December Lesson 3 2020

Question 1

What should be mentioned at the beginning of the story?

Answer 1

5W and 2-3 characters

Question 2

hot and wet weather

Answer 2

humid

Tokyo is extremely humid in midsummer

Question 3

a kind of sofa

Answer 3

settee
He is perched (to sit on top of something or on the edge of something) uncomfortably on a settee with a photo album on his knee.
couch

Question 4

例行公事

Answer 4

weekly ritual

I like to read before bed (a book, not websites) as a ritual that helps me sleep.

Question 5

extremely

Answer 5

immensely

Question 6

to feel angry or upset about a situation or about something that someone has done, especially because you think that it is not fair

Answer 6

resent 
resent (somebody) doing something
I resented having to work such long hours.

Question 7

主管

Answer 7

foremen

Question 8

費力

Answer 8

strenuous

a strenuous climb

Question 9

麻木的

Answer 9

mind numbingly

Question 10

重複性的

Answer 10

repetitive

The song was dreary (dull and making you feel sad or bored) and repetitive.

Question 11

微薄的薪水

Answer 11

mere pittance

Question 12

不幸的

Answer 12

wretched

I was shocked to see their wretched living conditions.

Question 13

急切地

Answer 13

eager

I was eager to get back to work as soon as possible.

Question 14

斜道

Answer 14

chute

Question 15

提心吊膽的，坐如針氈

Answer 15

be on tenterhooks

We were on tenterhooks all morning waiting for the phone to ring.

Question 16

閃光

Answer 16

glisten

His eyes glistening with tears/ joy

Question 17

狂熱地

Answer 17

feverishly

Question 18

搜出

Answer 18

fish (sth) out

Question 19

呼嘯

Answer 19

whistle

Question 20

觸角

Answer 20

tentacles

Question 21

被毀滅

Answer 21

be doom