Day to day , my english get better . I will work as hard as I can . I think its worth it . So for this week , I would do something rare . Day by day my lecturer had give some complicated articles to read . According to the article given , I would search the vocab that deem new to me . And I will search it . At least , this can help me to understand more the words given .


#1 ARTICLE : ARE BOND INVESTMENTS SAFE ? 

SURGE

To move quickly and with force in a particular direction .

• The gates opened and the crowd surged forward . 

To fill somebody with a strong feeling .

• Relief surged through her 

To suddenly increase in price

• Share price surged 

VOLATILE

Changing easily from one mood to another

• A highly volatile personality 

Likely to change suddenly , unstable

• A highly volatile situation from which riot  might develop

SOAR

If the value , amount or level or something , it rises very quickly

• Unemployment has soared to 18%

To rise quickly and smoothly up into the air

• The rocket soared up into the air 

To fly very high in the air or remain high in the air

• An eagle soaring high above the cliffs

To be very high or tall

• Soaring mountain 

Music will become loader and higher

• Soaring pitch 

TREASURY

The government department that controls public money

• The treasury is an important part in government 

A place in a castle , where valuable things were kept .

• The shark gang were planning to enter the  treasury . 

MOUNTING 

Increasing , often in a manner that causes or expresses anxiety

• There is mounting evidence of serious effect on people's health . 

TURMOIL 

A state f anxiety or confusion

• His statement threw the court into turmoil 

EVENTFUL

Full of things that happen , especially exciting , important or dangerous things

• An eventful journey to Alabama . 

FLEE

To leave a person or place very quickly , especially because you are afraid of dangerous possible

• She burst into tears and fled . 

TURBULENT 

In which there is suddenly change , confusion , disagreement and sometimes violence

• A short and turbulent career in politics . 

Changing direction suddenly and violently

• The aircraft is designed to withstand turbulent conditions 

Noisy and/or difficult to control

• a turbulent crowd 

PERCEIVE 

To notice or become aware of something

• I perceived a change in his behaviour 

To understand or think of somebody or something in a particular way

• This discovery was perceived as a major breakthrough 

SCOFFED 

To talk about somebody or something in a way that makes it clear that you think they are stupid or ridiculous

• He scoffed at our amateurish attempts 

To eat a lot of something quickly

• Who scoffed all the grapes 

 INFLATION 

A general rise in the prices of services and goods in a particular country resulting in a fall in the value of the money

• The fight against the rising inflation . 

PALTRY 

Too small to be considered as important or useful

• This account offers a paltry 1% return on your investment 

Having no value or  useful qualities

• A paltry gesture 

TAILWIND

A wind that blow from behind a moving vehicle , a runner

• That said , bond have had an artificial tailwind in the last few years in the form of quantitative easing . 

TANTRUM 

A sudden short period of angry , unreasonable behaviour

• Children often have a temper tantrums at the age of two or thereabouts 

PIVOTAL 

Of greats importance because other things depend on it

• A pivotal role in European affairs 

RAMIFICATION 

One of the large number of complicated and unexpected results that follow an action or a decision

• These changes are bound to have widespread social ramification 

COMPLACENT 

Too satisfied with yourself or with a situation , so that you do not think any change is necessary

• A dangerous complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment .

BARRING 

Expect for , unless there is

• Barring accidents , we should arrive on time 

GRANTED 

Use to show that you accept that something is true , often before you make another statement about it

• Granted , it's not the most pleasant of jobs but it has to be done  

EQUITIES 

Shares in a company which do not pay a fixed amount of interest

• Granted that equities do carry a higher degree of risk in terms of price fluctuations , but with bond s at current elevated levels , bonds aren't as safe as we perceived them to be . 

A situation which everyone is treated equal and fair

• The equities treat really charm us 

FLUCTUATION 

To change frequently size , amount , quality and others especially from one extreme to another .

Fluctuating prices . 

• My mood seems to fluctuate from day to day 

PLAIT 

A long of something especially hair , are divided into three and twisted together

• The grandmother plaited her daughter's hair . 

HOE

A garden tool with a long handle and a blade , used for breaking up soil and removing weed

• My grandfather was hoeing in his garden  . 

# 3 ARTICLE :LIFE AS MRS JAY CHOU 


SILHOUETTE

The dark outline or shape of person or an object that you see against a light background .

• The silhouette of chimney and towers 

The shape of a person's body or of an object

• The dress fitted to give you a flattering silhouette 

CHORES 

A task that you do regularly

• Chores that she need to finish it . 

An unpleasant or boring task

• Shopping is not a chores for me . 

INSISTENCE 

An act of demanding or saying something firmly and refusing to accept any opposition or refuse .

• Their insistence on strict standard behaviour . 

EMERGES

To come out of the dark , confined or hidden place .

• The swimmer emerge from the lake 

To become known

• No new evidence emerged during the investigation 

To start exist , to appear or to become known

• After the election , the opposition's group deem to emerged 

To survive a difficult situation or experience

• She emerged from the scandal with her reputation intact 

WHIFF

A smell , especially one that you only smell on a short time

• A whiff of cigar smoke

A slight of feeling something

• A whiff of danger 

CUNNING

Able to get what you want in a clever way , especially by tricking or cheating

• He was a cunning as a fox 

Clever and skillful

• It was a cunning pieces of detective work 

IMMENSELY 

Extremely  , very much

• We enjoyed ourselves immensely 

LONGEVITY 

Long life , the fact of lasting a long time

• We wish you both a health and longevity 

WHIRLWIND 

A very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage

• The whirlwind make the town damaged 

A situation or a series of events where a lot of things happen very quickly

• To recover from divorce , I threw myself into a whirlwind activities . 

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