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people just love keanu, always want to be his maybe, and make him puns... :)

Keanu Reeves as Naproxen: Keanu Aleves.
Keanu Reeves with allergies Keanu Sneeze. 

1. astute a. having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever
2. dejected a. low in spirits, downcast
3. dissonant a. discordant

just tell me, how many f words below do you know?

· feces n. (used with a pl. v.) = waste matter discharged from the intestines through the rectum, anus; excrement.
a. feces - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowelsfeces - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

1. parody n. a feeble or rediculous imitation

2. dreary a. feeling listlessness or discouragement

3. spoof vt. to make good-natured fun of

@ 什麼是 SAT 考試？誰需要準備這個考試？
由美國大學委員會 College Board 所主辦的學術能力評估測試（Scholastic Acessment Test），即一般所稱的SAT測驗。這是知名度僅次於TOEFL托福的考試，也是全球高中生申請美國大學是否能錄取，或可否申請到獎學金的重要參考之一，有點類似「美國高考」的概念。TOEFL系列的測驗目標是同學的英語能力；SAT、ACT (效果與 SAT 差不多)、GRE/GMAT 主要為測驗同學的邏輯分析能力而設計的考試。

@ SAT 考試是考什麼？

What's the difference between an anteater and an aardvark?
BY CRISTEN CONGER

If you were invited to a potluck dinner hosted by a group of aardvarks, anteaters and armadillos, you could just walk outside, find your nearest anthill and scoop a pile of it into a serving dish. Although preventing the ants from crawling all over the dinner table might be a challenge, your culinary contribution would be readily appreciated. That's because these animals are part of a group of mammals that have a particular palate for ants, as the anteater's name implies. In fact, there are only 22 species of animals described as myrmecophagous, or termite- and ant-eating [source: Redford].

Coyote
The coyote (Canis latrans); from Nahuatl pronunciation ) is a canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecological niche as the golden jackal does in Eurasia, though it is larger and more predatory, and is sometimes called the American jackal by zoologists. The coyote is listed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to its wide distribution and abundance throughout North America, southwards through Mexico, and into Central America. The species is versatile, able to adapt to and expand into environments modified by humans. It is enlarging its range, with coyotes moving into urban areas in the Eastern U.S., and was sighted in eastern Panama (across the Panama Canal from their home range) for the first time in 2013. As of 2005, 19 coyote subspecies are recognized. The average male weighs 8 to 20 kg (18 to 44 lb) and the average female 7 to 18 kg (15 to 40 lb). Their fur color is predominantly light gray and red or fulvous interspersed with black and white, though it varies somewhat with geography. It is highly flexible in social organization, living either in a family unit or in loosely knit packs of unrelated individuals. It has a varied diet consisting primarily of animal meat, including deer, rabbits, hares, rodents, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates, though it may also eat fruits and vegetables on occasion. Its characteristic vocalization is a howl made by solitary individuals. Humans are the coyote's greatest threat, followed by cougars and gray wolves. In spite of this, coyotes sometimes mate with gray, eastern, or red wolves, producing "coywolf" hybrids. In the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, the eastern coyote (a larger subspecies, though still smaller than wolves) is the result of various historical and recent matings with various types of wolves. Genetic studies show that most North American wolves contain some level of coyote DNA. The coyote is a prominent character in Native American folklore, mainly in the Southwestern United States and Mexico, usually depicted as a trickster that alternately assumes the form of an actual coyote or a man. As with other trickster figures, the coyote uses deception and humor to rebel against social conventions. The animal was especially respected in Mesoamerican cosmology as a symbol of military might. After the European colonization of the Americas, it was reviled in Anglo-American culture as a cowardly and untrustworthy animal. Unlike wolves (gray, eastern, or red), which have undergone an improvement of their public image, attitudes towards the coyote remain largely negative.

Hyena

On Good Deeds

Maybe you've heard phrases or seen the words printed on a bumper sticker. The saying is a plea for people to do kind things for no particular reasons, with no particular plans. It goes like this: 'Practice random acts of kindness and senseless beauty'. I don't know where it originated or who said it first. But I have seen people putting the idea into practice. Kindness can be catching, just as cruelty can be. When we do something unexpected and nice for another person, who knows where that act of kindness might end? (93)

I've noticed people putting quarters into parking meters so that a stranger's car wouldn't be ticketed. I've heard of someone paying a family's bill in a restaurant, then leaving before the family found out. I once knew one of my classmates who was consistent in not letting a day go by without giving someone a sincere compliment. (57)

學英文那麼久，竟從沒深思過幾個常用的文法術語定義。今天學生問我 '請問語態跟語氣有何不同'？我他媽當場差點被問傻，還好這問題以前就有想過，不過後來因此我自問了一個衍生問題 '那假設語氣與假設語態又有何不同'？這我就沒什麼把握能說得完整了 ㄎㄎ。

查了一下美國的幾個文法網站後 (各位是知道的，文法這種東西向來各說各話、英美莫衷一是)，得到了可以說服我的一個結論，分享在下面；建議不要馬上看，可以自己先想想喔~：

1. 論及整個英文句的架構與狀態，也就是 '句法'，可以粗分為 五大句型 (sentence patterns)、時態 (tense)、語態 (voice + form)、語氣 (mood)、倒裝 (reverse sentence) 等五種。語態又細分為 主被動語態 (voice)、形變語態 (form) 二種。

taking a rest is everything to my mom, and she can never be happy if she gets a minute without singing, even when doing house chores. she sometimes wonders if there's anyone who feels reluctant to sing. she loves singing so much that we can often see her sing, a will-be superstar housewife.

and she also reminds me that singing with someone you love is especially important. beside me, mom's best friend is whittie, a cute 5-year-old meagle. to her, there is absolutely no doubt that this small puppy is accompanying her everytime when she sings. so she loves it very much.

however, dad is the person that fancied music least. he often asks mom about the opinion of singing while doing chores. mom says that dad always makes a mountain out of a molehill and simply hates singing. yet mom thinks singing is with no doubt worth doing. they often have a fight about this.

台灣、美國，電影都有分級，如以下所示：

G : general audiences; all ages permitted = 普遍級，適合所有年齡
PG : parental guidance suggested; some material may not be suitable for children = 保護級，父母陪同觀看 (部分內容兒童不宜，須父母陪同解釋)

中文史裡，至少是當今用語中，查不到「樣態」這個詞的字典義。就管見所知，這應該是日文裡的「漢字」詞彙，用來說明兩種助詞的不同情狀：表示「樣態」的用法「よう」與「そう」，還有一種是表示「傳聞」的用法「そう」。日文的「樣態」，指的是中文的「樣子、形狀、狀態」而言。

但於現代中文，多有出現的則是「態樣」一詞，（至少）這是被中華民國官方所承認的。語源應來自於英文 pattern 之一部翻譯，意為「模組、模式、組成可能之一」等意。例如國家教育研究院、司法院皆正式使用該詞：於國家教研院所編《雙語詞彙集》中，即有一詞條稱「行為態樣 = Behavioral Patterns」，此亦為司法院雙語詞彙所承認並採用（翻譯者應亦為司法院）。

Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf,

Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November,

Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango,

Foreword
Taking a history from a patient is a skill necessary for examinations and afterwards as a practicing doctor, no matter which area you specialise in. It tests both your communication skills as well as your knowledge about what to ask. Specific questions vary depending on what type of history you are taking but if you follow the general framework below you should gain good marks in these stations. This is also a good way to present your history.

In practice you may sometimes need to gather a collateral history from a relative, friend or carer. This may be with a child or an adult with impaired mental state.

Do not Go Gentle into That Good Night
~ Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,

又一次，成功的征服指考英文作文！哈哈！

There are in total six catagories in the chart which young people in America between 18~29 are highly interested. There is absolutely no doubt that our daily lives are accompanied with environmental issues and natural disasters. It, which cannot be too much emphasized, plays so important a role for all of us that the earlier we could realize it, the more meaningfully and much safer we could ever enjoy our lives.

I sometimes wonder if there is anyone who feels reluctant to protect our earth. I am personally quite in favor of being environmentally friedly while doing damage to our environment is the one that I fancy least. 

Formulae Unicus (英文作文公式)

A. A Helping Hand (助人為善二小段):

Examples (實例；後同): 

101 A

hiatus, epitome, resound/ reverberate/ resonate, discursive, rabble-rouser, incendiary, depraved and brutal, beastlike/ bestial, retribution/ karma, forbear, protege, deport/ evict/ exile/     expel/ expatriate/ extradite/ repatriate/ oust/ cast out/ abomish, glee, trepidation, aura/ the aurora australis/ the aurora borealis, fractious, propensity, erudite, ennui, gossamer, brusque, scurrilous, querulous, straitlaced, surly/ surely/ curly, take aback, pernicious, prosaic, disseminate, deleterious, accrue, inimical, pundit, iconoclast, folderal, persona, aficionado, primordial, concord, verdant, largesse, verbiage, flotsam, fecund, murk/ murky, unsightly a., duke/ marquis/ earl/ count/ viscount/ baron, moat, flax/ linen/ linseed/ flaxseed, scrupulous, hatchet, temperance, vehement, prithee, tarry, methinks/ methought, agone = ago/ dost thou = do you/ betwixt = between, peculiar/ peculiarity, bough, attire/ attic/ satire, predispose, gallant/ valiant/ valorous/ plucky/ intrepid/ lionhearted/ stout-hearted/ doughty/ mettlesome/ indomitable/ informalgutsy/ spunky/ ballsy/ have-a-go, wattle/ crest, buildup    

101 B

102 A

by-catch, obsolete/ obsolescence, affirmative action (平權行動), dividends/ dissent/ dissident, barb/ bard, vulgarian, repair/ irreparable, incandescent, chromosome, womb/ uterus, bring sth to terms, be fraught with, avert, in the making, waver/ waive/ weave, annotate, encampment, enclave, reel/ spoke, moniker/ ephithet, lore, treachery, annihilate/ nihilism, seize/ cease/ seizure/ spasm, ambivalence, kin, pitable/ pitiful, shrunk/ shrunken

102 B

103 A

grating, gripe, harrow, hangar, hiatus, hirsute, hoist, homage, flout, flaunt, flounder, spendthrift, mitigate, millitate, mortify, munificence, recumbent/ incumbent, redoubtable, recondite, rumble/ ramble/ rustle, rankle, hubbub/ hobnob, hoodlum, mope, foundle, to no avail = in vain, turnover (交易額)/ turnout (出席者)/ turncoat/ turn-on (興奮, n.), hands-on (a.), sphinx/ sphynx, wary/ weary, glib, filmsy, hogwash, litmus, annex to, slouch/ slough, pane, be intent on, momentum/ momentary, antagonist/ protagonist, flutter/ flannel

103 B