patient新解

patient = pat + tie + ent

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有耐心的, 能忍受的, 能容忍的 = 輕拍, 輕打+枕木, 軌枕+(形容詞字尾)表示"做…動作的"

耐心就是輕拍枕木的動作， 輕拍枕木的動作極需耐心

diplomat新解

剛看到一個字diplomat

馬上用字中字分解一下：dip+plot+mat

可以得到 diplomat 外交官(有手腕的人, 處事圓滑機敏的人) = ?

[@more@]diplomat外交官(有手腕的人, 處事圓滑機敏的人) =

dip浸; 泡(在) +

plot陰謀; 祕密計劃 +

mat纏結(裡的人)

相似字傻傻分不清楚：humility, humidity, humiliate, humanity

原文引自：http://blog.udn.com/erincye/4085468

四個相似的長字，放在句子文章有上下文還知道意思，可是一旦自己要使用時拼字究竟對不對呢？就經常不禁懷疑。

Humility gains more than pride. 
The humidity in the room was so high that I felt kind of sick.
He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss.
He was charged on six counts of crimes against humanity.

[@more@]滿招損，謙受益。
房裡很潮濕我覺得不太舒服。
他在上司面前批評同事羞辱他。
他被控六項違反人性的罪名。

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背單字小撇步(不是很炫，但還管用)：       

humidity 濕氣 (形容詞 humid = 潮濕的)
humility 謙虛 (= modest)
humiliate 羞辱 (-ate 動詞字尾)
humanity 人性；人本 (human = 人類)

英語字源字典

建國一百年，百年紀念日，英語是：centennial，突然想知道這字的字源是什麼?

上網發現這個字典：http://www.etymonline.com/

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http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=centennial&searchmode=none

centennial (adj.) Look up centennial at Dictionary.com
c.1797, formed in English from L. centum "one hundred" (see hundred) + ending from biennial. First used as a noun in 1876.
bicentennial Look up bicentennial at Dictionary.com
also, in 19c., bi-centennial; 1843 (adj.), 1871 (noun), Amer.Eng., from bi- + centennial (q.v.). In rivalry with bicentenary (1831) which seems to have been the more common word in Britain.
sesquicentennial Look up sesquicentennial at Dictionary.com
"pertaining to a century and a half," 1880, from L. sesqui- "one and a half" (from semis "a half" + -que "and") + centennial (q.v.). First recorded ref. is to Baltimore’s.

輸入cent

cent Look up cent at Dictionary.com
late 14c., from L. centum "hundred" (see hundred). M.E. meaning was "one hundred," but shifted 17c. to "hundredth part" under influence of percent. Chosen in this sense in 1786 as name for U.S. currency unit by Continental Congress. The name was first suggested by Robert Morris in 1782 under a different currency plan. Before the cent, colonial dollars were reckoned in ninetieths, based on the exchange rate of Pennsylvania money and Spanish coin.

Merry Christmas

I usually only do one site per day but I thought I’d put a couple of fun Christmas sites out there today.  The first comes from my pal, Andy Lummis.  He sent along Northpole.com – a collection of games and resources that offer something for everyone.  You can write a letter to Santa, play an elf game, or prepare some seasonal treats in the kitchen.
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聽演講(ted)學英文一舉兩得

I stumbled on this massive list of TEDTalks in a Google Spreadsheet last week.  URL/Speaker/Talk Name/Summary/Duration/Publish Date are all laid out for you to search, organize, list and browse for some inspiration for your classroom!
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如何讓背單字「離苦得樂」

我相信人類有「離苦得樂」的基因，不幸的是：背單字從來就不是一件樂事，而是一件苦差事。您也是這麼認為嗎?如果是，那您得小心了，因為您正在告訴您的大
腦不要記住單字，因為人的記憶也有一個特性「記住快樂的事，忘掉痛苦的事」。所以要記牢單字首先得「騙」大腦：「記單字是一件快樂的事」，有趣的是如果您
不斷告訴自己「記單字是一件快樂的事」，您的大腦真得會相信哦，但要如何讓記單字真得有趣呢?

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人類還有一個特性「不喜歡被動，喜歡主動」，也就是同一件事若是主動去做比被動去做容易快樂，因此您得主動去記單字，而且在記的過程中不斷告訴自己這是件快樂的事，但記單字真得很累，怎麼會快樂呢?

沒錯，背單字的確不會快樂，但您為什麼要記單字呢?您想學好英文吧!

為什麼您想學好英文呢?–>學好英文就可以…考100分，進一流大學–>進一流公司–>認識理想的伴侶–>………每個人都不一樣，但想這些事是不是快樂一些呢?

但回歸到現實面，單字還是得記對不對，一個一個記不如一堆一堆記：

d–>do

do–>dog, dot

dog–> god(重組字)

dog–>hot dog, dig, log, fog, hog,

dig–> pig, big, fig, wig, zig

a–>ay–>day

day–>may, bay, gay, say, way

唱歌學英文

Sing karaoke online and get a score based on your performance. Practice your singing and increase your score. The full screen function makes this site useful in a classroom setting for competition or choral singing.  All you need is a microphone, built in or connected to your computer.  A set of speakers will help too.
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