上課筆記：
reclusive
Hikikomori： being confined/adolescent or adults/pulling inward
retreat： get away from others
Utopia： a community or society possessing highly desirable or near perfect qualities
dystopia： book(1984)
字根字首：
1.destination： the place to which a person or thing travels or is sent
Ex： The goal was to create a destination at the end of an adventure, he says.
tradition： the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information
Ex： For countless families worldwide, cookies define holiday tradition.
explanation： the act or process of explaining
Ex： Grading a paper entails commentary and explanation, an answer key.
frustration： act of frustrating
Ex： In the absence of someone specific to blame, the frustration simply builds.
2. submerge： to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium
Ex： Pour evenly over bread and press with hands to submerge bread in liquid mixture.
subway： an underground electric railroad, usually in a large city
Ex： But usually in small matters such as a subway fare, he pays for two.
subtle： thin, tenuous, or rarefied
Ex： They orbit in a perpetual deep freeze until some subtle gravitational nudge upsets the delicate balance.
subdue： to conquer and bring into subjection
Ex： Fortunately, it is not intended to subdue humans, but to allow them to control their environments better.
3.impeccably： faultlessly
Ex： We all behaved impeccably and did extremely well at school.
impractical： not practical or useful
Ex： It's tempting to say that these ideas sound worthy but are otherwise impractical and unrealistic.
impolite： not polite or courteous
Ex： When he does turn it on, the excess hydrogen vents from a small pipe on the roof with the sound of an impolite burp.
immortal： not liable or subject to death
Ex： But to claim that it has anything to do with an immortal soul is pure fantasy.
4. circuit： an act or instance of going or moving around
Ex： Each row or column of the display has a single electrical circuit.
circular： having the form of a circle
Ex： Yet any sort of circular migration brings challenges of integration.
circumference： the outer boundary, especially of a circular area
Ex： This tree has a circumference of six feet .
circle： any circular or ringlike object, formation, or arrangement
Ex： It lets users build their own social networks for each circle of friends.
5. ordinary： plain or undistinguished
Ex： He weaves a special magic between an otherwise ordinary jacket using simple words to convey something profound.
organize： to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action
Ex： Think of creative ways to organize and arrange the materials, cut on angles, woven together or stacked.
origin： something from which anything arises or is derived
Ex： Searching for their origin should be given as much scientific rigor as researching other natural phenomenon.
orient： to direct or position toward a particular object
Ex： They were likely used first to orient buildings and later to navigate.
單字：
1. relative(n.)：a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage
Ex：Hayden and his family handled this storm of ambiguity with relative grace.
2. rare(adj.)：coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon
Ex：These flowers are very rare in this country.
3. accommodate(v.)：to have or make room for
Ex：The hotel can accommodate 500 tourists.
4. bend(v.)：to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form
Ex：He bent the iron bar as if it had been made of rubber.
5. cautious(adj.)：showing, using, or characterized by caution
Ex：The consequence is that his exploration of human woes will, henceforth, be guarded and cautious.
6. colleague(n.)：an associate
Ex：There is a patent for linking from one page to another that my colleague has.
7. intersection(n.)：a place where two or more roads meet, especially when at least one is a major highway
Ex：Cross the bridge and walk straight ahead to the intersection.
8. obligation(n.)：something by which a person is bound or obliged to do certain things, and which arises out of a sense of duty or results from custom, law
Ex：Rural areas still see life in terms of face-to-face personal relationships and personal obligation and responsibility.
9. partnership(n.)：the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest
Ex：One partnership ran for many years but does not now operate, because of a change in strategy by the foreign partner.
10. suburb(n.)：a district lying immediately outside a city or town, especially a smaller residential community
Ex：Ask students if they know the difference between a city and a suburb.
11. thrive(v.)：to prosper; be fortunate or successful
Ex：Ports and airports, farms and factories will thrive with trade and innovation and ideas.
12. widespread(adj.)：spread over or open, or occupying a wide space
Ex：However, because of their extensive use and long half-life, human exposure remains widespread.
13. lizard(n.)：any of various reptiles resembling a lizard, as a dinosaur or crocodile
Ex：Elsewhere they have gone to court for the blunt-nosed leopard lizard and the giant kangaroo rat.
14. adhesive(adj.)：sticking fast; sticky; clinging
Ex：There's also minimal adhesive sticking the motherboard to other components, making a full teardown relatively easy.
15. in /on behalf of：as a representative of or a proxy for
Ex：Our students are not wrong in the content of their protests on behalf of education.
16. bail(n.)：property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time
Ex：Remember if a product doesn't make money our government doesn't bail it out so it goes under.
17. asset(n.)：a single item of ownership having exchange value
Ex：In addition, returns on a portfolio of asset s are likely to be higher than on a single commodity.
18. kidnap(v.)：to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom
Ex：The bureau made kidnap for ransom a special priority, and continues to do so today.
19. jaywalk(n.)：to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light
Ex：When a bus stops, drivers should know that kids will jaywalk.
20. invoke(v.)：to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for
Ex：Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.
21. peculiar(adj.)：strange; queer; odd
Ex：The snakes, though, don't seem to be complaining about their peculiar glands.
22. pavement(n.)：a paved road, highway
Ex：For spurge growing in cracks in pavement, use a hand weeder.
23. overlap(v.)：to cover and extend beyond
Ex：Where their ranges overlap, the two species are best identified by voice.
24. outlet(n.)：an opening or passage by which anything is let out; vent; exit
Ex：Cover with pie-crust in which several incisions have been made that there may be an outlet for escape of steam and gases.
25.state(n.)：the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes
Ex：Inside are six spacious, state-of-the-art commercial kitchen facilities lined up side by side.
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