英文字彙與字源Note week6

• TB: tuberculosis (肺結核) → a serious infectious disease affecting your lungs
• epidemics (流行病; 傳染病) → a situation in which a disease spreads very quickly and infects many people. For example: a flu epidemic

over- many; much

overcrowding → unpleasant conditions caused by too many people or things being in the same place

equal: A + B equals to C

equator (赤道) → an imaginary line that goes round the Earth and divides it into the northern and southern hemispheres

-eum; -ium: 框起來的範圍

l   有形的範圍:

1.          museum → a building where many valuable and important objects are kept so that people can go and see them

2.          aquarium → a glass or plastic container that fish and other water animals are kept in. (水族館)

(aquar- water)

3.          stadium → a large building, usually without a roof, where people watch sports events such as football matches or races

       For example: a baseball/football stadium

4.          Colosseum → 羅馬競技場

5.          auditorium (禮堂)

audi- to listen

1.          auditorium → a large room or building used for meetings, lectures, or public performances

2.          audience vs spectator

→ audience is a group of people who have come to a place to see or hear a film, performance, speech etc. Audience can be followed by a singular or plural verb

→ spectator someone who watches a public activity or event, especially a sports event.

l   無形的範圍:

1.          Millennium → a period of 1,000 years (M=1000)

2.          equilibrium → a situation in which there is a balance between different forces or aspects. (均衡; 平均)

de- down; away from

depreciate←→ appreciate

depreciate → to become less valuable than before

ad- to; toward (往前走一步)

advocate → to publicly support a particular policy or way of doing things

adore → to love someone very much

advantage → something that makes one person or thing more likely to succeed than others

instruc- to teach

instructor → someone whose job is to teach a skill or a sport

sendent- to sit

sendentary → involving much sitting

ten- to hold

tenet → a principle (主要的; 首要的)

tem- time

temporal → relating to time

contemporary → modern, or relating to the present time

                                contemporary art/music/literature/dance

                                contemporary urban society

temporary → existing, done, or used for only a limited period of time

delegate vs relegate

delegate → someone who is chosen to represent a group of other people at a meeting

relegate → to move someone or something to a less important position

Hershey chocolate

          

※     I am bored because you are boring.