p.104~105: Mia watched Adam made his way to the hospital's main entrance. He doesn't look like him but he's not crying. Mia thought that Adam was looking for her like Adam can see her.
p.105~108: Adam wanted to see Mia but it is not visiting time in the ICU. Therefore, the nurse was conflicted with Adam whose attitude is very bad. By the way, a nurse wanted to calm him down finally made condition worse. When Adam was bound to lose his mind, Kim calmed him down and finally over this embarrassed condition.
p108~117: (1) Kim and Mia have a theory that almost everything in the world can be divided into two groups. And both of them belonged to the kind of girls who don't have boyfriend before Adam invited Mia to watch Yo-Yo Ma concert. So Mia wanted to tell the true to Kim after Yo-Yo Ma concert. But Mia didn't tell that Adam kissed her so that Kim had a little anger. (2) Mia thought that Kim and Adam are her most important friends in her lift , so she also wanted them becoming best friend . However, Kim and Adam are different kind of people, all the reason they will be friend is Mia. Mia asked Adam to love everyone she loved as much as she did but Adam said he can't. therefore, Mia reprove him and went to Kim's house .Finally, Mia apologized to Adam later that night, and then nothing changed - Adam and Kim remained cordial but distant. (3) Mia never really bound into Kim's notion that they were somehow bound together through her until she saw Kim's half carrying Adam down the hospital corridor.
p.117~120: Mia went to cafeteria to look for her family. Aunt Kate and Aunt Diane are whispering about something in the corner. Mia thought they were talking about Teddy but Mr. Dunlap in fact.
1. Who is the best person that Mia wishes them to send to talk to Adam? (A)Nurse Alvin (B)Nurse Ramirez (C)Nurse Kim (D)Nurse Thatcher 2. Who can only be allowed to enter in ICU? (A)Doctors (B)Simpson family (C)Adam (D)Immediate family 3. Which one is not Kim and Mia think can be divided into two groups in the novel? (A)People who like classical music or pop (B)People who try to be cool and others did not (C)People who will fail in the class or not (D)People who drink gussied-up caffeine drinks and plain coffee 4. Who caused a huge fight between Adam and Mia after they had been together about three month? (A)Kim (B)Teddy (C)Henry (D)You 5. Why dose Mia’s cousin, Heather, wear a bright orange down jacket when she hikes in the woods? (A)She thinks it is the fashion right now (B)Just because she likes the jacket best (C)The neon colors are necessary to keep drunk hunters from mistaking her for a bear (D)The neon colors are necessary to keep Heather from mistaking drunk for a bear
distraught (adj)心煩意亂的﹝p.104第11行﹞
ReplyDeletevacuumed away 像被吸塵器吸空般﹝p.104第21行﹞
vigil (n)守夜﹝p.105第2行﹞
Weezer (n)威瑟樂團﹝p.105第7行﹞
hush (n)寂靜﹝p.105第10行﹞
reverberate (v)迴響﹝p.105第14行﹞
tenured (adj)享有終身職位的﹝p.106第20行﹞
hoist (v)舉起﹝p.108第4行﹞
Pepsi (n)百事可樂﹝p.108第12行﹞
conformist (n)遵從習俗者﹝p.108第13行﹞
freethinker (n)自由思想家﹝p.108第13行﹞
cow-tipping (v)泛指捉弄人(牛佔著睡覺時把牠推倒) ﹝P.109第3行﹞
rationalize (v)使…合理化﹝.109第17行﹞
omission (n)省略﹝p.109第17行﹞
cinnamon-spice chai latte 肉桂香料拿鐵﹝p.110第15行﹞
butter up (片)以花言巧語討好﹝p.111第11行﹞
first-person plural 第一人稱複數﹝p.111第26行﹞
seminal (a)有發展性的﹝p.112第1行﹞
hunk (n)大塊﹝p.112第9行﹞
indie (adj)獨立製作的﹝p.112第22行﹞
planned parenthood (n)節育計畫﹝p.113第8行﹞
snob (n)自負傲慢的人﹝p.114第24行﹞
diatribe (v)惡罵、諷刺﹝p.115第3行﹞
blas’en)漠不關心﹝p.115第3行﹞
spew (v)嘔吐；噴出 (此處應指發洩)﹝p.115第5行﹞
bemused (adj)困惑的﹝p.116第15行﹞
cordial (adj)友好的﹝p.116第17行﹞
linoleum (n)亞麻油地氈﹝p.117第2行﹞
manipulate (v)操作﹝p.117第14行﹞
stethoscope (n)聽診器﹝p.118第12行﹞
lopside (a)傾向一側的；不平衡的﹝p.118第21行﹞
irrevocably (adv)不能撤回地﹝p.119第6行﹞
schmuck (n)(美國特有用語)討厭鬼﹝p.119第22行﹞
fumble around (片)摸索﹝p.120第22行﹞
p.104~105:
ReplyDeleteMia watched Adam made his way to the hospital's main entrance. He doesn't look like him but he's not crying. Mia thought that Adam was looking for her like Adam can see her.
p.105~108:
Adam wanted to see Mia but it is not visiting time in the ICU. Therefore, the nurse was conflicted with Adam whose attitude is very bad. By the way, a nurse wanted to calm him down finally made condition worse. When Adam was bound to lose his mind, Kim calmed him down and finally over this embarrassed condition.
p108~117:
(1) Kim and Mia have a theory that almost everything in the world can be divided into two groups. And both of them belonged to the kind of girls who don't have boyfriend before Adam invited Mia to watch Yo-Yo Ma concert. So Mia wanted to tell the true to Kim after Yo-Yo Ma concert. But Mia didn't tell that Adam kissed her so that Kim had a little anger.
(2) Mia thought that Kim and Adam are her most important friends in her lift , so she also wanted them becoming best friend . However, Kim and Adam are different kind of people, all the reason they will be friend is Mia. Mia asked Adam to love everyone she loved as much as she did but Adam said he can't. therefore, Mia reprove him and went to Kim's house .Finally, Mia apologized to Adam later that night, and then nothing changed - Adam and Kim remained cordial but distant.
(3) Mia never really bound into Kim's notion that they were somehow bound together through her until she saw Kim's half carrying Adam down the hospital corridor.
p.117~120:
Mia went to cafeteria to look for her family. Aunt Kate and Aunt Diane are whispering about something in the corner. Mia thought they were talking about Teddy but Mr. Dunlap in fact.
1. Who is the best person that Mia wishes them to send to talk to Adam?
ReplyDelete(A)Nurse Alvin
(B)Nurse Ramirez
(C)Nurse Kim
(D)Nurse Thatcher
2. Who can only be allowed to enter in ICU?
(A)Doctors
(B)Simpson family
(C)Adam
(D)Immediate family
3. Which one is not Kim and Mia think can be divided into two groups in the novel?
(A)People who like classical music or pop
(B)People who try to be cool and others did not
(C)People who will fail in the class or not
(D)People who drink gussied-up caffeine drinks
and plain coffee
4. Who caused a huge fight between Adam and Mia after they had been together about three month?
(A)Kim
(B)Teddy
(C)Henry
(D)You
5. Why dose Mia’s cousin, Heather, wear a bright orange down jacket when she hikes in the woods?
(A)She thinks it is the fashion right now
(B)Just because she likes the jacket best
(C)The neon colors are necessary to keep drunk hunters from mistaking her for a bear
(D)The neon colors are necessary to keep Heather from mistaking drunk for a bear
Answer: BDCAC