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＊ se- apart, away

ex: separate, select, seclude

1.separate

Each episode was an independent dramatisationof a separate  science fiction 

short story.

2. select

Each year our economics editor conducts aninformal poll of a select  group who   

meet fordrinks after dinner.

3. seclude

May restrain or seclude  patients individualsaccording to accepted policies and  procedures.

＊ ab- away from

ex: abnormal, absence, abstain

1.abnormal

There's nothing abnormal  about the recession'scauses.

2. absence

The presence or  absence  of a true sleep stateamong these creatures remains to

beinvestigated scientifically.

3. abstain

It was the visitor's delicacy that made herabstain  from interference.

＊ di- away, down, off

ex: divide, depart, divorce

1.divide

The list of dvergar seems to divide  into threeseparate interpolations.

2. depart

Boats leave heavily laden, and many depart  evenwithout a satellite phone 

to use when troublearises.

3. divorce

My family had same issues, but my parents didnot  divorce .

＊ im- in, upon

ex: implant, immigrant, import

1. implant

Another is to  implant  wireless sensors poweredby the wearer's own body heat.

2. immigrant

Both the  immigrant  population and the socialuse of opium fell into decline.

3. import

It's disrespectful to the people in thoseprofessions, it doesn't respect the   

significance orthe import  of what they do.

＊ en- in, upon

ex: enable, enrich, endanger

1.enable

The goal of this new framework is to betterenable  all countries to adapt to   

that futureclimate.

2. enrich

The intrinsic motivation of learning to enrich one's life seems wanting.

3. endanger

Some fear that a rise in taxes could  endanger the current economic recovery.

＊ de- down, away from

ex: decline, delegate, depress

1. decline

It is important to look at all the different thingsthat could cause a decline,  

 including climatechange.

2. delegate

As president, your job was not to delegate moral responsibility for these acts,   

but to takemoral responsibility for them.

3. depress

Most of the burden of filling these gaps will fall onthe companies themselves,  

 which will depress their profits.

＊  the Separatist 分離教派

The Separatists, or Independents, were English Protestants who occupied the extreme wing of Puritanism. The Separatists were severely critical of the Church of England and wanted to either destroy it or separate from it. Their chief complaint was that too many elements of the Roman Catholic Church had been retained, such as the ecclesiastical courts, clerical vestments, altars and the practice of kneeling. The Separatists were also critical of the lax standards of public behavior, citing widespread drunkenness and the failure of many to keep the Sabbath properly.

Referring to themselves as the Saints, the Separatists believed that they had been elected by God for salvation (see Calvinism) and feared spiritual contamination if they worshiped with those outside of their congregations, often referred to as the Strangers.

In 1608, a community of English separatists decided to escape persecution by moving to Holland, an area long known for its toleration. Dutch society was so welcoming that the Pilgrims, as they had come to be known, eventually feared that they were losing control over their children. In 1620, they set out for a more remote location that would allow them to protect their community. This effort resulted in the founding of Plymouth Colony.

＊ Pilgrim 朝聖者

A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journeying (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system. In the spiritual literature of Christianity, the concept of pilgrim and pilgrimage may refer to the experience of life in the world (considered as a period of exile) or to the inner path of the spiritual aspirant from a state of wretchedness to a state of beatitude.

＊ Puritan 清教徒

The Puritans were a group of people who grew discontent in the Church of England and worked towards religious, moral and societal reforms. The writings and ideas of John Calvin, a leader in the Reformation, gave rise to Protestantism and were pivotal to the Christian revolt. They contended that The Church of England had become a product of political struggles and man-made doctrines. The Puritans were one branch of dissenters who decided that the Church of England was beyond reform. Escaping persecution from church leadership and the King, they came to America.

＊ The Raven – Edgar Allan Poe

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student,[1][2] is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". The poem makes use of a number of folk and classical references.

＊ Gauguin – Nevermore

Nevermore, the star of the Courtauld Gallery’s Gauguin show that opened on 20 June, nearly left Britain in 1929. A Berlin dealer, who believed that Samuel Courtauld was willing to sell the Tahitian scene, offered it to Switzerland’s leading collector, Oskar Reinhart.

＊ The Birth of Venus  - Botticelli

The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere) is a 1486 painting by Sandro Botticelli. Botticelli was commissioned to paint the work by the Medici family of Florence, specifically Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici under the influence of his cousin Lorenzo de' Medici, close friend to Botticelli . It depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore (which is related to the Venus Anadyomene motif). The painting is on display at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

＊ Edgar Allan Poe – To Helen

Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore,
That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
The weary, wayworn wanderer bore
to his own native shore.

On desperate seas long wont to roam,
Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
Thy Naiad airs have broght me home
To glory that was Greece,
And the grandeur that was Rome.

Lo! in yon brilliant window niche
How statuelike I see thee stand,
The agate lamp within thy hand!
Ah, Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy Land!

＊  Allan Poe

1.       To Helen
2.       The Raven
3.       Annabel Lee

＊ Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry sea fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots which started the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.[4][5] In 1966, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

＊ Go Dutch à各付各的

"Going Dutch" is a term that indicates that each person participating in a group activity pays for himself, rather than any person paying for anyone else, particularly in a restaurant bill. It is also called Dutch date, Dutch treat (the oldest form[1]) and "doing Dutch".

There are two possible senses—each person paying his own expenses, or the entire bill being split (divided evenly) between all participants. In strict usage, "Going Dutch" refers to the former, paying one's own expenses, and the latter is referred to as "splitting the bill", but in casual usage these may both be referred to as "going Dutch".

＊ Thomas Paine – Common Sense à影響美國獨立&法國大革命

Common Sense[1] is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. In clear, simple language it explained the advantages of and the need for immediate independence. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution to become an immediate sensation. It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places. Washington had it read to all his troops, which at the time had surrounded the British army in Boston. In proportion to the population of the colonies at that time (2.5 million), it had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in American history.