2007年7月20日 星期五

活背字彙第六週投影片

哈佛活背字彙班 week six
白樺老師授課
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committee
commission

First class cabin
premium

economic cabin
coach



agriculture
agricultural

rural  urban

 urban area
 urbane gentleman
 human
 humane


interior design

laboratory
elaborate

transportation

hide and seek
trick or treat
ti-tac-toe
hangman
jus, jud
rightlaw
elect
election
electioneering
elective

elector
electorate



constituent
constituency
sign
mark
resign
announce



convention


manifesto

building platforms for
the next election


 nomination
 nominate
 nominator
 nominee
muckraking

mudslinging



abstention
abstain

landslide

 ideologue
 ideologist
 ideology

redistribute

payoff

manuscript


illegitimate

illegitimate

emancipation
emancipate

manipulate

sovereign
main, man
hand

maneuver

manufacture




Pass? Hell!
I’m not paid for that business;
the waiter’s paid for it.
You should use civility at table,
and, by God,
I’ll show you how!




forbid, forbade, forbidden
prohibit
ban, banned, banned

monomaniac
kleptomaniac
pyromaniac

hydrophobia
acrophobia
mono
1

venture
contract

revenue


 stock market
 stock exchange
 over-the-counter market
 local exchange

 broker
 dealer
 trader

speculator
investor

impair


injure
worsen
decrease
diminish

lessen
reduce
belittle
dwindle

preventive
preventative
protective
precautionary
They were two of a set of triplets (or quadruplets etc.)

 navels
 umbilical cords



cut its umbilical cord

 unit
 unique
 uniform
 unanimous

 biannual
 biennial
 bicentennial
 combine


 dilemma
 dual, duel
 duet, duo
 duplicate

 multicolored
 multilingual
 multiple
 multitude


slip
slit
slot
slip
slit
slot
slip
slit
slot
slip
slit
slot

slump
plummet
plunge
tumble

slump
plummet
plunge
tumble

light
loose
leisure
relax

bud
bun
bubble
bulb

mute
murmur
mourn
mummy

ven, vent
come

affluent

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