Vocabularies

Unit 9:“cybernaunt”

1.     cybernaut 網絡人

2.     podcasting

l  This is like having your own radio station that everyone can listen to. You can interview friends, chat about famous people, or report on what’s happening in your neighborhood. You can also use video so then it’s like having your own TV show that everyone can watch.

l  泡播; 播客 (一種通過網路出版音頻廣播作品的方法, 其中, 用戶訂閱自動饋送的新文件, 供爾後下載到便攜式音樂播放機或PC上)

3.     blogging

l  This is like having your own online diary or journal that everyone can read. You can write about anything, or you write about anyone.

l  web log 博客; 部落格; 網路日誌 (是繼email、BBS、ICQ之後出現的第四種網路交流方式. 通常由簡短、經常更新的帖子構成. 這些帖子按照年份和日期倒序排列, 故稱“網路日誌”)

4.     addictive

l  Something that is addictive is so enjoyable that it makes you want to do it or have it a lot.

5.     virtual reality 虛擬實境

l  Virtual reality is an environment which is produced by a computer and seems very like reality to the person experiencing it.    

6.     pass away: die

7.     come out: publish

8.     get at: hint

9.     carry on: continue

10.    concentrate: focus; center

11.    stunning: wonderful

12.    be hooked on: be addicted to入迷的        

l  If you are hooked on something, you enjoy it so much that it takes up a lot of your interest and attention. (INFORMAL)

13.    betel nuts 檳榔

14.    depressing: sad

15.    transmitter 發射機

16.    involve: require

17.    commuter 通勤者: daily traveller

18.    mixture: blend; fusion