May.28.08 class notes

[NANCY]

2008.5.28 recorded by Nancy



Notice:

Fm this class, whoever is secretary should clean the whiteboard.



New words:

1. propose vt.提议，建议，主张，求婚

Eg: Usually, the man proposes to the woman.

2. spook n.鬼，幽灵

3. demon: living in hell, soldier of hell n.鬼，恶魔

4. devil: n.魔鬼, 恶魔; [the Devil ]魔王; (=Satan)撒旦

5. karma n.因果报应，因缘

6. divine: adj. 神的, 神圣的, 非凡的

7. apparition n. 离奇出现的东西, (尤指)鬼怪, 幽灵, 幻影

8. eyewitness n. 目击者；见证人

9. hoax: to trick sb on purpose n. 恶作剧；骗局

10. perpetrate vt. 犯(罪, 错误), 荒谬的事

11. debunk:to show sth is a hoax vt. 暴露, 揭穿真面目; 反驳

eg: “The Amityville Horror” ghost story was finally debunked.

12. bunk n. 胡说；废话

eg: He said his biz increased that month, but I think that’s bunk.

13. haunt v. 神鬼出没 haunted house

14. zombie 僵尸

15. peripheral adj.周界的; 外围的; 外部的; 边缘的

eg: Your peripheral vision is very sensitive.

16. superstition n. 迷信; [古]异教; 异端 -àsuperstitious adj.

17. plural n. 复数



Sentences:

1. I don’t have any (enough) time.

2. Christians believe after people die, good people go to heaven
and bad people go to hell.

3. In America 80% people say that they’re Christians.

4. take sth with a grain of salt.=be skeptical of sth, don’t
believe it easily.

5. He was an eyewitness to the murder.

6. “The Amityville Horror” was a famous ghost story but was
eventually shown to be a hoax

7. Why do people perpetrate hoaxes?

8. “The Ring” will scare the pants off you(the shit out of you)

9. Most ghosts are seen in a person’s peripheral vision.

10. Scientists can’t prove that ghosts don’t exist, well nobody can
prove that they do exist, either.