Freshman Zit Girl LT 102 Vocabulary 1 a

Freshman Zit Girl LT 102 Vocabulary

• (1) a college freshman • 大學生各年級的說法： • freshman 大一生 sophomore 大二生 junior 大三生 senior 大四生 • (2) Q: What is a person who wants to achieve perfection at everything called? • A perfectionist. • perfectly (adv. ) • The plan worked perfectly. • perfectly= in a perfect way 完美地

• He had a perfectly carefree childhood in the countryside. • perfectly= completely 完全地 • The only way to perfect your English is to practice it. • perfect (v. ) 使完美; 做完 • ___ ‘___ (v. ); ‘___ (adj. ) 注意重音

• Practice makes perfect. • 【諺】熟能生巧。 • (4) a way of life that is totally alien to us • be alien to sb = be strange to… (性質不同的) • alien cultures = foreign cultures (外國的) • (6) Dictation: • Because of the tsunami, the whole village was in ruins.

• When he was a college freshman, he often skipped school to study insects. • (8) to skip school/class • Ben is very good at skipping; he skips every day. • skip (v. ) 輕快地跳；跳繩

• (10) He made a fortune during the war. • make a fortune 致富; 賺大錢 • Do you believe what a fortune-teller says? • Do you believe in fortune telling? • a fortune-teller 算命師； fortune telling 算命 • (11) 我哥哥現在高三(十二年級) ，所以他明年夏天要 畢業了。 • My brother is in twelfth grade/ in grade 12/ a twelfth grader now, so he will graduate next summer.

• (11) to get good/high/excellent grades 分數 • grade/elementary/primary school 國小 • We can upgrade you to business class. • upgrade (v. ) 使升級 • (16) I hope that my dream will come true. = I hope that my dream will be realized. • to realize one’s dream 實現

• (17) Dictation: • Joe has few friends because he always finds fault with others. • find fault (with sb. /sth. ) 挑剔 ；找錯 • (19) Dictation: • A memorial was built in memory of those who lost their lives in the war. • in memory of sb 紀念某人

• if (sb’s) memory serves sb. right 如果記憶無 誤 • memorize (v. ) • 如果我沒記錯的話，我小學的時候，媽媽要 (make)我每天背十個生字， 這就是我現在英 文字彙很多的原因。 • If memory serves me right, when I was a grade school student, my mother made me memorize ten new words every day. That’s why I have a large English vocabulary now.

• (20) He lives a carefree life. = He lives a life which is free from care. • The lake is free of pollution. • be free of/from sth 無. . . 的 • (4) • Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

• • • (2) let out a + N let out a yell/shout let out a scream/cry He let out a cry of disbelief. let out a sigh 嘆口氣