Vocabulary
1 duty-free ['dju:tɪ fri:] (adj) 免稅的
On the ship there are video lounges, a bar and a small duty-free shop.
Whould you like to browse through our in-flight duty-free items?
Are there any duty-free shops in the waiting room?
2 fetch [fɛtʃ]
(v) 拿取、獲取
Fetch me a glass of water.
He sent his driver to fetch him a strawberry shake.
I had to fetch water from the well.
3 cab [kæb]
(n) 計程車
The cab pulled up and the driver jumped out.
The cab was decked out with multi-coloured lights.
He climbed down from the cab.
4 quarrel [ˈkwɔ:rəl]
(n)(v) 爭吵
They could quarrel quite legitimately with some of my choices.
It could have happened during a quarrel between them over Naomi.
It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.
5 reap [rip]
(v) 收割、獲得
We are not in this to reap immense financial rewards.
It is not easy to reap the harvest of my hard work.
It'serves you right. As a man sows, so does he reap.
6 abstain [æbˈsten, əb-]
(v) 戒除、抑制
Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain?
His doctor ordered him to abstain from beer and wine.
They say it would be political suicide for the party to abstain.
7 covenant [ˈkʌvənənt]
(n) 合同、協定
The money was given to us by deed of covenant.
The effect of the statute was to annul this covenant.
When God created man, he entered into a covenant with him.
8 rite [raɪt]
(n) 儀式、典禮
Alexander wore black for the rite.
This festival descends from a religious rite.
Nobody wants to remain a beginner . It is merely a rite of passage everyone must experience.
9 circumcision [ˌsɜ:rkəmˈsɪʒn]
(n) 割禮
For neither circumcision counts anything, nor uncircumcision , but a new creation.
Jews and Moslems practise circumcision for religious reasons.
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.
10 alternate [ˈɔ:ltərnət]
(adj) 輪流的、交替的 (v) 輪流、交替
The three acts will alternate as headliners throughout the tour.
His group was forced to turn back and take an alternate route.
Now you just alternate layers of that mixture and eggplant.
11 catastrophe [kəˈtæstrəfi] (n) 大災難
Early warnings of rising water levels prevented another major catastrophe.
I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.
This is a catastrophe beyond human control.
12 bush [bʊʃ]
(n) 灌木
They walked through the dense Mozambican bush for thirty six hours.
He raced ahead up into the bush, barking and snarling.
You have to prune a bush if you want fruit.
13 flaming [ˈflemɪŋ]
(adj) 燃燒的、熾熱的、激烈的
He has flaming red hair.
She has had a flaming row with her lover.
The plane, which was full of fuel, scattered flaming fragments over a large area.
14 staff [stæf]
(n) 員工
You will be remunerated and so will your staff.
The party has been taking on staff, including temporary organisers.
Free room and board are provided for all hotel staff.
15 robe [roʊb]
(n) 長袍
He helped her off with her robe.
She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were bare.
He brought forth a small gold amulet from beneath his robe.
16 censer [ˈsɛnsɚ] (n) 香爐
Quality incense is offered complimentarily with all of our censer sets.
Sunshine censer gives birth to violet smoke.
This is a delicate censer.
17 substance [ˈsʌbstəns]
(n) 物質、實質
It's questionable whether anything of substance has been achieved.
This substance has now been cloned by molecular biologists.
Do not use this substance in an enclosed space.
18 worship [ˈwɜ:rʃɪp]
(v) 崇拜、朝拜、禮拜
St Jude's church is a public place of worship.
Singer Brett Anderson inspires old-fashioned hero-worship.
They fell prostrate in worship.
19 inscribe [ɪnˈskraɪb]
(v) 雕、刻、題寫
This book I inscribe to my old comrades-in-arms.
Will you inscribe your name in the book?
To inscribe or enter in the margin of a page.
20 incite [ɪnˈsaɪt]
(v) 煽動
Just a few words will incite him into action.
One may even incite another to attempt to commit crime.
You incite them to outrage for bad purposes of your own.
21 uprising [ˈʌpˌraɪzɪŋ]
(n) 起義、暴動
The uprising was put down with the utmost ferocity.
The reactionary regime was thrown down by an armed uprising.
The uprising was brutally put down.
22 amongst [əˈmʌŋst]
(prep) 在...之中
He decided no assassin would chance a shot from amongst that crowd.
There had been a strike amongst British Airways ground staff.
The mare neighed once more, turned and disappeared amongst the trees.
23 rebuke [rɪˈbjuk]
(n)(v) 訓斥、責罵
He had to put up with a smart rebuke from the teacher.
He meekly accepted the rebuke.
Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.
24 adultery [əˈdʌltəri,-tri]
(n) 通姦
She is going to divorce him on the grounds of adultery.
He was accused of committing adultery .
Many people in public life have committed adultery.
25 flaunt [flɔnt]
(v) 炫耀、誇耀
Flaunt your age and you must not have much longer to live.
One secret he learned very early on was not to flaunt his success.
Why would you flaunt that on a public forum?
上課重點
1 grab
(1)抓住 When an opportunity comes, you just grab it.
(2)喝 grab a beer or two; grab something to drink.
(3)吃 grab dinner with me. 和我吃晚餐
grab something to eat; grab a bite. 找東西吃
(4)車 grab a taxi = grab a cab = fetch a cab 叫車
grab a bike
2 crow (n) 擬聲字 → 烏鴉叫聲
3 dutyfree 免稅
4 C.C (n)副本 → carbon copy
ex: Please c.c me.
5 I'm obliged to 被迫
6 blend 混合 → 用於物
mingle 混合 → 可用於人
7 experiment [ɪkˈspɛrəmənt]
8【pri】 principle
begining primer
primitive
報告重點
1. S + V 一致性 → 第三人稱單數當主詞，V + s
ex: It gives ..........
2. 注意介係詞: That's all for my part, and I will leave the rest to my partners.
3. 記得加S: lines 11~25
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