上課筆記 week11

abundant 
existing or available in large quantities

The country has an abundant supply of fossil fuels.

Rainfall is abundant in the region.

prominent 

important and well known

The order was given by a prominent member of the government.

She is likely to play a prominent part in the presidential campaign.

prominent in:  

Vincente's family was prominent in the wine trade.

Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). He was a spokesman for democracy and the rights of man with worldwide influence. At the beginning of the American Revolution, he served in the Continental Congress, representing Virginia and then served as a wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781). Just after the war ended, from mid-1784 Jefferson served as a diplomat, stationed in Paris. In May 1785, he became the United States Minister to France.

unquenchable 
so strong that it cannot be satisfied

specious

seeming to be true but in fact wrong

a specious argument

meteorology 
the scientific study of weather

mourn 

to feel extremely sad because someone has died, and to express this in public

We are mourning the loss of our close friend.

Many came to mourn their friend.

mourn for:  

He still mourns for his brother.

lament
to show publicly that you feel sad or disappointed about something

Some older people lament the loss of close local communities.

orator 

someone who makes speeches in public, especially someone who is good atdoing this

star watching 追星族
celebrity worship

scrap 

a small piece of something such as paper or cloth

scrap of:  

Messages were written on scraps of paper.

skyscraper

a very tall building containing offices or flats

stalker 

someone who develops an extremely strong interest in another person andfollows and watches them all the time in a threatening way

in a row

in a straight line

The children stood in a row against the wall.

huff 
to say something in a way that shows you feel annoyed or impatient

college debt 學貸