Vocabulary

   生字解釋

詞類變化及片語

造句

Dawn

(n)黎明

(v) 使（某人）明白，使（某人）意識到

1) At dawn; at the crack of dawn;

From dawn to dusk從早到晚

2) It just dawned on me that/it just occurred to me that 我突然想到

It just dawned on me that I didn’t bring any money with me today.

weight

重量

lift weights 舉重

give (too much) weight to

The economic benefits of nuclear power must becarefully weighed againstthe possible dangers of handling radioactive waste.

2) Parents and students themselves tend to give too much weight tostudent test scores.

spare

省

Spare no efforts to V; in Ving

turn

(v)轉(向)

(n) 順序

turn left (左轉); turn in assignments (繳交)

taking turns 輪流

interrupting =butt in 打斷

accepting the turn when offered it

speaking first 先發言

overlapping of turns 同時發言

heritage

遺產、傳統 (u.n.)

Cultural heritage

Inheritance (和heritage一樣，都是遺產，但是inheritance指的物質性的遺產)

National Palace Museum preserves a lot of artifacts collected from the palaces of Forbidden City, which form part of the cultural heritage of Chinese people.

historic

歷史著名的

(historical = 歷史上的) historical area 歷史區域

site

地點

historic site 古蹟

preserve

保存

preservative 防腐劑

preserved fruit 果乾、蜜餞

preservation

revive

使…復甦

Renovate 更新、修復

To revise a historic site, it should not only be preserved, but also renovated to take on new functions and meanings.

port/seaport

港口

海港

Tamsui used to be a busy seaport.

landmark

地標

A city’s major landmark can be seen as its icon.

See here for more examples of city icons.

Multicultural Taipei

多元文化台北

with traces of many cultures all mixed together.

Taipei’s multiculturalism is partly caused by its history of colonialism.