Vocabulary from the Third Monthly Meeting Class:

intimidated = scared

I’m intimidated by that.

ubiquitous到處存在的，普遍存在的

comparatively speaking = relatively speaking

house chores

school affair evaluation

MOE: Ministry of Education

MOFA: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

meet ~ to ~ = in terms of = in the light of 就...方面來說

We are prone to interpret the actions of the child in terms of our own experiences.

我們常會根據自己的經驗去解釋孩子的行為。

ambassador 大使

passbook 存摺

format 格式

content 內容

redo 重做

LESP = Learning English with Specific Purpose

work transport

authentic 真實的

reliable

abbreviation = short form 縮寫

No Taiwan, No Export.

exposition

MICE = Meeting, Incentive, Conference, Exhibit/Exposition

historical sense

geographical sense

pavilion 涼亭

pagoda 塔

physical assault

hero, heroin 男英雄,女英雄

Taliban Regime whip the people in public.

on behalf of 代表

coldblooded = cruel 冷血的

inexorable無動於衷的；毫不寬容的，無情的

vendor 小販

ruthless無情的，殘忍的

meager = poor瘦的;粗劣的；不足的；貧乏的

guardian 監護人

stealthily = secretly暗地裡，偷偷摸摸地

behead砍…的頭，把..斬首

corpse = dead body 屍體

so that = in order that

inaudible = can’t hear  聽不見的；無法聽懂的

ambition 野心

politician 政客

politics 政治

Obamacare 歐巴馬健保

charisma = charm

aloof分開地；避開地；冷漠地

co-sex, opposite-sex, same-sex

condescending降低身分的，屈尊的

narcissism自我陶醉；自戀

narcissist 自戀狂