Week Three (2015.3.12) --- The Catcher in the Rye
Quiz for "The Catcher in the Rye" (25 questions)
- midterm essay question: define what is young-adult fiction
- prefix: para --- at or to one side of,beside, side by side (e.g. paragraph, parallel, paralysis)
beyond, past, by (e.g. paradox, paragogue)
- prefix: demo --- people (e.g. democratic)
示範,展示 (e.g. demonstration)
- ark 諾亞方舟
- Caulfield (cau: caught; field: 麥田)
- fencing: Contemporary fencing is the modern state of the western art of combat with the small sword. It is also called olympic fencing, and began in Italy in the 18th century.
- checker 棋
- phrase: fetch a cab 招計程車
- lagoon 潟湖
- cash or charge
here or to go
- Dubliners (vs. 白先勇 《臺北人》)
Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.
Araby (one of the story) - A boy falls in love with the sister of his friend, but fails in his quest to buy her a worthy gift from the Araby bazaar.
- The Open Boat by Stephen Cran vs. Life of Pi
- Samuel Ullman
Samuel Ullman as an American businessman,poet, humanitarian. He is best known today for his poem Youth which was a favorite of General Douglas MacArthur. The poem was on the wall of MacArthur's office in Tokyo when he became Supreme Allied Commander in Japan. In addition, MacArthur often quoted from the poem in his speeches, leading to it becoming better known in Japan than in the United States.
- prefix: se --- apart from (e.g. separate, segregate, seclude)
- emia-blood 貧血
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