Week 12 (5/13)－Joan70603的部落格

Notes

1. Lesson 8 : Tall Trees

Chapter 15 : Less Is More

Chapter 16 : Twenty-four Rooms in One

2.Murphy bed : called wall bed, pull down bed or fold-down bed is a bed that is hinged at one end to store vertically against the wall, or inside of a closet or cabinet.

3. Pefix , root and suffix

de- : down

e.g. decrease , deficit , deescalate

arch- : big, chief, ancient

e.g. archbishop , archeology , architect

bene- : good, well

e.g. benefit , benevolent , benediction

con- : together, with

e.g. construct , conjoined , confederation

part- : to devide

e.g. partition , parter , party

multi- : many

e.g. multinational , multilaterial , multiparty

con- : together, with

e.g. construct , conjoined , confederation

at- : to

e.g. attract , attrap , attest

uni- : one

e.g. united , uniform , unicorn

mid- : at the half of two things

e.g. middle , midterm , midnight

- ward : to one direction

e.g. toward , backward , westward

Vocabulary

1.displace /dɪspl'es/ (v.)

(1) to take the job or position of (someone or something)
(2) to force (people or animals) to leave the area where they live
(3) to remove (someone) from a job or position
The war has displaced thousands of people.
The hurricane displaced most of the town's residents.
The closing of the factory has displaced many workers.

2.domestic /dəm'ɛstɪk/ (adj.)

(1) of, relating to, or made in your own country
(2) relating to or involving someone's home or family
(3) relating to the work (such as cooking and cleaning) that is done in a person's home
The company hopes to attract both foreign and domestic investors.

3.layout /l'e,ɑʊt/ (n.)

(1) the design or arrangement of something

(2) the way something is laid out

The layout of the apartment was good, but the kitchen was too small.
She designed the page layout for the new magazine.

4.maintenance /m'entənəns/(n.)

(1) the act of maintaining

(2) the state of being maintained

(3) support

(4) something that maintains

(5) the upkeep of property or equipment

(6) an officious or unlawful intermedding in a legal suit by assisting either party with means to carry it on

The building has suffered from years of poor maintenance.
the costs of routine car maintenance
maintenance of law and order
money for the family's maintenance

5.movement /m'uvmənt/ (n.)

(1) the act or process of moving people or things from one place or position to another
(2) the act of moving from one place or position to another
(3) the act of moving your body or a part of your body
He developed an efficient system for movement of raw materials to the factory.
We wore loose clothes to allow for easier movement.
There's a movement afoot to rename the town.
They joined the antiwar movement.

6.partition /pɑrt'ɪʃən/ (n.)

(1) a wall or screen that separates one area from another
(2) the division of a country into separate political units
A thin partition separates the two rooms in the cabin.
Folding partitions separate the different banquet halls in the building.

7.prior /pr'ɑɪɚ/ (adj.)

(1) existing earlier in time
(2) more important than something else because it came first
Do you have a prior history of back problems?
I'm sorry, but we have a prior commitment and can't come tonight.
8.storage /st'ɔrədʒ/ (n.)
(1) space where you put things when they are not being used
(2) the state of being kept in a place when not being used
(3) the state of being stored somewhere
(4) the act of putting something that is not being used in a place where it is available, where it can be kept safely, etc.
(5) the act of storing something
Her new house is much smaller, so she had to rent additional storage.
We need to get our furniture out of storage.
the body's storage of fat
the storage of nuclear waste

9.practical /pr'æktəkəl/ (adj.)

(1) relating to what is real rather than to what is possible or imagined
(2) likely to succeed and reasonable to do or use
(3) appropriate or suited for actual use
We can speculate about the future, but on a more practical level, we have to admit that we simply don't know what will happen.
An engineer will address the design's practical problems.
She has a lot of practical experience in dealing with these kinds of problems.
He gave me some practical advice on finding a job.

10.float /fl'ot/ (v.)

(1) to rest on top of a liquid
(2) to be carried along by moving water or air
(3) to cause (something) to rest on top of a liquid
(4) to cause (something) to float
She was floating on her back.
dust floating through the air
They floated the logs down the river.
She floated gracefully across the stage.

11.impose /ɪmp'oz/ (v.)

(1) to cause (something, such as a tax, fine, rule, or punishment) to affect someone or something by using your authority
(2) to establish or create (something unwanted) in a forceful or harmful way
(3) to force someone to accept (something or yourself)
The judge imposed a life sentence.
I needed to break free from the limits imposed by my own fear of failure.

12.mount /m'ɑʊnt/ (v.)

(1) to go or climb up (something)
(2) to climb up onto (something)
(3) to increase in amount
(4) to seat yourself on a horse, bicycle, etc.
Their troubles have continued to mount.
The cowboy mounted his horse and then quickly dismounted.
13.ongoing /'ɑng,oɪŋ/ (adj.)
(1) continuing to exist, happen, or progress
(2) continuing without reaching an end
the ongoing events at the school
There is an ongoingebate over the issue.

14.radiance /r'ediəns/ (n.)

(1) a quality of brightness and happiness that can be seen on a person's face
(2) a warm, soft light that shines from something
She had a youthful radiance about her.
the radiance of the rising sun

15.replicate /r'ɛplək,et/ (v.)

(1) to repeat or copy (something) exactly

They are working on computer-generated speech that replicates the human voice.

16.shift /ʃ'ɪft/ (v.)

(1) to move or to cause (something or someone) to move to a different place, position, etc.
(2) to change or to cause (something) to change to a different opinion, belief, etc.
(3) to go or to cause (something) to go from one person or thing to another
I shifted the bag to my other shoulder.
Public opinion has shifted dramatically in recent months.
They tried to shift the blame onto us.
17.shortage /ʃ'ɔrtədʒ/ (n.)
(1) a state in which there is not enough of something that is needed ( chiefly Brit )
there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year

18.suspend /səsp'ɛnd/ (v.)

(1) to force (someone) to leave a job, position, or place for a usually short period of time as a form of punishment
(2) to stop (something) for a usually short period of time
(3) to make (something) happen later
(4) to delay (something)
He was suspend from the team for missing too many practices.
They have esuspened the peace talks.
Her license to practice law was suspended.

19.vast /v'æst/ (adj.)

(1) very great in size, amount, or extent

She has a vast amount of knowledge on this subject.

20.transformation /tr,ænsfɚm'eʃən/ (n.)

(1) a complete or major change in someone's or something's appearance, form, etc

The building underwent various transformations over the years.

21.hinge /h'ɪndʒ/ (v.)

(1) to attach (a door, gate, or cover) by hinges

the outcome of the game hinged on a single play

22.hallway /h'ɔlw,e/ (n.)

(1) an entrance hall

(2) corridor

Her office is at the end of the hallway.

23.briefcase /br'ifk,es/ (n.)

(1) a flat case that is used for carrying papers or books

He watched Kiki set the briefcase down and open it.

24.laundry /l'ɔndri/ (n.)

(1) clothes, towels, sheets, etc., that need to be washed or that have been washed
(2) a business or place where clothes, towels, sheets, etc., are washed and dried
There's a pile of dirty laundry in the laundry basket.
The patients' sheets are sent regularly to the hospital laundry.