2015/05/01 week 8 additional notes in class

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• Orbit move in a certain paten

• A whiter shade of pale

• Here comes the sun

• New event want everyone to buy it

• Trend

 

• Now a day

• Tiny is better

 

 

 

2015/05/01 week8 vocabulary journal

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• Approach (n.): /əˈprəʊtʃ/

1. a particular way of thinking about or dealing with something

2. I approach one and ask her if she has an egg or two.

3. Ex: We need a fresh approach to sports in education.

• Enhance (v.): /ɪnˈhɑːns/

1. to improve something, or to make it more attractive or more valuable

2. On the piazza sits Sergio’s fruit and vegetable shop, so we look about for things to enhance our blossom-lunch menu.

3. Ex: The measures taken should considerably enhance the residents' quality of life.

• Flame (v.): /fleɪm/

1. the brightly burning gas that you see coming from a fire

2. I twirl my frying pan to coat it with a few drops of my oil, and let it warm over a quiet flame.

3. Ex: He sat by the fire staring at the flames.

• Gather (v.): /ˈɡæðə(r)/

1. if people gather, or if someone gathers them, they come together in one place to see or do something

2. I have never before gathered eggs from under a hen.

3. Ex: A crowd gathered outside the hotel.

• Pityingly (adj.): /ˈpɪtiɪŋ/

1. a pitying expression shows that you feel pity for someone, but sometimes also that shows you do not think they deserve respect

2. I ask for eggs, and he man looks pityingly on me, and says all I need to do is stop at the henhouse just down the hill from our place.

3. Ex: To her annoyance, he gave her a pitying look.

 

 

 

• Scent (n.): /sent/

1. a particular smell, especially a pleasant one

2. I throw a few fennel seeds into the pan to scent the oil, where the blossoms are now beginning to take color on their bottom sides.

3. Ex: The sweet fresh scent of newly baked bread filled the house.

• Slide (n.): /slaɪd/

1. a situation in which an amount becomes less

2. I run the little cake under a hot gill to from a gold skin on top before sliding it on to a plate, sprinkling torn basil on top.

3. Ex: The company was hit by a slide in profits last year.

• Stem (v.): /stem/

1. the long thin central part of a plant from which the leaves and flowers grow

2. He pulls out a handful of sage leaves, whacks the leaves and small stems from a head of celery, picks through a basket of skinny green beans, and add some in our pile. Ex: Cut the stems to ground level in winter.

• Thrill (v.): /θrɪl/

1. to make someone feel very excited and pleased

2. I take it and leave with an unfamiliar thrill.

3. Ex: Their recent success has thrilled the whole community.

• Terrace (n.): /ˈterəs/

1. a row of houses all of the same type, built so that they join together

2. We fry only a few of the blossoms and all of the tiny potatoes and green beans and carry them out to the terrace with the frittata.

3. He has a house in a fashionable terrace.

 

 

• Piazza (n.): /piˈætsə/

1. a large open space in a town, especially an Italian town square

2. On the piazza sits Sergio’s fruit and vegetable shop, so we look about for things to enhance our blossom-lunch menu.

3. Ex: They walked out of the cafeteria, and across the piazza.

• Whack (v.): /wæk/

1. to hit someone or something with a lot of force

2. He pulls out a handful of sage leaves, whacks the leaves and small stems from a head of celery, picks through a basket of skinny green beans, and add some in our pile.

3. Ex: I whacked my knee getting out of the car.

• Batter (v.): /ˈbætə(r)/

1. to deliberately hit someone many times

2. It is time to increase the heat and add the egg batter.

3. Ex: The court heard that he had battered his wife to death.

• Agriculture (n.): /ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃə(r)/

1. the work, business, or study of farming

2. They could then devote themselves to more productive activities, such as the development of tools, agriculture, and social network.

3. Ex: Most of the population is employed in agriculture and fishing.

• Devote (v.): /dɪˈvəʊt/

1. to spend a lot of time or effort doing something

2. They could then devote themselves to more productive activities, such as the development of tools, agriculture, and social network.

3. Ex: He's devoted most of his time to his painting.

 

 

• Digest (v.): /daɪˈdʒest/

1. when your stomach digests food, it changes it into the substances that your body needs

2. They also needed large stomachs and intestines to digest it.

3. Ex: Cheese can be difficult to digest.

• Distinct (adj.): /dɪˈstɪŋkt/

1. separate and different in a way that is clear

2. It’s the development that underpins many other chances that have made humans so distinct from other species.

Ex: They were classified into two distinct groups.

• Enable (v.): /ɪnˈeɪb(ə)l/

1. to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something

2. Wrangham argues that the shift from eating row to cooked food enable the evolution of the large-brained Homo erectus.

3. Ex: Enemy communications were destroyed, enabling a surprise attack.

• Jaw (n.): /dʒɔː/

1. the lower part of your face that includes your chin and your bottom teeth

2. Those early human ancestors needed big teeth and jaws to chew all that raw foods.

3. Ex: He suffered a broken jaw in the accident.

• Mate (n.): /meɪt/

1. a friend

2. This led to paired mating and perhaps even traditional male-female household roles.

3. Ex: He's over there, talking to his mates.

 

 

 

• Profound (adj.): /prəˈfaʊnd/

1. very great

2. According to Wrangham, this newfound freedom had a profound effect on early human relationship.

3. Ex: The difference between the beginners and the intermediate class was profound.

• Nutritional (adj.): /njuːˈtrɪʃən(ə)l/

1. concerning food as something that keeps you healthy

2. It’s hard to imagine the leap to Homo erectus without cooking’s nutritional benefits.

3. Nutritional labeling, moustache of sesame oil, definite drugmaker have from ancient times to the present.

• Valid (adj.): /ˈvælɪd/

1. a valid document or ticket will be accepted by officials

2. Many scientists see this gap in the archaeological record as evidence against Wrangham’s theory.

3. Ex: You will need a valid passport.

• Intestine (n.): /ɪnˈtestɪn/

1. the long tube in your body that processes food and carries waste out of your body

2. They also needed large stomachs and intestines to digest it.

3. the long tube that takes food from your stomach out of your body

• Underpin (v.): /ˌʌndə(r)ˈpɪn/

1. to be an important basic part of something, allowing it to succeed or continue to exist

2. It’s the development that underpins many other chances that have made humans so distinct from other species.

3. Ex: the assumptions and beliefs that underpin our whole lives