内容简介
WHEELOCK'SLATIN:AUDIOFILESWhenProfessorFredericM.Wheelock'sLatinfirstappearedin1956,thereviewsextolleditsthoroughness,organization,andconciseness;atleastonereviewerpredictedthatthebook"mightwellbecomethestandardtext"forintroducingstudentstoelementaryLatin.Now,fivedecadeslater,thatpredictionhascertainlyprovedaccurate.TherevisedsixtheditionofWheelock'sLatinhasallthefeaturesthathavemadeitthebest-sellingsingle-volumebeginningLatintextbook,manyofthemimprovedandexpanded:40chapterswithgrammaticalexplanationsandreadingsbasedonancientRomanauthorsSelf-tutorialexerciseswithananswerkeyforindependentstudyAnewlyenlargedEnglish-Latin/Latin-EnglishvocabularyArichselectionoforiginalLatinreadings—unlikeothertextbooks,whichcontainprimarilymade-upLatintextsEtymologicalaidsAlsoincludedaremapsoftheMediterranean,Italy,andtheAegeanarea,aswellasnumerousphotographsillustratingaspectsofclassicalculture,mythology,andhistoricalandliteraryfigurespresentedinthechapterreadings.
作者简介
FredericM.Wheelock(1902-1987)receivedtheA.B.,A.M.,andPh.D.degreesfromHarvardUniversity.HislonganddistinguishedteachingcareerincludedappointmentsatHaverfordCollege,HarvardUniversity,theCollegeoftheCityofNewYork,BrooklynCollege,CazenoviaJuniorCollege(whereheservedasDean),theDarrowSchoolforBoys(NewLebanon,NY),theUniversityofToledo(fromwhichheretiredasfullProfessorin1968),andavisitingprofessorshipatFloridaPresbyterian(nowEckert)College.Hepublishedanumberofarticlesandreviewsinthefieldsoftextualcriticism,palaeography,andthestudyofLatin;inadditiontoWheelock'sLatin(previouslytitledLatin:AnIntroductoryCourseBasedonAncientAuthors),hisbooksincludeLatinLiterature:ABookofReadingsandQuintilianasEducator(trans.H.E.Butler;introd.andnotesbyProf.Wheelock).ProfessorWheelockwasamemberoftheAmericanClassicalLeague,theAmericanPhilologicalAssociation,andtheClassicalAssociationoftheAtlanticStates.