2006-05-16 18:02:00蓉蓉
Phrases
1.decent job= prestigious job 不錯的工作
2.subtle difference 些微差異
3.drooling lips 流口水的嘴巴(can't control body function)
4.sb makes a sorry sight= sb is sorry sight = i feel sorry for sb他很可憐
= sb is difficult to look at
5.in a sense 就某種意義而言
6.sth adds up to zero in the end某事最終一無所有
ex: worldly achievement adds up to zero in the end
7.end up with sth 最終以sth作結
8.surperior academic performance 卓越的學術成就
9. be proud of oneself 引以為自豪
10.pass away == die
washroom == toilet
elderly == olderly
11. humorous
adds emphasis
show irony
show the opposite of what we reallt think
12. sth bites= sth sucks
13.can't live by oneself
14.nursing home 療養院
institutional care 機構的療養中心
15.in bleak solitude 沒有希望的寂寞
16.prepare yourself by thinking beforehand.
17.it is smelly 很臭
18.many suffer some degree of dementia(senility) 很多患有癡呆狀態
19.it is just passing time away 只是過一天算一天
20.enviable career 令人稱羨的生活
21.sb is confronted with the brevity, frailty and apparent futility of
human existence.
22. sb is confined to a wheel-chair// prison // 某地 被限制於某地
23. above-average mind and enjoy high socieconomic status
高於一般的心智與享受高的社經地位
24. sit and play dead 坐下且裝死
25. I got ya= I tricked you = I fooled you
26. fit in 融入~~什麼環境
ex: I have trouble fitting in with my co-worker thr first year at my
job
27. beamer = Mercedes benz 賓士
28.you the man= you are great
29. trouble oneself over sth = do not worry sth 煩惱某事
30. avoid question迴避問題
31. freak out 嚇到
32. I feel a little extra 覺得我自己是多餘的(三角戀或其他)
33. sort of = kind of =a little +adj(strange)
34. put your heart and soul into it 投注心血於其中
35. release some stress 放鬆心情
36. conversation/inspiration runs dry 話題已經變的枯燥乏味/沒有任何想法
37. your heart returns my call
38. complete my world
39. I am wide awake 我完全清醒
40. I am torn(tear的過去分詞)
41. illusion never change into something new
42. A passes for sth A被認為~~~(pass for用主動式)
43. blurrying the lines 搞不清這界線（分不清楚）
44. I am out of faith 我已經失去信心, 我已不再相信
45. on the go=moving
on the rise=incrasing
46. sojourn 短暫停留
=trip (often solo)
=journey
47. triple /double that number 增加兩倍
48. address one's concerns 滿足某人的需求
=be aware of that concerns,try to meet that concerns
49.become more knowledgeable about ~~更了解~~
50.savvy 懂
=have the practical knowledge and ability to deal with a situation
ex;after ten years, he is more savvy to his wife's needs.
ex;become more savvy to one's meeds
51.it is their time to themselves 是該留時間給他們自己
52.lifelong dream 終生夢想
53.tally 數目
54.sprout up 萌芽（=growing like sea）
=show early sign of growth
ex: travel package sprout up 套裝旅行正萌芽
ex: business is sprouting up in that area
55.god sled 狗拉的雪橇
56.canoe excursion 獨木舟旅行
57.appeal to younger women 吸引年輕的女性
58.shopping trip 購物旅行
59.room service delivery by female staff only.客房服務
60.lodge solo women on the ground floor 提供房間給...
61.April fool joke 愚人節笑話
62.water-stressed 用水吃緊的
water-short 用水短缺
63.sth. will take its toll=st has negative effects 將有負面影響
64.動物 wipe out=become extinct=annihilation of 動物
65.burgeoning 數目快速增加
66.a miracle or a menace驚奇或危險
67.be desperate to do sth 急迫做sth
68.shed 8kg
69. stroke(c)中風
heart attack(c)心臟病發
seizure 癲癇
psychotic episode精神病發
70. scoop of sth 最新內幕,獨家新聞
71.xx disease
terminal illness
lethal drug
72.debate over sth在某事有爭議
controversial
73.legion 大群人
74.keel over 昏倒(身體不舒服)
75.insomnia 失眠
76.Alzheimer's disease 阿茲海墨
77.grim picture 殘忍殘酷的畫面
78.slow the progression of disease
79.grant extra months of independence to patients
80. no way to know for sure of Alzhermer's
when it comes far too late, at autopsy
81. sb develop AD
82.dementia
2.subtle difference 些微差異
3.drooling lips 流口水的嘴巴(can't control body function)
4.sb makes a sorry sight= sb is sorry sight = i feel sorry for sb他很可憐
= sb is difficult to look at
5.in a sense 就某種意義而言
6.sth adds up to zero in the end某事最終一無所有
ex: worldly achievement adds up to zero in the end
7.end up with sth 最終以sth作結
8.surperior academic performance 卓越的學術成就
9. be proud of oneself 引以為自豪
10.pass away == die
washroom == toilet
elderly == olderly
11. humorous
adds emphasis
show irony
show the opposite of what we reallt think
12. sth bites= sth sucks
13.can't live by oneself
14.nursing home 療養院
institutional care 機構的療養中心
15.in bleak solitude 沒有希望的寂寞
16.prepare yourself by thinking beforehand.
17.it is smelly 很臭
18.many suffer some degree of dementia(senility) 很多患有癡呆狀態
19.it is just passing time away 只是過一天算一天
20.enviable career 令人稱羨的生活
21.sb is confronted with the brevity, frailty and apparent futility of
human existence.
22. sb is confined to a wheel-chair// prison // 某地 被限制於某地
23. above-average mind and enjoy high socieconomic status
高於一般的心智與享受高的社經地位
24. sit and play dead 坐下且裝死
25. I got ya= I tricked you = I fooled you
26. fit in 融入~~什麼環境
ex: I have trouble fitting in with my co-worker thr first year at my
job
27. beamer = Mercedes benz 賓士
28.you the man= you are great
29. trouble oneself over sth = do not worry sth 煩惱某事
30. avoid question迴避問題
31. freak out 嚇到
32. I feel a little extra 覺得我自己是多餘的(三角戀或其他)
33. sort of = kind of =a little +adj(strange)
34. put your heart and soul into it 投注心血於其中
35. release some stress 放鬆心情
36. conversation/inspiration runs dry 話題已經變的枯燥乏味/沒有任何想法
37. your heart returns my call
38. complete my world
39. I am wide awake 我完全清醒
40. I am torn(tear的過去分詞)
41. illusion never change into something new
42. A passes for sth A被認為~~~(pass for用主動式)
43. blurrying the lines 搞不清這界線（分不清楚）
44. I am out of faith 我已經失去信心, 我已不再相信
45. on the go=moving
on the rise=incrasing
46. sojourn 短暫停留
=trip (often solo)
=journey
47. triple /double that number 增加兩倍
48. address one's concerns 滿足某人的需求
=be aware of that concerns,try to meet that concerns
49.become more knowledgeable about ~~更了解~~
50.savvy 懂
=have the practical knowledge and ability to deal with a situation
ex;after ten years, he is more savvy to his wife's needs.
ex;become more savvy to one's meeds
51.it is their time to themselves 是該留時間給他們自己
52.lifelong dream 終生夢想
53.tally 數目
54.sprout up 萌芽（=growing like sea）
=show early sign of growth
ex: travel package sprout up 套裝旅行正萌芽
ex: business is sprouting up in that area
55.god sled 狗拉的雪橇
56.canoe excursion 獨木舟旅行
57.appeal to younger women 吸引年輕的女性
58.shopping trip 購物旅行
59.room service delivery by female staff only.客房服務
60.lodge solo women on the ground floor 提供房間給...
61.April fool joke 愚人節笑話
62.water-stressed 用水吃緊的
water-short 用水短缺
63.sth. will take its toll=st has negative effects 將有負面影響
64.動物 wipe out=become extinct=annihilation of 動物
65.burgeoning 數目快速增加
66.a miracle or a menace驚奇或危險
67.be desperate to do sth 急迫做sth
68.shed 8kg
69. stroke(c)中風
heart attack(c)心臟病發
seizure 癲癇
psychotic episode精神病發
70. scoop of sth 最新內幕,獨家新聞
71.xx disease
terminal illness
lethal drug
72.debate over sth在某事有爭議
controversial
73.legion 大群人
74.keel over 昏倒(身體不舒服)
75.insomnia 失眠
76.Alzheimer's disease 阿茲海墨
77.grim picture 殘忍殘酷的畫面
78.slow the progression of disease
79.grant extra months of independence to patients
80. no way to know for sure of Alzhermer's
when it comes far too late, at autopsy
81. sb develop AD
82.dementia