Site:http://www.elllo.org/english/1101/1144-Jeff-Shipwreck.htm
Topic:1144 Shipwrecked
Key words learned:
①pinnacle=summit
②dusk=the time of day immediately following sunset
③go out the window=disappear completely
④infection=moral corruption or contamination
⑤deranged=driven insane
Rating of the site: :)
Comments: The story is about "Shipwrecked". It was difficult story to understand, but I learned some words. It was a good site for me.
Time spent doing activity: about 30 minutes
Ⅱ. Activity Two
Site:http://www.elllo.org/english/1001/1026-Nydja-Grades.htm
Topic:Grades
My score: 2/5
Key words learned:
①binary=consisting of two
②detriment=a damage or loss
③recipient=a person who receives something
④primary=principal⑤definitely=without question and beyond doubt
Comments: It was a short story. I think it was good story, because I'm interested in educatuon, especially American and Europe.
Time spent doing activity: about 30 minutes
Ⅲ. Activity Three
Site:http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/20/change-life-art-of-forgetting
Topic:This column will change your life: the art of forgetting
Key words learned:
①uncharitable=lacking love and generosity
②envious= jealous
③hostage=surety
④eliminate=get rid of
⑤ intimately=with great or especially intimate knowledge
⑥bedevil=be confusing or perplexing to
⑦assimilate=become similar to one's environment
⑧deliberately=measuredly
⑨eemingly=ostensibly
⑩reputation=the general estimation that the public has for a person
⑪repression=the act of control
⑫confront=face up
⑬elsewhere=in or to another place
⑭countless= too numerous to be counted
⑮screw up=twist into a strained configuration
Rating of the site: :)
Comments:It was very difficult to undrestand. There are so many words I don't know.
Time spent doing activity: about 25 minutes
