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․書名要加底線

Eg:  The Great Gatsby  (大作品)

  “The Lady with The Dog” (小作品)

 

․A Room with a View. 窗外有藍天

 

1.      A room → metaphor

(1)   To stand for your heart

(2)   Room→ 比喻心的高度與寬度

 

2.      George(American→ freedom)

Lucy (British)

 

3.      Nature, beauty

 

․literature → creative, imaginative

 

․freedom v.s. liberty

 

․free will v.s. temptation (Eg: 伊甸園)

 

․high-seriousness in Victorian Era

v.s.

 the liberal-fulfillment in the new world

 

․PLOT

 

(＊no conflict, no story)

 

․Words:

(1.) Hypothesis (n.) 假說; 前提

Eg : People have proposed all sorts of hypotheses to explain why dinosaurs have become extinct.

 

(2.) Article (n.) 文章; 論文

Eg : He has written an article for the magazine.

 

(3.) Stir up 激起; 煽動

Eg : The singers and dancers stirred up a lot of excitement.

  

(4.) Alter (v.) 改變; 修改

Eg : Has she altered her mind?

  

(5.) Abolish (v.) 廢除, 廢止; 徹底破壞

Eg : Bad customs and laws ought to be abolished.

  

(6.) Institute (n.) 學會, 學社, 協會; 會館/ (專科性的)學校, 學院, 大學; 研究所

                    (v.) 創立; 設立; 制定/開始; 著手/授(牧師)以聖職[(+into/to)]

 Eg : Mary studies at the textile institute.

 

(7.) Tabloid (n.) (以轟動性報導為特點的)小報/文摘, 摘要

                     (a.) 扼要的; 摘要的, 縮略的/轟動性的; 庸俗的

Eg : He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.

  

(8.) Secure (a.) 安全的, 無危險的[(+from/against)]

Eg : Now my house is secure against burglary.

  

(9.) Restraint (n.) 抑制; 克制/控制; 阻止; 禁運/約束措施, 限制[(+for/on)]

Eg : The police exercised great restraint by not responding to the insulting remarks of the protesters.

  

(10.) Tempest(n.) 暴風雨, 暴風雪; 似風暴般的事物/騷動; 風波

                         (v.) 使遭暴風雨(或雪)/ 使騷動; 使激動

 Eg : The tempest drove the ship on the rocks.