Money
In-Class Reading
Time Spent Agonizing over Money
I. Word List
Directions: Memorize the words and phrases before class. You will benefit from your effort when you get the passage from your teacher and read it in class.
Proper Names
Bible
n. 《聖經》
Charles
(男子名)查爾斯
Dow Jones Industrial Average
道-瓊斯(股票)工業指數
Elias
(男子名)伊來爾斯
Ford
美國福特汽車
John Wesley
約翰·衛斯禮(1703-1791，英國神學家，福音傳教士，衛斯禮會創始人)
Kahlil Gibran
(男子名)卡利爾·紀伯倫(1883-1931，黎巴嫩神秘主義者、作家、畫家)
Leo Tolstoy
(男子名)列夫·託爾斯泰(1828-1910，俄國小說家，社會批評家)
Main Street
美國許多小城鎮都有的主要商業街名。在本文中，泛指美國的小城鎮，尤其是當關係到它們的政治和社會價值時。
Methodism
循道宗(基督教的一宗，屬於該宗的教會在英國稱循道公會，在美國主要為衛理公會)
The Wall Street Journal
《華爾街日報》
Thomas Edison
(男子名)託馬斯·愛迪生
Wall Street
華爾街(美國紐約市曼哈頓區南部的一條街道，是美國金融機構的集中地，美國金融市場的代名詞)
New Words
action *
n. 行為
e.g. His kind action saved my life.
affect *
v. 影響
e.g. I think all the worry has affected my brain.
afford *
v. be able to buy or pay for
e.g. Thanks to the success of the business, we can afford a holiday.
agonize
v. suffer great anxiety or worry intensely (about something) 痛苦
e.g. She agonized for days about whether she should take the job.
amass
v. collect (money, goods, power, etc.) in great amounts, usually over a long period (尤指大量的)積累
e.g. He carefully amassed evidence to support his case.
aspire
v. have a strong ambition to achieve something 渴望成就某事物
e.g. She aspires to become president.
bankrupt *
adj. unable to pay one's debts 破產
e.g. The company went bankrupt because it couldn't sell its products.
bankruptcy
n. 破產事件
billion
n. (especially US) 十億
breed *
n. a type of person 類型，種類
e.g. This required a special skill and a whole new breed of actors.
consume *
v.
1) use time, energy, goods, etc. 消費，消耗
e.g. The car consumes a lot of fuel.
2) fill the thoughts or feelings continuously, especially in a damaging way 心中總想著
e.g. As a teenager, I was consumed by passion for a film star I would never meet.
consumer *
n. a person who buys goods or services for their own use 消費者
e.g. Consumers want better, safer products.
contribute *
v. help to cause something 促成，導致
e.g. Does smoking contribute to lung cancer?
dealer
n. 商人
depart *
v. leave or go away 離開
e.g. Before you depart, let me give you a word of advice.
elusive
adj. difficult to catch, find or remember 難以達到的
evil *
n. 罪惡
e.g. This novel is just another story about the battle between good and evil.
ewe
n. a female sheep 母羊
factor *
n. 因素
e.g. Heavy snow was a contributing factor in the accident.
fashioned *
......式的
e.g. old-fashioned 老式的
financial *
adj. relating to or involving money 財政的，經濟的
e.g. The company was in deep financial difficulties.
founder *
n. person who founds or establishes something 創建者，締造者
e.g. She is the founder and director of the company.
fund *
n. a sum of money saved or collected 資金
e.g. The hospital has set up a special fund to buy new equipment.
govern *
v. control and direct 統治，管理
e.g. Do genes govern all characteristics of an individual?
hoard
v. collect something and store it away 儲藏，積聚
industrial *
adj. 工業的
e.g. industrial city/nation
invention *
n. 發明 (物)
e.g. the scientific inventions of the 20th century
inventor *
n. 發明家
e.g. Television as we have it now is the product of many inventors.