(单词翻译:单击)
1.optometrist n.验光师(a specialist licensed to practice optometry)
词根记忆:来自optometry(n.验光)
例:The optometrist charges $150 per pair for soft contact lenses.
2.orator n.演说者(one who delivers an oration);演讲者;雄辩家(one distinguished for skill and power as a public speaker)
联想记忆:oral(口头的),用特“t”换掉“l”,后面加上“or”,就成了”特”别能说的“人”--演说者
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)
词根记忆: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.矿,矿砂,矿石(a naturally occurring mineral containing a valuable constituent for which it is mined and worked)
联想记忆:矿石( ore)多一个m就是更多(more)
注意:roe(n.鱼卵)
例:iron ore铁矿
5.organization n.组织(the act or process of organizing or of being organized);机构,团体(an administrative and functional structure)
词根记忆:来自organize(v.组织:成立)
例:Clark makes the point that the characteristics of a technology have a decisive influence on job skills and work organization.
同根词:disorganize(v.扰乱;瓦解)
6.orientation n.方向,取向,目标(the act or process of orienting or of being oriented)
词根记忆:来自orient(v.使确定方向;n..东方)
例:It has diverted attention from the need for orientation of nonsupervisory employees to organizational values.
同根词:oriental(a.东方的:n.东方人)
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.
一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。
(Stendhal French writer)
——法国作家司汤达