English note week 15

上課筆記

安德森之夢：西洋流行歌曲英漢對照

A place in the sun 陽光普照的大地

multi: many
multitask, multicultural, multilateral

impair, im: not
imbalance, immemorial, immoral

aero: air, atmosphere
aeronautics, aerolith, aerosol

單字筆記

1.      Channel: a course into which something may be directed:

He hoped to direct the conversation to a new channel.

2.      Distorted: not truly or completely representing the facts or reality; misrepresented; false:

She has a distorted view of life.

3.      Distracted: having the attention diverted:

She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.

4.      Drawback: Commerce. an amount paid back from a charge made.

The only drawback is the restroom outside at the restaurant near the skiing facilities.

5.      Exception: the act of excepting or the fact of being excepted.

With one exception, these are people he admitted to hacking in 2006 by his guilty plea.

6.      Impair: to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage:

The disease impairs his health.

7.      Readily: promptly; quickly; easily:

The information is readily available.

8.      Recollection: the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.

She woke up and realized she had no recollection of the past several hours.

9.      Rural: living in the country:

The urban population is more than the rural population in some developed countries.

10.  Simultaneously: existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent:

There’re some simultaneous movements in this task.

11.  Switch: a turning, shifting, or changing:

There’s a switch of votes to another candidate.

12.  Aeronautics: the science or art of flight.

We also happen to have a wonderful commentator, Clive Irving, who is obsessed with aeronautics.

13.  Stockbroker: a broker, especially one employed by a member firm of a stock exchange, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for customers.

Nico is a stockbroker at Deutsche Bank, whose family run a ski shop in England.

14.  Audibly: capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.

If the crowd started to audibly sing one of his songs, he would lose track of the vocal and launch into screams of encouragement.

15.  Consistently: agreeing or accordant; compatible; not self-contradictory:

His views and actions are consistent.

16.  Inefficiency: an instance of inefficiency:

This work is riddled with inefficiencies.

17.  Operate: to work, perform, or function, as a machine does:

This engine does not operate properly.

18.  Perception: the result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; percept.

Politics is perception, especially at this stage of a campaign.

19.  Range: the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:

There’s a wide range of styles in clothes.

20.  Rotate: to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.

One possibility would be to “ rotate forces in and out of Iraq for a set of exercises,” she said.

21.  Favor: friendly or well-disposed regard; goodwill:

Their aim is to win the favor of the king.

22.  Basis: the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.

I have no time to defend petty thieves on the basis of ideology.

23.  Regular: usual; normal; customary:

He put something in its regular place.

24.  Term: any word or group of words considered as a member of a construction or utterance.

And there are perks to being a former senator, no matter how short the term.

25.  Risk: exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:

It's not worth the risk.