06/05 Notes

‧Dragon Boat Festival

‧課本p.203 Green Box:

Periodical期刊, Recollection回憶錄, Reference附註

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Etymology

‧di-: divide to two parts, e.g.: diversity, divide

‧multi-: means more than one; many, e.g.: multifamily, multitask

‧dis-: lack of, not, e.g.: disable, disabuse, disaffect

‧com-: with, together, e.g.: commencement, command, commerce

‧pro-: forward, toward the front, e.g.: proceed, proclaim

‧un-: not, e.g.: unknown, unable, unacceptable

 

Phrase

‧It sounds very fishy. 這聽起來蠻可疑的

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Words of a day

6/1

‧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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‧dismal (adj.) [ˈdɪz.məl]

a.     sad and without hope

b.     very bad

e.g.: The acting was dismal, wasn't it?

‧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.

‧literally (adv.) [ˋlɪtərəlɪ]

a.     using the real or original meaning of a word or phrase

e.g.: They were responsible for literally millions of deaths.

b.     If you translate literally, you translate each word in a text separately, without looking at how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence

c.     used to emphasize what you are saying

e.g.: He missed that kick literally by miles.

d.     simply or just

‧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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‧chimney (n.) [ˋtʃɪmnɪ ]

a.     a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a building to escape to the air outside

e.g.: Factory chimneys belched dense white smoke into the sky.

‧dim (adj.) [dɪm]

a.     not giving or having much light

e.g.: The lamp gave out a dim light.

b.     something that you remember slightly, but not very well

e.g.: I had a dim recollection of having met her before.

c.     not very clever

e.g.: He's a nice guy, but a little dim.

‧ghastly (adj.) [ˋgæstlɪ]

a.     unpleasant and shocking

e.g.: Today's newspaper gives all the ghastly details of the murder.

b.     extremely bad

e.g.: What ghastly weather!

c.     If someone looks ghastly, they look very ill or very shocked, especially with a very pale face

e.g.: You look ghastly - are you okay?

‧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.

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‧decline (v.) [dɪˋklaɪn]

a.       to gradually become less, worse, or lower

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

‧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.

‧dock (n.) [dɑk]

a.     an area of water in a port that can be closed off and that is used for putting goods onto and taking them off ships or repairing ships

‧desolate (adj.) [`dɛslɪt]

a.     A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it

e.g.: The house stood in a bleak and desolate landscape.

b.  extremely sad and feeling alone

e.g.: She felt desolate when her best friend moved away.

‧ridge (n.) [rɪdʒ]

a.     a long, narrow raised part of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain

e.g.: We walked along the narrow mountain ridge.

b.  the part of a roof where the sloping sides join at the top

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‧ridge (n.) [rɪdʒ]

a.     a long, narrow raised part of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain

e.g.: We walked along the narrow mountain ridge.

b.  the part of a roof where the sloping sides join at the top

‧grotesque (adj.) [gro`tɛsk]

a.     strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way

e.g.: By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque.

‧chimney (n.) [ˋtʃɪmnɪ ]

a.     a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a building to escape to the air outside

e.g.: Factory chimneys belched dense white smoke into the sky.

‧dim (adj.) [dɪm]

a.     not giving or having much light

e.g.: The lamp gave out a dim light.

b.     something that you remember slightly, but not very well

e.g.: I had a dim recollection of having met her before.

c.     not very clever

e.g.: He's a nice guy, but a little dim.

‧ghastly (adj.) [ˋgæstlɪ]

a.     unpleasant and shocking

e.g.: Today's newspaper gives all the ghastly details of the murder.

b.     extremely bad

e.g.: What ghastly weather!

c.     If someone looks ghastly, they look very ill or very shocked, especially with a very pale face

e.g.: You look ghastly - are you okay?