The Great Gatsby影片欣賞
1.green light stands for hope on Gatsby's dream and love
2.Myrtle:"You can't live forever"(carpe diem)
3.Nick:"You can't repeat the past."
Gatsby:"Surely you can."
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生字筆記
1.feigned:pretend or pretending
e.g. Sally spun round, a feigned look of surprise on her face.
2.fence:a fence is someone who receives and sells stolen goods
e.g. He squeezed through a narrow opening in the fence.
3.fess:an old word which means pleased or proud
e.g. Sometimes I have an irresistible urge to fess up about my feelings.
4.fettered:bound in chains or chained
e.g. We reverence tradition but will not be fettered by it.
5.fidges:fidges means fidgets, which is to keep moving your hands slightly because you are nervous or excited
6.finger-post:a sign-post showing the direction to different places
e.g. It's as if post-modernism or punk never happened.
7.fire-irons:tools kept by the side of the fire to either cook with or look after the fire
e.g. The floor was spotless; the grate and fire - irons were burnished bright.
8.fire-plug:another word for a fire hydrant
e.g. Al - feng plug right foot volley turned around the edge of the area above the fire beams.
9.flank:the side of an animal
e.g. Bookcases flank the bed.
10.flip:a drink made from warmed ale, sugar, spice and beaten egg
e.g. The tone of the book is sometimes too flip.
11.flit:to move quickly
e.g He's prone to flit between subjects with amazing ease.
12.floorcloth:a hard-wearing piece of canvas used instead of carpet
13.fly-driver:a carriage drawn by a single horse
e.g. Driver: And then you'll fly home?
14.fob:a small pocket in which a watch is kept
e.g. She tried to fob all her junk off onto me.
15.folly:foolishness or stupidity
e.g. Events proved the folly of such calculations.
16.fond:foolish
e.g. He seemed fond of her in a strictly professional way.
17.fondness:silly or foolish affection
e.g. The groups at the conference spoke piously of their fondness for democracy.
18.for his fancy:means for his liking or as he wanted
e.g. Bill neglects his wife and spends all his spare money on presents for his fancy woman.
19.forlorn:lost or very upset
e.g. He looked a forlorn figure as he limped off after 26 minutes.
20.foster-sister:someone brought up by the same nurse or in the same household
e.g. Your sister was sent to a home and you to a foster family.
21.fox-fire:a weak glow that is given off by decaying, rotten wood
22.frozen sea:the Arctic Ocean
e.g. Frozen sea food can be useful substitutes for fresh foods.
23.gainsay:to gainsay something is to say it isn't ture or to deny it
e.g. Nobody can gainsay his claims.
24.gaiters:leggings made of a cloth or piece of leather which covered the leg from the knee to the ankle
e.g. He is the queer old duck with the knee - length gaiters and walrus mustache.
25.galluses:an old spelling of gallows, and here means suspenders.Suspenders are straps worn over someone's shoulders and fastened to their trousers to prevent the trousers falling down
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