Passage Two

29. What topic will likely be discussed next?

Passage Two

When John Milton, writer of Paradise Lost,

entered Cambridge University in 1625,

When John Milton, writer of Paradise Lost,

entered Cambridge University in 1625,

he was already skilled in Latin after seven years of studying it

as his second language at St. Paul’s school, London.

he was already skilled in Latin after seven years of studying it

as his second language at St. Paul’s school, London.

Like all English boys who prepared for college in grammar school,

he had learned not only to read Latin but also to speak and write it fluently and correctly.

Like all English boys who prepared for college in grammar school,

he had learned not only to read Latin but also to speak and write it fluently and correctly.

His pronunciation of Latin was English,

however, and seemed to have sounded strange to his friends when he later visited Italy.

His pronunciation of Latin was English,

however, and seemed to have sounded strange to his friends when he later visited Italy.

Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way.

They memorized rules to make learning by heart easier.

Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way.

They memorized rules to make learning by heart easier.

They first made a word-for-word translation and then an idiomatic translation into English.

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