04/17 Notes

‧UNITE 6 THEME: This unit explores dietary trends that affect school lunches and attitudes toward eating meat.

‧Chapter 12 Reading Skill

Common fact signal words:

establish, point out, know, show, admit, reveal

Common opinion signal words:

say, believe, think, view, argue, may

 

Etymology

‧ex-: out, e.g.: exhort, exceed

‧pro-: forward, e.g.: promote, progress

‧sus-: under, e.g.: suspect, suspend

‧trans-: across, e.g.: through, transfer, transcript

‧con-: together, e.g.: continue

‧pre-: before, e.g.: pretext, predict

‧in-: not, e.g.: intact, incredible

‧ad-: to, forward, e.g.: adhere, adopt

 

Phrase

‧Under fire 火紅的議題

‧Thanks for listening, Thanks for your attention 謝謝你的聆聽

 

Myth

Psyche and Cupid

Butterfly represented mind and spirit.

 

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Words of a day

4/13

‧baptized (v.) [bæpˋtaɪz]

a.       to make someone officially a member of the Christian Church in a service of baptism

e.g.: Were you baptized a Catholic?

‧vexing (adj.) [ˋvɛksɪŋ]

a.       annoying, worrying, or causing problems

‧grenade (n.) [grɪˋned]

a.       a small bomb thrown by hand or shot from a gun

‧dissidents (n.) [ˋdɪsədənt]

a.       a person who publicly disagrees with and criticizes their government

‧calamity (n.) [kəˋlæmətɪ]

a.       a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering

e.g.: A series of calamities ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son.

4/14

‧philosophizing (v.) [fəˋlɑsə͵faɪz]

a.       to talk for a long time about subjects such as the meaning of life

e.g.: Students, she complained, had nothing better to do than spend whole days philosophizing about the nature of truth.

‧garage (n.) [ɡəˈræʒ]

a.       a building where a car is kept, built next to or as part of a house

e.g.: Did you put the car in the garage?

b.      a place where cars are repaired

e.g.: The car's still at the garage getting fixed.

c.       UK ( US gas station) a place where fuel is sold for cars and other vehicles

d.      UK a place where cars are sold

‧shed (n.) [ʃed]

a.       a small building usually used for storage or shelter

e.g.: The lawn mower is kept in the shed.

‧silhouette (n.) [ˌsɪluˈet]

a.       a dark shape seen against a light surface

e.g.: The silhouette of the bare tree on the hill was clear against the winter sky.

‧involuntarily (adj.) [ɪn`vɑlən͵tɛrəlɪ]

a.       not done by choice; done unwillingly, or without the decision or intention of the person involved

e.g.: A sharp tap on the knee usually causes an involuntary movement of the lower leg.

4/15

‧declarative (adj.) [dɪˈklarətɪv]

a.  of the nature of or making a declaration

e.g.: But to the best of my knowledge this is the first time we've heard this about Rice - certainly in so declarative and unambiguous a fashion.

 

‧painstaking (adj.) [ˈpeɪnzteɪkɪŋ]

a.       done with or employing great care and thoroughness

e.g.: The secret of good tiling is painstaking preparation and accurate cutting and fixing.

‧flush (v.) [flʌʃ]

a.  (of a person’s skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion

sentence: Her skin reacted to the small touches, goose bumps jittering across her flesh as her face flushed hot.

‧acquaintance (n.) [əˈkweɪnt(ə)ns]

a.       knowledge or experience of something

e.g.: Some had experience of Frankish Gaul and hence some acquaintance with Roman institutions and culture.

‧embed (v.) [ɪmˈbɛd]

a.       fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass

e.g.: He had an operation to remove a nail embedded in his chest.

4/16

‧declarative (adj.)[ dɪˈklarətɪv]

a.       of the nature of or making a declaration

‧painstaking (adj.) [ˈpeɪnzteɪkɪŋ] 

a.       extremely careful and correct, and using a lot of effort

e.g.: It took months of painstaking research to write the book.

‧flush (v.) [flʌʃ]

a.       When you flush, you become red in the face, especially as a result of strong emotions, heat, or alcohol

e.g.: She flushed with pleasure as she accepted the prize.

b.      If you flush a toilet, or if a toilet flushes, its contents empty and it fills with water again

e.g.: My children never flush the toilet after them.

‧acquaintance (n.) [əˈkweɪnt(ə)ns]

a.       a person that you have met but do not know well

b.      used in some expressions about knowing or meeting people

e.g.: It was at the Taylors' party that I first made his acquaintance (= first met him).

c.       knowledge of a subject

e.g.: Sadly, my acquaintance with Spanish literature is rather limited.

‧embed (v.) [ɪmˈbɛd]

a.       to fix something firmly into a substance

4/17

‧swiftly (adv.) [swɪft]

a.       happening or moving quickly or within a short time, especially in a smooth and easy way

‧incorporate (v.) [ɪnˈkɔpəreɪt]\

a.       to include something as part of something larger

e.g.: Suggestions from the survey have been incorporated into/in the final design.

‧provisional (adj.) [prəˈvɪʒ(ə)n(ə)l]

a.       for the present time but likely to change

e.g.: These dates are only provisional.

‧dice (v.) [daɪs]

a.       a small cube (= object with six equal square sides) with a different number of spots on each side, used in games involving chance

e.g.: We need two dice to play the game.

b.      any game involving chance in which dice are thrown

‧contentious (adj.) [kənˈtɛnʃəs]

a.        causing or likely to cause disagreement

e.g.: She has some rather contentious views on education.