English note week 4

上課筆記：

1. Redwoods: are among the largest, tallest, oldest and most gorgeous trees on earth.

Location of Redwood National and State Parks

Fog in the forest

2. General Sherman: the world's largest living tree currently

A view of the General Sherman, the largest single stem tree in the world

Spring break: is a vacational period in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the northern hemisphere. It is also called Mid-Term Break, study week.

單字筆記：

1.     assume: (v.) to think that something is true, although you have no proof of it

e.g. I assumed that he had gone for a stroll.

2.     diameter (n.) a straight line going from one side of a circle to the other side, passing through the center of the circle

e.g. Measure the diameter of this circle.

3.     ecosystem: (n.) all the animals and plants in a particular area, and the way in which they are related to each other and to their environment

e.g. The dependence ecosystem maintains the survival.

4.     emerge: (v.) to appear or come out from somewhere

e.g. The moon emerged from behind a cloud.

5.     frontier (n.) an area where people have never lived before, that not much is known about

e.g. Everything is quiet on the frontier.

6.     giant: (n.) a very tall, strong man in children's stories

e.g. Shakespeare is a literary giant.

7.     limb: an arm or leg

e.g. He stood up and stretched his limbs.

8.     manage to: to find ways to achieve some goal

e.g. We managed to arrive on time.

9.     penetrate: (v.) to enter something or pass through it

e.g. She had a wig on, but we soon penetrated her disguise.

10.    rot: (v.) to decay by a gradual natural process

e.g. The unrefrigerated food rotted.

11.    alert: (v.) to officially warn someone of something

e.g. She is alert to every sound and movement.

12.    bush: (n.) a low thick plant smaller than a tree and with a lot of thin branches

e.g. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

13.    cylinder: (n.) a shape, object, or container with circular ends and long straight sides

e.g. The cylinder is getting too much gas and not enough air.

14.    desperately: (adv.) very much, (adv.) in a desperate way

e.g. The man in the river desperately tried to reach the side.

15.     foliage: (n.) the leaves of a plant

e.g. Pollution has stripped the trees of their foliage.

16.    gap: (n.) a space between two objects or two parts of an object because of something that is missing

e.g. She had gaps in her teeth.

17.    grab: (v.) to take hold of someone or something with a sudden or violent movement

e.g. The thief grabbed the purse and ran away with it

18.    gravity: (n.) the force that causes something to fall to the ground

e.g. The stone rolled down the hill by gravity.

19.    layer: (n.) an amount of a substance that covers all of a surface

e.g. A fine layer of dust covers everything.

20.    lean: (v.) to move or bend your body in a particular direction

e.g. She leaned down to hear the child.

21.    leap: (v.) to jump high into the air or to jump in order to land in a different place

e.g. The fish leaped out of water and landed on the shore.

22.    shrug: (v.) a movement of your shoulders upwards and then downwards again

e.g. Don't just shrug your shoulders.

23.    swing: (v.) to move backwards and forwards hanging from a fixed point

e.g. The lamp swung in the breeze.

24.    tangle: (n.) a twisted mass of something such as hair or thread

e.g. Her thoughts were in a tangle.

25.    work (one’s) way: (ph.) do something by himself or herself

e.g. I have no choice but to work my way through college.