Week17
Storyline
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await. Written by Anonymous
Video: http://www.sparknotes.com/sparknotes/video/gatsby
Vocabulary
1.Famous adjective
known and recognized by many people
Marie Curie is famous for her contribution to science.
2.Mansion noun [C]
The street is lined with enormous mansions where the rich and famouslive.
3.Learn verb
to get knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity
4.Spender noun [C]
5.Succeed verb [I]
If you succeed, you achieve something that you have beenaiming for, and if a plan or piece of work succeeds, it has the results that you wanted.
6.Contact noun [U]
communication with someone, especially by speaking or writing to them regularly
Have you been in contact with Andrew recently?"
7.Restore verb [T]
to return something or someone to an earlier goodcondition or position
The badly neglected paintings have all been carefully restored.
8.Infatuation noun [C or U]
strong but not usually lasting feelings of love or attraction
No one expected their infatuation with each other to last.
9.Distant adjective
far away
She could hear the distant sound of fireworks exploding.
10.Curtain noun [C]
a piece of material, especially cloth, which hangs across awindow or opening to make a room or part of a room darkor private
Heavy curtains blocked out the sunlight.
11.Ambiguous adjective
having or expressing more than one possible meaning,sometimes intentionally
His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous.
12.Farewell exclamation
13.Convince verb
to persuade someone or make them certain
He managed to convince the jury of his innocence.
14.Spiritual adjective
relating to deep feelings and beliefs, especially religiousbeliefs
Traditional ways of life fulfilled both economic and spiritual needs.
15.Provocation noun [C or U]
an action or statement that is intended to make someoneangry
He'd fly into a rage at the slightest provocation.
16.Metropolis noun [C]
a very large city, often the most important city in a largearea or country
Soon afterwards he left to begin his career in the metropolis.
17.Between preposition, adverb (SPACE)
in or into the space which separates two places, people orobjects
The town lies halfway between Rome and Florence.
18.Hustle verb [T usually + adv/prep]
to make someone move quickly by pushing or pulling them along
After giving his speech, Johnson was hustled out of the hall bybodyguards.
19.False adjective
not real, but made to look or seem real
20.Empty
not containing any things or people
Shall I take the empty bottles for recycling?
21.Unrighteous adjective
He was regarded as a righteous and holy man.
22.Sleepy adjective
23.Deliberately adjective
Did you leave his name out by accident or was it intentional?
24.Eventually adverb
in the end, especially after a long time or a lot of effort,problems,
Although she had been ill for a long time, it still came as a shock when she eventually died.
25.pursuit noun [C usually plural]
an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are not working
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