【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 on the part of Roman artists, but rather the Romans made　　copies because they admired Greek sculpture. Classical Greek statues represented an　　idealization of the human body and were considered quite beautiful at the 　　also believes that it’s been a mistake to dismiss the Roman copies as, well, copies for　　copy’ssake and not to considerthe Roman function and meaningof the statues.　　B: What do you mean the Roman function? Weren’t they just for decoration?　　A: Well, not necessarily. Under the Emperor Augustus at the height of the Roman Empire,　　portrait statues were sent throughout the empire. They were supposed to　　municate specific ideas about the emperor and the imperial family and to help　　inhabitants of the conquered areas bee familiar with the Roman coins were also　　distributed throughout the empire. Anybody care to guess what was on them?　　The emperor’s face? That’s right! The coins were easy to distribute and they allowed　　people to see the emperor or at least his likes and served as an additional reminder to　　let them know, well, who was in charge. And the images helped people bee　　familiar with the emperor. Statues of him in different roles were sent all over the　　empire. Now, actually some Roman sculptures were original but others were exact　　copies of Greek statues and some Roman sculptures were binations of some sort.　　Some bined more than one Greek statue and others bined a Greek god or an　　athlete with a Roman’s head. At the time of JuliusCaesar, I wasn’t unmon to create　　statues that had the body of a god and the head of an the Romans were　　clever. What they did was they made plaster casts from molds of the sculptures. Then　　they shipped these plaster casts to workshops all over the empire, where they were　　replicated in marble or bronze. And on some statues the heads were removable. They　　could put an emperor’s head on different bodies, showing him doing different things.　　And then later when then time came they could even use the head of the next emperor　　on the same body.　　Listening4　　A: Well,I’m glad you redid your outline. I feda few ments, but nothing you have to act　　on. It’s ingood enough shape for you to start writing you paper.　　B: Thanks! At first I was afraid all that prep work would be awaste oftime.　　A: Well, especially with a challenging topic like yours: factors leading to the emergence of　　sociology as an academic discipline. There’s just so much history to consider。 you could　　get lost without a solidoutline. So did you have a question?　　B: Yeah, it’sabout…you mentionedneeding volunteers for a research study?　　A: Yep, it’s not mystudy. It’s my colleague’s inthe marketingdepartment. She needs people　　to watch various new TV programs that haven’t been broadcast yet, then indicate on a　　survey whether they liked it, why, if they’d watch another episode. It’d be kind of fun　　plus participants get a $50 giftcertificate.　　B: Wow, well I like the sound of that. But…so they are trying to predict if the shows are　　gonna succeed or fail, right, based on students’ opinions? Why would they care what　　we think?　　A: Hey, don’t sell yourself short. People your age are a very attractive market for　　advertisers who promote their products on television. The study is sponsored by a TV　　network. If enough students don’t like the show, the network may actually reconsider　　putting iton the air.　　B: OK, well,how do I sign up?　　A: You just add your name and phone number to this list and check a time slot, although it　　looks likethe only timesleftare next Monday morning and Thursday evening.　　B: Oh, well,I have marketing and economics Monday mornings and Thursday.　　A: OH, you are taking the marketingclass? Who’s teaching it?　　B: It’sProfessor Largin Intro to Marketing. Hr hasn’t mentioned the study though.　　A: Oh, well, the marketing department’s pretty big. I happen to be friends with a woman　　who is doing the TVstudy. Ok, well,we don’t want you missing class. How’s Thursday?　　B: Oh, I work from 5 till 9 that night. Hmm,no flexibility with your schedule? Where do you　　work?　　A: Oh, I likeFox’s. Ieat there every you could switch shifts with someone.　　B: I’m still in training. And the only night my trainer works is !　　A: I know the owners there really well. Why don’t you let me give them a call and explain