week3

大一共A week3

• 課堂筆記

man- hand  e.g. manicure

presentation

Acknowledgments

hook

earworms洗腦歌

Mark Twain

Literary Nightmare

huckleberry

stir up

A room with a view

a fact

dark in

be subjected to 臣服

sub- under

catchy = respective

We are student from department of……

idiom

thanks for listening

• 課後筆記

·         affectionately  adjective \ə-ˈfek-sh(ə-)nət\ : feeling or showing love and affection. <e.g. an affectionate child who gives hugs and kisses freely>

·         clamor noun \ˈkla-mər\ : a loud continuous noise (such as the noise made when many people are talking or shouting)

: a loud or strong demand for something by many people.

<e.g. A clamor outside woke them in the night.>

·         drudgery  noun \ˈdrəj-rē, ˈdrə-jə-rē\ : boring, difficult, or unpleasant work. < e.g. He hated the drudgery of his job.>

·         strain noun \ˈstrān\

a :  to make violent efforts :  strive <has to strain to reach the high notes>

b :  to pull against resistance <a dog straining at its leash>

c :  to contract the muscles forcefully in attempting to defecate —often used in the phrase strain at stool

<e.g. I strained my back trying to lift the couch.>

·         sway  noun \ˈswā\ : a slow movement back and forth

: a controlling force or influence

<e.g. He has come under the sway of terrorists.>

·         weed noun/ verb \ˈwēd\ : to remove weeds from (an area of land, such as a garden) <e.g. We need to weed the garden.>

·         windowsills noun \-ˌsil\ : a narrow shelf that is attached to the bottom of a window.

·         breeze  noun \ˈbrēz\ a :  a light gentle wind

b :  a wind of from 4 to 31 miles (6 to 50 kilometers) an hour

<e.g. Look who just breezed in!>

·         basement noun \ˈbās-mənt\ : the part of a building that is entirely or partly below the ground <e.g. we store our bicycles in the basement during the winter>

·         rooftop garden 空中花園

·         cubicle noun \ˈkyü-bi-kəl\ : a work space in a large office with a desk that is usually surrounded by low walls

: a small space in a public room (such as a bathroom) that has walls for privacy <e.g. data entry clerks busily typing in cubicles>

·         gobble up : use a supply of something quikly.

·         dose noun \ˈdōs\ : the amount of a medicine, drug, or vitamin that is taken at one time

: an amount of a substance

: an amount of something that a person experiences

<e.g. I've been taking the same dose for five years.>

·         gorgeous  adjective \ˈgȯr-jəs\ : very beautiful or attractive

: very enjoyable or pleasant

<e.g. Your baby is absolutely gorgeous!>

·         profound adjective \prə-ˈfau̇nd, prō-\ : having or showing great knowledge or understanding

: difficult to understand : requiring deep thought or wisdom

: very strongly felt

<e.g. His knowledge of history is profound.>

·         recount verb \ri-ˈkau̇nt\ :  to relate in detail :  narrate

<e.g. The election was very close and the loser demanded arecount.>

·         rough  adjective \ˈrəf\ : having a surface that is not even

: having or causing sudden, violent movements

: difficult or unpleasant to deal with

·         transplant  verb \ˌtran(t)s-ˈplant\ : to remove (a plant) from the ground or from a pot and move it to another place

medical : to perform a medical operation in which an organ or other part that has been removed from the body of one person is put it into the body of another person

: to move (a person or animal) to a new home

<e.g. She carefully transplanted the seedlings.>

·     uncomprehendingly  adjective \-pri-ˈhen-diŋ\ : not understanding what is happening, being referred to, etc. : showing a lack of understanding or knowledge <e.g. They were uncomprehending of what was going on.>

·     consideration  noun\kən-ˌsi-də-ˈrā-shən\ : careful thought : the act of thinking carefully about something you will make a decision about

: a desire to avoid doing something that will make another person sad, upset, angry, etc.

: something that you think about when you make a choice or decision

< e.g. You should give some serious consideration to your retirement plans.>

·     mulch noun \ˈməlch\ : a material (such as straw, leaves, or small pieces of wood) that is spread over the ground in a garden to protect the plants or help them grow and to stop weeds from growing. <e.g. She spread some mulch around the plants.>

·         cleome  is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae. Previously it had been placed in family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae genera to be more closely related to Brassicaceae than Capparaceae. The APG II system^[1]allows for Cleome and the other members of Cleomaceae to be included in Brassicaceae.

·         tortellini noun \ˌtȯr-tə-ˈlē-nē\ : pasta in the form of small, ring-shaped cases containing meat, cheese, etc.

·         parsley noun \ˈpär-slē\ : a plant with small green leaves that are used to season or decorate food

·         plane verb \ˈplān\ a :  to make smooth or even :  level

b :  to make smooth or even by use of a plane

<e.g. you can do these tracings on any plane surface.>