2010.10.16 在快樂英語協會學到以及聯想的幾個單字

//=== [Emily]
bungalow -> 半閣樓 -> 平房

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biped : bi -ped

tripod: tri-pod

• ipod: from Walkman to ipod

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strap: a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train for passengers to hold onto it.

• strap -> MRT/Train/Bus
• strap -> strip
• grip -> grasp
  
• Grip the strap when you stand on/in a bus.

//=== [Linda]
tooth bracket == tooth brace == 牙套
(not "tooth mask")

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spot == speckle == 斑點
pimple == acne == zit == 青春痘 / 毛囊炎/ 皮脂炎?
nevus== mole == 痣
(照字典上的說法 nevus 是天生的? mole 則常含有毛囊 會發出毛髮來?)

皮脂腺痣(Nevus Sebaceous):
皮脂腺(sebaceous gland)構成的一種 錯構瘤(Hamartoma)/器官樣痣(organoid nevus)

ransom, Ransome

ransom
(n) 贖金
(v) 付贖金以贖回人質; 要脅贖金

The pirates hold the hostage to ransom(v)/to demand a ransom(n) of 1 million dollars.
The hostages' family pay money to ransom the kidnapped persons.


ransom的意義是贖金 讓我聯想到電影/電視劇中兄弟的跑路費
ran -> run
som -> some money
跑路需要的"所費" 常常來自贖金
The gangster threaten the victim to pay some money as his "ransom".


G 一下
"... Ransom. 片長：121分 由梅爾吉勃遜主演，朗霍華執導的精彩動作片，根據1956年的同名電影所改編 ..."


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Ransome 人名
handsome 英俊的

It is hard to keep yourself handsome if you are demanded a ransom for your kids.

翹課與槍手

今天的新聞報導了大學生翹課 怕點名
於是上網徵求工讀生當槍手
代替點名 抄筆記  甚至代考 ...

網路上還有 "今天我應否翹課" 的試算程式  http://www.skipclasscalculator.com/
來幫助學生們決定是否要翹課

G一下 "skip class"  會出現以下的關鍵句 :
"Should I Skip Class Today" Calculator
How to Skip Class - wikiHow
How to Skip Classes in College
How to skip class without getting caught?
Learn when it's Ok to skip class ...



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翹課: to skip class
缺課: to be absent from class

那 leap class 是甚麼?

比翹課更嚴重一點的 就是逃學了(整天都沒去學校上課)  -- to play hooky
to play hooky 也可以當翹班 == 曠職 ?