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英文字彙與字源學 week fifteen

1.      Obama Speech and Hark The Herald Angels Sing

2.      brother’s keeper

3.      beneficiary (bene-: good)

4.      day in and day out 日以繼夜

5.      stable 馬槽

6.      redeeming 救贖

7.      troop 軍隊

8.      charity  compassion  goodwill

9.      信、望、愛 faith, hope, love

10.  news English – first paragraph is composed of 5Ws 1H

11.  unemployment rate

12.  商業用(一定用複數表達): commodities, assets, liabilities, securities

13.  remove the tariff

14.  exceed assets

15.  meet obligations

16.  bear market (decline, falling, decrease) v.s. bull market (rising, increase)

17.  port-: 港口

18.  portfolio 投資組合

19.  ob–: 負面

Ex. obscure: not well-known : not known to most people

Ex. obsolescence: the condition of no longer being used or useful : the condition of being obsolete

20.  on the verge of 瀕臨邊緣

21.  –ant: 人

Ex. accountant

Ex. assistant

Ex. contestant

22.  conduct an audit

23.  cartel  ex. OPEC (petroleum 石油-英式用法, pump the gas 加油)

24.  dumping 傾銷

25.  endless red tape 公文履行 (tape 戳章)

26.  fixed incomes 死薪水

27.  SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)

28.  acute v.s. chronic

29.   healing