2017年5月25日木曜日

Vocabulary7

1.          Word: accurate
   Definition: adjective
Part of speech: free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model
    Sentence: Students have to find accurate information for their essay.
Collocation: accurate person

2.          Word: reconcile
   Definition: verb
Part of speech: to cause to accept or be resigned to something not desired
    Sentence: He proceeded from words to blows, but he reconciled with his friends.
Collocation: reconcile with

3.          Word: disrupt
   Definition: verb
Part of speech: to cause disorder or turmoil, to destroy usually temporary
    Sentence: Bad kids disrupt the class and teacher gets mad.
Collocation: disrupt the social

4.         Word: repel
   Definition:1. to drive or force back  2. to thrust back away
Part of speech: verb
    Sentence: In the summer, Japanese people set fire to "katorisenkou" which repel mosquitoes and      enjoy handy fireworks.
Collocation: repel the enemy, repel mosquitoes

5.          Word: haggle
   Definition: to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious
Part of speech: verb
    Sentence: Koki haggles about trip plan with me and begins to fight.
Collocation: haggle about, over, with

6.          Word: mortgage
   Definition: a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed
Part of speech: noun
    Sentence: She lends money on mortgage.
Collocation: mortgage right

7.         Word: vain
   Definition: excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements
Part of speech: adjective
    Sentence: She is vain about her clothes and always talks about fashion.
Collocation: a very vain man, vain action, vain person

8.          Word: perish
   Definition: to die or be destroyed through violence, privation
Part of speech: verb
    Sentence: Many people perished because of the biggest hurricane in the US.
Collocation: perish with   Synonym: Death, die, gone away

9.          Word: heed
   Definition: 1. to give careful attention (with O)    2. to give attention
Part of speech: verb
    Sentence: He doesn't heed any advice of improving and always mistakes.
Collocation: heed advice, give heed

10.      Word: inflate
   Definition: to distend; swell or puff out; dilate
Part of speech: verb
    Sentence: The performer inflate ballon for kids.
                     He is inflated with pride.
Collocation: inflate balloon

Annotated Bibliography

     In the article, "Smartphones in the Classroom? Let students Decide.", David Gooblar report that students should allow to use personal technology in the classroom. Gooblar mentions that personal technology can interfere the class and be hard to connect with students. However, Gooblar points out that personal technology enable to share class material online. Moreover, people who have physical or cognitive ability can join class by using personal technology. In addition, Gooblar introduce example of Bates and Lister that students vote rule what they need or not on online. Finally, Gooblar concludes by mentioning effect of deciding rule by students. The effects include students consider their role in classroom; students think about learning style; and students have responsibility.

     This article can be trusted and used in an essay. Firstly, the article is current because it discuss a common topic and it is discussed today, and the last update was in 2014. In addition, the writer is David Gooblar, who is author, and he works as a teacher at Mount University and Augustana College;  thus, it is a trusted article. The article posted in The Chronicle of Higher Education, so we can check for updates anytime we want. Lastly, this article's main point is to inform to decide using personal technology by students or not. Although article is an opinion, it presents the ideas fairly.



Reference
Gooblar, David. 23 January, 2014. "Smartphones in the Classroom? Let students Decide." The Chronicle of Higher Education. 24 May, 2017.

2017年5月17日水曜日

Vocabulary7

1            Word; recur
      Definition: to occur again; as an event, experience
Part of speech: verb
        Sentence: The airplane accident recurred so that people protest against an airline company.
     Collocation: be repeated, come again

2             Word; courier
      Definition: a messenger especially in quick, guide
Part of speech: noun
        Sentence: He uses international courier service and get some staff from mother.
     Collocation: escort courier, motorcycle courier

3            Word; petition
      Definition: a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the                        request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor,   right, mercy, or other benefit→request paper
Part of speech: noun
        Sentence: President subscribed a petition.
     Collocation: a letter of petition, subscribe a petition

4             Word; hesitate
      Definition: to be reluctant or wait act because of fear
Part of speech: verb
        Sentence: Japanese people hesitate to say what they think even if it is important.
     Collocation: hesitate to say, hesitate to decide

5            Word; mentor
      Definition: a wise and trusted counselor or teacher
Part of speech: noun
        Sentence: That teacher is a mentor of students and always a popular person among students.
     Collocation: adviser, coach, counsellor

6             Word; rectify
      Definition: to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct (modify, fix)
Part of speech: verb
        Sentence: Students rectify their mistake and teacher check it.
     Collocation: rectify errors, rectify the calculation

7            Word; tedious
      Definition: marked by monotony or the quality of state of being wearisome (weary: physically or mentally exhausted by hard work) , boring
Part of speech: adjective
        Sentence: Most of students slept in the tedious lecture.
     Collocation: tedious lecture, tedious routine

8            Word; repel
      Definition: to drive or force back (stranger or invader)
Part of speech: verb
        Sentence: His dog always try to repel the people by barking loudly.
     Collocation: repel the enemy, repel an attack

9            Word; hamper
      Definition: 1. to interfere with 2. to hold back; hinder; impede Noun: bag
Part of speech: verb
        Sentence: She was hampered by her long dress.
     Collocation: disturb, interrupt

10          Word; periodic
      Definition: recurring at intervals of time, regular
Part of speech: adjective
        Sentence: People should take a periodic health examination for their health and life.
     Collocation: periodic wind, periodic change, periodic health examination

2017年5月11日木曜日

Vocabulary 6

             Word: derelict
       definition: leftor deserted, as by the owner or guardian
part of speech: adjective
         sentence: There are so many derelict car un the country.
     collocation: derelict car, ship

             Word: intricate
       definition: having many interrelated parts or facets
part of speech: adjective
         sentence: He could solve the intricate puzzle within 20 minutes.
     collocation: intricate puzzle

             Word: incumbent
       definition: holding an indicate position, role, office current
part of speech: noun
         sentence: That is incumbent on him to do that.
     collocation: incumbent mayor

             Word: vicinity
       definition: the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district.
part of speech: noun
         sentence: There are no supermarket in the vicinity of the grandparent's house.
     collocation: in the vicinity, neighbor

             Word: diversion
       definition: the act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose
part of speech: noun
         sentence: Playing tennis is one of my diversion from daily life.
     collocation: set up a diversion

             Word: elicit
       definition: to draw or being out of forth
part of speech: verb
         sentence: The police elicited more information from the eye witness.
     collocation: elicit A from B

             Word: succumb
       definition: to give way to superior force
part of speech: verb
         sentence: He had to do his homework but he succumbed temptation and play video game.
     collocation: succumb to cancer, temptation

             Word: clumsy
       definition: awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace
part of speech: adjective
         sentence: I can only use clumsy English so I try to speak with native american and improve it.
     collocation: clumsy English, a clumsy person

              Word: brittle
       definition: having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength, easily damaged or destroyed
part of speech: adjective
         sentence: Older people's bone is getting brittle so house need impediment removal
     collocation: brittle glass, bone

             Word: lament
       definition: to feel, shown, or express grief, sorrow or regret
part of speech: verb
         sentence: They lamented the death of their friend.
     collocation: lament the death

2017年5月4日木曜日

Vocabulary 5

              Word : meander
      Definition : to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course
Part of speech : verb
        Sentence : The river meander across the Riverside.
     collocation : meander across

              Word : makeshift
      Definition : a temporary expedient or substitute
Part of speech : noun
        Sentence : He has no time so he does a makeshift homework.
     collocation : manage to do, extempore

              Word : whet
      Definition : to sharpen by grinding or friction / the act of whetting
Part of speech : verb / noun
        Sentence : He whet a knife and recover sharpness.
     collocation : stimulate, polish

             Word : rankle
      Definition : to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind
Part of speech : verb
        Sentence : Breaking up their marriage rankle with him.
    collocation : rankle with

             Word : amenable
        Definition : ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence
Part of speech : adjective
         Sentence : people amenable to the country law.
     collocation : amenable to

               Word : automate
       Definition : to apply the principles of automation, the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, to
Part of speech : verb
        Sentence : The big company of car was a fully automated and save labor costs.
     collocation :

              Word : maul
      Definition : a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges, argument; quarrel
Part of speech :  noun
        Sentence : Many bad words are exchanged in their maul.
    collocation : quarrel, hammer

              Word : tawdry
       Definition : gaudy; showy and cheap
Part of speech : adjective
        Sentence : One young guy wear tawdry clothes.
     collocation : loud, gaudy, gorgeous and cheap

              Word : sedulous
       Definition : diligent in application  or attention; persevering; assiduous.
Part of speech : adjective
        Sentence :  He is a sedulous student and always get high score on exam.
     collocation : sedulous student, industrious, patient

             Word : moot
      Definition : open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful
Part of speech : adjective
        Sentence : The global warming mooted on the meeting.
    collocation : moot on

2017年5月1日月曜日

Responce for That Which Once Was

     In the film, That Which Once Was, someone assert that country shouldn't use tax for helping environmental refugees. I disagree with tis opinion. First, country should use money and revival stricken areas or people because these area's people lost their house and cannot go to work. In Japan's case, Kimberly state that "This region was responsible for 6-8 percent of the country's total production". These area's people shoulders a part of Japanese economy and Fukushima is famous for the fishing industry. Helping these people get benefit for economy. Second, all the people are guaranteed the minimum standard for living. Environmental refugees lost their house, so country should provide living place and promise people's life. Moreover, those people who have no house may commit a crime because of poor.  For those reasons, country should help people. Finally,  helping refugees show the country's confidence. Relationship between country and citizen have to be strong. Citizen's trust build country stronger. To sum up, helping refugees mean not only moral sense but also build citizen's trust.

Works cited

Kimberly Amadeo. "Japan's 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster" The balance , 5 April 2017