PHRASES

a procession of一系列

wind through蜿蜒曲折穿過

harsh condition=very difficult condition

general Douglas總司令

fell to投降

nerve-wracking bombing摧毀神經的爆炸

CULTURE

Holy Bible: 舊約Old Testament-Hebrew希伯來人,新約New Testament,Govenant上帝與人類的約,Deadly sins七宗罪:Greed,Envy,Pride,Gludttony,Lust,Sloth,Wrath

Old:五書—史記—詩歌 Genesis創世記 Exodus出埃及記 Abraham-Jacob(Israel)雅各-Joseph約瑟夫-Moses摩西 Ten Commandments十誡-Joshua約舒亞-David-Solomon

New:五福音Mattew,Mark,Luke,John,Acts-Letters-Forecast

East Expenditions of Crusades十字軍東征

Christianity基督教:Orthodoxy東正教,Catholic天主教,Protestant新教 Jowry猶太教 Islam伊斯蘭教

promised land應許之地；Job(約伯)'s comfort給被安慰人增加痛苦的安慰 Job's Patient對自己的信仰不改變；Ararat阿拉若山-全新的開始 Noah'sark諾亞方舟；sell one's birthright(長子繼承權)for a mass of Portages(紅湯)見利忘義，因小失大；Babel巴別塔-混亂的狀態；Sodom索多瑪:罪惡之城 Sodomy同性戀；Lot's wife-salt Pillar(鹽柱子)貪戀紅塵；Apple of one's eye掌上明珠 Adams Apple喉結 salt精英 shepherd牧羊人,引路人；Samson參孫-Philistine腓利士,白癡 Delilah美艷的妖婦

Musilim穆斯林:Id al-Fitr[穆斯林]開齋節 Ramadan齋月 Al-Qaeda基地組織 koran古蘭經 Allah安拉 Sunnite遜尼派 Shiite什葉派 fundamentalist原教旨主義者

5 Pillars:1、faith 2、prayer(salat) 3、concern for the needg 4、self-parification=fasting 5、Pilgrimage Mecca(hajj)

Others:Hanukkah[猶太]光明節 Kwanza[黑人]水果節 All saits' Day鬼節

中文詞:oolong,tofu，kung pao,yurncha港式下午茶,chai茶葉,dimsum點心,chow mein炒面；fengshui,ying&yang陰陽；mah-jong麻將；Genghis Kham(蒙古)成吉思汗；gingseng(朝鮮)人參

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