worf information
a. ann- / enn- : year
l anniversary
l annual
l annuity : a fixed amount of money paid to someone every year, usually until their death, or the insurance agreement or investment that provides the money that is paid
b. gen- / gene- : to become or produce
l gene
l generator
l genealogy : a drawing showing the history of a family with all past and present members joined together by lines
l genesis : noun [S]
: the origin of something, when it is begun or starts to exist
: the first book of the Bible, which describes how God made the world (with capital “G”)
c. cir- : round, cycle
l circadian : used to describe the processes in animals and plants that happen naturally during a 24-hour period
l circuit
: a series of places that are regularly visited by someone involved in
a particular activity
: a track that cars, bicycles etc race around
▲ short circuit : 短路
l circlet : a circle of gold, silver, or jewels worn on the head as a decoration
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l vague : not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided → vagueness
c.f.
l vogue : a fashion or general liking, especially one that is temporary
l colleague
l the Decalogue(摩西十戒) : the rules of behaviour God gave to Israel through Moses on Mount Sinai
l epilogue : a speech or piece of text that is added to the end of a play or book, often giving a short statement about what happens to the characters after the play or book finishes
✩SARS : severe acute respiratory syndrome
Between November 2002 and July 2003, an outbreak of SARS in southern China caused an eventual 8,096 cases and 774 deaths reported in 37 countries, with the majority of cases in Hong Kong (9.6% fatality rate) according to the World Health Organization (WHO). No cases of SARS have been reported worldwide since 2004.
Far and Away (←click)
In the film “Far and Away,” there is a clear representation of the “American Dream.” The “American Dream” is ones' hope for a better quality of life and a higher standard of living than their parents'. In the film that better quality and higher standard is revolved around the idea of freedom.
The Joy Luck Club (←click)
⇒ a 1993 American film about the relationships between Chinese-American women
and their Chinese mothers
The story of the swan is the ultimate symbol of the American Dream in the novel. The mothers want their daughters to have all the privileges they could not, but are disappointed that this in turn means their daughters will not truly understand them.
The American Dream changes between the generations. For the mothers, it is creating a future full of privilege and success. For the daughters, it is the freedom to take their opportunities and do with them as little or as much as they want.
To Kill a Mocking Bird
⇣ The opening page of To Kill a Mocking Bird
❖Scout emphasizes the slow pace, Alabama heat, and old-fashioned values of the town, in which men wear shirt collars, ladies use talcum powder, and the streets are not paved, turning to “red slop” in the rain. This description situates Maycomb in the readers’ mind as a sleepy Southern town; Scout even calls it “tired.”
❖ In the first chapter of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, the narrator, makes the above comment in a paragraph in which she describes Maycomb during the Great Depression.
She next uses her comment that "Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself" as a reference to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address in 1933, four years after the start of the Great Depression.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address in 1933 ↴
(please jump to 3:24~3:37)
Gregory Peck
✔ as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird
✔ as a reporter in the 1953 film Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday
a 1953 American romantic comedy
✐ When speaking of the American Dream in this novel one must perhaps look at Scout’s father. He is a man who is noble, honest, and humble. He fights for the rights of an African American accused of raping a white woman even though the small town despises his involvement. He fights for justice and equality in the world and one could well argue that this is his American Dream.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Fannie Mae's Role in Housing Finance
⇒ Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were created by Congress. They perform an important role in the nation’s housing finance system – to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the mortgage market. They provide liquidity (ready access to funds on reasonable terms) to the thousands of banks, savings and loans, and mortgage companies that make loans to finance housing.
✐ Many have blamed the mortgage funding practices of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for creating the subprime mortgage (click!). Although they played a large role, they cannot be held 100% responsible. Instead, they are a prime example of the larger economic forces that really caused the banking credit crisis and bailout.
The American Dream, RIP? (click!)
Irony
Types of Narration
Course Catalog
⇒ a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university
Epistolary Voice
Epistolary comes from a Greek word, epistolē, which means letter. Epistolary is a literary genre pertaining to letters, in which writers use letters, journals and diary entries in their works, or they tell their stories or deliver messages through a series of letters. Though the usual format of epistolary is letters, however, sometimes writers use other forms of documents such as newspaper clippings and diary entries. Recently, you can see electronic documents like emails, blogs, radio and recordings have come into use in writings.
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