Melody Su 的部落格

Setting: time & place

Antihero: 定位“主角”區塊

Fahrenheit: a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), after whom the scale is name

1.Town

a cluster or aggregation of houses recognized as a distinct place with a place-name

1. 1.          Amateur

: a person who does something (such as a sport or hobby) for pleasure and not as a job

: a person who does something poorly : a person who is not skillful at a job or other activity

Midterm

Midterm

Midterm explanation

Cathedral

1. 1.      Lame (adj.)

: a lame animal cannot walk very well because its leg or foot is damaged
e.g. He is lame in one leg and walks with the help of a crutch.

Time is money, a phrase used by Benjamin Franklin in Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One, see opportunity cost.

1. 1.          Acquittal (n.)

: An official judgment in a court of law that someone is not guilty of the crime they were accused of.
e.g. Orestes’ acquittal in the third plays leaves her clams unsatisfied

Spring Break

Spring Break

Measles: is an infection of the respiratory system, immune system and skin caused by a virus, specifically a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus.

Chicken Pox:  a highly contagious disease caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV).

Corruption  (n.)

1. Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery

五段論證法:

ü   Introduction (thesis statement) + 3 supporting paragraph (topic sentences) + Conclusion

1.      Banish  (v.)

1. Send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment

-cracy: govern or manage, e.g. bureaucracy, theocracy, democracy

The(o)-: god, e.g. atheist, theist, atheism

A cappellaà Italian for in the manner of the church or in the manner of the chapel (small church)is agroup, or solo, singing without instrumental sound (*Halian: without instrument)

Cathedral is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop大教堂 (→ Ch-chair)

IMDb:  The Internet Movie Database (abbreviated IMDb) is an online database of information related to films, television programs, and video games, taking in actors, production crew, fictional characters, biographies, plot summaries, and trivia.

1.          Defy (v.)

: to refuse to obey or show respect for somebody in authority, a law, a rule, etc

Structuralism: Structuralism is a broad-based rational theory that focuses on signs and organization in various aspects of human culture. Structuralists focus on breaking down information into small elements for study. They are further interested in categorization and classification of these units of information.

Focus on text only

Oral presentation: 

1. 右手拿麥克風

That's my condolence 致上歉意

How to read: irony

1. 1.      Revere (v.)

: to have a lot of respect and admiration for someone or something

 e.g. Antigone speaks for religious values that the Athenians revered.

228 Memorial Day

1. 1.          Stillborn (adj.)
   : a stillborn baby is born dead; something that is stillborn ends before it ever has the chance to begin.

e.g. The women die in labor, children stillborn.  

Ori-: beginning, e.g. oriental, oriented, origin

※羅馬數字

1→I             44→XL+IV

5→V           2014→MMXIV

1.          Surplus (n.)