To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird:
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old.
mockingbird 知更鳥 → some one who is weak
mockingbird
tomboy:
A tomboy is a girl who exhibits characteristics or behaviors considered typical of a boy, including wearing masculine clothing and engaging in games and activities that are physical in nature and are considered in many cultures to be unfeminine or the domain of boys.
Outcast: a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society.
bene-: something good
For example: benefit, benevolent 仁慈
be beneficial to
mal-: something bad
For example: malevolent 壞心腸的, malignant tumor 惡性腫瘤
ver-: / vir-: ture
For example: verify 查證, verfication 查證, virtual
dic-: to say, to tell words
For example: dictator, dictation, dictationship, predict
para-: beside
For example: paragraph, paraller
fore-: before
For example: forecast, foretell, forehead
Has the jury reached a verdict?
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