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16 June, 2016 (Week 17)

1. Lord of the Flies (text)

  → The original UK Lord of the Flies book cover

    ① Author: William Golding

  → Golding in 1983

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02 June, 2016 (Week 15)

1. Dragon Boat Festival (Dwanwu Festival) 端午節

  → Dragon Boat Festival (18th century)

*lunatic (n.) someone who behaves in a crazy or very stupid way - often used humorously 瘋子，瘋傻的人

*lunar (adj.) relating to the moon or to travel to the moon 月(亮)的

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26 May, 2016 (Week 14)

1. Social novel (over-crowding, poor sanitation) →city

The social novel, also known as the social problem (or social protest) novel, is a "work of fiction in which a prevailing social problem, such as gender, race, or class prejudice, is dramatized through its effect on the characters of a novel".

2. Go Ask Alice

Go Ask Alice is a 1971 novel about the life of a troubled teenage girl.

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19 May, 2016 (Week 13)

1. such a flirt (騷包)

flirt (v.) to behave towards someone in a way that shows that you are sexually attracted               to them, although you do not really want a relationship with them

      (n.) someone who flirts with people

2. "Sunday Morning"

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12 May, 2016 (Week 12)

1. Blowin' In The Wind lyrics (Bob Dylan)

2. "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

    ① "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"

"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his Bringing It All Back Home album, released on March 22, 1965 by Columbia Records.

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5 May, 2016 (Week 11)

1. find fault with 找碴: to seek and point out faults (of); complain (about); criticize

→ We were unable to find fault with his arguments.

2. "The Rocking-Horse Winner" (text)

"The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a short story by D. H. Lawrence.

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28 April, 2016 (Week 10)

1. Oedipus complex 戀母情結

(*science)

The term Oedipus complex (or, less commonly, Oedipal complex) explains the emotions and ideas that the mind keeps in the unconscious, via dynamic repression, that concentrates upon a child's desire to have sexual relations with the parent of the opposite sex.

 →  Oedipus describes the riddle of the Sphinx, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, (ca. 1805).

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07 April, 2016 (Week 7)

1. Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional or amateur—investigates a crime, often murder.

    ① CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    ② FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation

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31 March, 2016 (Week 6)

1. Initiation 入會儀式(包括畢業典禮)

Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society.

 →  Initiation ceremony, Korogo Village, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, 1975. Franz Luthi

2. -er: ...的東西

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24 March, 2016 (Week 5)

1. obs-: (負面的字)

    obstacle (n.) something that makes it difficult to achieve something 障/組/妨礙

    obesity (n.) when someone is very fat in a way that is unhealthy 肥胖症

    obscene (adj.) relating to sex in a way that is shocking and offensive 猥褻的、下流的

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