2015/03/27 week 4 additional notes in class

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• Do the practice before the lecture.

 

• Easter

 

• Key words is what you want to focus

 

• They are certain different
• They are different certain way

 

• Help you get started

 

• In diameter
• 36,000 square kilometer

 

• Dialect
• dia= through

 

• Hypothesis

 

• Detail information

 

• Specific example

 

• Spring break

 

• Easter vacation
• Happy holiday
• Crucifixion and death of jesus
• Resurrection of Jesus Christ
• Calvary

 

• Good Friday

 

• Moveable feast

 

• You are everything
• If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you for Paris is a moveable feast.

 

 

2015/03/27 week4 vocabulary journal

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• Accumulate (v.): /əˈkjuːmjʊleɪt/

1. to get more and more of something over a period of time

2. Dirty dishes accumulate, as the teenagers will not leave their rooms or allow anyone else to enter.

3. Ex: Dust had accumulated during her absence .

• Carefree (adj.): /ˈkeə(r)ˌfriː/

1. happy and without any worries, problems, or responsibilities

2. In retirement communities throughout the United States, senior citizen live a carefree, child-free existence in gated neighborhoods sometimes referred to as “Disney for adults.”

3. Ex: We all felt carefree after the exams .

• Claustrophobic (adj.): /ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪk/

1. feeling afraid because you are in a small or crowded space or in a place that seems difficult to get out of quickly

2. Instead, they withdraw into their own claustrophobic world.

3. Ex: I was starting to feel claustrophobic in my relationship with Javier.

• Fate (n.): /feɪt/

1. the things that happen to someone, especially unpleasant things

2. They believe that he fate of the planet depends on the creation of new ways of living.

3. Ex: Fate has dealt these people a cruel blow.

• Isolation (n.): /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

1. the state of being separated from other people, or a situation in which you do not have the support of other people

2. These retirees choose to live their golden years in happy isolation.

3. Ex: She became depressed and experienced an increasing sense of isolation.

 

 

 

• Leisure (n.): /ˈleʒə(r)/

1. activities that you do to relax or enjoy yourself

2. They spend their days enjoying in their favorite leisure activities in their own child-free “Disneyland.”

3. Ex: My busy schedule leaves little time for leisure.

• Retirement (n.): /rɪˈtaɪə(r)mənt/

1. the time when you stop working, especially because you have reached the age when you are officially too old to work, or the act of doing this

2. In retirement communities throughout the United States, senior citizen live a carefree, child-free existence in gated neighborhoods sometimes referred to as “Disney for adults.”

3. Ex: We've had two retirements in our office this year.

• Citizen (n.): /ˈsɪtɪz(ə)n/

1. someone who has the right to live permanently in a particular country and has the right to the legal and social benefits of that country as well as legal obligations towards it

2. In retirement communities throughout the United States, senior citizen live a carefree, child-free existence in gated neighborhoods sometimes referred to as “Disney for adults.”

3. Ex: The United States gives its citizens certain rights.

• Uneasy (adj.): /ʌnˈiːzi/

1. someone who feels uneasy feels slightly nervous, worried, or upset about something

2. But their existence makes many people in Japan uneasy.

3. Ex: He looks distinctly uneasy in interview situations.

• Withdraw (v.): /wɪðˈdrɔː/

1. to no longer take part in something, or to stop someone or something from taking part

2. Instead, they withdraw into their own claustrophobic world.

3. Ex: She withdrew her eyes from his smashed right hand.

 

 

 

• Quarter (n.): /ˈkwɔː(r)tə(r)/

1. MATHS one of four equal parts of something; a part of a town where you find particular buildings, activities, or people

2. In northern Iran, nomads walk their goats from winter quarters in the desert to a summer home in the Zagros Mountains.

3. Ex: We pay our rent at the end of each quarter.

• Overthrow (v.): /ˌəʊvə(r)ˈθrəʊ/

1. to force a leader or government out of their position of power

2. After the Shah was overthrown, however, the Bakhtiari returned to their traditional nomadic life.

3. Ex: Her father was overthrown in a military coup in the seventies.

• Wool (n.): /wʊl/

1. thick hair that grows on sheep and some other animals

2. They raise sheep and make cloth from the wool.

3. Ex: Many people wear wool in winter.

• Biofuel (n.): /ˈbaɪəʊˌfjuːəl/

1. fuel that is made from living things or from something their bodies produce, for example fuel made from cow manure

2. They make their own biofuel to power their cars and trucks.

3. A fuel, such as biogas or biodiesel, that is produced from renewable resources, especially plant biomass, vegetable oils, or treated municipal and industrial wastes.

• Barter (v.): /ˈbɑː(r)tə(r)/

1. to exchange goods or services for other goods or services instead of using money

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

3. Ex: They got what they needed by bartering their livestock.

 

 

 

• Excerpt (n.): /ˈeksɜː(r)pt/

1. a short piece of writing or music that is taken from a longer piece

2. In this excerpt from the book Leisureville: Adventures in America’s Retirement Utopias.

3. Ex: Several newspapers published excerpts from the book.

• Facility (n.): /fəˈsɪləti/

1. something such as a room or piece of equipment that is provided at a place for people to use

2. A few miles later, I drive by a hospital, an assisted care facility and a large Catholic church.

3. Ex: The hotel has excellent leisure facilities.

• Gossip (n.): /ˈɡɒsɪp/

1. conversation about unimportant subjects, especially people's private lives

2. We catch up on neighborhood gossip, the miserable New England weather, and the uncertain fate of our neighborhood park.

3. Ex: One day Sam heard an interesting piece of gossip.

• Permanent (adj.): /ˈpɜː(r)mənənt/

1. happening or existing for a long time or for all time in the future

2. It’s like being on a permanent vacation.

3. Ex: She went to a beauty salon for a permanent.

• Pinch (v.): /pɪntʃ/

1. to squeeze someone's skin between your thumb and finger so that it hurts them

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

3. Ex: Roger pinched my arm.

 

 

• Ponder (v.): /ˈpɒndə(r)/

1. to think carefully about something for a long time before reaching a decision

2. Betsy is left pondering her incredible luck.

3. Ex: They are pondering what to do next.

• Slogan (n.): /ˈsləʊɡən/

1. a short phrase that is easy to remember and is used to advertise something or to express the beliefs of a political party or other group

2. Photos of seniors playing golf and relaxing in pools are covered with slogans such as “Life is lovelier.”

3. Ex: The company unveiled its new advertising slogan this week.

• Sting (v.): /stɪŋ/

1. if an insect or an animal stings you, it hurts you by sticking a sharp part of its body into your skin

2. Although it isn’t meant to, her comment stings.

3. Ex: Some types of spider can sting.

• Widow (n.): /ˈwɪdəʊ/

1. a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again

2. They say the only problem with being a widow in The villages is that you’re so busy you forget you are one.

3. Ex: His widowed mother brought him up.

• Slack (adj.): /slæk/

1. loose and not pulled tight

2. She dressed attractively in pale pink slacks and a white sweater.

3. Ex: The fence consisted of two slack strands of barbed wire.