Teaching

The Dragon Boat Festival 1.     differing cultural patterns 不同的文化型態 2.     lunar calendar 農曆 3.     diversified folk customs   不同的人民習俗 4.     drive away evil chief   避邪 5.     ward off 避開 6.     abundant connotation 豐富的內涵 7.     venerate v 尊敬 8.     spectacular     n   壯觀的場面；精彩的表演 9.     willow wand   柳樹嫩枝 10. mugwort   艾草 11. gar    n 雀鱔 12. realgar wine 雄黃酒 13. indispensable adj 不可缺少的 14. 　 irreplaceable    adj 不能代替的 15. forge a sense of fellowship 錘鍊出有誼 16. 　 ferment    v 發酵

    Japan’s Cultural Heritage Preservation         1.             disaster         n 災難        2.     cultural properties     文化財產        3.     tsunami       n 海嘯        4.     prefecture      n 轄區         5.       be swept away   被沖走         6.     funder      n 投資者       7.     await        vt 等候       8.     locale         n 事件發生的場所或地點        9.     in recovery of   恢復      10. salvage    v 搶救                  N 搶救行動     11. Cultural perspective   should be                integrated in regional and national         disaster plans to preserve the heritage.      

          Transportation        1. The two retail giants have rejected the bid to include           them in a   proposed    Global Transportation Development          District , which is expected to generate    sales-tax revenues          to help pay for road improvements for other retailers the          city hopes to attract.          bid  n 請求               proposed     Global Transportation Development District         提議納入大眾運輸        generate sales-tax revenues 產生稅收盈餘        Gas prices shot up as much as 22 cents on Monday at some         Detroit-area Speedway station as refinery outages in the         gulf coast region and the Midwest resulted in pump prices        of $3.15 a gallon for self-serve regular at more than a dozen        retail outlets.       shoot up  急速增長       refinery    n煉油廠      outage      n中斷供應       refinery outage 煉油廠中斷供應      pump  n  汽油    (gas)      self-serve regular  一般自用汽油      Cook, 24, averages an ho