Korean Cash Takes Broadway Bows
By PATRICK HEALY
With Broadway musicals finding success in Seoul, Korean producers are
starting to get in on the front end of the financing in New York.
早前美國總統奧巴馬及第一夫人蜜雪兒向英國哈利王子下戰書，美國選手將會在“不屈不撓”運動會（Invictus Games）全力以赴。
哈利王子上周在社交網站推特（Twitter）上發佈視頻，連英女王也回應奧巴馬及蜜雪兒的挑戰。
“不屈不撓”運動會是哈利王子在2014年創辦的為傷殘退伍軍人而設的國際運動賽。
What does 'invictus' mean? Invictus is the Latin word for "unconquered." It is also the title of a nineteenth-century poem written by William Ernst Henley. Henley wrote the poem as he lay in a hospital bed, recovering from the amputation of his leg after a long battle with tuberculosis of the bone. During Nelson Mandela's 27-year captivity as a political prisoner, he kept a copy of the inspirational poem on the wall of his cell. Mandela was released from prison on this date in 1990. Director Clint Eastwood's acclaimed film Invictus tells the story of how Mandela, South Africa's first black president, joined forces with the captain of the national rugby team, François Pienaar, to get South Africa's Springboks to the Rugby World Cup finals. They saw it as a way to begin the healing of a nation that had been torn apart by apartheid.
Text
Out of the night that covers me,Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
Quote:
"It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll/ I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul." — William Ernst Henley, the final stanza of his poem, "Invictus"
bow to （人）に礼［おじぎ］をする ～に降参［屈服］する
bow to something は何か: to accept something unwillingly
roscian (ROSH-ee-uhn)
adjective
Of or related to acting.
Etymology
After Quintus Roscius Gallus (c.126-62 BCE), a Roman actor famous for his talent in acting
Roscius was born in slavery but his success on stage won him freedom from the dictator Sulla. He was considered the greatest comic actor and Cicero took elocution lessons from him. Cicero later returned the favor by defending him in a lawsuit and the defense speech survives to this day. In his honor, accomplished actors are sometimes called Roscius.
Usage
"I put my hands in my pockets. A folded piece of paper in one of them attracting my attention, I opened it and found it to be the playbill I had received from Joe, relative to the celebrated provincial amateur of Roscian renown." — Charles Dickens; Great Expectations; 1861.
playbill
(plā'bĭl')
n.
A poster announcing a theatrical performance.
n. - 演劇のビラ, プログラム program
bow2 (bou)
v., bowed, bow·ing, bows. v.intr.
(ŭn-boud')
adj.
bow to （人）に礼［おじぎ］をする ～に降参［屈服］する
bow to something は何か: to accept something unwillingly
roscian (ROSH-ee-uhn)
adjective
Of or related to acting.
Etymology
After Quintus Roscius Gallus (c.126-62 BCE), a Roman actor famous for his talent in acting
Roscius was born in slavery but his success on stage won him freedom from the dictator Sulla. He was considered the greatest comic actor and Cicero took elocution lessons from him. Cicero later returned the favor by defending him in a lawsuit and the defense speech survives to this day. In his honor, accomplished actors are sometimes called Roscius.
Usage
"I put my hands in my pockets. A folded piece of paper in one of them attracting my attention, I opened it and found it to be the playbill I had received from Joe, relative to the celebrated provincial amateur of Roscian renown." — Charles Dickens; Great Expectations; 1861.
playbill
(plā'bĭl')
n.
A poster announcing a theatrical performance.
n. - 演劇のビラ, プログラム program
bow2 (bou)
v., bowed, bow·ing, bows. v.intr.
- To bend or curve downward; stoop.
- To incline the body or head or bend the knee in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.
- To yield in defeat or out of courtesy; submit. See synonyms at yield.
Phrasal Verbs
(ŭn-boud')
adj.
- Not bowed; unbent.
- Not subdued; unyielding: "My head is bloody but unbowed" (W.E. Henley).
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