地抬头瞧她们。

7 enrol   

v.（使）注册入学，（使）入学，（使）入会

参考例句：

• I like your institute but I do not want to enrol.我喜欢你们学院但我不想报名去你院。
• They decided to enrol him as a member of the society.他们决定吸收他成为会社的成员。

8 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。