2015年10月10日 星期六

Week 4 chapter 5-6 (English Vocabulary and Etymology)

1. Salome
She is daughter of Herod II and Herodia, as a femme Fatale(beauty deadly woman).According to Flavius Josephus's Jewish Antiquities, Salome was first married to Philip the Tetrarch of Ituraea and Trakonitis. After Philip's death in 34 AD she married Aristobulus of Chalcis and became queen of Chalcis and Armenia Minor. They had three children.

As a Biblical figure, She fall in love with the John the Baptist, but when she attract him, it doesn't work,so she get angry,then in his birthday, she claim her dad(Herod) to give her the head of John the Baptist,for her dad to accept her request,she dance in front of her dad and mom to obtain the head.



Vocabulary

1. -ly suffix words(adjective)means "every"," like"
 Example-friendly
                 lovely
                 deadly

2. en- prefix words, means "inside"," within"
  Example-enchantress( a woman who have magic)
                  enslavement( a society of slave)
                  enchain( to attract something strongly)

3. -itis suffix words,means "inflammation"
 Example-bronchitis(a inflammation of bronchial tubes )
                 sinusitis
                 arthritis

4.curriculum vitae(CV)/kəˈrɪkjələm/noun- write all the record of your education and the job you have done, when you are applying a job.
Example-When you have a interview in your new job,they always ask about your curriculum vitae.


5. fatality/feɪˈtælɪti/noun- a disaster of death
Example-A 26-year-old man was the first fatality of the riots, found shot in his car.


The Movie
Entrapment
A 1999 American film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones.


Dangerous Liaisons
A 1988 historical drama The film was directed by Stephen Frears. The performances of Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer
             
 

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