Capturing a black hole

black holes 15:00 video with transcript, NHK

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Vocabulary 字彙 (vocabulary prepared with  hand pick, origins prepared with ChatGPT)

absorb 吸收

distort 扭曲

astronomical 天文的

telescope 望遠鏡

resolution 解析度 

supermassive 超大質量的

mysterious 神秘的

• (Greek) "of secret rite or secret worship."

desperate 絕望的

prestigious 聲望極高的

• (Latin) "illusion" or "dazzling."

collaborate 合作

phenomenon 現象

• (Greek) "thing appearing to view"

synthesize 合成

• (Greek) "putting together"

significant 極重要的

• (Latin) to "signify"

fundamental 基本的

• (Latin) foundation

Vocabulary practice 

How to get word origins.

Video:

Part 1 listening quiz 

1. absent, abduct, absorb 

2. resolution, evolution, dissolution

3. television, telescope, telestar

4. astrology, astronomical, asteroid

5. distort, displace, dismiss

• absorb, ab+sorb, away+ suck in
• absent, ab+sent, ab+esse, away+ to be

• distort, dis+tort (torque), away+twist 
• displace, dis+place, away+please (to upset)

• astronomy, astro+nomy, star+ law
• astrology, astro+logy, star+ study

• telescope, tele+scope, far+ to see
• television, tele+vision, far+ sight

• resolution, re + solution, back/again, to loosen/ to solve
• dissolve, dis+solve,  apart+ to loosen 

• supermassive, super+massive, above+mass
• superhero, super+hero
• superman, super+man

• mysterious, mysteri+ous (full of), close (eyes)+ ous
• generous, gener+ous, (nobel) birth + full of

• desperate, de + sper, without + hope

Part 2 listening quiz

1. collaborate, elaborate, deliberate 
2. momentum, metaphysics, phenomenon
3. analysis, synthesize, energize
4. significant, magnificent, wonderful
5. elementary, basic, fundamental 

• collaborate, com + laborate, together + work 
• elaborate, e+laborate, out+ work (work out)

Self test of vocabulary 

Self test of comprehension 

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