in turn, by turn, your turn

in turn, by turn, your turn

dran

pupil

pupil: 瞳孔, 學生

This little pupil has a pair of round and deep pupils.


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a pair of glasses

隱形眼鏡?

restrict, constrict, confine, bound

restrict: limit, restrain oneself from sth -> sb abstain from sth

constrict: limit, inhibit, -> confine sb to a certain region


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bound: (polymorphism)
0. (pt/pp)(past tense/past participle) of bind
1. (n) boundary, limit
2. (a) be bound to some place, be ready for sth
3. (v) jump, bounce, reflect back


bind, bound, boundary
region

catch on and march on

catch on: 理解; 找到工作; 學會做事; 投合人心
sth catches on : sth becomes popular or fashionable

"Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don’t"

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march on :




[ref]
http://www.nciku.com.tw/search/en/detail/catch+on/89300
http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=F011713787

Besides, Moreover, Furthermore

今早的空中英語教室提到了這幾個字有些許的不同:
besides: (adv) 何況 況且
moreover: 此外
furthermore == moreover

what's more == besides

"moreover" is a more general term than "besides",
"besides" should be used in certain confined context in more precise way than moreover.

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beside and besides
beside 只能當介系詞(preposition)

besides 可以當介系詞也可以當副詞(adverb)
(prep) : 除了... 之外
(adv): 何況 況且

Xmas Eve, New Year's Eve

Christmas
Xmas
??? X'mas

Christmas Eve
??? Christmas's Eve

New Year's Eve
Old Year's Night

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Date of observance

• observe
• observation
• observance

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" ... Xmas的X的起源並不是英文的X，而是希臘文的X。希臘文的「基督」為Xristos。

... 而mas是mass，也就是彌撒(天主教會的聖餐)的意思。

因此Xmas的意思就是「基督的彌撒」
"


[ref]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year's_Eve
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/water-blog/article?mid=-2&prev=12482&l=f&fid=70

The religious left and the left religious

The religious left: the leftists who are religious (who have religion)

The left religious: the religious who are leftists(who belong to the left politically)

The religious left == The left religious ???

Esther and Thomas

Esther 與Thomas 的 th 發音都是 /t/ 而非/θ/

theater/θi.t.r/ 在德文的發音也變成/t3 'at.r/

brazen

//==
braze
bronze

brazen
brazier

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blaze
blazer

//==
brave, blaze, and lazy --> brazen

elite, Pelosi, constituent 的重音

下午參加Eng. StudyGroup

elite, Pelosi, constituent的重音都在第二音節
constituent的發音有點像"康似 '提 取恩t"

但是
constitute, epoch, pious, Protestant /'pratist.nt/ 的重音都在第一音節

The pious hope of happiness supports me to live through
the sad loneliness or the lonely sadness which is now a constituent of my soul.


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Houston /hjust.n/
House /haus/

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sea change: dramatic change, 滄海桑田
how about "earth change", "sky change"???
earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust


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guide-cum-meditation
a kitchen-cum-dining room



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the religious left or the left religious???
the religious left == the religious leftists ?

"Ped" prefix or suffix

今天的空中英語教室學到的
ped, pod : related with foot

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pedestrian (n)(a)
pedal:踏板
pedlar:(v) 沿街叫賣 (n) 攤販
peddle (v)
pedometer: 計步器

tripod
centipede, millipede: 節肢動物


[href]
http://www.betterendings.org/homeschool/Words/Root%20Words.htm

Just my 2 cents

從老友的email 學來的片語, for showing politeness and humility
中文可譯為 "個人的一點淺見"

If you don't put your two cents in, how can you get change?
若不表達意見　如何能促進變革？

發表個人的一點淺見　== to put in my two pennies worth ==
to put in my tuppence worth== to put my two cents in


A Penny for Your Thoughts?


[ref]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_two_cents_(idiom)

今天在華視的空中英語教室Studio Classroom學到的片語

on the team, 介系詞用on 不是用in

team up with sb

team player

teamwork

celestial 的發音

下午參加Tapiei101 StudyGroup

討論 celestial 中 "tial" 的發音
聯想到 initial中 "tial" 的發音
個人的印象及感覺 s+tial 若發 /s-sch-l/ 十分抝口
應該轉音發 /s -tsch-l/
也就是此時 "tial" 的發音 變成像actual中的"tual"的發音


//=== 還有以下這些字的重音:
apotheosis : 第四音節 os

apolitical : 第三音節 li- [tic 的前一個音節]
politics:第一音節 po /pa/
politician: : 第三音節 ti- [cian 的前一個音節]
political: : 第二音節 li- [tic 的前一個音節]

apocalypse : 第二音節 poc
apocalyptic : 第四音節 lyp- [tic 的前一個音節]

analyst: 第一音節 an
analysis : 第二音節 nal
analytic : 第三音節 ly- [tic 的前一個音節]

bureau : 第一音節 bu
bureaucrat: 第一音節 bu
bureaucracy: 第二音節 reau /ra/
bureaucratic: 第三音節 cra- [tic 的前一個音節]

epoch : 第一音節 ep, /3p.k/ /i:p.k/
epochal :第一音節 /3p.k.l/


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天籟== celestial sound ?
天香國色== celestial beauty ?



//=== 還學到
alter
alteration
alter ego


grade school == elementary school != gradudate institue

胡適托風波的"胡適托" 指的是 Woodstock