Studio Classroom- August 3- [American Culture Corner] Fun in the Sun

【Grammar on the Go】

• 本日討論例句：
  Americans do this in spite of all the warnings about skin cancer.
• "in spite of" means "regardless of" or "paying no attention to"
  = Americans do this, paying no attention to all the warnings about skin cancer.
• ex:
  1. Bonnie attended the conference in spite of her headache.
  2. In spite of everyone's advice, stanley decided to quit his job.

【Chat Room】

• umbrellas：雨傘
• ┌parasol：陽傘 (此字很少用)
  拉丁文-para: stop 阻止/sol: sun 太陽
  └beach umbrellas / parasol(少用)：沙灘傘(或直接稱umbrellas)

【Language Tips】

1. glow n. 容光煥發，紅潤的氣色；光輝，光亮(例句3)
   ex:
   1. Tommy is five months pregnant. She has the glow of an expectant mom.(準媽媽的光采)
   2. Hannah's cheeks have a healthy glow.
   3. The glow of blaze lit up the dark night. 火光照亮了漆黑的夜晚
2. risk n. 風險，冒險 / v. 冒險(例句3)
   ex:
   1. The risk of losing his job makes Theo work twice as hard. (加倍努力工作)
   2. There's a risk of getting an infection when you're a doctor. (被感染的風險)
   3. Firemen risk their lives everyday to save people's lives.
3. lotion n. 乳液
   suntan lotion 防曬乳
   tanning lotion 助曬劑
   sun-block 可以完全阻擋紫外線，且濃度較高