bbc 6 Minute English - Bangladesh cyber attack

bbc 6 minute - Bangladesh cyber attack  2012/2/22 with S@7-11

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# Vocabulary - refer to Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Learner’s Dictionary
Bangladesh
› 孟加拉


take place
› to happen
The meeting will take place next week.

in place
     › in the correct position:
     The chairs are all in place.

prefix
In the word 'unimportant', 'un-' is a prefix.
→ Compare suffix

[英文筆記] bbc 6 minute - Sausage Wars

bbc 6 minute - Sausage Wars  2012/2/15 with S@全家

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# Vocabulary - refer to Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
humble

1 not considering yourself or your ideas to be as important as other people's[≠ proud; ↪ humility]:

a modest and humble man

Klobasa  波蘭香腸 smoked sausage, served whole

saus‧age [uncountable and countable]

1 a small tube of skin filled with a mixture of meat, spices etc, eaten hot or cold after it has been cooked:

pork sausages

gentrification [uncountable]

a gradual process in which an area in bad condition where poor people live is changed by people with more money coming to live there and improving it

—gentrify verb [transitive usually passive]

guilt [uncountable]

1 a strong feeling of shame and sadness because you know that you have done something wrong

He used to buy them expensive presents, out of guilt.

[英文筆記] bbc 6 Minute English - Scott of the Antarctic

bbc 6 minute - Scott of the Antarctic  2012/2/8

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• epic journey - a trip that is very ambitious and long
• epic - very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale),  "an epic voyage"
  • Synonyms - heroic,  larger-than-life
• expedition - an organised journey or voyage with a specific purpose ex: a polar expedition.
• expedite - speed up
• voyage
• endure v. - Synonyms - tolerate, stand, suffer
• endeavor - to make a great effort; a conscientious or concerted effort toward an end; an earnest attempt
• pitch darkness ==  pitch black  - without any daylight
• a balaclava  - 只露眼睛的頭套
• extraordinary   

[English] bbc 6 minute - Witches

bbc 6 minute - Witches  2012/1/11

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[英文筆記] Robots / BBC 6 Minute English

Robots / BBC 6 Minute English / 2011-12-21
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- everybody dreams of having a robot to help them out and doing domestic chores
- artificial intelligence – or A.I. for short
- The more human they look, the creepier they look
- Robotville Festival celebrates the most cutting-edge robot designs in the world

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[英文筆記] TV addicts / BBC 6 Minute English

TV addicts / BBC 6 Minute English / 2011-11-30
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- I do get a bit addicted to it

- spoilt for choice
- settle for st.
- It's a popular pastime

- the number of channels we can watch has also expanded, particularly with the development of satellite television. Now we are  spoilt for choice