Word detective: Julius Caesar was a Roman ________

1. Julius Caesar Nearly two thousand years ago there lived in Rome a man whose name was Julius Caesar. He was the greatest of all the Romans. Why was he so great? He was a brave warrior, and had conquered many countries for Rome. He was wise in planning and doing. He knew how to make men both love and fear him. At last he made himself the ruler of Rome. Some said he wished to become its king. But the Romans at that time did not believe in kings. Once when Caesar was passing through a little country village, all the men, women and children of the place came out to see him. There were not more than fifty of them, all together, and they were led by their mayor, who told each one what to do. These simple people stood by the roadside and watched Caesar pass. The mayor looked very proud and happy; for was he not the ruler of this village? He felt that he was almost as great as Caesar himself. Some of the ranking officers who were with Caesar laughed. They said, "See how that fellow struts at the head of his little flock!" "Laugh as you will." said Caesar, he has reason to be proud. "I would rather be the head man of a village than the second man in Rome!" At another time, Caesar was crossing a narrow sea in a boat. Before he was half way to the farther shore, a storm overtook him. The wind blew hard; the waves dashed high; the lightning flashed; the thunder rolled. It seemed every minute as though the boat would sink. The captain was in great fright. He had crossed the sea many times, but never in such a storm as this. He trembled with fear; he could not guide the boat; he fell down upon his knees; he moaned, "All is lost! All is lost!" But Caesar was not afraid. He bade the man get up and take his oars again. "Why should you be afraid?" he said."The boat will not be lost; for you have Caesar on board." 2.Why did the ranking officers laugh?

A、Because they were happy to see the villagers and the head man.

B、Because they were showing the mockery to the head man's pride

C、Because Caesar asked them to laugh.

D、Because they found the head man of the village interesting.

10.How the Month of July Got Its Name? The month of July, unlike June, is named for a mortal, albeit one who devised and ruled an empire. Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, and historian who conquered Gaul (what is now part of Italy, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands), changed the structure of the Roman government into a dictatorship, was assassinated in legendary fashion, and most importantly for our purposes, helped make the calendar what it is today. Caesar is responsible for the year as we know it having 365 days, and for the existence of a leap year every four years. How did this Julian Calendar change things? The early Roman calendar had an intercalary month called Intercalans that was 27 or 28 days long, added once every two years after February 23rd. For years including Intercalans, the remaining five days of February were omitted. Our contemporary calendar is still pretty much the same system Caesar instituted more than 2000 years ago. July was originally Quintilis, the fifth month of the year in the Roman calendar and consisted of 31 days. It was changed around 450 BCE when January became the first month of the year. Its name was changed during the Julian calendar reform in 45 BCE to honor Julius Caesar. In modern times, July also has 31 days. It is the warmest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and coldest month in the Southern hemisphere. The month of July starts on the same day of the week as April during common years and as January during leap years. July does not end on the same day of the week as any year in a common year but ends on the same day of the week as January in a leap year. July was named in honor of Julius Caesar. When Julius Caesar died, Quintilis, which was his birth month, was renamed with July. Quintilis means “fifth month” in Latin, which represents where this month originally fell in the Roman calendar. Another of Julius Caesar’s legacies is the C section. The Cesarean section is“an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.” It has been rumored that Julius Caesar himself was born in this way, although historians tend to pooh-pooh this etymology. 20.July ends on the same day of the week as January in the following years except____

A、2008

B、2020

C、2024

D、2021

A、54 B.C.

B、55 B.C.

C、43 A.D.

D、410 A.D.

1) When was Shakespeare born? 2) How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write? 3) Was Shakespeare ever in "love"? 4) Who said "O, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo"? 5) The line "To be or not to be" comes from which play? a) King Lear. b) Richard II. c) Julius Caesar. d) Hamlet. 6) Was Shakespeare born in: a) Stratford-upon-Avon. b) London. c) Venice. d) New York. 7) Was the Globe… a) A Roman Amphitheater. b) An Elizabethan Theatre. c) An Elizabethan sports stadium. d) A famous map of the world. 8) True or False: Was Shakespeare an actor as well as a poet and playwright? 9) True or false: Was the movie "Shakespeare in Love", a true story? 10) True or False: Is there is a monument of Shakespeare in Stratford today? 11) Did Shakespeare invent words?

B．Caesar’s dictatorship in Rome

C．Caesar’s noble origin

D．Caesar’s being murdered