2015/11/26

Week eleven

The Tyger

BY WILLIAM BLAKE

        

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, 

In the forests of the night; 

What immortal hand or eye, 

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies. 

Burnt the fire of thine eyes?

On what wings dare he aspire?

What the hand, dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art,

Could twist the sinews of thy heart?

And when thy heart began to beat,

What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain, 

In what furnace was thy brain?

What the anvil? what dread grasp, 

Dare its deadly terrors clasp! 

When the stars threw down their spears 

And water'd heaven with their tears: 

Did he smile his work to see?

Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger Tyger burning bright, 

In the forests of the night: 

What immortal hand or eye,

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

The tyger : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXsiW7A--dY

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vocabulary

• thy = thine = your
• bene 的相反=＞ mal  e.g. malign, malicious gossip
• dia - go through
• keep your friends close and your enemies closer
• h不發音的: herbal tea, vehicle, exhausted 
• 問人是否長期服藥: Are you medicine?

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unit 17

1. exhort - to try hard to persuade somebody to do something
2. flamboyant - brightly colored and noticeable
3. foible - a silly habit or a strange or weak aspect of a person’s character, that is considered harmless by other people
4. innocuous - not harmful or dangerous
5. magnanimous - kind, generous and forgiving, especially towards an enemy or a rival
6. masochist - a person who gets sexual pleasure from being physically hurt
7. meticulous - paying careful attention to every detail
8. rancor - feelings of hatred and a desire to hurt other people, especially because you think that somebody has done something unfair to you
9. recrimination - an angry statement that somebody makes accusing somebody else of something, especially in response to a similar statement from them
10. repugnant - making you feel strong dislike or disgust

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unit 18

1. anima- life,breath,spirit
2. arch,archy- (in nouns) main; most important or most extreme
3. ben- ,bene- good,well
4. -ee - a person affected by an action
5. -log, -logue - (in nouns) talk or speech
6. miss, mit - send
7. mort - death
8. poly - (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs) many
9. tempo,tempor - time
10. ten - hold;keep