Sophy's Notebook

【Grammar Tip】

Animated films also look to be big this summer！

句中的 look 是 「看似」的意思，to look to be 就是 「看起來將會如何」的意思。

look to be → promise to be

→ Animated films also promise to be big this summer.

ex:
1. The company's new plan looks to be a disaster.

2. This year's harvest looks to be the best in ten years.

3. Chemistry looks to be the most difficult class I have to take this semester.

4. April looks to be the wettest month of the year in Rast Asia.


【Chat Room】

grumpy 脾氣壞的

在電影、戲劇等之中 grumpy 不等於 villain
villain 指的是壞人

mind 是心情
不能說 have a mood
要用介係詞 in → in a mood

【Michelle's Class】

found (v) 建立；打基礎
foundation (n) 建築物的地基
The foundation of the building needed to be reinforced after the earthquake.
地震之後這棟建築的地基需要加強。

foundation 也指一件事情的基礎
The foundation of a good marriage is mutual trust.
良好的婚姻基礎就是彼此的信任。

dominate (v) 統治；支配
domination (n) 控制權；統治權 (不可數)
The aliens were set on world domination.
這些外星人的目的就是要取得地球的統治權。

domination 也指優勢
Tiger Wood's domination in golf was once undisputed.
老虎伍茲在高爾夫球界稱霸四方在當時是無庸置疑的。

d-e 離開
-port 搬運
deport (v) 驅逐出境；放逐
Many illegal immigrants are deported every day.
每天都有很多非法移民被驅逐出境。

The country had the criminals deported.
這國家把這些罪犯給驅逐出境。