Unit4-chapter7 

• claustrophobic [klɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪk] 

Instead, they withdraw into their own claustrophobic worlds. 

definition: pertaining to or suffering from claustrophobic

ex: If all politics is local, fashion industry politics is almost claustrophobic.

 adv: claustrophobically

• disturb [dɪˈstɜːb]

And the seniors' sleep is never disturbed by crying children or  loud teenagers.

definition: interrupt  

from: Middle English , Latin and Anglo-French   

ex: Officer responded and asked him to speak at a lower   volume and not disturb people.

n: disturber  

• carefree [ˈkɛrˌfri]   

Senior citizens live a carefree, child-free existence in gated neighborhoods sometimes referred to as "Disney for adults." 

definition: without worry or responsibility 

ex: How wonderful it  would be to be young and carefree again.

n: carefreeness 

• barter [b'ɑrtɚ]

If they need something that they cannot make or grow, they get it by bartering with other homesteaders. 

definition: to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money

from: Old French

ex: Sometimes we'd barterwith the Yanomami to get some fish they hadcaught.

n: barterer

• set apart from

They have chosen lifestyles that set tnem apart from others.

definition:  to move something so it is away from something else 

Chapter8

• excerpt [ ek-surpt]

In this excerpt from the book Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retiremen Utopia, author Andrew D.Blechman describes visiting two friends and former neighbors at their new home in a retirement community called The Villages. 

definition: to take or select (a passage) from a   book or a film    

from: Latin and Late Middle English

ex: I heard an excerpt from her latest novel on the radio.

n: excerptor a: excerptible n: excerption

•  keep time

There are two dozen line dancers keeping time on a country and western tune.

• pinch [pɪntʃ] 

I've met people that have been here for five years, and they're still pinching themselves. 

definition:  squeeze painfully 

from: Middle English and Anglo-French

ex: He gently pinched her arm.

a: pinchable 

• ponder [p'ɑndɚ]

Betsy is left pondering her incredible luck. 

definition: to consider something deeply and    thoroughly

from: Latin and Middle French and Middle English

ex: We pondered whether to tell her.

n: ponderer

• on top of the world

Photos of seniors playing golf and relaxing in pools are covered with slogans such as "On top of the world"

definition: feeling wonderful, glorious

ex: I feel on top of the world.  

                   

The notes in class                                  

• be up and doing 坐而言不如起而行
• fleet:(v) to move swiftly
• stout:(a) stubborn, vigorous
• muffle:(v) to deaden (a sound or noise)
• narrative:  (n)an account, report, or story, as of events, experiences, etc
• hypothetical:(a) having the nature of a hypothesis