文學作品導讀 week16

1.vocabulary

Mimic(v.): to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often

playfully or derisively.

Freeze(v.):  

a. change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.

b. to stop suddenly and remain motionless; halt.

Elope(v.): to run off secretly to be married, usually without the

consent or knowledge of one's parents.

Charm(n.): a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty.

Charm(v.): to delight or please greatly by beauty, attractiveness, etc.; enchant.

Amend(v.): to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill,

 constitution, etc.) by formal procedure.

Amend(n.): an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.

-al :a suffix forming nouns from verbs, usually verbs of French or Latin origin.

denial : an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false.

refusal : an act or instance of refusing.

2.

to do something while the situation or conditions are right.

3. movie: Mirror Mirror 2012 (youtube)

Mirror Mirror is a 2012 American-Czech-Canadian family adventure

comedy fantasy film based on the fairy tale "Snow White" collected

by the Brothers Grimm.

4. 林依晨 – the endorser of SEIKO in 2015

5. David Loman (大尾鱸鰻)(youtube)

David Loman (大尾鱸鰻) is a 2013 Taiwanese comedy film

directed by Chiu Li-kwan.

6. voicetube: 〈what is literature for?〉