
CHAPTER 3: Running around the World

Reading skill: Understanding Basic Text Organization
The Hook/ The Main Idea/ The Main Points That Support the Main Idea/ Supporting Examples and Details/ The Conclusion
CHAPTER 4: Bigger Is Better, Except When It's Not


vocabulary skill building:
The prefix cross- means across; going from one side of something to the other.
Eg:cross-country= a sport in which you run across fields, not along roads or a track
Reading skill: Understanding Text Organization
1. tighten /t'ɑɪtən/
(vt.)
勒緊,使變緊(vi.)變緊,繃緊A screw has started. tighten it .
一個螺絲松了,把它擰緊
(vt.)
移居,移植,遷移(vi.)移居,移植移居者,移植She had undergone the corneal transplants .
她接受了角膜移植的手術。
We should break the bondage of ossified thinking
我們要沖破保守僵化思想的束縛。
There are three exposures left on this film .
這個膠卷剩下三張沒拍。
More of the land is planted to cabbages than to tomatoes .
種白菜的地比種西紅柿的數量多。
(vt.)
動員,賦與可動性,使流通(vi.)動員They could now at last mobilize their armies .
現在,他們終于能夠動員他們的軍隊了。
He hinted broadly that he might be late .
他明白地暗示他可能遲來。
(vt.)
縮寫,使…簡略,縮短She had lost the power to abbreviate the remaining steps of the way .
她喪失了縮短這最后幾步路的能力。
(vt.)(
使)吃過量Habitual overeating has distended his stomach .
經常大吃大喝把他的胃口撐大了。
(vt.)
使丟臉,使蒙羞,屈辱It was not my intention to hurt or humiliate her .
我不是有意要傷她使她下不來臺的。
He bought a pair of pajamas .
他買了一套睡衣。
A torch symbolizes the brightness ( of the future ) .
火炬象征光明。
(adj.)
創新的We needed some innovative cars in a hurry .
我們要趕緊造出一些新式樣的車子。
14.outright /'ɑʊtr'ɑɪt/
(a.)
率直的,完全的,總共的(ad.)率直地,立刻地,一直向前I told him outright what i thought of him .
我坦白地告訴他我對他的感想。
15. extracurricular /ɛkstrəkɚ'ɪkjəlɚ/
(a.)課外的,業餘的
List your summer jobs,extracurricular school activities .
列出你暑假里所做工作,學校的課外活動。
16. yacht /j'ɑt/
遊艇(vi.)駕遊艇,乘遊艇Huge waves drove the yacht onto the rocks .
巨浪把游艇卷到巖石上。
17. badge /b'ædʒ/
半自動防空警戒管制組織,徽章,標記
The pine is a badge of constancy .
松樹是節操的象征。
家畜類
There were cows,pigs and other livestock there .
那兒也有牛、豬和其他家畜。
19. majesty /m'ædʒəsti/
最高權威,威嚴,王權,雄偉,莊嚴
He beseeched me to entreat your majesties to hear and see the matter .
他拜托我一定請陛下二位也來看戲。
20. zinc /z'ɪŋk/
鋅(vt.)塗鋅於Zinc is generally caustic to foliage .
鋅常對幼葉有腐蝕作用。
21. wrestle /r'ɛsəl/
摔角,角力,扭鬥(vi.)摔角,格鬥,鬥爭,斟酌(vt.)摔角He seemed to be wrestling with something .
他似乎是在斟酌什麼事情。
22. fasten /f'æsən/
(vt.)
拴緊,使固定,系,集中於,強加於(vi.)扣緊They are trying to fasten the blame on others .
他們想嫁禍于人。
She began unfastening the collar of her gown .
她動手解她長袍的領子。
(vt.)
推翻,顛覆(vi.)倒塌,搖搖欲墜In the forum the tall columns toppled .
廣場上高大的柱子傾倒了。
She whisked the crumbs from the table .
她拂去桌子上的碎屑。
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