教师教你用希腊神话巧记托福词汇

西方文化有两个源头:一为希腊(Hellenic) 文化 ,一为希伯莱(Hebrew) 文化 ,而希腊文化中的希腊神话(Greek mythology) 对英语影响非常广泛。表现在词汇方面就是英语吸收了部分词汇并将之沿用 ,而这些词又或是可分解词或是可溯源词。这些词源包含的信息不仅可帮助读者准确理解每个词的词义 ,增添记忆单词的乐趣 ,还能特别记录、描述英语与古希腊文化的差异和交流 ,具有很高的历史性和趣味性。

Gaea 盖亚(希腊神话) 大地女神或Terra 特拉(罗马神话)

大地女神，子女满天下，传说数不清。因此在很多地方，Gaea的神庙比Zeus还要兴盛。

词：geo代表大地

Geocentric adj. 以地球为中心的(-ism n.地心说)e.g. They are hoping their research will lead to a shift in what they call the geocentric-ism

Geopotential n.重力势 (geo 大地+ potential 潜力)

Georgic adj.农业的(agricultural) n.牧歌

Geosphere n.岩石圈(geo 大地+ sphere 范围)

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Geography n. 地理学 (geo 大地+ graph写，画+y )e.g. Geography is the study of the world’s places and population

Geology n. 地质学 (geo 大地+ logy 学科)e.g. His son specializes in Geology.

Geothermic adj.地热的 (geo 大地+ therm温度+ ic 形容词)

Geometry n. 几何学 (geo 大地+ metr 测量+y = 用来测量大地面积的学科-几何学)e.g. Geometry is his favorite subject.

Geo-dynamics n. 地球动力学 (geo 大地+ dynam动力+ics 名词后缀一般表学科)e.g. The mantle mineral group in Tibet has great significance in mineralogy and Geo-dynamics

Geomagnetic adj. 地磁的 (geo 大地+ magnetic 有磁力的)e.g. The last geomagnetic reversal for Earth was about 780000 years ago

Geophysics n. 地球物理学 (geo大地+ physics 物理学)e.g. Geophysics is most commonly employed as a surface mapping method

Geopolitics n. 地缘政治学 (geo 大地+ politics 政治学)e.g. In academic circle, the study of geopolitics involves the analysis of geography, history and social science

Geo-science n. 地球科学 e.g. Our undergraduate program offers options to study environmental science, geoscience, physics of the atmospheres and oceans, and planetary science and astronomy

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