CHAPTER 17 “How to Survive a Mountain Lion Attack” gives step-by-step instructions for surviving a confrontation with a mountain lion.
CHAPTER 18 In Life of Pi a young man in a life raft comes to terms with the fact that there is a live tiger in the boat with him.
1. encounter, face, confront
2. foe=(x)enemy, responsibility=(x)duty
3. attack→fend off→survive
4. frailty
fra-, something broken or in piece of
Ex: fragile
5. taxonomy 界門綱目科屬種
6. vertebrate and invertebrate
7. SOP: sequence of process
The term standard operating procedure, or SOP, is used in a variety of different contexts, including healthcare, aviation, engineering, education, industry, and military.
8. extinction
ex-, out of
Ex: extinguisher
9. I heard a Fly buzz
I heard a Fly buzz – when I died –
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air –
Between the Heaves of Storm –
The Eyes around – had wrung them dry –
And Breaths were gathering firm
For that last Onset – when the King
Be witnessed – in the Room –
I willed my Keepsakes – Signed away
What portions of me be
Assignable – and then it was
There interposed a Fly –
With Blue – uncertain stumbling Buzz –
Between the light – and me –
And then the Windows failed – and then
I could not see to see –
10. My Sisters's Keeper
is a 2009 drama directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, and Alec Baldwin. Based on Jodi Picoult's novel of the same name, My Sister's Keeper was released in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, and the United Kingdom on June 26, 2009.
11. The Old Testament
is the Christian term for the Hebrew Bible, a collection of religious writings by ancient Israelites that form the first section of the Christian Bible, to which were added a second collection of writings referred to as the New Testament.
12. Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed
To comprehened a nectar
Requires sorest need.
Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag tody
Can tell the definition,
So clear, of victory,
As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break, agonized and clear.
13. snarl: negative
sneeze, sniff, sneak
14. wholeness: nature
consciousness, awareness, sickness
15. despair: show an opposite
despite, desperate, desert
16. circumstance: around
circumscribe, circumcise, circumference
2014/5/23
1. decree: an official statement that something must happen:
The decree stopped short of a full declaration of independence.
2. decry: to criticize something as bad, without value or unnecessary:
She decried the appalling state of the British film industry.
3. deduct: to take away an amount or part from a total:
The player had points deducted (from his score) for arguing with the referee.
4. deduce: to reach an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the known facts:
We cannot deduce very much from these figures.
5. deem: to consider or judge something in a particular way:
The area has now been deemed safe.
2014/5/26
1. default: to fail to do something, such as pay a debt, that you legally have to do:
People who default on their mortgage repayments may have their home repossessed.
2. defame: to damage the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about them that are not true:
Mr. Chen claimed the editorial had defamed him.
3. deface: to damage and spoil the appearance of something by writing or drawing on it:
He was fined for defacing library books.
4. defer: to delay something until a later time:
My bank has agreed to defer the repayments on my loan while I'm still a student.
5. defile: to spoil something or someone so that they are less beautiful or pure:
It's a shame that such a beautiful area has been defiled by a rubbish dump.
2014/5/27
1. define: to say what the meaning of something, especially a word, is:
Before I answer your question, could you define your terms a little more (= explain what you mean by the words you have used)?
2. deflect: to (cause to) change direction, or to prevent something from being directed at you:
The ball deflected off my hockey stick, straight into the goal.
3. defraud: to take something illegally from a person, company, etc., or to prevent someone from having something that is legally theirs by deceiving them:
He was found guilty of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service.
4. defray: (especially of an organization) to pay the cost of something:
The company will defray all your expenses, including car hire.
5. defy: to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc.:
It is rare to see children were openly defying their teachers.
2014/5/28
1. deft: skillful, clever, or quick:
Her movements were deft and quick.
2. degenerate: to become worse in quality:
Educational standards are degenerating year by year because of a lack of funds.
3. deign: to do something unwillingly and in a way that shows that you think you are too important to do it:
If she deigns to reply to my letter, I'll be extremely surprised.
4. delegate: a person chosen or elected by a group to speak, vote, etc. for them, especially at a meeting:
Delegates have voted in favor of the motion.
5. delimit: to mark or describe the limits of something:
Police powers are delimited by law.
2014/5/29
1. delineate: to describe or mark the edge of something:
The main characters are clearly delineated in the first chapter.
2. delirious: unable to think or speak clearly because of fever or mental confusion:
She had a high temperature and was delirious.
3. delude: to make someone believe something that is not true:
He's deluding himself if he thinks he's going to be promoted this year.
4. deluge: a very large amount of rain or water:
This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.
5. delusion: belief in something that is not true:
He's under the delusion that he will be promoted this year.
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