Have you ever watch the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" ? One of my new words came from this movie, the word is "Slum".It means a house or building unfit for human habitation, or lower social lever. Actually, this was not the first time I met this word, last week I heard a song named" A flower booming in the slums" , the name of this song is so beautiful as well as the melody. When I saw this film and met the word the second time, I made up m mind to choose slum as my new words. When I use Corpus to learn more about this word, It's usually used with dwellers, SLUM DWELLERS means the poor. DWELLERS alone means a person who inhibits a particular place.
Another word I learned this week is "Neptune" ,it has two different meanings. One is the eight and farthest know planet from the sun in the solar system. The other seven planets are Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. Another meaning is the god of the water and the sea. It's said that Neptune is a blue planet just like the sea, so people named it as the name of the king of the sea. Without doubt, it usually goes with Uranus because they are neighbors. The second meaning connected with "king" when people describe the god of the sea as"king Neptune". This word came from another song produced by Bandari in 1999, the album called "Mist". As for me, this word is easy to memorize but hard to pronounce.
I have another word "pride",the teacher in Junior high school told us that it means be proud of something. However, when I watch a documentary called" The Big Cats", I found that they call a group of lions "pride" which is new to me, I do hope that I can show this meaning to my classmates in Junior high school.
On the surface, I have leaned two new words last week, besides this, I enjoyed a film, several beautiful songs and the eight planets in solar system. Words have the power to connect things together as long as we use our imagination and logical thinking.
Aloha. I am changwon. I got your words. I learnd it from the myth. It chose good word and awaken me this word again.
ReplyDeleteHi Yiran, your first word "slum" is not new for me, and I think it is used widespread, especially on report of some social life in under-developed region. The meaning of the second word is really interesting, it is new for me, too. Thank you very much for your introduction.
ReplyDelete--Zhibiao Zhang
Hi Yiran, your first word "slum" is not new for me, and I think it is used widespread, especially on report of some social life in under-developed region. The meaning of the second word is really interesting, it is new for me, too. Thank you very much for your introduction.
ReplyDelete--Zhibiao Zhang