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farce\FAHRSS\ nounMeaning 1 : a light dramatic composition marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot 2 : the broad humor characteristic of farce or pretense 3 a : ridiculous or empty show *b : mockeryExample Sentence “No wonder we’re late — the management of traffic in this city is a farce!” Lyle complained.Did you know? When “farce” first appeared in English, it had to do with cookery, not comedy. In the 14th century, English adopted “farce” from Middle French, retaining its original meaning of “forcemeat” or “stuffing.” The comedic sense of “farce” in English dates from the 16th century, when England imported a kind of knockabout comedy already popular in France. This dramatic genre had its origins in the 13thcentury practice of augmenting, or “stuffing,” Latin church texts with explanatory phrases. By the 15th century, a similar practice had arisen of inserting unscripted buffoonery into religious plays. Such farces — which included clowning, acrobatics, reversal of social roles, and indecency — soon developed into a distinct dramatic genre and spread rapidly in various forms throughout Europe.TOP STORYRussia’s Conflict Worries Wall Street

When Prime Minister Vladmir V. Putin of Russia wiped $6 billion in shareholder value from a Russian steel company last month with a few choice words, even risktaking investors in Russia took notice.Now, as a military conflict between Russia and Georgia ends its first week, a number of big Wall Street banks are beginning to reassess the stability of their businesses in the oilrich nation.And while they are not planning to reverse their investments soon, they are increasingly nervous that Russia’s highrisk, highreward environment is becoming too much about the risk, according to The New York Times.
innocuous\ihNAHkyuhwus\ adjectiveMeaning 1 : producing no injury : harmless *2 : not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility : inoffensive, insipidExample Sentence Bella was surprised when her seemingly innocuous remark enraged her classmates.Did you know? “Innocuous” has harmful roots — it comes to us from the Latin adjective “innocuus,” which was formed by combining the negative prefix “in” with a form of the verb “nocēre,” meaning “to harm” or “to hurt.” In addition, “nocēre” is related to the truly “harmful” words “noxious,” “nocent,” and even “nocuous.” “Innocent” is from “nocēre” as well, although like “innocuous” it has the “in” prefix negating the hurtful possibilities. “Innocuous” first appeared in print in 1598 with the clearly Latinderived meaning “harmless or causing no injury” (as in “an innocuous gas”). The second sense is a metaphorical extension of the idea of injury, used to indicate that someone or something does not cause hurt feelings, or even strong feelings (”an innocuous book” or “innocuous issues,” for example).電影名句】全民超人 Handcock

Ray Embrey: [shows Hancock a comic book with a picture of a spandex clad superhero on it] What do you think of when you see this?
Hancock: Homo.
Ray Embrey: [shows him another comic with a hero in red spandex] And this?
Hancock: Homo in red.
Ray Embrey: [shows him a third comic with a blondehaired hero] And this?
Hancock: Norwegian homo.雷：【給漢考克看漫畫上有穿著彈性纖維裝的超人】你看這個會想到什麼？
漢考克：同志。
雷：【給他看另外一個穿紅色彈性纖維的超人】這個呢？
漢考克：穿紅衣服的同志。
雷：【給他看第三本有金髮英雄的漫畫】
漢考克：這個呢？
漢考克：挪威同志。

fugaciousPRONUNCIATION:Did you know? Based on its spelling, you might think that “redoubt” shares its origin with words such as “doubt” and “redoubtable,” both of which derive from a Latin verb, “dubitare.” But that’s not the case. “Redoubt” actually derives via French and Italian from a different Latin verb — “reducere,” meaning “to lead back,” the same root that gives us “reduce.” How that “b” ended up in “redoubt” is a lingering question, but some etymologists have posited that the word might have been conflated with another “redoubt” — a nowarchaic transitive verb meaning “to regard with awe, dismay, or dread.” Unlike its homographic twin, that “redoubt” does derive from the same root as “doubt” and “redoubtable.”epiphenomenonPRONUNCIATION:(epifuhNOMuhnon, nuhn) nounMeaning *1 : a large group or collection 2 : a group of animals and especially quailExample Sentence The band’s latest album offers up a bevy of new songs, as well as some remixes of old favorites.Did you know? What do you call a group of crows? Or swine? Or leopards? Welleducated members of the medieval gentry seem to have been expected to know the answers: a murder of crows, a sounder of swine, and a leap of leopards. They would also have been expected to know that “bevy” referred specifically to a group of deer, quail, larks, or young ladies. Scholars aren’t certain why “bevy” was chosen for those groups (though they have theories). What is known for sure is that “bevy” first appeared in the 15th century and was used as a highly specific collective for many years. Today, however, bevies can include anything from football players to toaster ovens.nugacityPRONUNCIATION:(nooGASitee, nyoo) nounMeaning 1 : a usually short sermon *2 : a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme 3 : an inspirational catchphrase; also : platitudeExample Sentence “I don’t mind eating tofu burgers,” said Darnell, “as long as I don’t have to hear a homily on the virtues of vegetarianism.”Did you know? Gather around for the history of “homily.” The story starts with ancient Greek “homilos,” meaning “crowd” or “assembly.” Greeks used “homilos” to create the verb “homilein” (”to consort with” or “to address”), as well as the noun “homilia” (”conversation”). Latin speakers borrowed “homilia,” then passed it on to AngloFrench. By the time it crossed into Middle English, the spelling had shifted to “omelie,” but by the mid16th century the term had regained its “h” and added the “y” of the modern spelling.australPRONUNCIATION:(Ostruhl) nounMeaning 1 a : one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority*b: someone or something intensely disliked or loathed 2 a : a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority and accompanied by excommunication b : a vigorous denunciation : curseExample Sentence Maryam’s radical political views are anathema to her more conservative sister.Did you know? Historically, “anathema” can be considered a oneword oxymoron. When it first appeared in English in 1526, it was used to refer to something accursed. Shortly thereafter, however, people also began to use it to refer to something consecrated to divine use — generally a good thing. Why the contradiction? “Anathema” comes from Greek, where it initially meant “anything devoted” and later “anything devoted to evil.” The “consecrated to divine use” sense of “anathema” comes from that earlier Greek use but is not widely used today.loquaciousPRONUNCIATION:(loKWAYshuhs) \GRUBSTREET\ nounMeaning : the world or category of needy literary hacksExample Sentence Writer Paul Theroux once characterized the world of literary quarterlies and poetry magazines as “that respectable little culdesac off Grub Street.”Did you know? The original Grub Street was an address in London (it was renamed Milton Street in 1830) described by Dr. Samuel Johnson in his Dictionary of the English Language as “much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems.” The term was applied figuratively to the dogeatdog world of pensforhire as early as 1630, and not surprisingly it became the subject of several novels. Writer Tobias Smollett, all too familiar with hackwork himself, described a Grub Street dinner party in his novel The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771). And the allusion to Grub Street still packed a punch in 1891 when George Gissing chose New Grub Street as the title of his realistic novel about intrigues of the Victorian literary world.英语卡通Grub Street

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