05/15 Notes

‧Test: A Room with a View Quiz

Song

‧The Beatles:  Her comes the sun

Lyrics: 

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun,
and I say, It's all right

Little darling
It's been a long, cold lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun,
and I say, It's all right

Little darling
The smiles returning to the faces
Little darling
It seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun,
and I say, It's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Little darling
I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling
It seems like years since it's been clear

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun,
and I say, It's all right

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
It's all right
It's all right

 

‧Procol Harum: a whiter shade of pale

Lyrics:

We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray

[Chorus]
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly, 
Turned a whiter shade of pale

She said, there is no reason
And the truth is plain to see.
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well've been closed

[Chorus]
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly, 
Turned a whiter shade of pale

She said, I'm home on shore leave, 
Though in truth we were at sea
So I took her by the looking glass
And forced her to agree
Saying, you must be the mermaid
Who took neptune for a ride.
But she smiled at me so sadly
That my anger straightway died

[Chorus]
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly, 
Turned a whiter shade of pale

If music be the food of love
Then laughter is it's queen
And likewise if behind is in front
Then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
Seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
And attacked the ocean bed

[Chorus]
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly, 
Turned a whiter shade of pale

Phrase

‧What went wrong? 怎麼了嗎?

Etymology

‧de-: down, away from, e.g.: decrease

‧bene-: 個, e.g.: benefit

‧trans-: across, e.g.: transformation, transcript

‧multi-: many, much, e.g.: multiple

‧tract-: a drawing or pulling, e.g.: traction, tractor

‧flex-: to bend, e.g.: flextime, flexible

‧-age: operation, fee, combination, e.g.: advantage, almagest

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Words of a day

 5/11

‧spade (n.) [ sped ]

a.       a tool used for digging especially soil or sand, with a long handle and a flat blade

e.g.: The kids took their buckets and spades to the beach.

b.      one of the four suits in playing cards, which has one or more black symbols like a pointed leaf with a short stem

c.       one of the four suits in playing cards, which has one or more black symbols like a pointed leaf with a short stem

e.g.: Don't you have any spades?

‧bleak (adj.) [blik ]

a.       If a place is bleak, it is empty, and not welcoming or attractive

e.g.: The house stands on a bleak, windswept hilltop.

b.      Bleak weather is cold and unpleasant.

c.       If a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future

e.g.: The economic outlook is bleak.

‧gigantic (adj.) [ˌdʒaɪˈɡæn.tɪk]

a.       extremely large

e.g.: The cost has been gigantic.

‧oculist (n.) [`ɑkjəlɪst]

a.       old-fashioned -a doctor who examines and treats people's eyes

‧dumping (n.) [ˈdʌm.pɪŋ]

a.       the act of getting rid of something that is not wanted

e.g.: They have promised to limit the dumping of sewage sludge in the sea.

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‧bewilderd (adj.) [bɪˋwɪldɚd]

a.       to confuse someone

‧tangible (adj.) [ˋtændʒəb!]

a.       real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced

e.g.: We need tangible evidence if we're going to take legal action.

‧slate (n.) [slet]

a.       a dark grey rock that can be easily divided into thin pieces, or a small, thin piece of this used to cover a roof

b.      a small computer with a screen that you can write on using a special pen

c.       in the past, a small, thin, rectangular piece of slate (= rock), usually in a wooden frame, used for writing on, especially by children

d.      the group of people who are chosen by a particular party to take part in an election

‧tempt (v.) [tɛmpt] 

a.       to make someone want to have or do something, especially something that is unnecessary or wrong

e.g.: The offer of free credit tempted her into buying a new car.

‧contiguous (adj.) [kənˈtɪɡjuəs]

a.     next to or touching another, usually similar, thing

e.g.: The two states are contiguous with/to each other, but the laws are quite different.

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‧distraction (n.) [dɪˋstrækʃən]

a.       things that distracts.

b.      relaxation; amusement

c.       confusion; frenzy madness

‧toddler (n.) [ˋtɑdlɚ]

a.       child who is just learning to walk.

‧attach (v.) [əˋtætʃ]                       

a.       fasten, affix, join

b.      be very fond of

c.       attribute or be attributable; assign

d.      accompany; form part of

e.       take part in; join

‧levity (n.) [ˋlɛvətɪ]

a.       lack of serious thought, frivolity

‧revelation (n.) [rɛvlˋeʃən]

a.       the supposed disclosure of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency.

b.      striking disclosure

c.       last book of New Testament

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‧plagiaristic (adj.) [ˈpleɪ.dʒər.aɪz]

a.       copied and passed off as your own

‧suppression (n.) [səˋprɛʃən]

a.       put an end to, esp. forcibly

b.      prevent from being seen, heard, or known

c.       partly or wholly eliminate

‧decency (n.) [ˋdisnsɪ]

a.  correct, honorable, or modest behavior

b.  proprieties; manners

‧preoccupy (v.) [priˋɑkjə͵paɪ]

a.  dominate of the mind of a person to the exclusion of all else

b.  otherwise engrossed; mentally distracted

‧riotous (adj.) [ˋraɪətəs]

a.  wild, exciting, and uncontrolled

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‧companion (n.) [kəmˋpænjən]

a.       a person you spend a lot of time with often because you are friends or because you are travelling together

e.g.: The dog has been her constant companion these past ten years.

b.      in the past, a young woman who was paid to care for and provide friendship for an old or ill woman, especially while she was travelling

‧clerical (adj.) [ˋklɛrɪk!]

a.       relating to work done in an office

b.      relating to a priest or priests

‧mosque (n.) [mɑsk]

a.       a building for Islamic religious activities and worship

‧pulse (n.) [pʌls]

a.       the regular beating of the heart, especially when it is felt at the wrist or side of the neck

e.g.: The child's pulse was strong/weak.

‧morality (n.) [məˋrælətɪ]

a.        a set of personal or social standards for good or bad behaviour and character

e.g.: They argued for a new morality based on self-sacrifice and honesty.

b.        the quality of being right, honest, or acceptable

e.g.: I have to question the morality of forcing poor people to pay for their medical treatment.