#3 Collocation Biographies for Kids Stephen Hawking

1. His speech became slurred and he became very clumsy,

clumsy adjective
means：done without skill or in a way that offends people
sentence(can use with awkward)：
clumsy + awkward：I think this particular interface would be clumsy and awkward.

2. he decided that there were things he wanted to accomplish with his life.

accomplish verb
means：to finish something successfully or to achieve something
sentence(a mission completed successful )：
mission + complete：
Mission accomplished , as the saying goes.

3. Despite the initial grim diagnosis from his doctors,

grim adjectivemeans：worrying, without hopesentence(the situation is danger)：situation + grim：The situation is grim , Diamond learns.

4. Perhaps his most famous discovery was when he demonstrated that black holes emit some radiation.

demonstrated verbmeans：to show something and explain how it workssentence(the research shows good)：research + demonstrate：The research demonstrated that the program was effective.

5. This book covered modern subjects on cosmology such as the big bang and black holes in terms that could be understood by the average reader. 

cosmology nounmeans：the study of the nature and origin of the universesentence(book Four describes a new universe......)new + cosmology：Book Four describes a new cosmology uniting matter and consciousness.

Homework #2 Surfing Dogs Vocabulary

annual adjective & adverb

means：

1. happening once a year
2. based on or calculated over a period of one year

example sentence：

1. The average annual rainfall in this region is 750 mm.
2. You will receive annual pay increments every September.

eager adjective

means：

1. very interested and excited by something that is going to happen or about something that you want to do

example sentence：

1. I'm eager to see her after all this time.
2. I'm eager to see the results.

confident adjective

means：

1. feeling sure about your own ability to do things and be successful

example sentence：

1. Wales are supremely confident of winning the match.
2. His confident leadership inspired his followers.

guarantee noun

means：

1. a firm promise that you will do something or that something will happen

example sentence：

1. I can't give you any guarantees.
2. Our cars carry a twelve-month guarantee.

Prevention noun

means：

1. the act of stopping something bad from happening

example sentence：

1. Accident prevention must be viewed as a priority.
2. Health education in the local population is crucial to the prevention of killer diseases.

Introduction

Hello! My name is Kevin. I don't have brother and sister. I'm from Keelung and now I live in Tucheng with my mother and father.
I study in department of information management of NTUB which is a famous business university.

Our family's favorite sport are biking. We usually go biking at weekend. We had been traveled to Taoyuan，Yingge，Tamsui...... etc.
This year our family are going out of country. I look forward to it.