Week Eleven (2015.5.7) --- James Joyce's "Araby"
Quiz 8: To Kill a Mockingbird
1. J.D. Salinger, the author of The Catcher in the Rye, is reported as a
seclusive writer.
2. se- is a prefix stands for apart from
seclusive: tending to seclude (seclude: to set or keep apart, as from social contact with others)
separate: to set, force, or keep apart
segregate: to separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group
seclude: to remove from contact with others
at- is a prefix stands for stick
attach:to fasten or affix; join; connect (vs. detach:to separate or unfasten; disconnect)
op- is a prefix for against
opposite: placed or located directly across from something else or from each other
opponent: one that opposes another or others, as in a battle, contest, or debate (vs. proponent: a person who argues in favour of something)
Mal /male- is the prefix stands for something bad
malicious: having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful
malevolent gossip: having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
malignant tumor: having or showing ill will; malicious
Bene- is the prefix stands for something good
benefit: Something that promotes or enhances well-being; an advantage
beneficial: Producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous
benevolent comment: Characterized by or given to doing good
Para- is the prefix standing for parallel
paragraph:a distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line, consists of one or more sentences, andtypically deals with a single thought or topic or quotes one speaker's continuous words
parasol: a light, usually small umbrella carried as protection from the sun
parachute:an apparatus used to retard free fall from an aircraft, consisting of a light, usually hemispherical canopy attached by cords to aharness and worn or stored folded until deployed in descent
parasite: one who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return
3. movie: The Help: an aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
4. movie: Dead Poets Society: English teacher John Keating inspires his students to discover their love for poetry and seize the day.
5. Ursula K. Le Guin: is an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. First published in the 1960s, her work has often depicted futuristic or imaginary alternative worlds in politics, natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality and ethnography.
Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop . . . somehow it was hotter then . . . bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum . . .. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.
4 Major Lesson:
(1) put yourself in other people's shoes
(2) don't kill mockingbirds
(3) keep fighting even if you know you'll lose
(4) the world is veyr unfair
7. “We have nothing to fear but fear itself” is the most famous line from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first inaugural speech, made after the 1932 presidential election
8. Inaugural-An inaugural meeting or speech is the first meeting of a new organization or the first speech by the new leader of an organization or a country.
Inauguration (n.) An inauguration is a formal ceremony to mark the beginning of a major public leader's term of office.
9. If I were in your shoes:You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
10. faith: 毫無理由的相信不可見的事物
I have faith in you.
11. bildungsroman: is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age), in which character change is extremely important. 12. Utopia: is a community or society possessing highly desirable or near perfect qualities.
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