Course Objectives
Building
Vocabulary
Book:
Building Vocabulary for College 3
Learn
how to take English notes: find the keywords and important clues and write them
down beside the paragraph
Vocabulary
de-down, away from
decline
meaning: to cause to slope or incline downward
Example: Although the effects may not surface
for years, memory starts to decline around age 25.
depreciate
meaning: to reduce the purchasing value of money
Example: Such investors could lose twice over:
yields could rise and the dollar could depreciate.
detriment
meaning:
harm or damage
Example:
There is no doubt that food contamination is detrimental.
meter: measure
diameter
meaning:
the length of such a line
Example:
The ratio of circumference to diameter is approximately
3.1416.
kilometer
meaning:
the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters
Example:
What is the cost per kilometer?
dexter- on the right side
dexterous
meaning:
showing great skill
Example:
She is a dexterous typist.
Part of Speech
There
are noun, verb ,adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection.
The History of English in 10 minutes
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