(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)

 see you off 為你送行

pri- (主要的) → prime,prior