How Robespierre's High Ideals Led to the Reign of Terror (Part 2)

🎯 聽之前

A provincial lawyer who disliked violence becomes the face of the Terror. The episode follows Robespierre from obscurity to the centre of power. The lesson is how English describes a rise, a principle, and a contradiction.

• What did he believe before he had any power, and which belief survived?
• Which adjectives do the hosts use for his character: fastidious, incorruptible, cold?
• How does the narration move him from the edge to the centre: first, then, soon, eventually?
• Listen for the moment a virtue is described as the problem.

💬 重點句 6

先讀英文，想一下意思，再點「翻譯」。按 🔊 聽一次，然後跟著唸。

1. He rose from nowhere, which is exactly why he trusted no one.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   他從無名之地爬上來，所以他誰都不信。

   which 指前面整句。exactly why 強調因果。
2. A man who thinks he is virtue itself cannot imagine he is the danger.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   一個自認是美德本身的人，想不到危險就是他。

   virtue itself 反身代名詞強調。cannot imagine + 子句。
3. He opposed cruelty in principle and signed it in practice.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   他原則上反對殘酷，實際上簽了名。

   in principle / in practice 是最常用的對照片語。
4. Purity sounds like a virtue until someone has to be impure.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   純潔聽起來像美德，直到得有人當那個不純的。

   until 把讚美變成警告。impure 形容詞當補語。
5. The more careful his speeches became, the fewer people were left to hear them.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   他的演講越謹慎，留下來聽的人越少。

   The more…, the fewer… 比較級對照句。
6. Incorruptible is a compliment right up to the point where it means unmovable.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   「不可收買」是讚美，直到它變成「不可動搖」。

   right up to the point where = 直到那個點。

📚 單字 10

點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。

🗣️ 俚語與成語 6

🧩 句型練習 3

讀完範例，用自己的事造一句。寫在筆記本或手機備忘錄裡，隔天回頭唸一次。

✅ 理解題 4

看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。

1. What does "in principle and in practice" contrast?
   Two countriesWhat someone claims and what they actually doPast and futureTwo kinds of law
   Principle is the stated belief; practice is the behaviour.
2. If someone "holds the moral high ground," what do they claim?
   To own a hillTo be the more ethical sideTo have more soldiersTo be richer
   The high ground is moral, not geographic.
3. Which sentence matches the lesson's theme?
   Only cruel people run a terror.A man who thinks he is virtue itself cannot see himself as the danger.Provincial lawyers never gain power.Purity has no cost.
   The pack is about self-certainty, not villainy.
4. "Come down hard on" means:
   To fall off a stageTo punish severelyTo agree quietlyTo rise through the ranks
   It is about harsh treatment.

💭 用英文想一想

挑一題，用英文寫 3 到 5 句，或對著手機錄一分鐘。不用完美，說出來最重要。

• Describe someone whose best quality became their worst one. Use "right up to the point where."
• Is "the ends justify the means" ever true? Give one case for and one against.
• Write three sentences about a rise to power using from, eventually, and the more… the fewer.