英語會話課內容200912-2

gmail的文件張貼功能好像壞掉了，只好先把文章貼上來，
格式等功能修復了再調整吧！

心得：
英文課的討論主題越來越生活化了！這使得討論比較容易進行。在尋找相關資料的時候，也會發現有些議題是跨文化的。例如：在地老化以及睡眠品質。然而，越是與生活息息相關，越不知道那些詞彙的英文，總是要先做一下功課才能表達。雖然一開練習英文，會試著用替代的語句來表達某個單字的精確意義，但是還是得闊中字彙量，以免發生類似的窘狀：突然忘記闖紅燈的「闖」怎麼寫，只好改為「看到紅燈都不停下來，一直開過去……」

討論主題：
1. House design
2. Using some research about a new way to stop people from snoring, Peter Farrell started up his own business
3. To stretch or not to stretch? Limbering up can improve your exercise performance, but not in the way most people think
4. Sleepiness kills young driving skills
字彙：

infrastructure

provision

facility

stairlift

slogan

fetish

urgency

consecutive

profit

emanate (from)

vacuum

combative

bum

strain

brick

freight

kickboxing

hobble

grin

norm

deprivation

novice

toll

swamp

counterintuitive

keen

collision

steer

stagger





片語：



Built-in

look at

flop the book

Catch on

tend to = be likely

The big sell on

at the forefront

turn out

play up

stack up

stretch the truth

muddy the water

go along with

Limber up

Go far

stay overnight

get off duty

license plate

set sth apart

public security

jam on the brake

long-haul trip

pull over