I read "Pope attacked at Christmas service" by weekly ST World News online.
a. The words I did not know.
1)attacked
Sentence:
Pope attacked at Christmas service
Definition:
to deliberately use violence to hurt a person or damage a place:
Synonyms:
bruise, touch; hit; offense;
Comment:
I think this title should be "Pope was attacked at Christmas service". Is my thinking wrong?
2)Mass
Sentence:
A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI at the start of Christmas Eve Mass, but the 82-year-old pontiff was unhurt and proceeded as planned with the service.
Definition:
the celebration of the Christian Eucharist, especially in the Roman Catholic Church
Synonyms:
Mass is "missa" in Latin
c. Comments about the news.
The reason of I pick up this news are three. First is "Pope" interest me. Second is my misunderstanding which I thought this was a kind of riot. Last is wrongly written character in Japanese. The last of the news page, there are Japanese title and one sentence. I found the mistake with title, then I thought "Is this site OK?" This is just joke.
I am an atheist, I don't have faith, so maybe I am charmed by religious things. I think that my this feeling resemble that Japanese people long for the West or a part of people who like the mysteries of the Orient.
I can't understand thinking of faith. I want to know what unshaken faith is. Pope is just a human for me, but he is the nearest human to God for many people. Many people are saved just he alive. I am interested in the power of faith.
2010年12月29日水曜日
2010年12月24日金曜日
NY still bugs some people
I read "NY still bugs some people" by weekly ST Essay online.
a. The words I did not know.
1)creature
Sentence:
Earlier this year, I read an article in a newspaper, which said, considering the many creatures that had attacked New York over the years in movies, it was surprising that when a real creature should attack and terrorize the city, it should come in so tiny a form as the bedbug.
Definition:
living thing;anything that is living, such as an animal, fish, or insect, but not a plant:
Synonyms:
baby, being, bird,
2)bedbug
Sentence:
same as above
Definition:
an insect that sucks blood and lives in dirty houses, especially in beds
Synonyms:
bear hug, debug, earplug, firebug,
3)resident
Sentence:
Surely the residents of a city that has been mauled by King Kong and Godzilla and various forms of aliens, dinosaurs, mutants, and zombies could handle the bedbug.
Definition:
someone who lives or stays in a particular place:
Synonyms:
denizen, dweller, habitant,
4)maul
Sentence:
same as above
Definition:
if an animal mauls someone, it injures them badly by tearing their flesh:
Synonyms:
handle roughly
c. Comments about the essay.
Bedbugs are called Nan-kin-musi in Japan. I read about English name in this essay for the first. I thought English name is simpler than Japanese name, and I searched Nan-kin-musi by some dictionaries. Then I knew its official name is Toko-jirami in Japan. Toko means bed in English. Si(-ji)rami means bugs in English, too. This was interesting for me. I was grad a little that there is a same image between people who live in different countries. I want to know another English name of Nan-kin-musi.
a. The words I did not know.
1)creature
Sentence:
Earlier this year, I read an article in a newspaper, which said, considering the many creatures that had attacked New York over the years in movies, it was surprising that when a real creature should attack and terrorize the city, it should come in so tiny a form as the bedbug.
Definition:
living thing;anything that is living, such as an animal, fish, or insect, but not a plant:
Synonyms:
baby, being, bird,
2)bedbug
Sentence:
same as above
Definition:
an insect that sucks blood and lives in dirty houses, especially in beds
Synonyms:
bear hug, debug, earplug, firebug,
3)resident
Sentence:
Surely the residents of a city that has been mauled by King Kong and Godzilla and various forms of aliens, dinosaurs, mutants, and zombies could handle the bedbug.
Definition:
someone who lives or stays in a particular place:
Synonyms:
denizen, dweller, habitant,
4)maul
Sentence:
same as above
Definition:
if an animal mauls someone, it injures them badly by tearing their flesh:
Synonyms:
handle roughly
c. Comments about the essay.
Bedbugs are called Nan-kin-musi in Japan. I read about English name in this essay for the first. I thought English name is simpler than Japanese name, and I searched Nan-kin-musi by some dictionaries. Then I knew its official name is Toko-jirami in Japan. Toko means bed in English. Si(-ji)rami means bugs in English, too. This was interesting for me. I was grad a little that there is a same image between people who live in different countries. I want to know another English name of Nan-kin-musi.
2010年11月5日金曜日
Adding value to tangible commodities
I read "Adding value to tangible commodities" by weekly ST Essay online.
a. The words I did not know.(without blue words)
1)immediately
Sentence:
I immediately rolled down the window and called out that she'd forgotten her mother's gift.
Definition:
without delay
Synonyms:
at once, as soon as, right away, in a minute,
2)leap
Sentence:
If I had been older or braver, I would have leapt out and run after her.
Definition:
to jump high into the air or to jump in order to land in a different place:
to move very quickly and with a lot of energy:
Synonyms:
jump, move fast, hop, skip,
3)dimly[dim]
Sentence:
I also dimly understood that one could relinquish a cherished object into the hands of an unknown person, and shift the world slightly in a positive way.
Definition:
fairly dark or not giving much light, so that you cannot see well
Synonyms:
faintly, feebly, vaguely, distantly,
c. Comments about the essay.
This essay was interesting.
Especially, she wrote that, That day, I went from a child's perspective of "stranger = danger" to a new idea: "stranger = changer."
Stranger and someone who has different culture changes my idea.
Knowing something new is so interesting.
So human beings are leaning and studying.
But I didn't think I could give stranger my memento or my valuables.
So I will not do rash action when I'll be with stranger.
a. The words I did not know.(without blue words)
1)immediately
Sentence:
I immediately rolled down the window and called out that she'd forgotten her mother's gift.
Definition:
without delay
Synonyms:
at once, as soon as, right away, in a minute,
2)leap
Sentence:
If I had been older or braver, I would have leapt out and run after her.
Definition:
to jump high into the air or to jump in order to land in a different place:
to move very quickly and with a lot of energy:
Synonyms:
jump, move fast, hop, skip,
3)dimly[dim]
Sentence:
I also dimly understood that one could relinquish a cherished object into the hands of an unknown person, and shift the world slightly in a positive way.
Definition:
fairly dark or not giving much light, so that you cannot see well
Synonyms:
faintly, feebly, vaguely, distantly,
c. Comments about the essay.
This essay was interesting.
Especially, she wrote that, That day, I went from a child's perspective of "stranger = danger" to a new idea: "stranger = changer."
Stranger and someone who has different culture changes my idea.
Knowing something new is so interesting.
So human beings are leaning and studying.
But I didn't think I could give stranger my memento or my valuables.
So I will not do rash action when I'll be with stranger.
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