Vocabulary
1 clod [klɑ:d] (n) 土塊、泥土
A clod of silt can easily be crumbled in the fingers.
I felt very discouraged , when he threw clod water on my idal.
These people can blow hot and clod to serve their purpose.
2 claustrophobic [ˌklɔ:strəˈfoʊbɪk] (adj) 幽閉恐懼症的 (phobi→ill)
They lived in an unhealthily claustrophobic atmosphere.
The churning, pressing crowds made her feel claustrophobic.
I told them I was claustrophobic, I gotta get outta here!
3 abduction [æb'dʌkʃn] (n) 綁架、拐騙、劫持
Detectives are questioning a woman about the child's abduction.
Armed robbery and abduction have been on the increase countrywide.
4 heifer[ˈhɛfɚ]
(n) 母牛
A heifer bellowed in her stall.
An American farmer named Dan West developed the idea for Heifer International.
The goddess delivered the heifer to Argus, to be strictly watched.
5 seduced [siˈdju:st] (v) 勾引、使....入迷
His doctrines have seduced many into error.
Always there were fresh dupes waiting to be seduced by him.
The promise of huge profits seduced him into parting with his money.
6 totalitarian [toʊˌtæləˈteriən]
(adj) 集權主義的
The principle of hierarchy does not equate to totalitarian terror.
The nation states of Eastern Europe finally sloughed off their totalitarian regimes.
In totalitarian societies, art exists for didactic purposes.
7 detection [dɪˈtɛkʃən]
(n) 偵查、察覺
The detection rate for racial crimes is appallingly low.
The plane is used for electronic jamming and radar detection.
The most important deterrent for most criminals is the likelihood of detection and arrest.
8 diminish [dɪˈmɪnɪʃ]
(v) 減少、縮小 (dim→dark)
We should try to diminish the cost of production.
He likes to diminish the skill of others.
As people approach old age, their energies may diminish.
9 stratum [ˈstreɪtəm]
(n) 階層
It was an enormous task that affected every stratum of society.
Such inequalities are found in every stratum.
Tramps are from the lowest stratum of society.
10 conquest [ˈkɑ:ŋkwest]
(n) 征服、戰勝
The chase is always much more exciting than the conquest anyway.
He was telling his tales of conquest in clubland.
The French empire had expanded largely through military conquest.
11 maternal [məˈtɜ:rnl]
(adj) 母親的、母系的
She had little maternal instinct.
I didn't have as strong a maternal instinct as some other mothers.
Her feelings towards him were almost maternal.
12 paternal [pəˈtɜ:rnl]
(adj) 父親的、父系的
He gave me a piece of paternal advice.
I was brought up by my paternal aunt.
Genetic abnormalities are more often associated with faults in paternal DNA than in maternal DNA.
13 interrelated [ˌɪntəriˈleitid] (adj) 互相關聯的
All things are interrelated.
Feminist ideas are interrelated with philosophical ideas.
All things are interrelated and interact on each other.
14 pragmatic [præɡˈmætɪk]
(adj) 務實的
They're pragmatic about the spending cuts.
We need to adopt a more pragmatic approach.
Our approach is essentially pragmatic.
15 amplitude [ˈæmplɪtu:d]
(n) 震幅、波幅
As we fall asleep the amplitude of brain waves slowly becomes greater.
The amplitude of the vibration determines the loudness of the sound.
The frequency and amplitude of vibration are monitored .
16 perceptual [pərˈseptʃuəl]
(adj) 知覺的、感性的
Some children have more finely trained perceptual skills than others.
Formal abstrction is based on images or perceptual things.
When multiple saturated colors are used together , chromostereopsis and other perceptual artifacts often occur.
17 dictation [dɪkˈteʃən]
(n) 聽寫、口述
She is transcribing, from his dictation, the diaries of Simon Forman.
We have a dictation every English class.
The teacher gave the pupils dictation.
18 pedagogical [ˌpɛdəˈɡɑdʒɪkl]
(adj) 教學的
I have no brow of such a pedagogical tone.
It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.
This restricted approach to the general problem of automated design has a number of pedagogical advantages.
19 allegorical [ˌælɪˈɡɔrɪkəl, -ˈɡɑr-]
(adj) 寓言的、諷刺的
Every Russian knows the allegorical novel The Master And Margarita.
The undraped human figure, sometimes allegorical.
20 slay [sle]
(v) 殘殺、屠殺
Will you slay a man because he is the victim of fear?
They will seize, they will slay me.
We need survivorship because corporation and gangdom collude and slay worker.
21 arrow [ˈæroʊ]
(n) 箭頭
An arrow pointed to the toilets.
He was armed with a bow and arrow .
The arrow pierced his shoulder.
22 archaic [ɑ:rˈkeɪɪk]
(adj) 古代的、過時的
Archaic practices such as these are usually put forward by people of limited outlook.
The company does some things in archaic ways, such as not using computers for bookkeeping.
In fact, the rules were as unrealistic as they were archaic.
23 collaboration [kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃn] (n) 合作
Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration.
There is substantial collaboration with neighbouring departments.
She wrote the book in collaboration with one of her students.
24 striking [ˈstraɪkɪŋ]
(adj) 引人注目的、顯著的
Blonde and slender, she was too striking to escape their attention.
This is an ambitious and intriguing movie, full of striking imagery.
A survey of 57 hospitals by Newchurch, a consultancy, reveals striking improvements.
25 coherent [koʊˈhɪrənt]
(adj) 一致的、連貫的
He appeared hardly capable of conducting a coherent conversation.
These two paragraphs are not coherent enough.
The state is not a unified and internally coherent entity.
文章的組成
main idea →
supporting ideas (example 1、example2、example3) →
brief conclusion / summary (原文的1/5)
Utopia & dystopia
Utopia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia
起源於 柏拉圖 理想國
ex movie【Pleasantville 歡樂谷 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrEAfkY9ods 】
dystopia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia
ex book【brave new world 美麗新世界】
movie【The Giver 記憶傳承人https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJNNugNe0Wo 】
【The Island 絕地再生 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIfVwTGAJBM 】
【the matrix 駭客任務 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5yepZ21pI 】
poem
John Donne ： http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Donne
'No Man is an Island'No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Olde English Version
No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe; every man
is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine;
if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe
is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as
well as if a Manor of thy friends or of thine
owne were; any mans death diminishes me,
because I am involved in Mankinde;
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.
MEDITATION XVII
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
John Donne
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海明威 引用此詩於 戰地鐘聲 For whom the bell tolls ：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls
The title of the book is taken from the metaphysical poet John Donne's series of meditations and prayers on health, pain, and sickness (written while Donne was convalescing from a nearly fatal illness) that were published in 1624 as Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, specifically Meditation XVII. Hemingway quotes part of the meditation (using Donne's original spelling) in the book's epigraph
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