Chap.12 Michael’s parents and older brother and sister went out for a week. In order to stay home alone, Michael stole jeans and Nicki for his sister as the price. He also stole nightgown for Hanna. Hanna went to Michael’s home and looked around his father’s room.
Chap.13 In the beginning of the new school year, Michael’s class, where there had been no girl, was divided to other three classes, where there were girls. Michael thought he could get along with other girls well.
Chap.14
Michael and Hanna thought up pet names for each other and Michael thought of her as a horse. When Michael became more active in his class, his life did not revolve around Hanna. Michael thought that the relationship between him and Hanna got bad.
Q:Why Michael wanted to stay home alone? Q: What Michael’s sister’s personality was? Q: Why Michael thought the beginning of the new school year of eleven grade as a watershed? Q:Why Hanna began not just call Michael Kid? Q:What does the sentence “Maybe the very quietness of the flight is appealing to the passengers.” mean?
overview
ReplyDeleteChap.12
Michael’s parents and older brother and sister went out for a week. In order to stay home alone, Michael stole jeans and Nicki for his sister as the price. He also stole nightgown for Hanna. Hanna went to Michael’s home and looked around his father’s room.
Chap.13
In the beginning of the new school year, Michael’s class, where there had been no girl, was divided to other three classes, where there were girls. Michael thought he could get along with other girls well.
Chap.14
Michael and Hanna thought up pet names for each other and Michael thought of her as a horse. When Michael became more active in his class, his life did not revolve around Hanna. Michael thought that the relationship between him and Hanna got bad.
vocabulary
ReplyDeleteCH.12
call on---p60-3
studded打上裝飾釘、鑲嵌---p60-a13
velour絲絨---p60-a12
chic漂亮時髦的---p60-a10
herringbone人字形
equanimity泰然處之---p60-a5
nightgown睡衣---p61-7
curl捲曲
reach out for伸手去拿
cutlery - 刀具
doorpost - 門柱
slipstream 低壓區
back then 那時、彼時
dialectics辯證法
aubergine茄子
CH.13
watershed - 分水嶺---p65-2
disbanded - 解散---p65-4
make the grade-達到目的、成功、及格(原意為登陡坡)
perpetually - 永遠---p67-2
paltry - 微不足道---p67-10
utterly - 完全---p67-12
superfluous - 多餘---p67-a1
virginal - 處女-p68-a2
hapter 14
smash 粉碎
buffet 抖振
stewards 服務員
disquisition 研究
unfolding 發展
withhold 不表達
dazzling 燦爛的
shed 傾吐
inhibition禁止
attribute特質
diminutives暱稱
stick to 黏住
snuggled 緊靠
thigh 大腿
calf 小腿
twitch 抽動
hide 獸皮
disentangle鬆開
ripple 脈動
reconcile 使滿足
naked率直的
intrigues陰謀
champague香檳酒
intermission休息時間
skat 一種紙牌遊戲
flirt眉來眼去
stretch 連續時間
exuberance豐富
banter (善意的)取笑
nonentity不存在的東西
resentment 怨恨
question
ReplyDeleteQ:Why Michael wanted to stay home alone?
Q: What Michael’s sister’s personality was?
Q: Why Michael thought the beginning of the new school year of eleven grade as a watershed?
Q:Why Hanna began not just call Michael Kid?
Q:What does the sentence “Maybe the very quietness of the flight is appealing to the passengers.” mean?