Vocabulary
What is the meaning of "compassion" ?
1) love
2) fashion
3) clown
1) love - 이것도 모르면 알파고 그만 둬야지
2) fashion - 알파고 맞냐? (방식+니가 생각하는 그거)
3) clown - 이런 것도 알려줘야 하나....?
read the definition below and find the corresponding word
"birds, such as chickens, that are bred for their eggs and meat:"
1) Pelicana
2) BHC
3) Kyochon
4) Hosig with two birds
5) Poultry
1) Pelicana - 젊은 날 전단지 뿌리면서 돈벌던 곳
2) BHC - 전시현씨 비에치씨
3) Kyochon - 너넨 너무 비싸서 먹기 겁난다
4) Hosig with two birds - 우리 동네엔 없구나...
5) Poultry - 가금류
Who were the people that lived in the British Isles before the Roman invasion in 55 B.C?
1) Celts
2) Jutes
3) Koreans
4) Romans
5) Norse
*1) Celt - 켈트족
2) Jute - 주트족
3) Koreans - 갓세종의 백성들
4) Romans - 로마인
5) Norse - 노르웨이인
1) Norman Conquest
2) Renaissance
3) Germanic invasion
1) Norman Conquest
(French conquest of England)
This language was the official language of the Church. A number of religious terms came directly into English from "This" language.
What is "this" language?
Latin
What is the meaning of "ordeal" ?
1) tribulation
2) corridor
3) misleading
*ordeal - (힘들거나, 불쾌한) 경험, 시련
1) tribulation - 고난, 시련,
2) corridor - 복도, 통로
3) misleading - 호도하게 만드는, 오도의 소지가 있는
read the definition below and find the corresponding word
"(the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in large amounts"
1) crop
2) coal
3) cold
4) corpse
1) crop - 모르진 않겠지...
2) coal - 에이... 설마...
3) cold - 레알? 심하네...
4) corpse - 시체
1) Scone
2) Slipper
3) sky
4) school
5) shoe
5) shoe
Prestige english words are heavily influenced by French.
True or False?
True
ex) talk - conversation
cow - beef
poultry - poulet
This book is known as the oldest book written in English. It is an epic poem of a hero.
Can you guess what this book is?
Hint: it has wolf in the title
Beowolf is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend.
It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature
What is the synonym for "stigma" ?
1) brand
2) enigma
3) stern
* stigma - 오명, 흠, 오점, 결점
1) brand - 상표, 종류, 낙인, 낙인을 찍다
2) enigma - 암호, 수수깨끼
3) stern - 엄중한, 근엄한, 심각한
read the definition below and find the corresponding word
"to imagine something that you would like to happen"
1) deem
2) dream
3) wraith
4) doom
1) deem - ~로 여기다, 생각하다, 간주하다
2) dream - 여러분 모두 다 꿈을 이룹니다. 난 미래에서 와서 다 봤어요.
3) wraith - 유령,
4) doom - 죽음, 파멸
"scip", "scipes", "scipe", "scipu", "scipa", "scipum" refer to one english word in different declensions. What do you think this word means in today's English?
Ship
During the middle age, English language had standardized grammar and spelling.
True or false?
False
This is the most famous English book written in Middle Age period. This book consists of 24 tales told by various speakers. This is the magnum opus, master piece of Middle Age English compilation.
The author is Geoffrey Chaucer who is also known as the father of English poetry. What is the name of this book?
Geoffrey Chaucer - The Canterberry Tales
What is the synonym for "concession" ?
1) admission
2) veto
3) contamination
1) admission - 인정, 시인, 입장
2) veto - 거부권, 거부하다
3) contamination - 오염
read the definition below and find the corresponding word
"broken or torn pieces of something larger"
1) fracture
2) debris
3) chunk
4) chump
1. fracture - 골절
2. debris - 잔해
3. chunk - 덩어리
4. chump - 바보
stan - stone / ham - home
nama - name / fet - feet
feld - field / wind - wind
Can you guess the other four?
habban - ? / writan - ?
bringan - ? / brycg - ?
habban - have
writan - write
bringan - bring
brycg - bridge
English has many loan words. These words below are influced by "This" culture. Can you guess "This" culture?
1150-1250
anger, bag, band, bloom, both, bull, cake, call, club, egg, fellow, gear, get, husband, ill, kid, sky
1250-1350
ball, bat, birth, blend, crawl, brunt, gift, girth, glitter, leg, lift, likely, mistake, odd, race, weak
1350-1500
awkward, bulk, flag, freckle, gap, keg, leak, link, raft, reindeer, scrap, steak,
Scandinavian Influenced words
This person is a poet, actor, and a writer. He is widely regarded as the prominent dramatist. He is simply called the "Bard of Avon" and he was born in Stratford-upon Avon. He lived from 1564-1616.
His poems and plays are globally studied around the world and savoured by my readers.
He is a great poet that every single man on earth should bow to for writing such romantic lines.
He also created many vocabulary which we still use in today's English. He created word like "Swagger", "luggage" "bandit", "critic", "dwindle", "lonely", "unreal", "uncomforable" etc.
William Shakespeare
Check his poems. They are mind blasting and so beautiful.
What is the synonym for "reconciliation" ?
1) make up
2) look up
4) call out
*reconciliation - 화해
1) make up - 화해하다, 화장, ~를 만들어내다
2) look up - 우러러 보다, 존경하다
3) call out - 취소하다
read the definition below and find the corresponding word
"the act of hurting someone or doing something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you"
1) revolution
2) bribe
3) nestle
4) smatter
5) retaliation
1. revolution - 혁명, 공전, 회전
2. bribe - 뇌물을 주다, 매수하다
3. nestle - 정착하다, 자리잡다
4. smatter - 겉핥기, 얉은 지식, 피상적 지식
5. retaliation - 복수, 보복
Translate this into Today's English.
Ex) Ǣlfrēd cyning
Alfred King
" þa beorhtan steorran "
The bright stars
guess which culture inflenced the words below.
( )
ancestor, gentle, servant, madam, duke, parlor, chimney, dinner, goblet, fashion, garment,
( )
apocalypse, limbo, purgatory, testament, confederate, admit, divide, comprehend, lunatic
( )
bard, clan, crag, glen, loch, bald, bug, gull, loop, car, change, mutton,
French
ancestor, gentle, servant, madam, duke, parlor, chimney, dinner, goblet, fashion, garment,
Latin
apocalypse, limbo, purgatory, testament, confederate, admit, divide, comprehend, lunatic
Celtic
bard, clan, crag, glen, loch, bald, bug, gull, loop, car, change, mutton,
Name three books that are written in English and promise to yourself that you will finish reading them before March ends.
Write down on a note and pin it above your desk.
Ex) Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener
William Shakespeare - One Summer's Night
Geoffry Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales