SAT上課中

菁英SAT暑假密集班今天開課了!第一天先由Scott and Cindy老師帶來SAT Reading及 SAT Grammar,看到同學們早上8點就在菁英三校準時集合, 真的非常積極耶!

筆者記錄了一些Scott老師的SAT Reading Lesson精華內容~給大家參考參考喔!

今天, 老師用生動的例子講了很多Reading skills, Root of Vocab., 甚至Writing skill, 非常精彩喔!!!

Scott老師提醒我們, Vocabulary的數量絕對是你在SAT裡的得分秘訣喔, 而其實背單字有很多方式, 其中一個就是看"字根"

今天先給大家重溫幾個重要字根:

1. "Vit-/ Viv-" : to live

Vital, Vitality, Vitamin, Revive

Vivacious: very out-going, only for females

2. "Sup-/ Sur-" : above, over

Survive

Surpass: To be or go beyond, as in degree or quality

Surmount: to overcome

Surplus: deficit, not enough

Surname: a name added to a person's name

Surcharge: An added charge, cost, or tax



3. "-cide" : to kill

Patricide: the act of killing one's own father

Pesticide: a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.

Suicide:  the intentional taking of one's own life

Homicide: the killing of one human being by another

4. "-archy" : the role of someone

Patriarchy: a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family

Matriarchy: a family, society, community, or state governed by women

Anarchy: a state of society without government or law

5. "nil-" : zero, nothing

Nihilism: total rejection of established laws and institutions

Annihilate: to destroy the collective existence or main body of

對今天的課程內容有疑問嗎? 請留言!^^