Week 11 vocabulary

Weekly Vocabulary (Week 11)

Book: Wonders 4 | The Founding of Jamestown (p.64 - 67)

No.	單字 (Vocabulary)	定義 (Definition) (0.85x 慢速)	例句 (Sentences)
1	expedition 探險/遠征 (noun)	a journey made for a particular reason	The wildlife biologist led an expedition to explore the rain forest. The expedition was bound for Virginia, carrying 144 people.
2	permanent 持久的/固定的 (adjective)	lasting or intended to last	The pyramids were made of large stones, so they stayed fixed and permanent. Jamestown would become the first successful, permanent English settlement in the New World.
3	tremendous 巨大的 (adjective)	very large or great	I can see a tremendous number of stars in the sky tonight. They were faced with tremendous challenges.
4	military 軍事/軍隊 (noun)	the army of a country	The country's military has a large number of tanks, jets, and other armored vehicles. John Smith, an experienced military man, became head of the colony in 1608.
5	era 時代 (noun)	a period of time in history, usually beginning with an important event	The moon landing in 1969 began a new era of space exploration. Pocahontas married a planter named John Rolfe, the first marriage in that era between an Englishman and a Native American woman.
6	artifacts 文物/手工藝品 (noun)	things people made during a certain time in the past	The pottery are artifacts from ancient times. Archaeologists digging in Jamestown have discovered Indian artifacts along with English ones, evidence that Indians lived in the fort for some time.
7	evidence 證據/跡象 (noun)	proof of something	The detectives looked for evidence at the crime scene. Archaeologists digging in Jamestown have discovered Indian artifacts along with English ones, evidence that Indians lived in the fort for some time.
8	archaeology 考古學 (noun)	the study of the way humans lived a long time ago	The graduate student in archaeology helped to uncover the ancient temple. "It must have been a very close relationship," says William Kelso, an expert in colonial American archaeology.
9	document 記錄/記載 (verb) Forms: documented, documented	to keep a record of something	Helen writes in her diary so she can document the events of her day. Kelso has worked for 10 years to document this site.
10	uncover 揭露/發現 (verb) Forms: uncovered, uncovered	to discover something or make it known	What did you uncover when you cleaned the old painting? His team has managed to uncover more than 1 million artifacts and has mapped out the fort's shape, its foundations, and a burial ground.