LIFE GOES ON

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1. millennium: (n) a period of 1000 years

2. franchise: (n) a right to sell a company's products in a particular area using the company's name ; the right to vote in an election, especially for representatives in a parliament or similar law-making organization  ((看了中文及英文解釋還是不懂為何此字出現在文中的用意，看來要問一下外國人))

3. simian: (adj) (of or like) a monkey

4. adaptation: (n) a film, book, play, etc that has been made from another film, book, play, etc. ((常見的意思是"適應"，此為"改編"))

5. vicissitudes: (plural noun) changes which happen at different times during the life or development of someone or something, especially those which result in conditions being worse ((複數名詞!))

6. justified: (adj) having a good reason for something

7. astronaut: (n) a person who has been trained for travelling in spacecraft

8. accustomed to: familiar with something

9. specimen: (n) something shown or examined as an example; a typical example

10. captor: (n) a person who has captured a person or animal and refuses to release them

11. articulate: (adj) able to express thoughts and feelings easily and clearly, or showing this quality

12. rational: (adj) showing clear thought or reason

13. affront: (n) a remark or action intended to insult or offend someone

14. witty: (adj) using words in a clever and funny way

15. notion: (n) (a) belief or idea

16. premise: (v) an idea or theory on which a statement or action is based

17. holocaust: (n) a very large amount of destruction, especially by fire or heat, or the killing of very large numbers of people

18. odyssey: (n) a long exciting journey

19. primate: (adj) a member of the most developed and intelligent group of mammals, including humans, monkeys and apes

20. shameless: (adj) not ashamed, especially about something generally considered unacceptable

※shamelessness: (N)

21. constitute: (v) [L only + noun not continuous] formal to be or be considered as something

22. mythology: (n) myths in general

23. inevitable: (adj) certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented

24. doom: (v) to make someone or something certain to do or experience something unpleasant, or to make something bad certain to happen

25. exponentially: (adv) describes a rate of increase which becomes quicker and quicker as the thing that increases becomes larger

26. primitive: (adj) relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system

27. crude: (adj) simple and not skilfully done or made

※ 文中 The apes had a long run →在此run 為"暢銷"的意思

※ special-effects:特效