New things:
1.Boxing Day: is a holiday traditionally celebrated the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradespeople would receive gifts, known as a "Christmas box", from their bosses or employers.Today, Boxing Day is the bank holiday that generally takes place on 26 December.
2.Mass(liturgy):"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is commonly called in the Catholic Church. The "Holy and Divine Liturgy" and "Holy Communion".The term Mass often colloquially refers to the entire church service in general.
3.Eucharist:also called Holy Communion, the Lord's Supper,is a Christian sacrament. Jesus Christ during his Last Supper. Giving his disciples bread and wine during the Passover meal, Jesus commanded his followers to "do this in memory of me," while referring to the bread as "my body" and the wine as "my blood."
4.Passover or Pesach:is an important biblically derived Jewish festival. The Jewish people celebrate Passover as a commemoration of their liberation over 3,300 years ago by God from slavery in ancient Egypt that was ruled by the Pharaohs, and their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses.
5.Moses:according to the Hebrew Bible, a former Egyptian prince later turned prophet, religious leader and lawgiver, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbenu in Hebrew.
6.Promised Land:is the land promised or given by God, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), to the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob.The promised land was described in terms of the territory from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates river and was given to their descendants after Moses led the Exodus out of Egypt.
7.Joshua:is a figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel and identified in several passages as Moses' assistant.he became the leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses. His name was Hoshe'a (the son of Nun), of the tribe of Ephraim.
8.-logy-: a particular science or subject, ex: geology, sociology, psychology
e.g. We went on a geology field trip.
9.-ship: rank, status, skill, or relationship of the stated type, ex: championship, friendship, partnership
e.g. England's European Championship plans are in a right mess.
10.en-:to make into, to put into, ex:enable,enlarge, enroll
e.g. They enroll him as a member of the club.
11.re-:again,back, down, ex:recall,refresh, reverse
e.g. The wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse effect.
生字筆記
1.flunk:failure to reach a minimum required performance
e.g. He didn't flunk out, but his record isn't so hot.
2.flush:the period of greatest prosperity or productivity;sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders);the swift release of a store of affective force
e.g. Do you sweat a lot or flush a lot?
3.foam:a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid;a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
e.g. We had given him a large foam mattress to sleep on.
4.forbid:command against;keep from happening or arising; make impossible
e.g. They'll forbid you to marry.
5.formula:a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement;directions for making something;a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle;a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
e.g. There is no magic formula for producing winning products.
6.fort:a fortified military post where troops are stationed,a fortified defensive structure
e.g. Take the metalled path running between the church and the fort.
7.fragrance:a distinctive odor that is pleasant;a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
e.g. This oil has a lovely woody fragrance.
8.frown:a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
e.g. There was a deep frown on the boy's face.
9.furnish:give something useful or necessary to;provide or equip with furniture
e.g. Can you furnish the committee with statements of the costs?
10.gangster:a criminal who is a member of gang
e.g. A bullet meant for Riley snuffs out a passing gangster.
11.gear:a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion;a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
e.g. With protective gear on you can spar with a partner.
12.generosity:the trait of being willing to give your money or time;acting generously
e.g. Generosity is its own form of power.
13.genuine:not fake or counterfeit;not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed;being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
e.g. It was not the policy of the government to repatriate genuine refugees.
14.germ:anything that provides inspiration for later work;a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
e.g. This germ is found on things used by the patients.
15.gigantic:so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth
e.g. He has a gigantic appetite and eats gigantic meals.
16.giggle:a foolish or nervous laugh
e.g. His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.
17.ginger:perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
e.g. Grate a tablespoonful of fresh ginger into a pan.
18.grace:elegance and beauty of movement or expression;a sense of propriety and consideration for others;a disposition to kindness and compassion
e.g. Grace laid out the knives and forks at the lunch-table.
19.gratitude:a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation
e.g. I owe a big debt of gratitude to her.
20.grave:death of a person;a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
e.g. Two men were standing by the freshly dug grave.
21.greasy:containing an unusual amount of grease or oil;smeared or soiled with grease or oil
e.g. He propped his elbows upon a greasy counter.
22.grind:the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground;an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
e.g. The daily grind of government is done by Her Majesty's Civil Service.
23.gulf:an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
e.g. These issues were brought into sharp focus by the Gulf crisis.
24.halt:the state of inactivity following an interruption;the event of something ending;an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
e.g. The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
25.hardship:a state of misfortune or affliction;something hard to endure;something that causes or entails suffering
e.g. Many people are suffering economic hardship.
