*英文人名不畫線 !!!

*書: 短篇“..................” / 長篇畫底線

* “   ” 短詩

 

*遇到問題時：

 face it / deal with it / resolve it

 

*confirm  [kənˋfɝm] 確認班機時使用 (莎莎老師強調牙齒咬下唇)

*confirmation 再次確認 (基督教到一定年紀會再次受洗)

 

*Initiation (n.) 進入社會的某種儀式

 

 

Bildungsroman

In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn]; German: "novel of formation/education/culture"), novel of formation, novel of education, or coming-of-age story is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age), and in which, therefore, character change is extremely important.

 

 

*commencement ceremony 畢業典禮à畢業是另一個階段的開始

*commencement (n.) 開始；發端

 

 

*Adventure / Journey à 綠野仙蹤

*黃磚路à象徵通往希望之路

 

The Everlasting Childhood in a Picaresque Bildungsroman:

Understanding Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

導讀馬克‧吐溫的《湯姆歷險記》 (莎莎老師blog)

(弱勢族群的集結以挑戰權威)

 

 

 

*2011 Oscars: Live Performance By PS22 Chorus - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

每周單字 :

1.sophist (n.) [ˋsɑfɪst]

person who uses clever but false arguments intended to deceive

*Many politicians are cunning sophists.

 

2.arbitrary (adj.) [ˋɑrbə͵trɛrɪ]

based on personal opinion or impulse, not on reason ； using uncontrolled power without considering others; dictatorial

*This is an arbitrary decision.

*Dictators are arbitrary rulers.

 

3.hamper (v.) [ˋhæmpɚ]

to follow something as closely as possible, usually in order to catch it.

*Rita's daughter hampered her plan to throw a surprise party for her husband when she accidentally told him about it.

 

4.pun (n.) [pʌn]

a play on word

*A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.

 

5.dialectic (adj.) [͵daɪəˋlɛktɪk]

of, pertaining to , or of the nature logical of argumentation;

*Believe it or not, human relationships are a complex dialectic involving exchange of more than mutual physical attraction.

 (n.) logical or any of its branches; any formal system of reasoning or thought

*Like all seriou fiction, this novel has a true dialectic.

 

6.oral (adj.) [ˋorəl]

not written; spoken; of, by or for the mouth

*An oral agreenment is not enough; we must have a written promise.

(n.) oral examination

*He failed the oral.

 

7.thaw (v.) [θɔ]

to release restraints thereby allowing something to grow.

*After years of fighting, things began to thaw between the neighboring countries as they started to trade resources.

 

8.synergy (n.)

The combined power of a group when they are working together, which is greater than the total power achieved by each working separately.

*Peter and Paul have great synergy.  They always get more work done when they work together.

 

9.fidget (v.) [ˋfɪdʒɪt]

to make continuous small movements which annoy other people

*Children can't sit still for long without fidgeting.

 

10.lean (adj.) [lin]

describes meat that has little fat, thin and healthy

*Bacon has streaks of fat and streaks of lean.

 

11.treatise (n.) [ˋtritɪs]

a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.

*I just finished reading a treatise on the new technology.

 

12.emperor (n.) [ˋɛmpərɚ]

ruler of an empire

*The emperor issued an edict forbidding doing trade with foreigners.

 

13.morsel (n.) [ˋmɔrs!]

A very small piece or amount.

*She ate every morsel.

 

14.revelation (n.) [rɛv!ˋeʃən]

when something is made known that was secret, or a fact that is made known a moment of revelation

*His wife divorced him after the revelation that he was having an affair.

*Shocking revelations about their private life appeared in the papers.

 

15.palatial (adj.) [pəˋleʃəl]

describes a house that is very large and splendid

*These palatial chambers, how marvellously they came to her.

 

16.verdant (adj.) [ˋvɝdnt]

covered with healthy green plants or grass

*Much of the region's verdant countryside has been destroyed in the hurricane.

 

17.multiply (v.) [ˋmʌltəplaɪ]

increase sth in number or quantity.

*Children learned to multiply and divide.

 

18.multitude (n.) [ˋmʌltə͵tjud]

a great number, host.

*There are a multitude of reasons against it.

 

19.multitudinous (adj.) [͵mʌltəˋtjudnəs]

extremely large in number

*I heard again the multitudinous murmur of the city.

 

20.respite (n.) [ˋrɛspɪt]

a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant;  a useful delay before something unpleasant happens

*We worked for hours without respite.

 

22.lure (v.) [lʊr]

to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting

*She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary.

 

23.obliquely (adv.) [əˋbliklɪ]

Indirectly; in a manner that is not immediately clear.

*She made only oblique references to the scandal in her speech.

 

24.stellar (adj.) [ˋstɛlɚ]

excellent; exceptional

*The movie has a stellar cast.

 

25.missionary (n.) [ˋmɪʃən͵ɛrɪ]

person sent to preach usually the Christian religion, esp among people who are ignorant of it

*She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.