English Vocabulary and Etymology

12/17

week14

• dead poet society(film)

春風化雨

• O captain my captain(poem which is writen by Walt Whitman) abraham Lincoln extended metaphor poem.

O Captain! My Captain!

BY WALT WHITMAN

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,

The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;

                     But O heart! heart! heart!

                        O the bleeding drops of red,

                           Where on the deck my Captain lies,

                              Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;

Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,

For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding,

For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

                     Here Captain! dear father!

                        This arm beneath your head!

                           It is some dream that on the deck,

                                You’ve fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,

My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,

The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,

From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;

                     Exult O shores, and ring O bells!

                        But I with mournful tread,

                           Walk the deck my Captain lies,

                              Fallen cold and dead.

• Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

-James Madison

• petite(means “little” in French)美國的小號size衣服
• miss 小姐裝
• woman 歐巴桑裝

• has the jury reached a verdict?陪審團做出裁決了嗎?

THE COURT:I understand, gentlement, that the jury has brought in a verdict.

Is the jury here?  Have you brought the jury here?

THE MARSHAL:Your Honor, the jury hs reached a verdict.

MR. SCHULTZ: Your Honroe, before the jury is brought in, may I make a statement?  May I address the Court please?

THE COURT: You certainly may.

MR. SCHULTZ: Your Honor, considering what has gone on in this courtroom before, we would ask your Honor to have the court cleared of all spectators except the press.  I have the authority for it if your Honor requires it.

• The Imitation Game

**vocabulary

• do me/us a favour!得了吧!

something you say in answer to a stupid and impossible suggestion

for example:"Why don't you tell the police what happened?" "Oh, do me a favour!"

• treat on作弊
• presumption of innocence法律前人人無罪
• NATO phonetic alphabet

• enigma / puzzle

**preffix

• nihi,nihil--- no,without

nihilism(n): 虛無主義 For example: Nihilism argues about that life is without object meaning.

opposite:existance

• pro--- many,much,in favor of

proponent

opponent

protagonist(n): (SUPPORTER)

an important supporter of an idea or political system

for example:Key protagonists of the revolution were hunted down and executed.

antonyms:antagonist

• vir,ver--- true

virtue(n): good morals

for example:Patience is a virtue

idiom:by virtue of (because of)

for example:She succeeded by virtue of her tenacity rather than her talent.

idiom: make a virtue(out) of something

for example:to use a bad situation to your advantage

for example;I had a couple of months to spare between jobs so I thought I'd make a virtue of necessity by acquiring a few new skills.

• mono--- one

monotheism一神論,monotheistic,

monochromatic/monochrome(a):單色調

• homo---the same

heterosexuality,sexual orientation↔homosexual

homosexuality

• as---stands for stars

astrology

astrological

• sub--- under

subway,subprime次級的

subprime loan/subprime lending次級房貸

• dec--- ten

December

decade

**suffix

• ---er,or ending for “people”

conductor(n): a person who contral the whole program