Ø Syllable
-cracy; -crat- govern
1.
Democracy
(n.) = people + govern 民主政體
→a system of government in which people vote in
elections to choose the people who will govern them
2.
monocracy
(n.) = one + govern 獨裁政治
3.
bureaucracy
→ a complicated and
annoying system of rules and processes
demo- people; show me something
1.
demo →music a piece of
recorded music that a new singer or group sends to a recording company
2.
democracy
3.
demonstration → an event that
proves a fact
→an occasion when a large group of
people protest about something
uni- one
1. union
→ belonging to or
connected with a union (單一；勞工關係下的工會)
※
We are on
strike.
2.
uniform
→ a set of clothes
that you wear to show that you are part of a particular organization or school
3.
unicorn
→ an imaginary
creature like a horse with a single long horn on its head
4.
unique
→ very special,
unusual, or good
→ not the same as
anything or anyone else
-clude –
close; shut
1. exclude →
to deliberately prevent someone or something from being
involved in an activity or from entering a place
ex:
out
For example: exclude someone from something: The committee
now has to decide whether to exclude him
from the competition.
2. include→to make someone or something part
of a group, set, or collection of things
in:
in; inside
For example: include
something in/on something: His work was recently included in an exhibition of young painters
Se- apart
from
1.
seclude
→ to keep someone apart from other people
2.
separate
→ not together, or
not joined to something else
For example: separate from:
Clients’ funds should be kept separate
from the firm’s own money
alter- rotate;
switch; change
alternative → something that
you can choose instead of something else
For example: alternative
current
選擇 : option / choice
-tive – a noun form
1.
representative
→ a politician who
is a member of the US House of Representatives
2.
preservative
→ the process of
working to protect something valuable so that it is not damaged or destroyed
For
example: preservation
of: an organization devoted to the
preservation of historic buildings
Serve- to keep; to save; to
protect
1.
preserve
→ to take care of a
place or building in order to prevent it from being harmed or destroyed.
→ keep something intact
2.
reserve
→ a supply of
something that a country or an organization can use when they need to
3.
deserve
→ if you deserve
something, it is right that you get it, for example because of the way you have
behaved
For
example: deserve
to do something: I work hard, and I think I deserve to be well paid.
4.
conserve
→ to prevent land,
water, or other natural resources from being damaged or destroyed
re- again
1.
reiterate → to repeat something in order to emphasize
it or make it very clear to people
2.
renaissance → new interest in
something that makes it popular again
the Renaissance the period in Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries
when there was increased interest in ancient Greece and Rome, which produced
new developments in art, literature, science, architecture .
ten-
to hold
tenacious → a tenacious
person is very determined and is not
willing to stop when they are trying to achieve something
→
tenacious ideas, beliefs, or habits continue for a long time
and are difficult to change
-ly is adjective
cowardly
lovely
deadly
friendly
deadly
Ø The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel.
The
story is the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land
of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by
a cyclone.
On
her way, Dorothy frees the Scarecrow, and meets the Cowardly Lion. The
Scarecrow wants a brain, the Tin Woodman wants a heart, and the Cowardly Lion
wants courage.
And start their journey.
Ø Utopia (烏托邦)
A utopia is a community
or society possessing highly desirable
or near perfect qualities. The word was coined by Sir Thomas More in Greek
for his 1516 book Utopia (in Latin), describing a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been
used to describe both intentional
communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and imagined societies
portrayed in fiction. It has spawned other concepts, most prominently
dystopia.
Ø 西斯廷教堂 : our
father who art in heaven
Ø Pietà
(Michelangelo)
The
Pietà is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the
same theme by the artist. The theme is of Northern origin, popular by that time
in France but not yet in Italy. Michelangelo's interpretation of the Pietà is
unprecedented in Italian sculpture. It is an important work as it balances the
Renaissance ideals of classical beauty with naturalism.
Ø United
States Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was unanimously approved on July 2. A committee of five had already drafted the formal declaration, to be ready when Congress voted on independence. The term "Declaration of Independence" is not used in the document itself.
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