1.optometrist n.驗光師(a specialist licensed to practice optometry)
詞根記憶:來自optometry(n.驗光)
例:The optometrist charges $150 per pair for soft contact lenses.
2.orator n.演說者(one who delivers an oration);演講者;雄辯家(one distinguished for skill and power as a public speaker)
聯(lián)想記憶:oral(口頭的),用特“t”換掉“l(fā)”,后面加上“or”,就成了”特”別能說的“人”--演說者
例:In the late nineteenth century Annie Besant was widely regarded as one of the greatest living public orators, second only to Gladstone in a culture where oratory was the dominant public medium.
3.ordinance n.地方法令(a local rule)
詞根記憶:ordin(命令)+ance--地方法令
注意:ordnance(n.大炮)
例:In our country, all cities and most towns have anti-smoking ordinances.
4.ore n.礦,礦砂,礦石(a naturally occurring mineral containing a valuable constituent for which it is mined and worked)
聯(lián)想記憶:礦石( ore)多一個m就是更多(more)
注意:roe(n.魚卵)
例:iron ore鐵礦
5.organization n.組織(the act or process of organizing or of being organized);機構,團體(an administrative and functional structure)
詞根記憶:來自organize(v.組織:成立)
例:Clark makes the point that the characteristics of a technology have a decisive influence on job skills and work organization.
同根詞:disorganize(v.擾亂;瓦解)
6.orientation n.方向,取向,目標(the act or process of orienting or of being oriented)
詞根記憶:來自orient(v.使確定方向;n..東方)
例:It has diverted attention from the need for orientation of nonsupervisory employees to organizational values.
同根詞:oriental(a.東方的:n.東方人)
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.
一部小說猶如一面在大街上走的鏡子。
(Stendhal French writer)
——法國作家司湯達