05/22 Notes

‧Watch “A room with a view”

‧In past, women often be asked for three merits: artistic, literary, and intellectual.

‧Learn some useful phrase from “A room with a view”:

a.       There’s only one thing impossible. That is to love and to act.

b.      How vexing! 真令人煩惱阿

c.       How kind of (phrase) you to remind me! 

d.      Share a flat (美式: apartment) with another girl.

e.       Thank you for taking it so well. 謝謝你接受它

f.       What a nuisance. 真是個討厭鬼

g.      I met him at (確切地點) station.

h.      Good gracious. (不講OMG) 我的天啊

i.        Thank you Ma’am(=Madame 女性尊稱).

j.        I’ll write you. 我會寫信給你

k.      It invades to such a chap(那傢伙) .

‧Learn some words about movie:

a.       Setting (time or place)

b.      Character

c.       Hero(ine)

d.      Plot

‧In UK, a “tavern” is not a pub, it is a place to eat snack and drink.

 

Vocabulary

‧veritas [ˋvɛrɪ͵tæs]: Latin, truth.

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Words of a day

5/18

‧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.

‧tank (n.) [tæŋk]

a.       a container that holds liquid or gas

b.      a large military fighting vehicle designed to protect those inside it from attack, driven by wheels that turn inside moving metal belts

‧luncheon (n.) [`lʌntʃən]

a.       formal -lunch

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‧build (v.) [bɪld]

a.     to make something by putting bricks or other materials together

e.g.: They're building new houses by the river.

b.     to create and develop something over a long period of time

e.g.: We want to build a better future for our children.

‧fair (adj.) [fɛr]

a.     treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment

e.g.: Why should I have to do all the cleaning? It's not fair!

b.     If you hit someone fair and square on a particular part of their body, you hit that person hard, exactly on that part

e.g.: He hit me fair and square on the nose.

‧shaven (adj.) [`ʃevən]

a.     with the hair removed

e.g.: They all had shaven heads.

‧resent (v.) [rɪˈzent]

a.     to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like

e.g.: She bitterly resented her father's new wife.

‧saunter (v.) [`sɔntɚ]

a.     to walk in a slow and relaxed way, often in no particular direction

e.g.: He sauntered by, looking very pleased with himself.

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‧merit (n.) [ˋmɛrɪt]

a.     the quality of being good and deserving praise

e.g.: Her ideas have merit.

‧tiresome (adj.) [ˋtaɪrsəm]

a.     annoying and making you lose patience

e.g.: I find it very tiresome doing the same job day after day.

‧differ (v.) [ˋdɪfɚ]

a.     to be not like something or someone else, either physically or in another way

e.g.: The twins look alike, but they differ in temperament.

b.     to disagree

e.g.: I beg to differ with you on that point.

‧deplore (v.) [dɪˋplor]

a.     to say or think that something is very bad

e.g.: He said that he deplored all violence.

‧twitch (v.) [twɪtʃ]

a.  (to cause) to make a sudden small movement with a part of the body, usually without intending to

e.g.: He tried to suppress a smile but felt the corner of his mouth twitch.

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‧conquer (v.) [͵kɑŋkɚ]

a.       to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force

e.g.: The Spanish conquered the New World in the 16th century.

b.      to deal with or successfully fight against a problem or an unreasonable fear

e.g.: He has finally conquered his fear of spiders.

‧purify (adj.) [ˋpjʊrə͵faɪ]

a.       to remove bad substances from something to make it pure

e.g.: One of the functions of the kidneys is to purify the blood.

‧bluish (adj.) [ˋbluɪʃ]

a.       slightly blue

‧façade (n.) [fə`sɑd]

a.       the front of a building, especially a large or attractive building

b.      a false appearance that makes someone or something seem more pleasant or better than they really are

e.g.: He kept his hostility hidden behind a friendly façade.

‧decline (v.) [dɪˋklaɪn]

a.       to gradually become less, worse, or lower

e.g.: His interest in the project declined after his wife died.

5/22

‧concede (v.) [kənˋsid]

a.       to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true

e.g.: The government has conceded (that) the new tax policy has been a disaster.

‧clergyman (n.) [ˋklɝdʒɪmən]

a.       a man who is a member of the clergy

‧spotless (adj.) [ˋspɑtlɪs]

a.       extremely clean

b.      a very good and honest character, etc.

e.g.: She was young and pretty, with a spotless reputation.

‧censure (v.) [ˋsɛnʃɚ]

a.       strong criticism or disapproval

e.g.: His dishonest behaviour came under severe censure.

‧interval (n.) [ˋɪntɚvl]

a.  a period between two events or times, or the space between two points

e.g.: We see each other at regular intervals - usually about once a month.