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Instructor: Allison Li
Group Ten
 罹患ALS的MORRIE跟他的朋友TED在每次
的見面時所有過的對話中，他們以生死與
哲理相互勉勵。當中的敘述者即使是
MORRIE近幾年認識的，不過感情卻更勝
朋友。作者藉由INTERVIEW的方式來闡述
生與死，與面對死亡應有的態度；再來以
【原諒】來進一步說明在臨終前的自我反
省與對人放開心胸以求自身安穩，也使家
人或親密之人心安。
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squeezed(緊握)
disk(太陽)
pole(極點)
verdict(裁決；判決)
tense(緊繃的)
scene(場景)
principals(主要事物；主角)
prosecutors(告發人)
shrieked(尖叫).
commentators(注釋者)
courthouse(法院)
stunned(發楞的)
hailed(高呼) momentous(重大的)
ruffling(輕擊)
chant(頌揚)
puzzled(傷腦筋) midst(在中央)
triumphant(成功的；戰勝的).
Audiovisual(視聽的)
tenor(趨勢)
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farewell(告別式)
choking(哽噎的)
stoic(斯多葛學派的)
Anchor(固定)
grin(咧嘴的笑)
mischievously(頑皮的)
coaxed(巧妙處理)
Sessions(授課時間)
conducted(指揮；處理)
synthesizer(合成者)
exhaled(呼氣)
commode(便桶)
serenity(寧靜；安詳)
aphorism(警句；格言)
miniseries(集數少的電視連續劇)
condemned(已被定罪的)
mantra(聖歌；頌歌)
bargaining(協議)
callused(硬瘤；胼胝)
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wiggle(扭動)
vengeance(復仇)
patriarch(家長)
estranged(孤立的)
Tilted(歪斜)
bust(胸像)
tuft(一叢；一束)
whimsical(異想天開的)
reconcile(調停)
shrugged(聳肩椅表示輕蔑)
dabbed(輕撫)
flicked(清彈)
tension(緊張的局勢)
mourn(哀傷)
dwindling(變少的)
hibiscus(木槿)
intense(熱情的；強烈的)
kneading(揉)
serene(安詳的)
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chuckles(咯咯的笑)
cremated(火葬)
cremation(火葬儀式)
overcook(煮過頭)
contagious(傳染的)
fumbled(摸索)
braced(支撐)
fatigued(疲勞的)
widened(放寬)
ledge(壁架)
cupped(置於杯內)
hullabaloo(吵鬧；喧嘩)
payoff(發薪日).
nurtured(養育；培育)
raspy(發出刺耳聲的)
dismissing(略過)
fault(過錯)
grapple(抓住)
romp on(嬉戲)
burden(負擔)
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Death ends a life, not a relationship.(90頁15行)
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It‘s not contagious, you know. Death is as
natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.(88頁39行)
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It‘s not just other people we need to forgive,--Mitch, We also
need to forgive ourselves.(86頁2行)
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And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned
those lessons, this world would be so much better a
place.“(83頁48行)
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Don‘t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long.(83頁31行)
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For me, Ted, living means I can be responsive to the other
person. It means I can show my emotions and my feelings.
Talk to them. Feel with them . . .(83頁16行)
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In between, we need others as well.(81頁21行)
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I could almost see my body heat rise up Morris's chest and
neck into his cheeks and eyes(81頁13行)