10/24 Notes

‧ Prepare the midterm ticket. Picture form or paper form are available.       

‧綜合大學 Comprehensive University

‧Three mistakes we often make:

→He goes, I go.

→one sentence only has one verb.

→The text “focus on”, not “talk about”.

‧The problems about team One ’s oral presentation :

→Overview unite title.

→Main idea and hoe did the example.

→”Etymology” part should have three examples and need to remark page number. (box, line, page)

→After ”：” should give one space. And one sentence cannot appear two “：”.

→When finish your part, you should say, “This is all for my part and I will leave the rest for my partner.”

→Focus the Grammar.

→Focus your pronunciation.

→”Page 87” don’t need “the”.

→The arrangement of the PPT must be tide.

→No “〈 〉”.

→Last page should add “thanks for listening” .

Etymology

‧syn-: together, e.g.: Symptom, synalgia, synesthesia,

‧neuro- : nerve, e.g.: Neurofibromatosis

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Words of a day

10/20

‧pessimist (n.)

a.      the tendency to see the bad side of things or to expect the worst in any situation

e.g.: There has been a mood of growing pessimism about the nation’s economy.

‧impatiently (adv.)

a.      not willing to wait for something to happen and becoming annoyed at delays

‧submerge (v.)

a.       to go below the surface of an area of water

‧fellow (n.)

a.      a man

b.      a member of some groups that you must have special training to join

c.       a teacher or student who has a fellowship at a university

‧fervent (adj.)

a.      showing strong and sincere feelings or beliefs

e.g.: She was a fervent supporter of art and culture.

 

10/21

‧ferocious (adj.)

a.      frightening and violent

e.g.: She's got a ferocious temper.

‧infinitesimal (adj.)

a.      extremely small

e.g.: Even in infinitesimal amounts, this poison can kill you.

‧complacency (n.)

a.      a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder

e.g.: We’re finally making a profit, but there is no reason for complacency.

‧butler (n.)

a.      the most important male servant in a house

‧desert (v.)

a.      to leave someone or something without help or in a difficult situation

b.      If you desert the armed forces, you leave without permission and with no intention of returning

 

10/22

‧lingering (adj.)

a.      to take longer than usual to leave or disappear

e.g.: We went to small cafes where we could linger over cappuccino.

‧quicken (v.)

a.      to become quicker, or to make something become quicker

e.g.: This is music that will make your pulse quicken.

b.      If a feeling or quality quickens, it becomes more active, or to make a feeling or quality do this

e.g.: War quickens our awareness.

‧confirmation (n.)

a.      a statement of proof that something is true

e.g.: We will be sending you confirmation of your registration.

b.      a formal Christian ceremony to accept someone as a member

c.       Confirmation is also a formal Jewish ceremony to show that a roung person has completed religious studies.

d.      a formal agreement to approve someone or something officially

‧faintly (adv.)

a.      with little strength; slightly

e.g.: The hospital room smelled faintly of disinfectant.

‧extemporize (v.)

a.      to speak or perform without any preparation or thought

e.g.:  I'd lost my notes and had to extemporize.

 

10/23

‧flow (v.)

a.      (esp. of liquids, gases, or electricity) to move in one direction, esp. continuously and easily

e.g.: Air flows over an aircraft’s wing faster than it flows under it.

b.      Something can be said to flow if it hangs down loosely and attractively

e.g.: Her long, red hair flowed down over shoulders.

‧conceal (v.)

a.      to prevent something from being seen or known about; to hide something

e.g.: He made no attempt to conceal his satisfaction.

‧alert (adj.)

a.      quick to see, understand, and act in a particular situation

e.g.: When you’re driving, you must stay alert.

‧subdued (adj.)

a.      (of color or light) not very bright, or (of sound) not very loud

e.g.: Most of the fans were subdued, quietly waiting for the race to start.

b.      A person who is subdued is unusually quiet

‧audible (adj.)

a.      loud enough to be heard

e.g.: Her voice was barely audible above the roar of the engines.

 

10/24

‧coherence (n.)

a.      a clear relationship between parts, esp. in a work of literature or art

e.g.: Is there a larger vision, a coherence behind any of this?

‧mount (v.)

a.      to get onto something

e.g.: The winners mounted the podium.

b.      to go up something

e.g.: Reaching the porch, he mounted the steps.

c.       to increase, rise, or get bigger

e.g.: Excitement mounted as the racers neared the finish.

‧cease (v.)

a.      to stop an action or condition

e.g.: It was hard to accept that one day he would simply cease to exist.

‧blankly (adv.)

a.      without expression

e.g.: She stared blankly out of the window.

‧gaiety (n.)

a.      happiness and excitement

e.g.:  She loved the gaiety of the holiday season.