Bathing Back

Through Time

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1.What have been made into onsen, hot spring public baths?

Ans: natural hot spring

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2.When did Japan’s first bathhouse appear in records?

Ans: from 1266

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3.What’s another key different that Japanese bathhouses used to?

Ans: they used to be mixed. Men and woman bathe

d.

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4.By law, how public baths are now?

Ans: They’re now segregated, or if mixed, are no lon

ger nude.

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5.When have traditional sento bathhouses actually been in decline in Japan?

Ans: Since the 1970s.

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6.Why have old customs almost died out?

Ans: Due to Western influence.

Phrase

phrase•Sth go out of style

Sth 不再流行 (L2)

•A has more than its fair share of B

A有過多的 B(L2,3)

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•A is made into B A被開發成 B(L4)

•The introduction of sthSth 的介紹 (L9)

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•The importance of sth Sth 的重要性 (L10)

•Scrub A with B 用 B來擦 A(L13)

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•A as well as B A和 B一樣 (L15)

•Draw A from B 從 B取 A(L16,17)

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• Instead of + Ving代替… (L19)

• a number of + 可數 N.Sth的數量 (L20)

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•Sth used to VRSth以前是 (L24)

•Due to由於 (L25)

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•Sth died out Sth滅絕 (L26)

•No longer不再 (L28)

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• In contrast to相對於 (L29)

•Sb is trying to +VRSb正在嘗試做 sth(L32)

phrase•Drum up

招攬生意 (L32)

•Draw on sth/sb以 sb/sth為參考 (L33)

•Add A to B 把 A加到 B(L35)

vocabulary

2. Purity n. 純淨、純潔Pure adj. 純淨的 (L10)

3. Scrub v. 擦淨 (L13)

Scrub away 擦洗Scrubber n. 洗刷者 , 刷子 , 洗滌器Scrubboard n. 洗衣板Scrubwoman n. 女清潔工Body Scrub 身體去角質

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7.Die out 完全消失、滅絕=extinct

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Faucet n. 水龍頭 ( 美式 )

=tap( 英式 ) (L21)

Segregate v. 分開、隔離 (L27)

Segregated adj. 種族隔離的Decline n. 衰退 v. 衰退、婉拒Declining adj. 衰退的Decliner 婉拒者 (L31)

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