Book name: Lone survivor summary: Only 32 people graduated from Training class 225, and U.S. special command decide to send them to Afghanistan, where they start their first combat missions there, and they are about to start a new operation, which is called"Operation Lone star", the objective of this operation is to search the mountain passes and villages, then destroy all the possible enemies.
vocabulary:
1. pneumonia- lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. the word "pneumonia" originally came from Greek.
2.tendon- a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone. Human legs wouldn't work without tendon.
3.notoriety- famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed. "Red shirts" is notorious for its violence.
4.insubordinate- defiant of authority; disobedient to orders. soldiers are not allowed to have an insubordinate attitude.
5.Scum- a layer of dirt or froth on the surface of a liquid. We usually can find green scum on the stagnant pools.
6.invariably- in every case or on every occasion; always. It invariably rains when i go on vacation.
7.disembodied- separated from or existing without the body. Atheist believes that ghosts and gods are disembodied.
8.baptism of fire- a difficult or painful new undertaking or experience. The School teacher job's my baptism of fire.
9.Hydrology- the branch of science concerned with the properties of the earth's water, esp. its movement in relation to land. My brother choose Hydrology as one of his major in college.
10.interrogation- the action of interrogating or the process of being interrogated. Police had conducted hundreds of criminal interrogations.
11.lethal- sufficient to cause death. biochemical weapons contains lethal chemicals.
12.hysterical- deriving from or affected by uncontrolled extreme emotion. Some soldiers became hysterical after thay come back from the battlefield.
13.willingly- ready, eager, or prepared to do something. He is quite willing to help us on our history home work.
14.irksome- irritating; annoying. It is irksome to listen to hs constant complaints.
15.Pashtun- variant spelling of Pathan. Pashtuns are the people who live in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan.
summary: Only 32 people graduated from Training class 225, and U.S. special command decide to send them to Afghanistan, where they start their first combat missions there, and they are about to start a new operation, which is called"Operation Lone star", the objective of this operation is to search the mountain passes and villages, then destroy all the possible enemies.
vocabulary:
1. pneumonia- lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid.
the word "pneumonia" originally came from Greek.
2.tendon- a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone.
Human legs wouldn't work without tendon.
3.notoriety- famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed.
"Red shirts" is notorious for its violence.
4.insubordinate- defiant of authority; disobedient to orders.
soldiers are not allowed to have an insubordinate attitude.
5.Scum- a layer of dirt or froth on the surface of a liquid.
We usually can find green scum on the stagnant pools.
6.invariably- in every case or on every occasion; always.
It invariably rains when i go on vacation.
7.disembodied- separated from or existing without the body.
Atheist believes that ghosts and gods are disembodied.
8.baptism of fire- a difficult or painful new undertaking or experience.
The School teacher job's my baptism of fire.
9.Hydrology- the branch of science concerned with the properties of the earth's water, esp. its movement in relation to land.
My brother choose Hydrology as one of his major in college.
10.interrogation- the action of interrogating or the process of being interrogated.
Police had conducted hundreds of criminal interrogations.
11.lethal- sufficient to cause death.
biochemical weapons contains lethal chemicals.
12.hysterical- deriving from or affected by uncontrolled extreme emotion.
Some soldiers became hysterical after thay come back from the battlefield.
13.willingly- ready, eager, or prepared to do something.
He is quite willing to help us on our history home work.
14.irksome- irritating; annoying.
It is irksome to listen to hs constant complaints.
15.Pashtun- variant spelling of Pathan.
Pashtuns are the people who live in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan.