week 18 字源

final exam

week 17 字源

com : with; together
ex：complement, companion

thanks for your compliment！謝謝你的讚美

tedious= boring

safety pin


consent= agree

-lift：higher
shoplift

discreet<=>indiscreet
cautious      reckless



Harriet Tubman：an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and, during the American Civil War, a Union spy. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.

sub-、sup-：under
ex：subway、superior

ad-：forward
ex：advance、adventure


checkmate：a game position in chess (and in other board games of the chaturanga family) in which a player's king is in check (threatened with capture) and there is no way to remove the threat. Checkmating the opponent wins the game.

(a step)move：(棋局)一步

week 16 字源

archy-：order
ex：hierarchy

stigma：a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.


Francis of Assisi：an Italian Roman Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history


Saint Peter：one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, leaders of the early Christian Church


Stephen Crane：an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism

contro-：opposite、against
ex：controversy

leave office 下台


ex-：out
ex：expire

law firm：法律事務所

obs-：negative
ex：obsequious、obstacle

offer=job
ex：i got an offer.

week 15 字源

utility：water and electric
utilize：use
ex：utilitarian

feeble：Having little intensity or strength; faint


pledge(v)：a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something

frag：broken
ex：fragmentary、frame、fragile
 Hamlet
"frailty thy name is woman"=>it refer to his mother
"to be or not to be that is the question"=>"be" means survive

scrip-：writing
ex： subscribe、prescription


rosary：Similar beads used by other religious groups.

im-：negative
ex：immaculate conception

ubi-：all around
ex：ubiquitous

atrophy
without

CP值：credit performance

week 14 字源

Dead Poets Society：a 1989 American drama film written by Tom Schulman, directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams. Set at the conservative and aristocratic Welton Academy in the Northeastern United States in 1959, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry.

O Captain! My Captain!：is an extended metaphor poem about the death of American president Abraham Lincoln.

nihil : empty; not                            
ex： annihilate, nihilism

omni -: all
ex：omniscient, omnipotent

mono-： one
ex：monogamy, monotheism

bi-： two
ex：bicycle, bigamy

tri-：three
ex： triangle, trigonometry

quar-：four
ex：quarter

penta- ：five                                    
ex： pentagon, pentagram

oct-： eight                                      
ex：octopus, October

October is the eighth month in Rome calendar.

computer illiterate：poor at computer

Cabinet：a council of high-ranking members of government

NATO phonetic alphabet：he most widely used radio telephonic spelling alphabet

week 13 字源

situation comedy：A humorous radio or television series featuring the reactions of a regular cast of                                  characters to unusual situations, such as misunderstandings or embarrassing                                          coincidences.
statesman vs politician

statesman：A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.

politician：a person actively engaged in politics, esp a full-time professional member of a deliberative assembly


march：The steady forward movement of a body of troops.


parade：an ordered, esp ceremonial, march, assembly, or procession, as of troops being reviewed


demonstration：The act or process of providing evidence for or showing the truth of something


A Farewell to Arms：a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I.

protester：To express a strong objection to (something)
Protestant：christian believe in Jesus
Catholics ：A member of a Catholic church, especially a Roman Catholic.

-er、-or、-ist、-ian、-ant：people's profession

juv-：you
juvenile court：A court having jurisdiction over matters involving children below a certain age, especially those who may be delinquent, in need of supervision, subject to adoption, or charged with committing a criminal offense, but are not be tried in adult criminal court.

rejuvenate：reborn

“Alone”

BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were—I have not seen
As others saw—I could not bring
My passions from a common spring—
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow—I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone—
And all I lov’d—I lov’d alone—
Then—in my childhood—in the dawn
Of a most stormy life—was drawn
From ev’ry depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still—
From the torrent, or the fountain—
From the red cliff of the mountain—
From the sun that ’round me roll’d
In its autumn tint of gold—
From the lightning in the sky
As it pass’d me flying by—
From the thunder, and the storm—
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view—

Edger Allan Poe：Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.

merry：happy
ex：merry-go-around



The Waste Land is a long poem by T. S. Eliot. It about journey of the Magi.

carol out：報佳音

week 12 字源

be commensurate+with

connotation<=> denotation
                           de-：down；away from

dia-：through
ex：diabolic (adj.) ：means very cruel; wicked; demonic
        diarrhea (n.) ：an illness in which you pass solid waste from your body too often and in a liquid                                   form
        dialect (n.) ：a way of speaking a language that is used only in a particular area or by a                                              particular group

let go of it = give up

repair<=>impair

inter-：amount
ex：integral、intercollegiate


existentialism：despite profound doctrinal differences, shared the belief that philosophical thinking begins with the human subject—not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, feeling, living human individual.


make a scene：to make a public display or disturbance

yen for someone or something=to long for someone or something.

SOP=Standard operating procedure

week 11 字源

Fraternities and sororities

fraternity：any group or class of persons having common purposes, interests,
sororities： social organizations at colleges and universities

大學部：under-graduate
研究所：graduate

mock(v)：imitate
mockery(n)
mockingbird



William Blake【TIGER, tiger】=>Praise God

 
superficially=slightly<=>thoroughly

ver-：word
ex：verbal

anima-：live
ex：animation

dia-：diameter

prologue<=> epilogue

miss：send
ex：mission、missionary

mortician=undertaker
Ice age----I am mortified

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

candi-：honest
ex：candidate

mal-：bad
malignant tumor 惡性腫瘤
malicious 惡意

week 10 字源

ATM：Automatic Teller Machine

Teller：A bank employee who receives and pays out money.

mock=laugh at, make fun of=>mockery(n)

bull's eye

voc-：to call

ex：provocative

Notre Dame de Paris,the finest examples of French Gothic architecture

grotesque--- a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature; a piece of work in this style. 

John Donne ： an English poet and a cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the

 preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons

No Man Is An Island  by John Donne 

bell：war

ex：rebellion 

dim：light turn dark

ex：diminish

hemo-、emo-：blood

ur-：urine

plot (+against) = conspiracy

                                   (pirate=陰謀)

offender=criminal

defend(er)：To attempt to disprove or invalidate (the claim made by a lawsuit or prosecution)

be german to = be relate to 

situate(v)=>situation(n)

3Ds： Dirty, Dangerous and Difficult

week 9 字源

midterm

week 8 字源

政權
ex：Ma administration, not Ma government

be tantamount to= just like

snob：One who despises, ignores, or is patronizing to those he or she considers inferior.
snobbish(adj.)


chaos=>lots of mess
chaotic

cir-：circle
ex：circumvent

-pathy：feeling
ex：sympathy、antipathy

syn-：together
ex：idiosyncrasy

week 7 字源

FBI：Federal Bureau of Investigation

federal government：pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states

hindering=delay=retard


for the strike：to quit working at their jobs until certain demands are met.

bureau-： Bureaucratic System
ex： bureaucratic(adj)

demo-：show
ex： democracy

main characters in  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz



Dorothy Gale is the fictional protagonist of the Oz novels by the American author L. Frank Baum. Her best friend is Oz's ruler Princess Ozma. she want to find the shoes can sent her home.


the Scarecrow：In his first appearance, revealing that he lacks a brain and desires above all else to have one.



Tin Woodman：known as either the Tin Man or (incorrectly) the Tin Woodsman.His desire for a heart notably contrasts with the Scarecrow's desire for brains, reflecting a common debate between the relative importance of the mind and the emotions.


Cowardly Lion：Since lions are supposed to be "The Kings of Beasts," the Cowardly Lion believes that his fear makes him inadequate.He wants to be brave. He does not understand that courage means acting in the face of fear, which he does frequently.

n_m：name
ex：pseudonym
        (fake)
        nominee、astronomy(the man who name the stars)

auto-：self
ex：autonomy

re-：again
ex：reiterate=restate

rotate：To proceed in sequence; take turns or alternate
政黨輪替
rotation(party)=party alternate= switch (=change) (on/off)


-serve：save
ex：reserve、deserve、conservative、preserve

di-：apart
ex：divorce


p.p. use as adj.
threat(n)  =>  threaten
straight          straighten
forbid            forbidden

forbidden city


forbidden fruit


liberty： The condition of being free from confinement, servitude, or forced labor.
freedom：The condition of not being in prison or captivity

The Lord's Prayer

This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,[a]
    but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’

jury：A body of persons selected to decide a verdict in a legal case, based upon the evidence                          presented, after being given instructions on the applicable law.


defendant：a person against whom an action or claim is brought in a court of law.


client：A customer or patron:

attorney：A person who is legally qualified and licensed to represent a person in a legal matter, such                 as a transaction or lawsuit.

week 6 字源

con=clone

epidemic：a temporary prevalence of a disease.

anti-:against, opposite of, antiparticle of

ex：antibacterial (destructive to or inhibiting the growth of bacteria.)

               = bacteria 

over-：many、much

overcrowding

candid-：sincere

ex：candidate

advocate

ad：to 

voc：to call

delegate：represent=>delegate (componant or group)

relegate：to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition

ten= to hold

ex：tentative、tenant(hold the right to live in the house)

tem-：time

ex：temporary、contemporary

auto-：self

ex：autonomy

astro-：star

ex：astronomy

para-：平行並列

ex：paradise、paragraph

pri-：首要

ex：principle、primary

primitive：beginning

pre：major

ex：president

nominate<=>nominee

employ<=> employee 

week 5 字源

pec-：peck
ex：impeccable 、henpecked( one browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by his wife, girlfriend)


Rip Van Winkle
       (meaning of Dutch noble)

go dutch：for each person in a pair or a group to pay for himself or herself.

pro-：in favor of
ex： proponent、protagonist

predisposed：likely
pre-：before
dis-：unlike

-prehen-：take hold of; grab

re-：again
ex：reprehensible

com-：together
ex：comprehensive university 綜合大學

spect-：to  look
ex：inspcetor、perspect、spectator、speculate

week4 字源

equi-：equal
voc-、vok-：to tell
ex：equivocate


for-：before
ex：fortuitous、forward

tri-：three
ex：triplet(s)

pec-：without doubt
ex：impeccable

audi-：to listen
ex：audience

flaw-：mistake or fault in something that make it useless or less effective
ex：flawless

pre-：before
ex：preview、predisposed

pro-：1. many、much：proceed
           2. in favor of ：propensity
pro-：proponent<=>op-：opponent
                                  ob-：obstacle

re-：again
ex：replay、review

spect-：to look
specter、inspector、suspect

circum-：circulate
ex：circumstance、circumvent

elderly is a adjective

taken a fertility drug：a drug given to a woman to improve her fertility

fell to the floor

in the first place：at first

RIP：rest in peace
Rip van winkle is a story same as Urashima Taro

week3 字源

-strange：dispersed
ex：estrange：to make unsympathetic or unfriendly；alienate


drive away：force to go away
yield：To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender
ex：Please yield your seat.

PTA is the abbreviation of
P：parents
T：teacher
A：association

-itis：inflection
ex：bronchitis

de-：down or away from
ex：derail：To run or cause to run off the rails.
        deodorize：To rid of unpleasant odor.

vitality：exuberant physical strength or mental vigor
fatality：death

trailor-made：Made by a tailor.

syn-、sym-：with；together
ex：sympathy、synchronize(To cause to occur or operate with exact coincidence in time or rate)


SARS
S：severe
A：acute
R：respiratory
S：syndrome

euph-：nice
eulogy：High praise or commendation.

di-：two
ex：divorce

gene-、gen-：birth; beginning
ex：generation、genetic

Babel  is not only relate to the story in the Babel, but also a meaning of confused
ex：babel problem 


Five phrases from Greek mythology




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