10/17 Notes

‧Next week will have a simulate midterm test.

‧How to write a summary?

→ original text : summary= 5:1

→inshort, could be a sentence

→in your own words

‧thine=yours

Poem

‧No man is an island—John Donne (↓)

No Man is an Island
No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee.

Suffix

‧-ee :被…的人, ex：employee, retiree

Root

‧-phobic：disease, ex: arcophobic, xenophobic

Phrase

‧you got an attitude problem.

Novel

‧What is Utopia?Dystopia?

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Words of a day

10/13

‧contemptuously (adv.)

a.      a strong feeling of lack of respect for someone or something

e.g.: He spoke contemptuously of his former boss.

‧wedge (n.)

a.      a piece of metal, wood, rubber, etc. with a pointed edge at one end and a wide edge at the other, either pushed between two objects to keep them still or forced into something to break pieces off it

e.g.: Push a wedge under the door to keep it open while we're carrying the boxes in.

b.      a piece of something, especially food, in the shape of a triangle

e.g.: Mom put a huge wedge of fruit cake on my plate.

c.       women's shoes with a heel all the way under the shoe

‧checker (n.)

a.      a computer program that checks something

b.      someone whose job is to check that goods are made correctly or that something is correct

e.g.: Ticket checkers identify people using the wrong ski pass.

c.       US someone who works on a till (= a machine which records sales and in which money is kept) in a large store, such as a supermarket

e.g.: At the store, the checkers double-bagged nearly every item.

‧square (adj.)

a.      having all debts paid or other matters arranged fairly

e.g.: I paid last time, so if you pay now, we’re square.

b.      A square deal is a fair agreement

e.g.: All I want is a square deal.

c.       having four sides of equal length and four angles of 90°

d.      ( abbreviation sq) A square unit of measurement is an area that is a particular distance wide and the same distance long

‧slender (adj.)

a.      Thin

e.g.: Sara is a tall, slender woman.

10/14

‧languidly (adv.)

a.      moving or speaking slowly with little energy, often in an attractive way

‧hip (n.)

a.      the part on either side of the body where the legs are attached to the upper part of the body, or either of the joints at the pelvis (= bowl-shaped bones) where the legs are attached

‧rosy (adj.)

a.      of a pale red or pink color

b.      Rosy also means optimistic, bright, happy

‧radiant (adj.)

a.      expressing great happiness, hope, or beauty

e.g.: The bride looked radiant on her wedding day.

b.      sending out or possessing heat or light

e.g.: Plants absorb radiant energy from sunlight.

‧fasten (v.)

a.      to make or become firmly attached or closed

e.g.: Fasten your seatbelt.

 

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‧awe (n.)

a.      a feeling of great respect sometimes mixed with fear or surprise

e.g.: I've always held musicians in awe.

‧hulking (adj.)

a.      large and heavy

‧unobtrusively (adv.)

a.      not noticeable; seeming to fit in well with the things around

‧banter (v.)

a.      to talk to someone in a friendly and humorous way

e.g.: He stood around bantering with his colleagues.

‧inconsequence (adj.)

a.      Having no importance or significance

b.      Inconsistent or illogical

c.       Proceeding without a natural or logical sequence ; haphazard

e.g.: The speech full of inconsequent statements.

10/16

‧presently (adv.)

a.      soon; not at this time but after a short time in the future

e.g.: We will be leaving presently.

‧phase (n.)

a.      any stage in a series of events or in a process of development

b.      of the moon are the regular changes in its shape as it appears to people on earth.

c.       one of the forms in which matter can exist, such as solid, liquid, or a gas.

d.      one of the stages or points in a repeating process measured from a specific starting point.

‧dread (n.)

a.      extreme fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen or might happen

‧vertical (adj.)

a.      standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90 to a horizontal surface or line

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‧mattress (n.)

a.      the part of a bed, made of a strong cloth cover filled with firm material, which makes the bed comfortable to lie on

‧uncivilized (adj.)

a.      (of a society or country) without what is thought to be a highly developed culture and way of life, or (of a person) rude and not showing care for others

‧confess (v.)

a.      to admit that you have done something wrong, or to admit unwillingly that something is true

b.      In some Christian religions, esp. the Roman Catholic Church, to confess is to tell God or a priest what you have done wrong so God will forgive you.

‧corky (adj.)

a.      (of wine, brandy, etc.) spoiled, esp. by a tainted cork.

b.      of the nature of cork; corklike.

‧claret (n.)

a.      red wine made in the region near Bordeaux in France

b.      a color that is between dark red and purple