Coldplay's Chris Martin 1

Vocal - 聲音的
Social theme - social idea

Adore - worship 崇拜, people adore him for his noble character

Deliberate - choice to

Low key - low profile

Gratitude - 感激之情

Greed - 貪心

Cull - 挑出, 選出

Morsel - 一點點

Charisma - power to influence, passion, 非凡的領導力

Introspective - to think about one's self, 內省的

Obliquely - the meaning is not clear, 拐彎抹角的

Lushly - 豐富的

Melodic - 有旋律的 

Potent - 強有力的, 有影響力的 He is a potent ruler

Poetic - 富有詩意的 The dance moved with poetic grace

Stature - 高度水準 achievement, Thomas Jefferson was a man of great stature

Parachute - 降落傘

Indie darling - independent small group, independent CD producer

Stellar - excellent, 顯著的

Splinter - dividing into different groups 

Newsworthy Clip 3

Forefront - leading position; he is in the forefront of the heart surgery field
Emerge - coming out, growing, becoming more popular; The sun is emerging from the behind of the mountain
Human tissue - 人體組織;
Bladder - 膀胱, the bladder store the wasted water in our body
Organ - 器官; The human organ is very fragile
Implant - 植入; John implanted an artificial heart pump in his body.
Tinkering with the car - trying to fix the car
Progenitor - earliest form, the source from which something is descended
Milestone - an important event in the development of something
Sidestep - to avoid gracefully
Controversial - 爭論的, against; This sidesteps the controversial use of embryonic stem cell
Specimen - 樣本, sample
Tumor - 腫瘤
Stem cell - 幹細胞
Amniotic fluid - 羊水
Placenta- 胎盤
Embryonic stem cell - 胚胎幹細胞
Nerve - 神經
Liver - 肝臟
Pancreas - 胰腺
Stem cell - a cell that doesn't have a clear identity, it can be define as any cell you want it to be

Newsworthy Clip 2

1. Blogsphere - whole collection of on-line journals(blogs)
2. Atmosphere - 大氣, 空氣, 氣氛 The atmosphere in the classroom is very intense.
3. Hemisphere - 半球 (North hemisphere, south hemisphere)
4. Fever chart - 曲線圖表
5. Mash it up - putting it altogether (blend it in)
6. Revenue - 收入, 稅收, 總收入 Tax revenue increased last year, The board of directors was concerned at the drop in the company's revenues
7. Delegate - 代表, 委託 give someone a responsibility and divide the job among different people. Boss can delegate tasks to his employees.
8. Crisis - 危機, We have finally overcome the global economic crisis
9. PR- public relation
10. Teaser - a small advertisement
11. Agile - 機敏的 The boy has an agile mind, 敏捷的 The kid is as agile as a hare
12. Swirl - 旋轉 The water swirl about his feet

Newsworthy Clip 1

Canary in the coal mine- (idiom) a warning system, when you're down in the coal mine and the canary stops singing, then you'll know you don't have enough air down there
Canary - 金絲雀
Coal mine - 煤礦
Discount carrier - lower price (cheap) tickets
Lashed out - got angry, criticize in an angry way
Lunatic - 瘋子 crazy
Insult - 侮辱, 羞辱
Glitch - a small problem
Conversely - opposite, on the other hand
Tweet - 推文
Meme - a perceived understanding, especially of some situation, that spreads quickly from person to person via the internet
Perceive - 感知
brutal - very aggressive, violent, unpleasant
Bask in - enjoy the way of other people admire you
Bask in the sun - soaking in the sunlight
Bask in the love - enjoying the affection of something
Raging tweet-stream - storm of comments
Parse - separate language into different functions (ex. positive, negative )

The doctor of the future 3

Cardiology - 心臟病學

Diagnostic - 診斷 what the pain is exactly

Prognosis - what the doctor think the pain (problem) will go

The diagnosis is you have diabetes but the prognosis is very good, because if you treat it carefully you'll have a healthy life

Tap - using whats out there to make use of something, use what their peers, doctors already know

Tap into somebody's intelligent

Off and on - not constantly working on something, but taking time here and there to work on something

Renown - high reputation, highly recognized 

Pediatric - 小兒科

Neurologist - 神經病學家

Out-source - jobs going to other companies that you can out-source those jobs, get someone else to do it.

Sourcing someone - getting information form someone

Crowd-sourcing - getting the crowds opinion

Likely diagnosis - a probability diagnoses

Pore - study or look carefully at something

Perplex - very complicated

The doctor of the future 2

A little bit graphical - something a little bit violent, slightly offensive, difficult to hear

The movie is a little bit graphical - the movie is too bloody, too much violence

Cardiac surgeon - heart surgeon

Surgeon - 外科醫生

Mitral valve - prevent the blood to flow in the war it shouldn't (back into the heart)心臟僧帽瓣

Sternum - breast bone 胸骨

Slender - 修長的, thin

Incision - slide into

Invasive - 侵入的

Tremor - shake

Fatigue - 疲累

Rib - 肋骨

Staphylococcus - 葡萄球菌

Incentive - to encourage or motivate to do

Reimbursement - the salary doctor get from the insurance退款, 償還

Let done - 更不必說

Remote facility - a facility you can access on-line

Comprehensive - covers a wide range

Proctor - to watch, to supervise

Proctor a teacher - watch and learn what a teacher do

Anesthesiologist - 麻醉師

Anesthetic - 麻醉藥

Routine - a. happen normally

Skeptical - suspicious 懷疑論的

The doctor of the future 1

Prognosis - when visiting a doctor, the doctor tells you the symptom of your body, what he think the problem is, looking into the future trying to predict what will happen(預後 - 根據醫生的經驗預測疾病的發展)
Grim - not favorable, not good
Prescription - 處方
Clinic - 診所
Primary-care physician - the front-line doctor you'll see where you tell the doctor which part of the body you don't feel well and the the doctor will send you to the specialist
Virtual practice - no actual office or location
House call - go to peoples houses and help them figure out what the problem were medically
Ensuing - as a result of something else, because of something has happened before so something else happened
Publicity - 公眾, 名聲
Cobble together - do something quickly, put something together quickly
Practice - business, doctor's practice means their business
Comply with - 遵從, 順從
Shortage - lack of something
Ailment - the problem of illness, 病痛
Intuitive - understand everything very quickly, 直覺的

The changing face of TV makeup 2

Intimidating - scary, 嚇人的
Cosmetic - 化妝品
Foundation - A base makeup to cover up the flaws on the skin
Abrupt - 突然的, 唐突的, 不連貫的
Subtle - not bright, noticeable, or obvious in any way
Blend - to mix up, not to notice the makeup on the skin
Makeup is a process trying to highlight the features on the skin
Dewy - 露溼的
Translucent - lighten, allowing some light to pass through, transparent
Veil - 面紗, 薄紗
Bronzer - make the skin looks a little dark, like having a bit of sun (tan)
Matte - describe a surface that is not shiny
Bronzy - 似青銅的
Vicious cycle - a situation where you do one thing, a negative consequence happens, then by doing another thing, another problem happens; A continuous unpleasant situation, created when one problem causes another problem, which makes the first problem worse. 惡性循環
Nude - 裸的, 與生俱來的
Complexion - 膚色, 面色
Groom - v. 打扮, n. 新郎
Brow - 額頭, 眉毛
Yesteryear - a time in the past

The changing face of TV shows

Loom - 隱約的出現
Mire- 使陷入困境
Anxiety - 焦慮
Distress - 苦惱
Helplessness - 無助的
Upperclassman - 高年級生
Persist - 堅持
Strive - 努力
Leap - 跳躍
Venue - 集合地
Accommodation - 住處
Flaw - 缺點, 瑕疵
The advent of something - the beginning of something
News anchor - the host of news program
Up close and personal - whenever we are closer to people than normal
Wrinkle - 皺紋
Freckle - 斑點
Kapow - everything is magnified, cleared, exploded
Pristine picture - flawless picture
Sports junkies - people who loves sports very much
Bead - 汗珠
Fierce - strong, powerful, intense
Fashionista - someone who devoted follower of fashion
Texture - 組織, 結構
Tweed - a kind of fabric made from wool
Wool - 羊毛
Nubby - 塊狀的, bump
Talent - an informal way to say actors

Innovation on the move 2

Monitor - measuring, keep track of something
Textile - Different material to make floor, 紡織的
Tile - 地磚
Concrete - 混泥土
Envision - imagine 想像, 展望
Irritate - 使難受, 惱人的
Intuition - 直覺得, 洞察力

Innovation on the move

Innovation - making new things
On the move - transportation
Makeover - take something that already exist and change some part of it to make it better
Aston Martin - car company
High-end - very high class, very sophisticated, when talking about cars it means a very luxury car
Superfirm - a company that is very very big
Never dream of - never think of that would happen
Forge - v. create
Hassle - 麻煩, 困難
Retractable ramp - 可縮回的坡道
Turning radius - describe the minimum turning angle of a car
Boon - added bonus
Behemoth - extra large thing
Plush - high quality
Reconstituted - use different material and added together
Upholstery - 沙發
Lounge - 休息室
Mundane - ordinary