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Week 15: notes_ children lterature

Week 15 What’s in your mind? 你在想甚麼 ? See~ 我就說吧 ! 采風 聽到各式故事 Ab-: 負面 Abnormal, aboriginal, abore Deutch Against the wall Pro t est (verb) P rotest (noun) Catholic Christian/ riot Martin Luther King 方言化聖經 (German) James I 現今版本 Protestant Sister Mother 耶穌會 男修會 She is my favorite. Gold 葉限 : 酉陽雜俎 Collective story: http://goo.gl/rGipj4 Citation Peculiar Something weird, odd, unusual, strange Rotation 輪替 Attend school/ meeting Attendant 空服員 13 More than a dozen_ unlucky Semiotic 符號學 (From Freud) Sign system Sign color Zeus Golden shower ...

Week 15: notes_ Christmas season (etymology)

Week 15 I was touched by the movie. The movie moved/ touched me. (not_ touch my heart 中式英文 ) Obama Speech And Hark The Herald Angels Sing Live Christmas In Washington (2010) http://goo.gl/q9YT5C Christian Our brothers’ keeper And our sisters’ keeper Troops Tougher Christmas season Charity, compassion, and good-will Serve God, serve others Hard time Tough season 假先知 False prophet Mary Joseph Heal and cure Faith, love and charity Brother’s keeper Day in and day out Bene- 好的 Idiomatic Expression Stable 馬槽 Redeeming gift of peace 救贖 Abc news http://abcnews.go.com/ Proceeds 盈餘 Two faithful travelers Love ...

Week 14: vocabulary (children literature)

1.       pantheon : the collective gods of a people;  also , a group of highly esteemed persons. Well into the fourteenth century the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Prince Gediminas, still put his faith in Perkunas, the god of thunder and forests, who ruled over the many other gods and goddesses in the Lithuanian pantheon. -- Yaffa Eliach, There Once Was a World 2.       surly : ill-humored; sullen and gruff. Maggie drank a little too much and got surly and made snide comments during the final toast. -- John L'Heureux, Having Everything 3.       fatidic : of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy. With a fatidic clarity that comes only occasionally and only to the young, she understood that . . . this too was a sign, an omen. -- Kathleen Cambor, In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden 4.       enjoin : to direct or impose with authority;  also , to forbid. No...