An Insight into the Future

• 4000Y101 蘇儀婕• 4011Z002 俞德嫻• 4000Z048 黃巧惠• 4000Z049 陳燕雪

First Paragraph Words and Phrases

• divination (n.): 占卜 , 預測 the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means

• divine (Vt.) (Vi.): 占卜 , 預言 to discover or declare (something obscure or in the future) by divination; prophesy

• -ate: 動詞轉形容詞 The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives

• -ion: 形容詞轉名詞 used in Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives, verbs, and especially past participles

• attempt (n.): 嘗試 , 企圖 an effort made to accomplish something

• at-: 朝向 variant of ad- (ad-: meant “toward”) before t• tempt: 強烈趨向做某事 to render strongly disposed to do

something

First Paragraph Words and Phrases

• palm reading: 手相術 , 看手相 divination using the palm of one's hand

• palm (n.): 手掌 the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers

• circumstance (n.): 境遇 ; 情況 a condition, detail, part, or attribute, with respect to time, place, manner, agent, etc., that accompanies, determines, or modifies a fact or event

• circum-: 環繞 , 在 ... 周圍 “ round about, around,” especially derivatives of verbs that had the general senses “to encompass or surround”

• stand: 面臨 , 遭遇 to face or encounter• -ance: 動詞轉名詞 a suffix used to form nouns either from

adjectives in -ant or from verbs

First Paragraph Words and Phrases

• financial (a.): 財政的 , 金融的 pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures

• finance (n.): 財政 , 金融 the management of revenues• -ial: 表示 "... 的 ", " 關於 ... 的 " variant of –al (-al: a suffix with

the general sense “of the kind of, pertaining to, having the form or character of”)

• marital (a.): 婚姻的 ; 夫妻的 of or pertaining to marriage

• bliss (n.): 極樂 , 至喜 supreme happiness

• practice (n.): 習慣 ; 風俗民情 habit, custom• -ice: a suffix of nouns, indicating state or quality

First Paragraph Words and Phrases

• astrology (n.): 占星術 analyzing the stars and planets• astro-: 表示 " 星 ", " 星狀的 " a combining form with the

meaning “pertaining to stars or celestial bodies, or to activities, as spaceflight, taking place outside the earth's atmosphere”

• -logy: "... 學 ", "... 論 " a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge

The Main Ideas of First Paragraph

• Palm reading is a popular method of divination in both Eastern and Western culture because people hope to find out their fate through it.

where - in or at what place

Second Paragraph Words and Phrases

earliest – near the beginning of a period of time 

early -estsuffix

used to form the superlative degree

elsewhere – in or to another place 在別處 / 往別處

else - other or in addition

engaged – 〔 +in/on 〕 busy or occupied 忙於 ... 的 〔 +to 〕  pledged to be married 已訂婚的

-edsuffix – used to form adjectives

engage -吸引 / 佔用 ( 時間精力等 )

ancient – of or in time long past 古代的

Second Paragraph Words and Phrases

emperor – a supreme ruler of an empire 皇帝empery -absolute dominion.

routinely – a regular course of procedure 慣常地

routinen. 例行公事adj. 例行的

astrologer – a person who practices astrology 占星家astro-a combining form with the meaning “pertaining to stars”

-orsuffix – denote a condition or property of things or persons

-lysuffix - forming adverbs from adjectives

-logy – 表示 "... 學 "

-ersuffix – person occupationally connected with

Second Paragraph Words and Phrases

foretell – to tell beforehand 預言

court – 朝廷

fore 前頭 / 船頭 / 早先的

security – freedom from danger, risk 安全感secure – safe/protected

-itysuffixadd to adjectives to form nouns to express state or condition

interpret – to explain or tell the meaning of  解釋

diagnose – to recognize by signs and symptoms 診斷

The Main Ideas of Second Paragraph

In the ancient period,emperors consult astrologers to forecast some important things.

Third Paragraph Words and Phrases

• escape (v.): 逃脫

• constantly (adv.): 不斷地 • con- : 完全 • stant : 穩定 • -ly : 副詞字尾

• crops (n.): 作物

• emperor (n.): 皇帝

• failure (n.): 失敗 • fail : 失敗 • -ure : 名詞字尾

• prediction (n.): 預言 • pre- : 預先 • dict : 說 • -ion : 狀態 , 性質 , 行為

• blamed (v.): 責備

Third Paragraph Words and Phrases

The Main Ideas of Third Paragraph

• Humans in the ancient period had very little control over the world and it is the main reason why divination was so important to people at that time.

Fourth Paragraph Words and Phrases

• divination (n.): 預測

• environment (n.): 環境• en-: 置於…之中• environ (vt.): 包圍 ; 圍繞• -ment: 名詞字尾

• achieve (v.): 實現• a-: 向

• mastery (n.): 掌握

• mercy (n.): 仁慈

Fourth Paragraph Words

• fragile (adj.): 脆弱的• frag (n.): 破碎• ile-: 形容詞字尾

• suffer (v.): 受苦• suf-: 下面 , 底下 ; 往下 , 進一步 , 再次

The Main Ideas of Fourth Paragraph

• Even with divination, human is still very fragile.

Fifth Paragraph Words

• remain (v.): 仍是• re-: 再• main (v.): 保持

• ancestor (n.): 祖先• an-: 在前面• -tor: 人

• period (n.): 時期

• predict (v.): 預測• pre-: 預先

Fifth Paragraph Words

• disaster (n.): 災難 ; 不幸• dis-: 表示相反 , 否定 ; 分離 , 奪去

• obtain (v.): 得到• ob-: 朝 ... 方向 ; 逆 , 反 , 倒

• secure (adj.): 安全的

The Main Ideas of Fifth Paragraph

• People’s desires for certainty and security make divination popular.