Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Word Bank

1. alphabet ( noun ) 字母表,初步
The English alphabet has 26 letters.
英語共有二十六個字母。

2. ambulance ( noun ) 救護車
He was taken by ambulance to the nearest hospital.
他被用救護車送到就近的醫院。


3. childhood ( noun ) 兒時,童年
Her early childhood had been very happy.
她的童年生活的初期曾是很幸福的。

4. chubby (adj.) 圓胖的,豐滿的胸
The baby has a chubby face.
那嬰兒的臉蛋兒圓圓胖胖。

5.hammer ( noun ) 鐵鎚
The hammer is over there. 鐵鎚就在那裡

6.healthy ( adj. ) 健全的
Peter has a healthy attitude. 彼得態度良好

7.
heater ( noun ) 暖氣機
I bought a heater last winter.
我去年冬天買了部暖氣機


8. nail (noun/verb) 釘子; 將...釘牢
1. The nail has been pulled out.
那隻釘子拔出來了。
2. We had the lids nailed on the boxes.我們給箱子釘上蓋子。

9. narrow (adj./verb) n.狹的,狹窄的;限制;vt.縮小(範圍等)
The street is too narrow for a truck.這條街太窄,卡車無法行駛

10. scene ( noun )發生地點, 愛好
It's not my scene. 那不是我的愛好.

11. screen ( noun/verb ) 掩護,放映
This play [actor] screens well [badly]. 這個劇本[演員]適於[不適於]拍電影.

12. Wonderful (adj.) 極好的;精彩的
That’s a wonderful idea.
那可是個好主意。
We've been having wonderful weather recently.
近來天氣非常好。

13. Wound (vt.) 受傷;致傷
He was seriously wounded.
他嚴重受傷。
The wound will slowly heal itself over time.
那個傷口在經過一段時間後應該會慢慢癒合。

14. Writer ( n. ) 作者;作家;記者;撰稿人
Who is the writer of the famous novel?
誰是這本名小說的作者?
He is one of the President's speechwriters.
他是總統演講的撰稿人之一。

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Vocabulary-themed Websites

Name of the website: 5000 Collegiate Words with Brief Definitions
Website address: http://memo.cgu.edu.tw/min-chen/
Content: There are 5000 Words for GRE test, TOEFL prep, ESL& English Courses.
Strengthens: Lots of words. "I went from a 500 to a 750 thanks to your online list."
Florida student
Weakness: no any sentences here.
Five-star grading: ☆☆

Name of the website: Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes for GRE Preparation
Website address: https://www.msu.edu/~defores1/gre/vocab/gre_vocab.htm
Content: Improving Your Performance on the Verbal Sections of the
GRE, MCAT, GMAT, and LSAT
Strengthens: There are many useful words. And tell you how to use them. You can
learn so many words by yourself. It also has a part to show you easily confused
words and the GRE.
Weakness: I think the words here are not enough. Maybe we can use these words freqently.
But sometimes maybe we can't learn something new.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

About me

My name is David . My Chinese name is 吳帝頡
But my friends always call me "ball ball" in Chinese.
I am a student in CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY, Mechanical Engineering sophomore.
My student number is b9522013.
Very exciting to have my own blog. I hope that I can write something different here.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Grammar 2008 4.1

Name of the website: Mind your Grammar

Website address: http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/grammarcourse/grammarcontent.htm

Content:

by, over, under, past
Meaning ( to show....)
Preposition
Examples
someone or something move past without stopping
by
Flora also took Tim's hand as they passed by the woods.
someone or something moves across the surface from one side towards the other.
over
They drove back over the mountains .
something moves from one side to the other by passing below it.
under
The water passes under the ground.
move in a direction so as to pass by.
past
Victoria went past the house by mistake.

up, down, across, along
The prepositions of passage are usually related to vertical and horizontal axis.
1. up
-- moves higher in direction
-- E.g. He went up the stairs.
2. down
-- moves in a descending direction
-- E.g. She went down the hill.
3. across
-- moves from one side to the other
-- E.g. Tim went across the road.
4. along
-- moves towards one end of something
-- E.g. Cecilia went along the highway.


on, in, across, through
The prepositions of passage on and in, across and through, are used similarly.
For example,
on
-- static
-- setting : surface
in
-- static
-- setting : containing area, border
across
-- movement
-- setting : surface
through
-- movement
-- setting : containing area, border

Strengthens:This websites teach you that how to use grammar carefully and exactly. It lists
lots of sentence and verbs, even prep. Most verbs are easy to understand how to
use because there are lots of example to all the word.

Weakness: The words is not enough for me. I need to know something I haven't understand.
but the website's contents which I have learned for a long time.

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