AN INSIGHT INTO THE FUTURE

組員 : 鄭擇育 4000Z085

廖英智 4000Z040

黃宇翔 4000Q096

翁惠珍 4011Z006

陳宛均 4000Z013

MAIN IDEAS OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH

Divination is the attempt to discover future events through unconventional methods.

Palm reading is a popular method of divination, found in both Eastern and Western culture .

FIRST PARAGRAPH-WORDS

Unconventional ： Not bound by established customs

Circumstances ： Something relative to a fact

Claim ： To demand as a right, or by authority

Financial ： Pertaining to money

Analyzing ： To separate into parts

MAIN IDEAS OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH

Fortune-telling has a long history. It was engaged by kings and other rulers.

The outcome of predictions could influence the royal court in many ways.

SECOND PARAGRAPH-WORDS

Routinely: it is done as a normal part of process or job

Consult: to ask for information or advice from someone because it is their job to know something

Astrologer: a person who practices divination through planets and stars

Court: the place where a king or queen lives and works

Royal: relating to or belonging to a king or queen Diagnose: to find out what illness someone has Interpret: to explain the meaning of something

MAIN IDEAS OF THE THIRD PARAGRAPH

Divination was so important to people in the ancient world

People could use divination to plan something with some of certainty that a particular outcome was likely.

THIRD PARAGRAPH-WORDS

natural disaster( 天然災害 ) – a catastrophe caused by forces of nature

plague( 瘟疫 )- a disastrous evil or a affliction particular( 具體 ; 詳情 )- information and

details about someone or something outcome ( 結果 )- the possible or likely result

of something

MAIN IDEAS OF THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH

Although unfounded, the practice of divination must have given people in the ancient world a sense of control over their environment.

FOURTH PARAGRAPH-WORDS unfounded-Not founded; not built or established divination- a prediction uttered under divine inspiration 3. ancient-very old 4. evident- an observable change in behavior 5. achieve- To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion;

to succeed in gaining; to win 6. mastery- the act of mastering or subordinating someone 7. mercy- kindness; compassion 8. fragile- easily broken or damaged or destroyed 9. financial- monetary; pecuniary 10. emotional- of persons excessively affected by

emotion

MAIN IDEAS OF THE FIFTH PARAGRAPH

1. Humans can predict some certainty to the future, but do not know precisely what will happen in the exact time.

2. The great majority of modern people believe divination because they desire certainty and security.

FIFTH PARAGRAPH － WORDS AND PHRASES uncertain (adj.) : unclear, not sure 不明確的 ancestor (n.) : member of your family from long ago 祖先 advance (v.) : to go or move something forward 進步 , 發展 nonetheless (adv.) : nevertheless, despite what has just

been said 但是 , 仍然 precisely (adv.) : exactly 精確地 majority (n.) : the larger part of something 大多數 reasonably (adv.) : in a way that shows good judgment 合理地 divination (n.) : the act or skill of discovering what will happen in the future 占卜 , 預測 fulfill (v.) : to do something as promised 履行 , 實現