Chan Shu Kui Memorial School

S.4 English 2019-20

Advantage Unit 1 – Talk of the Pops
Vocabulary List
Core
No. Vocabulary Part of Meaning in Example sentence
Speech Chinese
1 popular adj. 流行的 e.g. Taking selfies has become popular these years.

popularity noun 普及，流行 e.g. Selfies have gained popularity among young people.

2 trend noun 趨勢 e.g. A new trend has been emerging in food photography.

3 influence noun 影響 e.g. What is the influence of social media on students?

4 passing fad noun 一時的風尚 e.g. Some people believe that Facebook is a passing fad.

5 social media / noun 社交媒體 e.g. Companies make use of social media to market their

social networking noun 社交網站

goods.

site e.g. MySpace is a famous social networking site.

6 blog noun 網路日誌 e.g. She writes a food blog.

7 review noun 評論 e.g. She likes sharing restaurant reviews on her blog.

8 celebrity noun 名人 e.g. The celebrity guests turned up.

9 audience noun 觀眾 e.g. The magic show had a lot of audience participation.

10 entertainment noun 娛樂 e.g. There's not much entertainment in this town.

11 selfie noun 自拍照 e.g. He posted selfies on his Instagram yesterday.

12 food photography noun 食物攝影 e.g. Food photography is a hot topic these days, as many

cooks love to snap shots of their food.

13 common adj. 常見的 e.g. It's quite common to see young people listening to pop

music.

14 widespread adj. 普遍的 e.g. Taking selfies is widespread.

15 appreciate verb 欣賞 e.g. Many young people appreciate K-pop.

e.g. Max has no appreciation of K-pop.

appreciation noun 欣賞

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16. publish verb 公佈；出版 e.g. She was only 19 when her first novel was published.

17 ignore verb 忽視 e.g. I smiled at her but she just ignored me.

18 explode verb 爆炸 e.g. A bomb exploded at a railway station this morning.

19 inspire verb 激勵 e.g. After her trip to Korea, she felt inspired to learn K-pop.

20 post verb 公佈 e.g. I never post anything on Facebook.

Non-core
No. Vocabulary Part of Meaning in Example sentence
Speech Chinese
1 Internet noun 網路紅人 e.g. Many K-pop singers have become Internet sensations.

sensation

2 subculture noun 次文化 e.g. Many adults cannot understand young subcultures.

3 cosplay noun 角色扮演 e.g. Cosplay is the hobby of dressing as a character from a film

or comic book.

4 stand-up noun 棟篤笑 e.g. Jim Jefferies is best known for his stand-up comedy.

comedy

5 viral video noun 爆紅的影片 e.g. A viral video can be spread rapidly through online sharing.

6 captivating adj. 迷人的 e.g. His smile was captivating.

7 upbeat adj. 樂觀的 e.g. The singers seemed upbeat about their chances of winning.

8 legendary adj. 名聲顯赫的 e.g. Bruce Lee was a legendary movie star.

9 imitate verb 模仿 e.g. Some of the younger pop bands try to imitate their musical

heroes from the past.

10. fade verb 衰弱 e.g. The band's popularity has faded in recent years.