原本今天要考的12個單字為
stingy <=> generous這兩個字是相反意思^^
ignore、polite
clutter、crockery、cutlery(背的方式為crockery + cutlery = clutter)
pace = speed
unfortunately = unlucky
sore
regret = to be sorry about someone or something
wise = clever、smart
其實12個單字說多不好，說少也不少，要背的話，也很難將每個單字的意思聯想起來，所以要能有效率背單字以及知道這單字的使用方式，還真的是很辛苦記呢！我的筆記也已經開始使用第四本了！除了記單字外，還有寫例句，再加上老師上課也會寫新的單字和例句等，筆記本使用的很快^^
想到昨天發生一件很特別的事，因為Tom之前臨時說他要改part time，所以星期一和星期二就只有我一個人搭車，星期一還沒什麼特別，星期二回來就遇到搭訕的外國人，其實要說也不算搭訕，但那個人也問我很多事，從一開始問我讀lev幾，然後又問像是來澳洲多久丫，住那邊什麼等等的，我也趁機問他做什麼的，還有在澳洲工作簡不簡單等等，其實對陌生人來聊天，感覺很奇怪一一"雖然很多人說澳洲人很friendly，但應該還沒到熱情的程度吧！！^^"事後和婆婆說這件事，婆婆說家裡的事少和陌生人聊，雖然我是笨笨的啦…但我還不會笨到只和陌生人說家裡只有女人在這住的事情（就像婆婆會故意在外面放好幾雙鞋子裝人多）…不過我還滿感謝有那個外國人練習說話吧！而且我覺得這個搭訕的陌生人講話還比班上同學Marcos講的清楚…
說到班上的同學Marcos講話，十句我只聽的懂五句吧！因為移民到澳洲的人很多，來自不同國家，也會有自己國家的語調，像韓國人很喜歡加重尾音，但不管怎麼說，重點是要讓聽的人懂你在講什麼^^我雖然不敢說我的英文講的很好（也常被老師糾正stress），不過至少和同學些聊天都還懂我的問題^^
不知不覺又快十點了，今天老師只寫九個單字要考的，話說今早老師講了一則新聞，有關mother whale abandon her baby，所以baby whale把遊艇當成了mama，在遊艇旁打轉吸吮，一些學者專家覺得baby whale很可憐，畢竟遊艇不是生物，無法給baby whale所需成長的營養，所以有考慮要對baby whale做euthanasia(安樂死)，覺得baby whale好可憐哦！也不知道為什麼mother whale不要她的小孩= =
這則新聞就學到兩個新單字，然後推想其它單字…像euthanasia→illegal→Sydney Aquarium→convenient→card→expiry date <=> valid
剩下的三個單字就比較難聯想啦…像attractive、fattening、swallow，不過這樣九個單字也記了三分之二了^^
星期四的課上的會很快，因為最後一小時要去computer room，再來就期待星期五去動物園啦！！（希望是好天氣呢~）
（我今天還特別去woolworths買牛奶和ham，星期五要做三明治帶去動物園吃^Q^）
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Lost baby whale may have to be put down
A yacht owner in Sydney woke up this morning to find the lost humpback whale calf trying to suckle from his boat.
The young humpback whale, which was separated from its mother off Sydney's northern beaches, seems to think the yacht in Pittwater is its mother.
Peter Lewis woke up to find a baby whale underneath his yacht at The Basin.
"I've been sailing back from Port Stephens and came in late last night and came in to a strange sucking sound on the bottom of the boat," Mr Lewis said.
"It sounds like someone with a great vacuum cleaner trying to suck the bottom of the boat.
"But I realise now the whale must be sick or something, it's sort of limp."
Authorities are being called in to determine if it is the same humpback as the one that tried to suckle from a boat yesterday.
Rescuers had tried to lure the whale out to sea, but the National Parks and Wildlife Service says it will have to consider putting it down if it cannot find another female to feed from.
The baby whale probably has not had a feed since Friday.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service says the five-tonne calf was most likely rejected by its mother but taking it into captivity is not an option.
Whale rescuers fear the baby whale might be trying to beach itself in a bay in Pittwater.
Mr Lewis says the calf has now headed for shallow waters.
Ron Ling, from the whale rescue organisation ORCA, says it could be a sign the whale is going to beach itself, but he still hopes it can be led out to sea to join another pod of humpbacks.
"It is a possibility, it could also be just venturing and exploring as well because young whales do that," he said.
"It needs to be among it's own kind, not only for the feeding side of things, also for the protection - whales are very protective of their young."
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