The Preparation of Plato?

Plato's meeting with Socrates had been a turning point in his life.?

He had been brought up in comfort, and perhaps in wealth;?

he was a handsome and vigorous youth—called Plato, it is said, because of the breadth of his shoulders;?

he had excelled as a soldier, and had twice won prizes at the Isthmian games.?

Philosophers are not apt to develop out of such an adolescence.?

But Plato's subtle soul had found a new joy in the "dialectic" game of Socrates;?

it was a delight to behold the master deflating dogmas and puncturing presumptions with the sharp point of his questions;?

Plato entered into this sport as he had in a coarser kind of wrestling;?

and under the guidance of the old "gad-fly" (as Socrates called himself) he passed from mere debate to careful analysis and fruitful discussion.?

[ 00’53” ] Smile at the looming of death.

[ 01’42” ] a turning point (轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn))

[ 02’17” ] be brought up in comfort (在養(yǎng)尊處優(yōu)的環(huán)境中長大)

[ 02’46” ] vigorous (有活力的)

[ 03’59” ] excel (出色，優(yōu)于)

[ 04’24” ] Isthmian games (每兩年一次在科林斯地峽舉辦僅次于奧林匹克的地峽運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)，是為了祭獻(xiàn)海神波塞冬所舉辦的。)

[ 05’18” ] develop out of (從……發(fā)展而來的)

[ 05’51” ] dialectic (詞根是dialect，辯證的；辯證法的；辯證法)

[ 06’40” ] behold (看，但是比 see, look，watch 更嚴(yán)肅，莊重。)

[ 07’00” ] deflate (通貨緊縮，使……泄氣)

[ 07’37” ] puncture (刺穿；穿刺)

[ 07’44” ] acupuncture (針灸)

[ 07’49” ] punctuality (準(zhǔn)時(shí))

[ 08’39” ] He's Just Not That Into You (《他其實(shí)沒那么喜歡你》)

[ 08’58” ] coarse (粗糙的；粗俗的；下等的)

[ 09’35” ] gad-fly (牛虻)

[ 12’01” ] pass from...to...and... (從……過度到……再到……)

[ 12’15” ] pass from mere English language learning to careful reading skills and the love of wisdom.?