The power of plants 15:00 transcript, NHK
Vocabulary 字彙 (vocabulary prepared with Claude and hand pick, origins prepared with ChatGPT)
Pandemic 大規模流行的（疾病）Botany 植物學
- Botany, Greek, pasture, herb or grass. Safe for livestock to eat?
- horticulture, horti + culture, garden + cultivate (Latin)
- agriculture, ager + culture, field + cultivate (Latin)
- The word “aesthetic” has its origin in the Greek word “aisthesis,” which means “perception” or “sensation.”
- Biology, bio + logy, life + study
Therapeutic 療癒的
- The word “therapy” comes from the Greek word “therapeia,” meaning “healing” or “medical treatment.”
Co-evolution 共同演化
Ecosystem 生態系統
Miniaturize 微小化
Transformative 變革性的，徹底改變的
Leveller 人人平等的事情，人人都要面對的事物；（尤指）死亡。
Commune 共同生活；共享
- The word “commune” has its origin in the Latin word “communis,” meaning common or public.
Video:
Part 1 listening quiz
- Destiny, botany, ebony
- Pandemic, mimic, algorithmic
- Trillion, billion, million
- Heaven, paradise, resort
- Agriculture, horticulture, permaculture
- "Ebony and Ivory" 和諧共處
- Pandemic, pan + demos, all + people (Greek)
- Democracy
- Demographic
- Transform, trans + form , across + form
- Transport, trans + port, across + carry
- Reform, re+ form, again + form
Part 2 listening quiz
- Comparative, transformative, relative
- Terrain, territory, terrarium
- Leverage , leveller, levels
- Resonate, designate, detonate
- Co-evolution, evolution, revolution
- Asymmetric: a + symmetric, not + symmetric （Greek)
- Symmetry : sym+ metry, same + measure
- Geometry: It is derived from the combination of two Greek words: “geo,” meaning “earth,” and “metron,” meaning “measure.”
- Econometric: econo+ metric, economy + measure
- Terrarium: terra+ arium, earth+place
- Aquarium: aqua+ arium, water+place
- Terrain: terra
- terrestrial: adj.
- Territory
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