CAB - Costa's Audio Book Anniversary Release Dan Brown 'Angels & Demons' 25th Anniversary 《讀你聽2.2》周年紀念呈獻 丹布朗第二部暢銷懸疑《天使與魔鬼》二十五周年紀念 是爲《達文西密碼》前傳 主角 Robert Langdon教授首度登場 故事圍繞古老組織光明會 與羅馬天主教會之間百年宿怨 本作迄今銷量將近四千萬本 翻譯四十多種語言 小説多次觸及敏感議題 如反物質研究 光明會 雙向圖烙印 科學和宗教的道德衝突 内容混合了事實和虛構 注意涉及陰謀論 容易造成誤導 56- 64 00:27 蘭登和Vittoria帶著瑞士衛隊前往Pantheon 指揮官質疑暗殺可能 Vittoria說服衆人 另一方面 Kohler醒來後離開CERN 蘭登和Vittoria假扮夫妻遊客進入Pantheon 發現Raphael之墓曾遷移 推測真正地點是一里外教堂 通知侍衛隊改變行動趕往 蘭登和V率先抵達教堂 發現Illuminati符號印證 闖入教堂 緊隨其後 梵蒂岡衛隊用紅外線與磁場探測器搜尋反物質 暫無反應 Main Characters Robert Langdon - A professor of symbology at Harvard University and protagonist, flown to CERN to help investigate the murder of Leonardo Vetra Maximilian Kohler - Director of CERN, invites Langdon to investigate the murder case; he blames the Church for his disability, for his highly religious parents deny him medical care as a child and becomes a scientist as a way to rebel Hassassin - A killer hired by Janus, of Middle Eastern origin and displays sadistic lust for women; he murders Leonardo Vetra Janus - Mysterious character who hires Hassassin to murder Vetra to uncover his secret antimatter project Vittoria Vetra - The adopted daughter of Vetra, like her father, she works with CERN; skilled in biology and physics, she worked with her father in their research of antimatter Cardinal Mortati - Most senior cardinal in the conclave, and the current Dean of the College of Cardinals Commander Olivetti - Commandant of the Swiss Guard, skeptical about the claims of antimatter annihilation Carlo Ventresca - Camerlengo/papal chamberlain during the Conclave, the rightful ruler of Vatican during the interim Others (order by mention) Leonardo Vetra the physicist (murdered), the Pilot, Georges Charpak the Nobel Prize inventor, Bob Brownell, Sylvie Baudeloque, the four favourites: Cardinal Lamasse of Paris, Cardinal Guidera of Barcelona, Cardinal Ebner of Frankfurt, Cardinal Aldo Baggia of Milan, Supreme Pontiff (deceased), Gunter Glick, Chinita Macri, Jaqui Tomaso, Peter Greer, Professor Bissell, Captain Elias Rocher, Lieutenant Chartrand, Hitzrot Costa's Lexicon Cherchi-Pardini - ita, Pardini GT9, a semi-automatic pistol chambered in 9×21mm or 9×19mm Parabellum, depending on the market; manufactured by Pardini Arms in Italy, a company founded by former competition shooter Giampiero Pardini and that exclusively manufactures sporting arms Cromolyn - cromoglicic acid or sodium cromoglicate, is a mast cell stabilizer that prevents the release of inflammatory substances, used to manage asthma, allergic rhinitis, and mastocytosis symptoms (Crom molyn) Leukotriene n any of a group of biologically active compounds, originally isolated from leucocytes; metabolites of arachidonic acid, containing three conjugated double bonds Take stock idiom make an overall assessment of a particular situation, typically before making a decision 評估 Pas-visible - fr, not visible Ausbilding - ger, training Pròva - ita, test, trial Ohm n the SI unit of electrical resistance, transmitting a current of one ampere when subjected to a potential difference of one volt 歐姆 電阻單位 Pranayama n (in yoga) the regulation of the breath through certain techniques and exercises (pra na Yama) Pronaos n the outer part of an ancient Greek temple forming a portico immediately in front of the cella and delimited by the front wall of the cella and the columns or the antae and columns (pro Nay oz) Funerary adj relating to a funeral or the commemoration of the dead Rientranze - ita, recessions Euhemerus - Ancient Greek, "happy; prosperous"; late fourth century BC, was a Greek mythographer at the court of Cassander, the king of Macedon; his birthplace is disputed, with Messina in Sicily as the most probable location; the philosophy known as Euhemerism, holds that many mythological tales can be attributed to historical persons and events, the accounts of which have become altered and exaggerated over time (you Hem merus) Quetzalcoatl - a major deity in Mesoamerican culture, translates to "feathered serpent" or "Quetzal-feathered Serpent" in Nahuatl, the Aztec language, and represents a combination of a green quetzal bird and a serpent (ket zal Goa tl) Mithraic adj of or relating to a mystery cult for men of Iranian origin that flourished in the late Roman empire Spiel n ger an elaborate or glib speech or story, typically one used by a salesperson (Sch beel) Undercroft n the crypt of a church...
