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 48- 55 00:27 BBC記者 Gunther Glick不滿意報導無關痛癢的樞機主教會議 直到匿名來電承諾改變他的想法 Langdon夢想成真 進入梵蒂岡檔案館 尋找Galileo的Diagramma 相信其中藏有線索好營救四位樞機 他與Vittoria在低氧環境中苦幹 終於發現John Milton的詩 證實方向 正當Hassassin威脅四名被囚樞機主教 Langdon確認第一座科學祭壇在Pantheon的Raphael Santi墓前 兩人趕去 卻被守衛攔住 Olivetti介入驅散衛兵 要求蘭登解釋 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 Rocher Costa's Lexicon Colonnade n a row of evenly spaced columns supporting a roof, an entablature, or arches 列柱 柱廊 (co lon Nade) Callow adj (of a young person) inexperienced and immature 幼稚 不自信 不諳世事 Hermetic adj (of a seal or closure) complete and airtight; insulated or protected from outside influences 密封 與世隔絕 (her Met tic) Diaphanous adj (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent ）透薄 薄如蟬翼 (dy A phen nous) Minutiae n the small, precise, or trivial details of something (my Nu she i) Sorbonne - a public research university located in Paris, France; the institution's legacy reaches back to the Middle Ages in 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon as a constituent college of the University of Paris, one of the first universities in Europe Biblion n grk scroll, book Copernican adj relating to or characteristic of the astronomical theories of Nicolaus Copernicus (coe Per nican) Dialogo - ita, dialogue Discorsi - ita, speeches Diagramma - ita, diagram Diagramma della Verita - diagram of truth Archivist n a person who maintains and is in charge of archives 檔案員 (Ark kiv vist) Behest n a person's orders or command 要求 (be Hest) Pelagic adj relating to the open sea 遠洋 (pel La gic) Lissom adj (of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful 輕盈 靈巧 (Lis som) Behemoth n a huge or monstrous creature; something enormous, especially a large and powerful organization 龐然大物 強大事物 (be He moth) Tau cross - a T-shaped cross, sometimes with all three ends of the cross expanded; shaped like the Greek letter tau, its upper-case form has the same appearance as the Latin letter T (Tau as in Lao) Hermaphroditic adj possessing both male and female reproductive organs, structures, or tissue; exhibiting hermaphroditism; of, relating to, or being a hermaphrodite 雌雄同體 (herm Maph fro ditic) Ankh n an object or design resembling a cross but having a loop instead of the top arm, used in ancient Egypt as a symbol of life 安可 (Angk) Venerable Bede - an English monk, author and scholar; one of the most known writers during the Early Middle Ages; his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, gained him the title "The Father of English History"; served at the monastery of St ...
