Week 5
10/6-10
(1) Additional notes in class
(國慶日放假)
(2) Vocabulary journal
1. exchange/ɪkstʃ'endʒ/
-when you give something to someone and they give you something else
Ex: They were given food and shelter in exchange for work.
From: Second Life players exchange real money for Lindens.
2. expense/ɪksp'ɛns/
-when you spend or use money, time or effort
Ex: Buying a bigger car has proved to be well worth the expense.
From: After Kazakoff/Cheeky pays Second Life expenses such as the rent on the stores, any remaining Lindens are hers.
3. income/'ɪnk,ʌm/
-money that is earned from doing work or received from investments
Ex: Average incomes have risen by 4.5% over the past year.
From: Currently, Kazakoff is making roughly two-thirds of her income from real-world sales of her designs, and one-third from Cheeky’s sales in Second Life.
4. merge/m'ɚdʒ/
-to combine or join together, or to cause things to do this
Ex: They decided to merge the two companies into one.
From: But what happens when the real world and the world of the imagination start to merge?
5. property/pr'ɑpɚti/
-a building or area of land, or both together
Ex: He owns a number of properties in the center of London.
From: In fact, there is at least one Second Life player who has become rich and then selling property such as land, house, and office buildings in Second Life.
6. range/r'endʒ/
-the goods made by one company or goods of one particular type that are sold in a shop
Ex: This jacket is part of our autumn/spring range.
From: Her original designs range in price, from 25 to $6.
7. roughly/r'ʌfli/
-approximately
Ex: There has been an increase of roughly 2.25 million.
From: Currently, Kazakoff is making roughly two-thirds of her income from real-world sales of her designs, and one-third from Cheeky’s sales in Second Life.
8. toy/t'ɔɪ/
-an object for children to play with
Ex: Put your toys away now - it's time for bed.
From: Children bring their toys to life with the power of their imagination.
9. virtual/v'ɚtʃuəl/
-almost a particular thing or quality
Ex: Ten years of incompetent government had brought about the virtual collapse of the country's economy.
From: To find out, all you need to do is go on the Internet and enter the virtual world of Second Life.
10. develop(property)
-to buy a building or land and then fix it or build on it in order to resell it and make money
From: In fact, there is at least one Second Life player who has become rich and then selling property such as land, house, and office buildings in Second Life.
11. doll/d'ɑl/
-a toy that looks like a baby or small person
From: Probably for the same reason that a little girl saves her birthday money to buy clothing and a house for favorite doll.
12. absorbed/əbz'ɔrbd/
-to take something in, especially gradually
Ex: Plants absorb carbon dioxide.
From: “I got totally absorbed in my virtual world anf forgot about the pain.”
13. ancient/'entʃənt/
-off or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very long time
Ex: People have lived in this valley since ancient times.
From: Paleontologists (scientists who study ancient forms of life such dinosaurs) use VR to travel back in time.
14. attractive/ətr'æktɪv/
-very pleasing in appearance or sound, or causing interest or pleasure
Ex: I find him very attractive (= He attracts me sexually).
From: Dentists can use VR to show people what they will look like with a more attractive smile.
15. destroy/dɪstr'ɔɪ/
-to damage something so badly that it does not exist or cannot be used
Ex: Most of the old part of the city was destroyed by bombs during the war.
From: The virtual testing saves money because no vehicles are destroyed.
16. likely/l'ɑɪkli/
- describes something that will probably happen or is expected
Ex: Do remind me because I'm likely to forget.
From: However, as more and more people begin to use VR, prices are likely to come down.
17. model/m'ɑdəl/
-something which a copy can be based on because it is an extremely good example of its type
Ex: The educational system was a model for those of many other countries.
From: They use it to create virtual model homes.
18. mostly/m'ostli/
-mainly
Ex: In the smaller villages, it's mostly (= usually) very quiet at nights.
From: The operation was a success, mostly because the doctors were able to perform the operation virtually before they tried it on their real patients.
19. operation/,ɑpɚ'eʃən/
-the fact of operating or being active
Ex: There are several reactors of the type in operation (= working) at the moment.
From: With one VR tool, doctors can practice difficult operations before they perform them on real people.
20.perform/pɚf'ɔrm/
-to do an action or piece of work
Ex: Computers can perform a variety of tasks.
From: With one VR tool, doctors can practice difficult operations before they perform them on real people.
21. spot/sp'ɑt/
-a small, usually round area of color which is differently colored or lighter or darker than the surface around it.
Ex: He had a spot of grease on his tie.
From: The computer can spot many things that testers may not see in the real crash test.
22. swallow/sw'ɑlo/ /sw'ɔlo/
- to cause food, drink, pills, etc. to move from your mouth into your stomach by using the muscles of your throat, or to use the muscles of your throat as if doing this
Ex: He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed it whole.
From: “You can even get swallowed by a grasshopper and find yourself in its abdomen,” says entomologist Alexie A.
23. vehicle/v'ihɪkəl/ /v'iɪkəl/
-a machine usually with wheels and an engine, which is used for transporting people or goods on land, especially on roads
Ex: A truck driver died last night when his vehicle overturned.
From: Several European automakers, included the markers of Jaguar Formula One racing cars, use VR to design their vehicles.
24. stethoscope/st'ɛθəsk,op/
-the instrument that a doctor uses to listen to your heart
From: In fact, VR has become as important to some professionals as a stethoscope is to a doctor or scissors are to a hairdresser.
25. deep-sea dive
-a dive far beneath the surface of the ocean
From: They go on exciting adventures such as a deep-sea dive, a trip to the moon, or a ski trip.