Studio Classroom- July 29- [How Stuff Works] How Sharks Work

【Chat Room】

• 本日討論重點例句：
  tubes pick up the pressure changes
  →pick up means to sense or detect 查覺，感應到
• pick up有多種意義，如下：

1. picking up a bad habit
   →pick up meaning to learn naturally 很容易學會，有學習的天份之意
2. pick up some milk
   →pick up means to buy something 購買
   ex: Can you pick up some milk for me?
3. pick up someone 接某人
   [反意] drop someone off 讓某人下車
4. picked up by the police
   →pick up means arrest someone 被逮捕
5. a car or a train and any kinds of vehicle might pick up speed.
   →pick up means to increase speed 加速

• pickup n.
  - refering to a pickup trunk 載貨用的小貨車

【Language Tips】

1. murky adj. 暗的，含糊的，陰鬱的；黑暗的，複雜的(例句3)
   ex:
   1. The water in the river became murky and dirty after the typhoon.(河水變得既混沌又骯髒)
   2. The criminal was chained in a murky dangeon.(黑暗的地牢)
   3. She wants to forget about her murky past and move on.
2. prey n./v. 獵物(人/物)
   ex:
   1. The eagle swooped down and caught its prey.
   2. The thief is looking for his next prey.
   3. prey on 獵取某對象 ex: wolves prey on habbits.
3. home in phr.v.
   home in on someone or something 瞄準某對象(例句1)；針對某事物(例句2)
   ex:
   1. The fighter plane homed in on a tank on the ground.
   2. Our discussion should home in on the solution to the problem.