When we entered our second-year Latin class as sophomores at a university in Calif ornia,we inherited the books used by the previous class.Penned inside the back cover of my book was this poem: Latin is a language,as dead as it can be.It killed the ancient Romans,and now it's killing me."



我们是加州一所大学大二的学生，在上大二的拉丁语课时我们用的教材是上一年级用过的。我课本的封底内侧写着这样一首诗：拉丁语是一门死亡的语言。它杀掉了古罗马人，现在又来杀我。