the notes in the novel (Charlotte’s Web)

p.3 The pig couldn't help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?
couldn't help + Ving
過去完成式不會輕易地單獨使用

 

p.49 I don't like to spread bad news.
spread news/butter
en (加強; 可將n.→v.)
ex. fatten, strengthen, enlarge, deepen, worsen, empower(因發音問題改為m)
→You’ve worsened the situation.
→fatten you up
profix: disease疾病, at ease稍息, unimportant
人profix: actor, musician, teacher, artist, protestant新教徒, Christian, Catholic

 

p.109 When the words appeared, everyone said they were a miracle.
miracle (n.) /m'ɪrəkəl/
miraculous (a.) /mɚ'ækjələs/
*兩者重音不同！

 

p.96 I have decided to take the pig to the County Fair on September sixth.
公平的、博覽會(exhibit)、state fair
ex. "Please don't kill it!" she sobbed. "It's unfair." ~p.2
*merry go round旋轉木馬; farris wheel摩天輪

 

Alice's adventures in wonderland:
off his head → queen of hearts紅心皇后 → fantacy
flamingo cricket (croquet game)

 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.^[1] It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. Its narrativecourse and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.

 

despeerado- the eagles  
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
(你這個浪子，你為什麼要一直欺騙自己呢？)

You been out ridin' fences for so long now
→牛仔坐在馬場的柵欄上。這是透過一位牛仔的形象，來暗喻一個歌手生活不斷飄移，無法定下來。

(你一個人在外面飄泊很久了)

Oh, you're a hard one

(你是個固執的人)

I know that you got your reasons

(我知道，你有你的理由)

These things that are pleasin' you

(當一個公眾人物不快樂)

Can hurt you somehow

(有時候，還很痛苦)

Don' you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
→鑽石女王，字面上意思是『撲克牌裡的方塊Q』，在歌詞中象徵虛榮的女人。

(你的生活只有物質，所以你總引來些虛榮的女人)

She'll beat you if she's able

(這種女人會毀了你)

You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet→紅心女王，字面上意思是『撲克牌裡的紅心Q』，在歌詞中象徵有真情的女人。

(你知道，你需要的是真正愛你的人)

Now it seems to me, some fine things

(看起來，世界上很多精美的事物)

Have been laid upon your table

(都已經在你的餐桌上)

But you only want the ones that you can't get

(但是，你卻一直在追求那些得不到的東西)

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no youger

(你頑固的傢伙，你正在變老)

Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home

(你全身是傷，又餓又累，你想要回家)

And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'

(你在追求自由，傳說中的自由)

Your prison is walking through this world all alone

(然而，你一生的枷鎖，就是孤單)

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?

(冬天一個人在被窩裡，你一雙大冰腳是不是整夜發冷呢？)

The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine

(你的人生，沒有色彩，沒有白雪，也沒有陽光)

It's hard to tell the night time from the day

(你的白天和黑夜差不多)

You're loosin' all your highs and lows

(快樂或痛苦對你來說，都已經不重要)

Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

(因為你麻木了，真好笑)

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?

(你為什麼不面對你自己呢？)

Come down from your fences, open the gate

(不要再坐在柵欄上了，打開門吧)→打開心房，別再自我設限= Jesus knock the door.

It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you

(也許會下雨，但是彩虹也會出現)

You better let somebody love you, before it's too late

(你最好早點接受別人的愛吧)

比喻
metaphor暗喻: It's just a metaphorical speaking.打比方
simile明喻
*歌曲中常聽不到縮寫的've: ex.You've gone/been too far.(=You are too over.中式)

 

 發音

x的發音: xerox copy → carbon copy <公司做得好，名稱變代言人>
ex. jeep 4x4, Canon, Kotex, Tampon, q-lip<形像tulip>, Kleenex service(衛生紙)姊妹淘, pamper(紙尿布)寵壞男生
h不發音: vihicle, exhibition, herbal treatment(可發可不發)

 meryl streep. Clint Eastwood Bridges over Madison County (movie)

 

p.122 "Children!" snapped the goose. "We're staying quietly-ietly-ietly at home. Only Wilbur-ilbur-ilbur is going to the fair."
 動物擬聲字 onomatopoeia (解釋名詞 wiki: list of animal sounds) 
boom-boom-boom  (鐘聲)噹
trumpet (elephant)
roar (猛禽獸)

Adventure of Huckleberry Finn → Exteral links
(電子文本) http://contentserver.adobe.com/store/books/HuckFinn.pdf
- I didn't care no... (錯誤的口語用法)→ I didn't care any... (正確英文文法)
- p.3 who-whooing
- hen pecker 怕老婆的人
- off to bed 上床了

Language Arts: Animal Words

Remind students of some of the other animals on the farm. Point out that different words are used for different family members of some animals. Start a chart like the one shown here. Leave the words in parentheses off the chart and ask students to fill them in. Challenge them to add other animals as well.