Week 12 vocabulary

Weekly Vocabulary (Week 12)

Book: Wonders 4. 5-6 | The Founding of Jamestown (p.64 - 67)

No.	單字 (Vocabulary)	定義 (Definition) (0.85x 慢速)	例句 (Sentences)
1	bound for 奔赴 (idiom)	on the way to	This train is bound for Tokyo. The expedition was bound for Virginia, carrying 144 people.
2	voyager 旅行者 (noun)	a person who goes on a long trip, especially if they travel on a ship	The voyager sailed across the wide ocean. In the words of one voyager, they found "fair meadows and goodly tall trees."
3	settlement 結算/定居點 (noun)	a place where people make a new place to live	The settlers built a small settlement by the river. Jamestown would become the first successful, permanent English settlement in the New World.
4	Ignorance is bliss. 無知是福 (proverb)	sometimes not knowing something can make a person happier because knowledge might bring worry or stress	If you don't know about the problem, you won't worry; ignorance is bliss! There is a proverb that says, "Ignorance is bliss."
5	ashore 上岸 (adverb)	onto land from water	We saw a turtle came ashore to lay eggs. In the case of the 104 men and boys who came ashore, this was true.
6	irritating 惱人的 (adjective)	causing anger or impatience	Hot weather can be very irritating for young babies. She had been scrawny, sure-footed, and had an irritating habit of following him everywhere, he remembered.
7	retreat 撤退 (verb) Forms: retreated, retreated	to have withdrawn or moved back	After many years of living in the city, Mr. Eli retreated to the countryside. The pain and sadness that Cameahwait had carried over the years retreated to a forgotten place.
8	honor 尊敬 (verb) Forms: honored, honored	to show or feel great respect for a person or thing	President Sophia honored her country by serving as president for 30 years. The dance was done to honor the rabbit as a source of food and warm clothing.
9	slender 纖細的 (adjective)	skinny or thin	Howard is a slender man who mostly eats fruits and vegetables. A slender woman with long, dark braids entered the tent.
10	warriors 戰士 (noun)	brave fighters or soldiers	During a war, warriors fight against each other until a team wins. The tribe prepared for the Rabbit Dance as warriors put on their ceremonial clothes.