Note on Week 14

Vocabulary
portfolio  文件夾；投資組合
awkward  笨拙的，不靈巧的
smirk  嘻嘻笑
immature  不成熟的；粗糙的
stab  刺(偏暴力性的名詞)

de - down, away from
       avoid doing sth
deter  使延遲

reveal  顯現
psychopath  精神病患者
irrevocably  不能取消地，不能撤回地
       ↓
    voice
jalopy→Decrepit car  敞篷車
depreciation  跌價；貶值
convertible  可轉換的；有摺蓬的；有活動摺蓬的汽車
pound  碰碰地跳
horn  角；觸鬚；號角
shaggy  有粗毛的；頭髮蓬亂的
Usher  接待員
Usherette  女性接待員
folly  愚笨；蠢事
suspend  懸掛
collar  領子
dandy  紈褲子弟
peculiarly  古怪地

Extra
Willa Cather
擅長描寫女性及美國早期移民的拓荒開墾生活
重要的美國鄉土作者之一
《My Antonia》: "We come and go, but the land will always be here. Those people who love and understand it."
《One of Ours》→女性主義的書→獲得普立茲獎

Note on Week 13

Vocabulary

exclude  把...排除在外；逐出
seclude  使隔離，使孤立，使隱居
include   包含；算入

se-apart from
separate  分隔；分散；區別
segregate  分離；在...實行種族隔離；被隔離的

Eucharist  聖餐；聖體
Commencement speech - a speech given to graduating students, generally at a university
charlice - a goblet or footed cup intended to hold a drink. In general religious terms
chivalry  騎士精神

Note on Week 12

"Where are you going, Where have you been?"
is a frequently anthologized short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story first appeared in the Fall 1966 edition of Epoch Magazine. It was inspired by three Tucson, Arizona murders committed by Charles Schmid, which were profiled in Life magazine in an article written by Don Moser on March 4, 1966. Oates said that she dedicated the story to Bob Dylan because she had been inspired to write it after listening to his song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."

-Vocabulary
iconic  畫像的；肖像的
porn grapher  情色小說家→多指責D. H. Lawrence
professor emeritus  退休教授
asthma  過敏氣喘
confidante  知心密友
in vain  徒勞地
bosom 乳房；胸襟
elope  私奔；逃走
find fault with  找碴
discreet  謹慎的，考慮周到的；樸素的

ann-
anniversary  周年紀念
annual fee  年費
annuity   年金

grinding sense  捉襟見肘

Note on Week 11

-Vocabulary
feast  盛宴，宴席
Oedipus Complex  伊底帕斯情節
enlightenment  啟蒙；教化；開明
forbid  禁止；不准

enlightenment forbidden fruit→基督教神話裡提起的禁果
temptation  誘惑，引誘
censorship  審查制度，檢查制度；審查員的職務
shire  郡(英國行政區)[原]祖先埋骨聚集之所
sexual orientation 性傾向
canonical  標準的，權威的；根據教育法的
obituary  訃告；死亡的

man-
manual  手工的；手作的
manufactory  製造廠，工廠
manipulate  操作，運用

pneumonia  肺炎