Ø The reader 為愛朗讀
It tells the story of Michael Berg, a
German lawyer who as a mid-teenager in 1958 had an affair with
an older woman, Hanna Schmitz, who then disappeared only to
resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming
from her actions as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp. Michael realizes
that Hanna is keeping a personal secret she believes is worse than her Nazi
past – a secret which, if revealed, could help her at the trial.
Ø Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go is a 2005 dystopian science fiction novel by Japanese-born
British author Kazuo Ishiguro. Time magazine named it the best novel of 2005 and included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. It
also received an ALA Alex Award in 2006. A film adaptation directed by Mark
Romanek was released in 2010; a Japanese television drama aired in 2016.
The novel's title comes from a song on a cassette tape called Songs After Dark, by fictional singer Judy
Bridgewater. Kathy bought the tape during a swap meet-type event at Hailsham,
which she often used to sing to and dance to the chorus: "Baby, never
let me go." On one occasion, while dancing and singing, she
notices Madame watching her and crying. Madame explains the encounter when they
meet during Kathy's time as a carer. The tape was then lost somehow and Tommy
bought her another copy while they were in Norfolk looking for Ruth's "possible".
Ø A Little Chaos
A 2014 British period
drama film directed by Alan Rickman. The story was conceived by Allison Deegan and she co-wrote the
screenplay along with Rickman and Jeremy Brock.
A romantic drama
following
Sabine (Kate Winslet), a talented landscape designer, who is building a garden at Versailles for King Louis XIV (Alan
Rickman). Sabine struggles with class barriers as she becomes romantically
entangled with the court's renowned landscape artist, André Le Nôtre (Matthias
Schoenaerts). Written by Focus World
Ø 3c = computer,
communication, consumer
People
worldwide have enjoyed improved living standards over the last four decades. At
the same time, demand for digital multimedia products has been growing rapidly,
with the focus shifting to 3C- (computing, communication,
and consumer) and IA- (information application)
related products.
Ø Yalta 代表回歸正途
Ø Coming of age
Coming of age is a young person's transition from
being a child to being an adult. The certain age at which this transition takes place
changes in society, as does the nature of the change. It can be a simple
legal convention or can be part of a ritual or spiritual event, as practiced by
many societies. In the past, and in some societies today, such a change is
associated with the age of
sexual maturity (early adolescence); in others, it is
associated with an age of religious responsibility. Particularly in western
societies, modern legal conventions which stipulate points in late adolescence
or early adulthood (most commonly 18-21
when adolescents are generally no longer considered minors and are granted the
full rights and responsibilities of an adult) are the focus of the transition.
Ø Vocabulary
l Affair: events
and activities relating to the government, politics, economy etc of a country,
region, or the world 事件; 誹聞
l Literacy:
the ability to read and write
Ø -dant = people
l Defendant: someone who has been accused of
a crime and is on trial 罪犯
l Attendant: someone whose job is to help
customers or people who visit a public place
l Protestant新教徒 (Protestant Christian catholic) : a member of a group
of Christian churches that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th
century
l protestant 抗議者
l
Spectator: someone
who watches a
public activity or event, especially a sports event
l
Spectacular: extremely
impressive
l
Speculation: ideas
or discussion about why something has happened or what might happen
沒有留言 :
張貼留言