Week Eight

Activity One Site
http://www.ourbrisbane.com/whats-on/movies/titles/twilight-saga-new-moon




Words

◆recover
1 [HEALTH]to become healthy or happy again after an illness, injury, or period of sadness
2 [SITUATION]If a system or situation recovers, it returns to the way it was before something bad happened.
3 [BODY]to be able to use or feel again part of your body which has been damaged
4 [GET BACK]to get something backe that has been lost or stolen
≒get over

◆festivity
events that people organize in order to celebrate something
≒festival

◆comfort
1 [NO PAIN]a pleasant feeling of being relaxed and free from pain
2 [FOR SADNESS]when you feel better after being worried or sad
3 [ENOUGH MONEY]when you have a pleasant life with enough money for everything that youy need
4 someone or something that helps you when you are anxious or sad
5 [PLEASANT THING]something that makes your life easy and pleasant

◆reckless
doing something dangerous and not caring about what might happen≒rash

◆mortal
1 not living forever
2 extreme danger/fear/terror, etc, because you could die

Comments
"twilight" is very interesting. The actor, Rovert, is cool. I want to be a vampire.

Week Seven

http://www.ourbrisbane.com/christmas/competition

prize
wrap
grab
imagine

Week Six

Activity one site:

http://netacademy.ferris.ac.jp/anet2/

Score: 3/3

Key words learned:

◆record
1. to write down information or store it on a computer so that it can be used in the future
2. to store sounds or pictures using electronic equipment, a camera, etc so that you can listen to them or see them again
≒document, note

◆invent
1. to design or create something that has never existed before
2. to think of a story or explanation in order to deceive someone
≒think up, devise

◆ensure
to make certain that something is done or happens
≒insure, guarantee

◆unwind
1. to relax, especially after working
2. If you unwind something, or if something unwinds, it stops being curled round or twisted round something else and is made straight.
≒relax

◆peer
to look carefully or with difficulty
≒gaze, stare

Comment:

I studied the words which are not Net Academy but other textbook. Net Academy score is always good!

Week Five

Activity one site:

http://netacademy.ferris.ac.jp/anet2/

Score: 3/3

Key words learned:

◆project
1. [CALCULATE] to calculate an amount or make a guess about the future based on information that you have
2. [IMAGE] to show a film or other image on a screen or a wall
3. [QUALITY] If you project a particular quality, that quality is what most people notice about you.
≒plan

◆retain
to coutinue to keep something
≒maintain, keep

◆trigger
to make something being to happen
≒pull, draw

◆settle
1. [ARGUMENT]If you settle an argument, you solve the problem and stop arguing.
2. [LIVE]to start living somewhere that you are going to live for a long time
3. [DESIDE]to decide or arrange something
4. [RELAX]to relax into a comfortable position
5. [PAY]If you settle a bill or a debt, you pay the money that you owe.
6. [MOVE DOWN]to move down towards the ground or the bottom of something and then stay there
≒steady

◆delight
to make someone feel very pleases and happy
≒please

Comments:

I think that the word, settle, is difficult because it has many means.