English Vocabulary and Etymology(Week16)
Prefix, root, suffix
cap-:head
madcap:very foolish or silly
example:That last is Berowne, the merry madcap.
uncap:reversed, opposite of
example:He uncapped the hat.
capital:of or pertaining to the head
example:Homicide that occurs during the course of an attempted kidnapping is a capital
crime in some states.
e-: out
evacuate:to remove someone from a dangerous place
example:The village was evacuated because of the flood.
evaporate:to change from a liquid into a gas
example: Let the liquid start to evaporate.
establish:to begin or create
example: She established a reputation as a hard worker.
evacuate:to remove someone from a dangerous place
example:The village was evacuated because of the flood.
evaporate:to change from a liquid into a gas
example: Let the liquid start to evaporate.
establish:to begin or create
example: She established a reputation as a hard worker.
mal-:bad, badly, ill, poorly, wrong, wrongly
malicious:showing ill will, spiteful, wicked
example:No one likes a malicious telltale.
malapert:impudent
example:He is a malapert person.
malevolent:ill-disposed, spiteful, envious
example:Her stare was malevolent.
de-:down, away from
decrease:to become smaller in size, amount, number, etc.
example: These changes will decrease our expenses.
depreciate:to cause something to have a lower price or value
example: These changes have greatly depreciated the value of the house.
deactivate:to make something no longer active or effective
decrease:to become smaller in size, amount, number, etc.
example: These changes will decrease our expenses.
depreciate:to cause something to have a lower price or value
example: These changes have greatly depreciated the value of the house.
deactivate:to make something no longer active or effective
example:If you don't wish to use a feature, you can deactivate it.
mort-:death
mortal:causing death
example:Every living creature is mortal.
mortality:the number or rate of deaths that occur in a particular time or place
example:The mortality from lung cancer is increasing.
mortgagee:a person or organization that lends money to someone for buying property
example:The bank foreclosed a mortgagee on the property.
mortal:causing death
example:Every living creature is mortal.
mortality:the number or rate of deaths that occur in a particular time or place
example:The mortality from lung cancer is increasing.
mortgagee:a person or organization that lends money to someone for buying property
example:The bank foreclosed a mortgagee on the property.
en-/em-: near, at, in, on, within, into
encourage: to make someone more determined, hopeful, or confident
example: They encourage us in our work.
enlarge: to make something larger
example: We had the photograph enlarged.
empower:to give power to
example: Modern science and technology empower human to control natural forces more effectively.
encourage: to make someone more determined, hopeful, or confident
example: They encourage us in our work.
enlarge: to make something larger
example: We had the photograph enlarged.
empower:to give power to
example: Modern science and technology empower human to control natural forces more effectively.
New Word
．atrophy: (medical) gradual loss of muscle or flesh usually because of disease or lack of
use
example:The doctor is concerned about possible atrophy of the shoulder muscles.
．main:disable
example:The bomb killed 16 people and maimed several others.
．canard:a false report or story
example:The book repeats some of history's oldest canards.
．excoriate:to criticize severely
example:He was excoriated as a racist.
．sullen:ill-humored, grim
example:The sullen child refused to answer my question.
．livid:pale
example:Her face was livid with fear.
．disseminate:spread
example:The Internet allows us to disseminate information faster.
．prerogative:a right or privilege
example:It's a writer's prerogative to decide the fate of her characters.
Extra Information
Manifest Destiny
In the 19th century, manifest destiny was a widely held belief in the United States that its settlers were destined to expand across North America. There are three basic themes to manifest destiny:
- The special virtues of the American people and their institutions
- The mission of the United States to redeem and remake the west in the image of agrarian America
- An irresistible destiny to accomplish this essential duty
Historian Frederick Merk says this concept was born out of "a sense of mission to redeem the Old World by high example ... generated by the potentialities of a new earth for building a new heaven".
Historians have emphasized that "manifest destiny" was a contested concept—pre-civil warDemocrats endorsed the idea but many prominent Americans (such as Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and most Whigs) rejected it. Historian Daniel Walker Howe writes, "American imperialism did not represent an American consensus; it provoked bitter dissent within the national polity ... Whigs saw America's moral mission as one of democratic example rather than one of conquest."
US dollars-- In God We Trust
"In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States. It was adopted as the nation's motto in 1956 as an alternative or replacement to the unofficial motto of E pluribus unum, which was adopted when the Great Seal of the United States was created and adopted in 1782.
Beautiful Dreamer by Stephen Foster
Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me
starlight and dewdrops are awaiting theeSounds of the rude world heard in the day
Led by the moonlight have all passed away
List while I woo thee with soft melody
Gone are the cares of life's busy throng
Beautiful dreamer awake unto me!
Mermaids are chanting the wild lorelei
Over the streamlet vapors are borne
Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn
E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea
Then will all clouds of sorrow depart
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me
My Old Kentucky Home by Stephen Foster
On meadow, the hill and the shore,
They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,
On the bench by that old cabin door.
The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart,
With sorrow where all was delight.
The time has come when the darkies have to part,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night.
The head must bow and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the poor folks may go
A few more days and the trouble will end,
In the field where sugar-canes may grow.
A few more days for to tote the weary load,
No matter, 'twill never be light
A few more days till we totter on the road,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night.
George Eliot
Jane Eyre and No Strings Attached
>>http://blog.udn.com/tysunnhcue/8537021
No Strings Attached
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer Bell." The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.Primarily of the Bildungsroman genre, Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the Byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall. In its internalisation of the action—the focus is on the gradual unfolding of Jane's moral and spiritual sensibility, and all the events are coloured by a heightened intensity that was previously the domain of poetry—Jane Eyre revolutionised the art of fiction. Charlotte Brontë has been called the 'first historian of the private consciousness' and the literary ancestor of writers like Joyce and Proust. The novel contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of morality at its core, but is nonetheless a novel many consider ahead of its time given the individualistic character of Jane and the novel's exploration of classism, sexuality, religion, and proto-feminism.
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
My Old Kentucky Home by Stephen Foster
The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
Tis summer, the darkies are gay
The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in bloom
While the birds make music all the day
The young folks roll on the little cabin floor
All merry, all happy and bright
By 'n by hard times come a-knocking at the door
Then my old Kentucky home good night
Weep no more, my lady
Oh, weep no more, today
We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home
For the old Kentucky home far away.
They hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon,On meadow, the hill and the shore,
They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,
On the bench by that old cabin door.
The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart,
With sorrow where all was delight.
The time has come when the darkies have to part,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night.
The head must bow and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the poor folks may go
A few more days and the trouble will end,
In the field where sugar-canes may grow.
A few more days for to tote the weary load,
No matter, 'twill never be light
A few more days till we totter on the road,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night.
Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair by Stephen Foster
I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair
Borne, like a vapor, on the summer air I see her tripping where the bright streams play Happy as the daisies that dance on her way Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour Many were the blithe birds that warbled them o'er Oh! I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair Floating, like a vapor, on the soft, summer air I long for Jeannie with the day dawn smile Radiant in gladness, warm with winning guile I hear her melodies, like joys gone by Sighing round my heart o'er the fond hopes that die Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain Wailing for the lost one that comes not again Oh! I long for Jeannie, and my heart bows low Never more to find her where the bright waters flow I sigh for Jeannie, but her light form strayed Far from the fond hearts round her native glade Her smiles have vanished and her sweet songs flown Flitting like the dreams that have cheered us and gone Now the nodding wild flow'rs may wither on the shore While her gentle fingers will cull them no more Oh! I sigh for Jeannie with the light brown hair Floating like a vapor, on the soft summer air
I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair
Borne, like a vapor, on the summer air I see her tripping where the bright streams play Happy as the daisies that dance on her way Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour Many were the blithe birds that warbled them o'er Oh! I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair Floating, like a vapor, on the soft, summer air I long for Jeannie with the day dawn smile Radiant in gladness, warm with winning guile I hear her melodies, like joys gone by Sighing round my heart o'er the fond hopes that die Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain Wailing for the lost one that comes not again Oh! I long for Jeannie, and my heart bows low Never more to find her where the bright waters flow I sigh for Jeannie, but her light form strayed Far from the fond hearts round her native glade Her smiles have vanished and her sweet songs flown Flitting like the dreams that have cheered us and gone Now the nodding wild flow'rs may wither on the shore While her gentle fingers will cull them no more Oh! I sigh for Jeannie with the light brown hair Floating like a vapor, on the soft summer air
George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively "Mary Anne" or "Marian"), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure that her works would be taken seriously. Female authors were published under their own names during Eliot's life, but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women writing only lighthearted romances. She also wished to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. An additional factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20 years.
Jane Eyre and No Strings Attached
>>http://blog.udn.com/tysunnhcue/8537021
No Strings Attached
No Strings Attached is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Elizabeth Meriwether. Starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher, the film is about two friends who decide to make a pact to have "no strings attached" casual sex without falling in love with each other. The film was released in the United States on January 21, 2011.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer Bell." The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.Primarily of the Bildungsroman genre, Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the Byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall. In its internalisation of the action—the focus is on the gradual unfolding of Jane's moral and spiritual sensibility, and all the events are coloured by a heightened intensity that was previously the domain of poetry—Jane Eyre revolutionised the art of fiction. Charlotte Brontë has been called the 'first historian of the private consciousness' and the literary ancestor of writers like Joyce and Proust. The novel contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of morality at its core, but is nonetheless a novel many consider ahead of its time given the individualistic character of Jane and the novel's exploration of classism, sexuality, religion, and proto-feminism.
