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4/24 文學作品導讀note week 10

1. initial ( adj.) occurring at the beginning of something

    initiate ( v.) to cause the beginning of (something); to start or begin

                       (something); to teach (someone) the basic facts or ideas

                        about something

    initiation ( n.) a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a

                           group or society

2. confirmation ( n.) proof which shows that something is true or correct;             

                                  a response which shows that information is received

                                  and understood; especially : a response that makes

                                  a purchase, appointment, etc., definite or official

3. commence ( v.) to begin

    commencement ( n.) the time when something begins; a ceremony during

                                        which degrees or diplomas are given to students who

                                        have graduated from a school or college

4. hood ( n.) means a flexible covering for the head and neck; a protective

                      covering for the head and face

                      ex. The Little Red Riding Hood

5.“ - hood ” means the state or quality of; a group of people of the type mentioned

      childhood

      adulthood

      neighborhood

      falsehood ( n.) an untrue statement; the quality of not being true or accurate

6. genres : a type or category of works sharing particular formal or textual features

                       and conventions; especially used to refer to the largest categories for

                       classifying literature—fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction. A smaller

                       division within a genre is usually known as a subgenre, such as gothic

                       fiction or epic poetry.

 7.  canon : the range of works that a consensus of scholars, teachers, and

                      readers of a particular time and culture consider "great" or "major."

 8. imagination : also called the faculty of imagining, is the ability to form new

                               images and sensations that are not perceived through

                               senses such as sight, hearing, or other senses. Imagination helps

                               make knowledge applicable in solving problems and is fundamental to

                               integrating experience and the learning process

9. consensus ( n.) a general agreement about something; an idea

                               or opinion that is shared by all the people in a group

     * reach a consensus on

     Ex. Can we reach a consensus on this matter ?

10.“ The Blind Side ”

       Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on

     a dumb idea or mistake, but you're not supposed to question adults,

     or your coach or your teacher, because they make the rules.

     Maybe they know best, but maybe they don't. It all depends on who

     you are, where you come from. Didn't at least one of the six hundred

     guys think about giving up, and joining with the other side?

     I mean, valley of death that's pretty salty stuff. That's why courage

     it's tricky. Should you always do what others tell you to do?

     Sometimes you might not even know why you're doing something.

     I mean any fool can have courage. But honor, that's the real reason

     for you either do something or you don't. It's who you are and maybe

     who you want to be. If you die trying for something important,

     then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good.

     I think that's what the writer was saying, that you should hope

     for courage and try for honor. And maybe even pray that the people

     telling you what to do have some, too.