上課筆記:

Not too affirmative

Science: Animal, DNA, Government testing, Human psychology, space travel

Socialscience voting: President, famous person, weather article(category of topics), Internet

Narrative(Anecdote) 敘事文 Dislogue short story or Exerpt, long passage

短

Never too concrete or proven  400-800

100-200

May never must only resent best ridiculous(slightly) will

Suggestion or inference/ main idea

Definitely –> extreme words softened or hypothetical

解藥 anecdote is story

單字筆記：

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Ex：John strained his eyes by reading too much small print.

2. strait(n.)：a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water

Ex：It is dangerous to cross the straits in such weather.

3. stature(n.)：the height of a human or animal body

Ex：The giraffe's stature can be a disadvantage as well-it is difficult and dangerous for a giraffe to drink at a water hole.

4. feedback(n.)：a reaction or response to a particular process or activity

Ex：We're working to solve these problems, and your feedback will help us do so.

5. flesh(n.)：the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat

Ex：The fish is cooked when the skin slides easily off the flesh.

6. affair(n.)：a sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other

Ex：It's an open secret that he's having an affair with his secretary.

7. suspect(v.)：to doubt or mistrust

Ex：The cause of half the deaths is still unknown, but officials suspect red tide might have played a role.

8. rational(adj.)：agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible

Ex：The discussion is interesting, because today our superficial rational mind finds its limits and believes in the human ego alone.

9. prune(v.)：to cut or lop off

Ex：He pruned every branch that did not bear fruit.

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Ex：They made their way through a jungle woven with creepers and vines.

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13. radiate(v.)：to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center

Ex：Two orbiting white dwarfs radiate gravitational waves, as seen in an artist's conception.

14. ratify(v.)：to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction

Ex：Over ninety countries ratified an agreement to ban the use of these chemicals.

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Ex：It is urgent that the acute problem of air pollution in the city be solved.

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Ex：There is no marked change as far as the general contour is concerned.

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Ex：Science was his refuge, a place of order and stability that could not fail him.

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Ex：It is very arrogant to think that humans can alter the course of nature.

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Ex：Fishermen drag hundreds of feet of line in a nearly weightless environment, wrestling for leverage and toiling against the tides.

20. relinquish(v.)：to renounce or surrender

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Ex：His solemn expression accompanies a quiet wit and a sardonic sense of humor.

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Ex：The goal, of course, is to see where their eyes move and where they linger and then devise ways to get them to linger longer.