English note week 7

Reference: Real Reading 4
Unit 5 The Time of Your Life

On turning ten, we feel illness, alone, and care about digit, which changes from one digit to two digit.

poem: we use stanza instead of paragraph, poetic paragraph

metaphorically speaking: I skin me knees, I bleed. (lines 32, page 81)

look back: memory, remember, recall

Green box: examples, authors give specific examples of places, people to help you recall the main idea.(page 86)

strenuous: need great energy and effort

單字筆記：

per means through

e.g.
1. perfect: completely + to do

1. He drew a perfect circle.

2. peracid: through+sour
     The relationship of silk with peracid is described in this book.

3. perambulate: to walk+through
    The selectmen are required to perambulate the bounds every five years.

4. percussion: through+strike

1. He plays percussion for the band.

com means together, with

e.g.
5. combine: together+two

1. The teams belong to a combine that scouts new players.

6. commemorate: together+memory

1. The festival commemorates the town's founding.

7. companion: together+breed
      Movie heroes are often companioned by wisecracking sidekicks

re means back, again, against
e.g.

8. rearm: again+arm

1. The treaty forbids the country to rearm.

9. reaction: back+to do

1. Their reaction to the news was positive.

10. rebel: against+war
Today's rebel chefs feel free to ignore the dictates of classic French cuisine

uni means one
e.g.

11. reunion: again+one

1. He dreamed of a reunion with his son.

12. uniform: one+shape

1. The museum is kept at a uniform temperature to protect the artifacts.

13. unify: one

1. The creation of the national railroad system unified the country.

hood stands for state of noun
e.g.
14. bachelorhood: bachelor+state
The two had shared Dean's bachelorhood for fifteen years until Dean.

15. brotherhood: brother+state
They're a brotherhood of retired war veterans.

16. childhood: child+state

1. There're some diseases that can occur in childhood

eer stands for state of noun
e.g.
17. fighter: fight+device for
A program was assigned at the community center for training local youths as fighters.

18. pioneer: peon+device for
The pioneers endured hardships while taming the wilderness.

co means together, with
e.g.
19. collocate: together+place

1. The word “college” collocates with “student.”

20. colloquial: together+speak
A colloquial essay makes a marriage successful

21. colloquy: together+speak
The professor attended a colloquy on economic globalization

anti means against, opposite
e.g.
22. antifreeze: against+freeze
Antifreeze will lower the freezing point of a liquid.

23. antibiotic: against+life
The doctor tells you to take this antibiotic and not that one, and you do.

24. anticipate: before+to take

1. The cost turned out to be higher than anticipated.

25. antidote: against+to give

1. There is no antidote to this poison.