CHAPTER 5 “The Biggest Trees on Earth” gives biological information about the redwood forests along the Pacific coast. (848 words)
CHAPTER 6 In “Up a Tree” a new girl in a California town makes her first friend when they climb a tree together.
1. A cappella: (the manner of the church" or "in the manner of the chapel")music is specifically group, or solo, singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way
2. Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church Cathedral is the cathedral of the diocese of Oxford, which consists of the counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. It is also, uniquely, the chapel of Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford.
3. a-: without, amateur, amoral, atheist
4. a mature man lives humbly for a one
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one
5. -cracy, govern, manage: democracy, bureaucracy, theocracy
demo- negative: demon(devil), demonstration(tell people what you want)
de-, down,away from: demand
6. -the, god: atheist
7. pro-,in favor of: promotion
8. the Economist ''Taiwan students''
Taiwan’s president, is no doubt relieved. After three weeks occupying the debating chamber of the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan’s parliament, student protesters agreed on April 7th to end their sit-in within three days.
9. legislature: make the law
executive: enforce the law
judiciary: interpret the law
James Madison ''The Federalist'': checks and balances
The Federalist No. 51
The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments.
10. trade-in-services
11. protester: someone who shows that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc.
Protestant, Catholic, Christian
bloody Mary, Elizabeth I
WASP: White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) is an informal term, sometimes derogatory or disparaging, for a closed group of high-status Americans of English Protestant ancestry. The term applies to a group believed to control disproportionate social and financial power.The term WASP does not describe every Protestant of English background, but rather a small restricted group whose family wealth and elite connections allow them a degree of privilege held by few others.
WASP ''Stuart Little''
Stuart Little is a 1999 American family comedy film directed by Rob Minkoff. It is loosely based on the novel Stuart Little by E. B. White. It combines live-action and computer animation.
12. Congress: the Senate House of Representative
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
13. hold outdoor classes
14. Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel and produced by David O. Selznick, of Selznick International Pictures. Set in the 19th-century American South, the film tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara, played by Vivien Leigh, and her romantic pursuit of Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) who is married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton (Olivia de Havilland), and her marriage to Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, the story is told from the perspective of white Southerners.15. e-, out of: evict, evacuate, enormous, emerge
a-, expect: await
16. square kilometers
cubic
-meter, measurement: thermometer, hydrometer, barometer
17. dia-, through: diameter
18. Hadrian's Wall
2014/3/21
1. confine: to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way:
Let's confine our discussion to the matter in question, please!
2. confirm: to make an arrangement or meeting certain, often by phone or writing:
Six people have confirmed that they will be attending and ten haven't replied yet.
3. confiscate: to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment and often for a limited period, after which it is returned to the owner:
Miss Edwards has confiscated my phone!
4. conform: to behave according to the usual standards of behavior that are expected by a group or society:
At our school, you were required to conform, and there was no place for originality.
5. confound: to confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation:
An elderly man from Hull has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead.
2014/3/24
1. confront: to face, meet, or deal with a difficult situation or person:
As she left the court, she was confronted by angry crowds who tried to block her way.
2. congeal: to change from a liquid or soft state to a thick or solid state:
The blood had congealed in thick black clots.
3. conjecture: a guess about something based on how it seems and not on proof:
There's been a lot of conjecture in the papers recently about the marriage.
4. conjugate: If a verb conjugates, it has different forms that show different tenses, the number of people it refers to, etc., and if you conjugate a verb, you list its different forms:
The verb 'to be' conjugates irregularly.
5. conjure: to make something appear by magic, or as if by magic:
In an instant, the magician had conjured (up) a dove from his hat.
2014/ 3/25
1. connive: to plan secretly and dishonestly for something to happen that will be to your advantage:
Civil servants and ministers were accused of conniving with the company in the supply of arms to Sierra Lone.
2. conquer: to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force:
The Spanish conquered the New World in the 16th century.
3. conscience: the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done or things you feel responsible for:
You didn't do anything wrong - you should have a clear conscience (= not feel guilty).
4. conscious: to notice that a particular thing or person exists or is present:
The tooth doesn't exactly hurt, but I'm conscious of it (= I can feel it) all the time.
5. conscript: to force someone by law to serve in one of the armed forces:
He was conscripted into the army at the age of 18.
2014/ 3/26
1. consecrate: to officially make something holy and able to be used for religious ceremonies:
The new cathedral was completed and consecrated in 2002.
2. consecutive: describes events, numbers, etc. that follow one after another without an interruption:
This is the fifth consecutive weekend that I've spent working, and I'm a bit fed up with it.
3. consensus: a generally accepted opinion or decision among a group of people:
The general consensus in the office is that he's useless at his job.
4. consent: permission or agreement:
They can't publish your name without your consent.
5. consign: to send something to someone:
The goods have been consigned to you by air.
2014/3/27
1. console: to make someone who is sad or disappointed feel better by giving them comfort or sympathy:
He tried to console her, but she kept saying it was all her own fault.
2. consolidate: to become, or cause something to become, stronger, and more certain:
The success of their major product consolidated the firm's position in the market.
3. consort: to spend a lot of time in the company of a particular group of people, especially people whose character is not approved of:
They claimed he had been consorting with drug dealers.
4. conspiracy: the activity of secretly planning with other people to do something bad or illegal:
The three men are accused of conspiracy.
5. consternation: a feeling of worry, shock, or confusion:
The prospect of so much work filled him with consternation.
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