Social Media 2

Phenomenon - 現象
Industrial revolution - 工業革命
Phenomenal - 驚人的, extraordinary event
Contemplative - to think about something, to reflect the things that are going on in your life, to take time to think about what the books are talking about, 沉思
Detrimental - causing harm or damage
Scale back - to do something less
Stemmed from - came from

Social Media

Social media - on-line chatting, MSN, Facebook, Twiter
Superficial - on the surface 表面的, 膚淺的
Acquaintance - 熟人, 相識, 瞭解 (+ with)
Anti-social - against to social, stay at home, not going out to talk with people, not want to be around people very much
Negative connotation - 負面的涵意
Erode - destroying slowly 侵蝕
Shorten our attention span - short conversation on social media, as a result when we go outside we don't really want in-depth conversation or deeper conversation
in-depth - 深入
Captivate - 使著迷
Turning point - change
Take the plunge - go ahead to do something, maybe something you haven't be ready to do for a long time, or you've being reluctant to do
Reluctant - 不情願的
Tether - tight to it, attach to it
Adopting technology - try new technology right away
Early adoption = rapid adoption - someone who buys the new technology immediately when it comes out, when a new technology comes out they go right on board, they go out and buy it right away
Unchecked - without restrictions, without boundary
Intimacy - close relationship
Fragment - break up
Denizen - a person that is particularly in a place (resident)
Anxiety - anxious
Foray - taking a few time 短暫的訪問
Self-discipline - 自律, 自我訓練
Atrophy - some part of the body that have not been used for a long time, 萎縮

Cloud Computing 2

Niche - own corner, a firm selling specific product, than this particular product is the company's niche, certain category
Supersmart software - the software that can do a lot of things
Niche market - distinct market
Ubiquitous - present everywhere, hear it everywhere
Boom - a great increase
A business is booming - the business is growing, going well
Migrate - transfer
Entrepreneurship - 企業家精神, 企業家身分
Entrepreneur - 企業家, 事業創辦者
Leveling the playing field - to make something that was once unequal make it equal again
Leveling - even使平衡
Capital - money, 資本
Scale - n. capacity, size of the company
Scale up the company - v. 擴大公司規模

Cloud Computing

The sky is the limit - there is no limit
Prospect - the outlook, the expectation for the future, n. 預期
Perspective - n. 觀點
Less cloudy - less unsure
obligate - 義務
Confine - only used, locked to, 使侷限
Deride - v. to make fun of, being made fun of
Critics - 評論家
Marketing poly - scam, something done to trick you
Sweeping - wide influence
Stature - reputation, a leader of a country is a great stature, grow in stature
Prominent - very well known, very popular, very famous
Tech start-ups - technology new company
On-demand basis - on the spot
Infrastructure - architecture, hardware
Accommodate - provide
Emerging - coming out from somewhere, growing, developing; the actor emerging from the back of the stage
Emerging company - starting to notice the company

Old-Fashioned Bicycle

Overwhelm - v. 戰勝, 征服, 壓倒, 覆蓋, 淹沒, 使受不了, 使不知所措 (+by/with)

Sturdy - a. 健壯的, 結實的, 健康的

Attuned to - a. paying more attention

Frugality - n. the way of spending money, spend money wisely, saving your money, finding the best deal

Frugal sometimes has a negative connotation to it.

Connotation - n. 含蓄, 言外之意

Stingy - a. 小氣的

Someone who's cheap, stingy - very very against on spending money on anything

Someone who's frugal - chooses what they will spend money on

Holland - 荷蘭

Amsterdam - capital of Holland

Opportune time - good, convenient time

Authentic - a. 可信的

Enthusiastic - a. 熱情的 (+about/over/at)

Athlete - n. 運動員

Condense - v. 壓縮, 濃縮

Racer - bike for racing, thin tire

Commute - 通勤, a journey made regularly between home and work

Errand - n. 差事, 差使, 任務

Attribute - v. 把... 歸功於

Recession - 衰退期, 經濟衰退

Undeterred - not discouraged by something difficult

Thaw - to warm up (weather or economic, finance)

Things are thawing - people can spend money again, because the economic is thawing

Restraint - n. 限制, 抑制

Threefold - a. 三倍的

Fender - n. 擋泥板

Hubble : Our Heavenly View of Space 3

Take a look at the big picture
Fascinating - charming a. 迷人的
Ingenuity - n. thinking in a very clever way, thinking of new ways to do things, thinking outside the box.
Ingenuity - a. genius, ingenious
Roadblock - obstruction, obstacle n. 阻礙
Ergonomic - 研究人及工作環境(使用的設備及機器)之間的關係的學科; 人類工程學
Blast - shot to somewhere
Lift off - blast off
I had a blast - I had a lot of fun
Cosmos - 宇宙
Faucet handle- 6 or 8 sides for easy handling
Wrench - 板手
Tinker with - making small changes to something

20100309 - CPBE English interview skill

Curve ball question - unexpected question
Personality is more important than ability
Self introduction - 2-3 minutes

Hubble : Our Heavenly View of Space 2

Eagle Nebula - Know as the birth place of stars
Nebula - cloud
Inauspicious start - not a very good way to start, unpleasant, unsuccessful, not favorable, unlucky beginning
Auspicious words - good words, words of good luck, well wishes
In - (Prefix)  - not good, negative of something
Distortion - twisted
Fuzzy image - unclear image
Blurry image - unclear image
Rewriting books - making, advancing, updating the books
Chief
Associate Science Administrator
Surpass - exceeded
Surpass expectations - exceeded what people thinks, exceeded peoples expectations
Conceive - brought, receive, thought, imagine (Usually used with technology)
When computer was first created it was humongous so people may not have be able to conceive what it would look like many years later
Eager - 急迫的
If all goes well - if all goes smoothly
Constellation - 星座
Propel - 推進
Propeller - 推進器
Latch - 鎖上
Fiery demise - 燒盡
Fiery - 火的
Demise - 死亡 Something comes to an end
Yearn - strongly desire, yearn to answer
Blaze a trail - to do something or go somewhere that no one else has done or gone before

Hubble : Our Heavenly View of Space

Hubble was launched at 1990
Telescope - an instrument that can see very far away
Microscope - an instrument that can see very small things
Prefix - 字首, scope has many prefixes
Voyage - 航行
Astronomy - study of star and space
Astrology - mystical aspect; like fortune teller
Astronomer - the person who studies star and space
Orbit - around the earth, the path that is traveling
Vivid - very detail, full with life, colorful, picture that is very detail
Appear three-dimensional - length, height, depth
Iconic - a symbol that represents something specific; something iconic means that it has a lot of meaning for a lot of people
Beamed down - to photograph
Stellar - a. star
Planetary - a. 行星的
Portrait - a. photograph 照片
Throes -having a lot of pain; throes of birth
Stalking - following something or someone
Galaxy - 銀河
Chunk - 相當大的部分
Comet - 彗星
Jupiter - 木星 ; chunk of comet slamming into Jupiter.
Spectacular scene - 壯觀
Grace note - an unnecessarily added touch, usually a little of something that adds beauty
Speck of light - 微小的光
Molecules - particle 分子
Curator - 館長
Stunning imagery - 驚人的影像
Hamper - to make something more difficult, making something slow something down; because of the computer failure this telescope was not as useful or powerful as it was before(it once was)
High-profile - many people know about it
Choreograph - arranged in certain way, carefully arranged
Gyroscope - an instrument that help things to stay balanced
Delicate task - 需要小心處理的工作
Entail - v. 必須, 使承擔 - something that is required, required task, something that involved in the task; what is your job entail? = what is your job requirements? = what is your job responsibilities?
Composition - 構圖
Vastly - 龐大地, 巨大地, 極大地

Nursing Home Kindergarten 1

Void - emptiness
Hospitalize
Half-Daze - semi-confuse state
Kindergarten
Kindergartner
Grimace - an expression of pain in which the muscles of the face are tighten and the face looks twisted
Spreading the vision
Prompt - motivated to do something
Implement - make it to work, make a plan into operation
Senior center = nursing home
Passed on to our next generation
Run with - take a ideal and implement it, take it to the next level

Nursing Home Kindergarten

Fortunately - 幸運的 luckily
Ceremony
Gown - graduation gown
Celebration
Nursing home
Synergy - collaborate, two group or more to create better outcome
Compassion - deep interest in caring for people
Walker - 助步器
Phenomenal - 驚人的
Pass on
Blossoming - to become more successful or confident; usually used for flower blossom
Praise - 讚美, 讚揚, 稱讚