(1) 五段論證法:
what(who) is that ?
what is that for ?
why should we care ?
- 字首、字尾、字根
en- = put into、成為動詞 EX: encourage
pre(前)-: prefix,predict,preface
-ly (形容詞) EX: friendly, lovely, elderly, cowardly, deadly
-ant: attendant,accountant,contestant,participant
uni- = one
變型:un
EX: reunion , unit , uniform , universe , unanimous
contr-=oppose
EX:controversy, contradiction, contrary
one: monogamy (autogamy, autonomy)
two: bicycle (bigamy)
three: triangle (trigonometry)
four: quarter (tennis court, quatrain, quarterbook)
five: pentagon (iambic pentameter)
eight: octpus (August, octave)
eleven: november (innovation, rennovation, novel, novice)
CHAPTER 3
“Running Around the World” is about the role that running plays in three very different cultures: the
elite marathoners of Kenya, the Tarahumara of Mexico, and the monks of Hiei in Japan.
CHAPTER 4
In “Bigger Is Better, Except When It’s Not,” the writer explores the importance of body type to one’s
success in a particular sport.
vir-&ver-(=truth):
EX: virgil,virtual reality(虛擬實境),verification,verify
at+確切時間
EX: She had been studying English at the University of Western Ontario at the time
xerox copy 影本
photo copier 影印機
liquid paper 立可白
No man is an island,entire of itself.
Every man is a piece of contient,a part of the main.
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory as well as if manor thy friend of thine own were any man’s death diminishes me, because I’m involved in.
–John Dome
If they be two, they are two so
As stiff twin compasses are two;
Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if the' other do. –John Dome<A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning Analysis
CHAPTER 9
In “Reading Colors,” two women with synesthesia describe how their synesthesia affects their
experience of the world.
CHAPTER 10
In “Not Enough Points on the Chicken,” a neurologist tells the story of a dinner party where he
discovered that his host had a rare form of synesthesia involving touch and taste.
Ch.9
activate
act: do, act, drive
Ex. active, react, agent
default
de-: down, away, to do the opposite
ex. decrease, degenerate, devoid
endeavor
en: put into, make
ex. enamor, embolden, enslave
incorporate
in: not
ex. illegible, irresolute, inaction
Ch.10
Conflict
con=com: with, together
ex. conjoin, combine,compress
sympathetic
sym: together, at the same time
ex. synthesis, synchronous, syndicate
CHAPTER 11
In “Crows’ Brains and Geckos’ Feet,” the writer describes some interesting discoveries that have
been made about crows and geckos and how these discoveries can be used to benefit humans.
CHAPTER 12
“Creature Comforts” is about unusual service animals that assist people who are disabled.
Intersection
Inter-:cross
Interact,internal,interpret
*Interpret:
to explain the meaning of something
to decide that something has a particular meaning and to understand it in this way
to translate one language into another as you hear it
to perform a piece of music, a role in a play, etc. in a way that shows your feelings about its meaning
accommodate
ac-:in addition to
accompany,accomplish,accomplice
* accomplish: to succeed in doing or completing something
*accomplice :a person who helps another to commit a crime or to do something wrong
colleague
co-:together
cooperate,coworker
obligation
ob-:toward +lig捆+ation行為
disability
dis-:oppsite,negative
disapprove,dishonesty,disguise
-ability:the state of being able to do sth
Inability
miniature:
mini:very small; much smaller than usual
comfort
com-:with together
compact[ -pact紮緊],complement,combination
*compact:
smaller than is usual for things of the same kind
using or filling only a small amount of space
closely and firmly packed together
small and strong
quadriplegia
a person who is permanently unable to use their arms and legs
quadri:also quadru- =four times
Lyrics→源自希臘語λύρα 英文:lyre Apollo的琴
I forgot my lyrics. (忘歌詞)
I forgot my lines. (忘詞)
mistltoeing 榭生寄
hearts will be glowing 春心盪漾
host the party 舉辦派對
be exempt from排除在外
temperament氣質
omelet 歐姆蛋
power plant 電廠
hem pecker 妻管嚴
Engulf
En: put into, make
enamor, embolden, enslave
Foresight
Fore : before
forecast, fortune, foresee
Ch 14
Antique
Anti: =antico old
antique, antiquated, antiquity
Submerge
Sub: under, below
submarine, substandard, subnormal,
mistress 情婦 have an affair 外遇
You can't live forever. 及時行樂
UNIT THEME:
Cooking This unit focuses on cooking and its importance in human life.
CHAPTER 15 “A Blossom Lunch”
It describes one meal prepared by an American cookbook writer when she was living in Italy.
CHAPTER 16 “The First Home-Cooked Meal”
It is a review of a book that introduces a theory attributing one stage ofhuman evolution to the invention of cooking.
UNIT THEME: Family
This unit focuses on relationships among family members.
Connection: At least, they still have each other.
“Widows” is a poem that deals with the relationship between two sisters, one of whom has been recently widowed.
“Lost and Found” is an excerpt from the first chapter of a novel about amother and daughter and how their relationship is changed by their participation in a television reality show.
tanaza 詩的段落
Euphemism 委婉語(=good speak)
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