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台灣學生學英文，大多數人都是在浪費時間、金錢，隨便玩玩而已。英文學來學去，學到最後一般英文書報也看不懂，寫簡單的英文句子可能也會錯誤連篇，學習英文的成果竟然只是具有一點點皮毛英語能力，而這種能力正好可以閱讀經過改寫的簡易版英文文章。
一大部分台灣學生的英文字彙能力只能達到美國小學中、低年級的程度，能達到美國小學高年級的字彙程度的台灣學生在本地已經算英語很好了【GEPT所公佈的全民英檢中高級參考單字表，都沒達到美國小六學生的字彙標準】，而台灣的大學生當中能具有美國初中生的字彙能力者更屬鳳毛麟角，這樣的英文能力必然是排名在全球英文水平比較落後的位置。
但英文程度很爛的地方也有少數人英文學得很好，甚至好到令人驚羨。所以我也想將我所整理的資料提供給台灣少數人參考研讀，我整理的單字雖然未達到美國12年級(等同高3) 的字彙標準，但也已確實涵蓋大部分的美國中學字彙，若熟悉這些單字大致上已能流利閱讀一般英文書籍和報章雜誌。
但多數台灣學生都無法完全學會和應用美國的小學程度字彙，那我列一些美國中學字彙要給誰看？我認為「美國中學字彙」是能否流利閱讀英文的關鍵字彙，
所以我列的單字是給台灣少數想流利閱讀一般英文書籍和報章雜誌的人看。
Day 331 Nov. 8
volatile [}vAlDtDl] adj. 1. (局勢) 不穩的；動盪不定的
~ a volatile stock market漲跌不定的股市
~ a volatile exchange rate // The stock market can be volatile.
The political situation was becoming more volatile.
2. 易激動的；易發作的；易怒的
a highly volatile personality 反覆無常的個性 // a volatile man /temper
3. (液體或物質) 揮發性的
Gasoline is a volatile chemical and can catch fire easily.
volatility [vAlD}t0lDti] n. 易變；不穩定性
the volatility of modern exchange rates
stifle [}sta0fDl] v. 1. 壓制；抑止；把------綁住 to oppress; discourage; suppress
She was unable to stifle a yawn.
The management in that company stifles their workers’ opinions.
Too many regulations stifle innovation.
They hope the new rules will not stifle creativity.
The government failed to stifle the unrest.
He felt stifled by the school’s rules.
2. 強忍住；壓抑 (感情)
She had to stifle a smile when they appeared. 強忍住笑
He stifled the urge to scream. 忍住想大叫的衝動
3. 使--------窒息；(使) 透不過氣來 suffocate
He was almost stifled by the smoke.
We were stifling in the hot, tiny room.
Most of the victims were stifled by the fumes.
I felt I was stifling in the airless room.
stifling [}sta0fl0H] adj. 1. 令人窒息的；悶熱的
The heat was stifling. // a stifling day
The hotel lobby was stifling. // a stifling room
It’s stifling in here — can we open a window?
2. 死氣沈沈的；沈悶的；壓制個性發揮的
stifling rules / regulations / requirements
the stifling atmosphere of her unhappy family life
At 20, she found family life stifling.
stiflingly adv.
The room was stiflingly hot.
deft [dGft] adj. 1. 靈巧的；敏捷的done quickly and with skill
deft fingers /footwork /hands
He finished off the painting with a few deft strokes of the brush.
2. 在行的；熟練的 skillful
his deft command of the language // a deft politician
What a deft typist you are!
The photographer is known for his deft use of lighting.
deftly adv.
I threw him a towel which he deftly caught.
They deftly avoided answering my questions.
cavalcade [k$vDl}ked] n. 1. (作為儀式一部分的) 騎馬隊；車隊
a cavalcade of antique cars // The cavalcade arrived at the hotel.
2. a series of similar or related things
a cavalcade of natural disasters
cliché [`kli}Ne] n. 陳腔濫調；老生常談；老套
Her report is full of clichés, and contains no useful ideas.
the old cliché that “a trouble shared is a trouble halved”
The macho cop has become a Hollywood cliché.
I didn’t want to hear clichés like “Time heals all wounds.”
clichéd [`kli}Ned] adj.
clichéd phrases / characters // a clichéd view of upper-class life
The movie’s characters are clichéd and uninteresting.
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