By: Teresa Yuh-yi Tan 談玉儀

From: Wikipedia, Cobuild Dictionary and Reading Explorer 3           

 Unit 1 “Sport and Fitness”

1.          adjust (v.) 調適

l   to change something so it fits properly

2.          altitude (n.) 高, 高度; 海拔

l   height above sea level

3.          athlete (n.) 運動員, 體育家

l   An athlete is a person who does a sport, especially athletics, or track and field events.

4.          attribute (v.) 把...歸因於; 把...歸咎於[(+to... )

l   to credit or say that something is responsible for a situation

5.          automatic (adj.) 自動的

l   working by itself

6.          champion (n.) 冠軍

l   a winner of a contest or competition such as the Olympics

7.          colonist  (n.) 殖民者

l   Colonists are people from one country who take control of another country

8.          compliment (v.) 稱讚

l   If you compliment someone, you say something polite about their appearance or something they did.

9.          competitor (n.) 競爭者

l   someone who is trying to win or do better than all others especially in business or sports

10.      defeat (n.) 失敗

l   failure to succeed or to win

11.      differentiate (v.) 不同; 區別

l   to show dissimilarities between two things

12.      discrimination

l   If you face discrimination, you are not treated fairly by others in society.

13.      elite (n.) 精華; 精英; 優秀分子

l   People or organizations are considered to be the best of their kind.

14.      enhance (v.) 加強; 改進

l   to make something better, to improve it

15.      establish (v.) 建立

l   to set up on a firm and permanent basis

16.      fiber (n.) 纖維

l   Muscle fibers are thin, threadlike pieces of flesh that make up the muscles in your body.

17.      generate (v.) 造成, 引起

l   to produce or cause something to begin

18.      genetics (n.) 遺傳學

l   the study of how characteristics are inherited through genes

19.      hemoglobin 血紅蛋白

l   the red substance in blood that carries oxygen around the body

20.      hypoxia (n.) 【醫】組織缺氧 

l   the lack of oxygen in your cells

21.      immigrant (n.) 移民, 僑民[C]

l   An immigrant is a person who has come to live in a country from another country.

22.      lactate (n.) 乳酸鹽

l   Lactate is a substance produced by your muscles when you have been exercising a lot.

23.      motion (n.) (物體的)運動, 移動  

l   a body movement

24.      oxygen (n.) 氧氣

l   a colorless gas in the air that people and animals need to live.

25.      participate (v.) 參與

l   to be involved; to take part    

26.      passion (n.) 熱情

l   Passion is a powerful emotion or feeling.

27.      prospect (n.) 可能性; 前景, 前途

l   the possibility or chance

28.      promote (v.) 促進

l   to support or actively encourage; to further the progress of

29.      psychological (adj.) 心理學的; 心理學家的

l   related to the human mind

30.      responsible (adj.) 責任的

l   able to be trusted to do what is right or to do the things that are expected or required

31.      splash 水花

l   A splash is the sound made when something hits water or falls into it.

32.      victory (n.) 勝利

l   a success or triumph over any opponent

33.      unify (v.) 聯合

l   to cause (people or things) to be joined of brought together

34.      unique (adj.) 獨特的

l   being the only one of its kind

35.      universal (adj.) 普遍的

l   applicable everywhere or in all cases; general