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English Vocabulary and Etymology

11/19

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*vocabulary

• Offender(n):

a person who is guilty of a crime

for example:first-time offenders 初犯

sex offenders 

young offenders

• Prosecution
  

prosecution (n) (LEGAL)

2)the lawyers in a court case who represent the side that accuses someone of committing a crime

• Be germane to = be related to=be associated to=be connected with=relevant
  

germane(a): Ideas or information that is germane to a particular subjector situation is is connected with and important to it

for example:Her remarks could not have been more germane to the discussion.

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*prefix and suffix

• Man---hand  
  

Manipulate,manual,manual handling,

manually(adv): by hand

for example: Few of the machines are operated manually.

manual handling(n): the act of moving something using the physical strength of your body, rather than using a machine

for example:The Health and Safety Executive issues a guide to safe lifting and manual handling.

• 3D industry v.s blue-collar workers.藍領階級
  

1)dangerous

2)dirty3)difficult

Dirty, Dangerous and Demeaning (often Dirty, Dangerous and Demanding or Dirty, Dangerous and Difficult), also known as the 3Ds, is an American neologism derived from an Asian concept, and refers to certain kinds of labor often performed by unionized blue-collar workers.

typically, any task, regardless of industry, can qualify as a 3D job. These jobs can bring higher wages due to a shortage of willing qualified individuals and in many world regions are filled by migrant workers looking for higher wages.

As the name indicates, dirty, dangerous and demeaning work can impose severe physical and mental costs on workers. There is often a risk of early retirement due to injury, general joint depletion or mental fatigue. After witnessing the constant physical and mental injury to coworkers or even death, the stress can cause mental fatigue and post-traumatic stress disorder.