epic
Pronounced: click here
Function: adjective
Meanings:
1 : telling a story about a hero or about exciting events or adventures
Examples:
<an epic poem>
<an epic film/novel>
2 [more epic; most epic] : very great or large and usually difficult or impressive
Examples:
<The football game was an epic battle between two great teams.>
<The bridge was an epic achievement.>
<The company is engaged in an epic struggle for survival.>
<an accomplishment of epic proportions>
<undertaking an epic journey>
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2008年1月6日 星期日
epic: Word of the Day
typo:Word of the Day
typo
Pronounced: click here
Function: noun [count]
Plural: typos
Status: informal
Meaning:
: a mistake (such as a misspelling) in typed or printed text
Example:
<I spotted three typos on the menu.>
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highlight:Word of the Day
highlight
Pronounced: click here
Function: verb [with object]
Inflected forms:
highlights; highlighted; highlighting
Meanings:
1 a : to make or try to make people notice or be aware of (someone or something) : to direct attention to (someone or something)
Examples:
<Unfortunately, the media insisted upon highlighting his troubled past.>
<The speech highlighted [=emphasized] the importance of improving education in rural communities.>
1 b : to be a very interesting, exciting, or important part of (something)
Example:
<Our trip was highlighted by a great jazz concert we attended.>
2 : to mark (something, such as text) with a bright color
Examples:
<The students highlighted important vocabulary words in their textbooks.>
<Important names and dates in each chapter are highlighted.>
<(computers) Use your mouse to highlight the text that you want to revise.>
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2008年1月4日 星期五
Wedge:Word of the Day 01/04/2008
wedge
Pronounced: click here
Function: noun [count]
Plural: wedges
Meanings:
1 : a piece of wood, metal, etc., with one pointed end and one thicker end that is used to split something, to fit into a space, to separate two things stuck together, etc.
Examples:
<He used a wedge to split the firewood.>
<A wedge held the door open.>
2 : something that is shaped like a triangle or wedge
Examples:
<wedges of cheese>
<a lemon wedge>
3 : a golf club that is used for hitting short, high shots
Idiom:
drive a wedge between
Meaning:
: to cause disagreement or anger between (people who had been friendly before)
Example:
<A fight over their parents’ estate drove a wedge between the brothers.>
2007年12月24日 星期一
"A Doll's House" by Ibsen, Henrik 相關資料
The Author Ibsen, Henrik from Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen
A Doll's House from Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Doll%27s_House
The Play Context from Project Gutenberg( under Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906)
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/i
2007年12月3日 星期一
How to Answer Essay Questions in a Mechanical Way
Though I did give poor answers on guided reading in the mid-term this semester, but I was glad to know what mistakes were made by me. The following steps of procedure was my suggestions for us to write a precise and organized answer(a naive effort to make a SOP for essay questions). I will use the part 1 of question number 7 on "The Chrysanthemums:How do you interpret Elisa’s asking for wine with dinner?" as an example.
1. Read the question clearly and define the main target of the question.
a.Try to understand what the question does want and focus on that correct topic.
-- We can see "wine" is the main point.
b.Focus on the topic of the question instead of the topic of the story.
-- So we have to answer the question around the wine, neither the chrysanthemums
nor the garden.
2. Write down the topic sentence for the answer.
a.Check again if you are using the correct topic according to the Step 1.
-- Again, it's not anything else but wine. Don't get confused. Other things might be
more important to the story but not to this question.
b.Compose a precise and right-to-the-point topic sentence.
--e.g. The Author uses wine as a symbol to reveal Elisa's feeling.
3. Use 4W1H questions on your topic, and filter out the improper questions. Answer these questions to support your topic sentence. Not every question has meaning for your specific question, and the order you answer the questions is arranged through your own judgment. I suggest you put the most direct answer at first.
a.When
--When did Elisa ask for wine at dinner? After what event happened?
b.Who
--To whom did Elisa ask for wine at dinner? How was Henry's reaction?(You may put
this question under "How".It's OK)
c.What
--What's the function of wine?
d.Why
--Why did Elisa want wine for dinner.
e.How
--
(We want a mechanical way,so isolate your questions as well as you can)
5.Choose answers of those questions you make. Compose and organize these answers into your supporting sentences for your topic sentence.
6.End your essay with a conclusion. Give your topic sentence a comment or emphasize again in other words.
Suggested Reading
"Writing Essay Exams" from Purdue University Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_essay.html
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