上課筆記:
Bread-The Best of Bread（1973）
if（lyrics）：
If a picture paints a thousand words,
Then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show the you I've come to know.
If a face could launch a thousand ships,
Then where am I to go?
There's no one home but you,
You're all that's left me too.
And when my love for life is running dry,
You come and pour yourself on me.
If a man could be two places at one time,
I'd be with you.
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way.
If the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die,
I'd spend the end with you.
And when the world was through,
Then one by one the stars would all go out,
Then you and I would simply fly away
Chrisotpher Marlowe 和莎士比亞同時期
作品：The Jew of Malta/ Edward the Second/ The Massacre at paris/ Doctor Faustus
Faust被魔鬼所誘惑（Goethe＇s Faust歌德浮士德）德國民間傳說
Mephistopheles；demon
第十三景出現：sweet helen make me immortal with a kiss（The Face That Launch，d A Thousand Ships）
-ium
ac-：acclaim（v./n.）/ acquire/ accept
Unit3：Parenting
Ill-mannered brat
man-：和手有關
單字筆記:
1.channel(n.): the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway
Ex: Expecting Eminem to channel his late-20s self was an impossibly ambitious demand.
2.distort(v.): to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed
Ex: Saying a word in a different tone can distort or utterly mangle a line.
3.drawback(n.): a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature
Ex: The only drawback is the restroom outside at the restaurant near the skiing facilities.
4.exception(n.): the act of excepting or the fact of being excepted
Ex: With one exception, these are people he admitted to hacking in 2006 by his guilty plea.
5.impair(n.): to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage
Ex: Formerly to impair the morals was a minor was a punishable offense.
6.recollection(n.): the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected
Ex: My recollection is that Governor Romney sent the National Guard in within 24 hours,” he says.
7.rural(adj.): of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic
Ex: But the majority of those, particularly from the rural areas, have been neglected in terms of schooling.
8.simultaneous(adj.): existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent:
Ex: With the simultaneous nomination, Obama is daring the GOP to act.
9.switch(n.): a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining
Ex: College radio is everywhere, so I could hear both Vampire Weekend and NPR at the flip of a switch.
10.audible(adj.): capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard
Ex: A film or a ride, for instance, which could include visual and audible sensations.
11.consist(v.): to be made up or composed (usually followed by of)
Ex: There are a series of images that pass through my head, and they consist always of people, not of militants.
12.operate(v.): to work, perform, or function, as a machine does
Ex: It is likely that the state will operate without a budget all year long.
13.perception(n.): the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding
Ex: Politics is perception, especially at this stage of a campaign.
14.range(n.): the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles
Ex: His ideological variability across a range of issues has caused many to label him the “swing justice.”
15.rotate(v.): to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve
Ex: It can move backwards or forwards on its own power, and the men operating it can rotate it this way or that.
16.absolutely(adv.): without exception; completely; wholly; entirely
Ex: Not only is it possible, it is absolutely essential that a nation hold on to its culture in a globalized economy.
17.retirement(n.): the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired
Ex: Armstrong's ex-wife, Kristin played a pivotal part in convincing him to stop before his big comeback out of retirement.
18.forbid(v.): to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place
Ex: The bill does forbid the use by officials of personal information from medical records, tax returns and a list of other documents.
19.fascinate(v.): to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall
Ex:
20. multitask(v.): Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
Ex: This is true of all technology: the more advanced it becomes, the more we are forced to multitask and adapt to choice overload.
21.attempt(n.): an effort made to accomplish something
Ex: Honest conservatives make no attempt to hide the real intent of voter ID laws.
22.process(n.): a systematic series of actions directed to some end
Ex: If we succeed, we will become different people in the process.
23.permanent(adj.): existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change
Ex: Federal oversight governing ride accidents is scant; there are no agencies that track accidents in permanent parks.
24.classify(v.): to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class
Ex: While some may classify that inactivity as laziness or indifference, Brown suggests the contrary.
25.summarize(v.): to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form
Ex: Part 2: I tried to summarize Edward Conard's argument in his new book, Unintended Consequences, in an earlier post.
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