* under medication 服藥中 (e.g. 感冒)
  I'm doing the drug. 吸毒
  take pills 吃藥丸 (e.g. 吃避孕藥)

*Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
exposition:
It's the mother owl who woke the sun each day so the dawn can come
(turning pointsàstuck sticks)

conflict:
mother owl didn't want to wake up the sun

(非owl的小孩被殺，是owl不在啼à永夜)

climax: 找出兇手
 

 

 

*You don't buy that kind of credo.  不會採信
(a formal statement of the beliefs of a religion etc. 教義; 信條)

 

*mosquito: a farmer dug a yam almost as big as I am

 Iguana: I would rather be deaf à two sticks

 Python: plot some mystery on me

*It was the ____’s fault

Iguana frightened the python

Python scared the rabbit

Rabbit startled the crow (最驚嚇)

Crow alarmed the monkey

Monkey killed the owlet

 

*受到驚嚇不同的說法

I was thrilled. 背脊涼起來

I was mortified. 嚇死了

 

* tall tell 怪誕

* folk lord myth 民間傳說

*myth: something can’t figure out or something can’t understand.

 

 

*The 12 days of Christmas   <<< 連結

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1.sandal (n)

a light shoe consisting of a bottom part held onto the foot by straps

*Many people wear sandals in the summer.

 

2.recline (v)

to lie back with the upper part of your body in a horizontal position

*The tired girl reclined on the couch.

 

3.devour (v)

to eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left

*The young cubs hungrily devoured the deer.

 

4.chop (v)

to cut something into small pieces

*Chop an onion finely.

 

5.leek (n)

a long white and green vegetable that smells and tastes similar to an onion

*When I was young I grew some leeks in a pot.

 

6.vegabond (adj.)

a person who has no home and usually no job, and who travels from place to place

*They are living a vagabond life.

 

7.tingle (v)

If a part of your body tingles, the skin feels slightly uncomfortable

*My hands are starting to tingle with the cold.

 

8.trance (n)

a condition in which you are not completely conscious of what is happening around you or able to control what you are doing

*He sat staring out of the window as if in a trance.

 

9.flail (v)

to wave or move your arms and legs about energetically and in an uncontrolled way

*The wasp came towards us and Howard started flailing his arms around.

 

10.windmill (n)

a building with long parts at the top that turn in the wind, used for producing power or crushing grain

*The grinder was powered by a windmill.

 

11.salute (n)

a sign of respect to someone of a higher rank in a military organization, often made by raising the right hand to the side of the head

*The officers exchanged salutes.

 

12.omelette (v)

a food made with eggs that have been mixed and fried, often with other foods added

 

13.iceberg (n)

a very large piece of ice that floats in the sea

*The ship struck an iceberg.

 

14.hubbub (n)

a loud noise, especially caused by a lot of people all talking at the same time

*I could hardly hear myself speak above all the hubbub in the theatre bar.

 

15.conservatory (n)

a room attached to a house that has windows all around it and a glass roof

 

16.fetch (v)

to go get something or someone and bring the thing or person back

*She’s been teaching the dog to fetch.

 

17.porch (n)

a covered area next to the entrance of a house, sometimes open to the air and sometimes surrounded by a screen (= wire net)

*The back porch looks out on our garden.

 

18.citadel (n.)

a castle on high ground in or near a city where people could go when the city was being attacked

*the last citadel of freedom

 

19.soothe (v.)

to make somebody who is anxious, upset, etc. feel calmer

*She made a cup of tea to soothe her nerves.

 

20.gnaw (v.)

to keep biting something or chewing it hard, so that it gradually disappears

*A rat had gnawed a hole in the box.

 

21.whinge(v.)

to complain in an annoying way

*Stop whining about the situation and accept it.

 

22.vengeance (n.)

the act of punishing or harming somebody in return for what they have done to you, your family or friends

*a desire for vengeance

 

23.prow (n.)

the pointed front part of a ship or boat

 

24.skim (n.)

to remove fat, cream, etc. from the surface of a liquid

*After simmering the meat, skim the fat from the surface.

 

25.spearhead(n.)

a person or group that begins an activity or leads an attack against somebody/something

*the troops who spearheaded the rescue mission