opera house 　歌劇院

operatic 　 adj. 　 歌劇的；戲劇化的　 an operatic tenor 　歌劇男高音

underneath 　 adv. 　在…下面；在…底下 I wore a thick woolen shirt underneath.

pull off one’s mask = throw off one’s mask揭掉某人的假面具

mask 　 vt. 　掩飾The makeup on her face masked her real age.

forced 　 adj. 勉強的The airplane made a forced landing because of the typhoon.

forceful 　 adj. 　強而有力的The candidate made a forceful speech yesterday.

an open secret ／ a close secret公開的／不可告人的 秘密

in secret 　秘密地；暗中They arranged the party in secret.

power 　 n. 　威力；智利；權力- The enormous power of the storm destroyed the village.- I admire his great powers of mind.- He has great power over his family.

powerless 　 adj. 　 無力的I feel powerless to change the situation.

a general manager 　總經理 manage 　 vt. 　 管理

I don’t know how to manage such a big restaurant.

manageable 　 adj. 　 易管理的The number of students is not manageable.

management 　 n. [U] 　 管理Skillful management made a success of the business.

* the number of … 的數目 a number of 有些 ; 許多

opposition 　 n. [U] 　反對His plan met with opposition.

the opposition parties 　在野黨

* meet with =encounter

existent 　 adj. 　存在的；目前的Food and housing are the existent problems.

existence 　 n. [U] 　 存在The temple has been in existence for 500 years.

come out of prison 　出獄

sent to prison 　入獄

be in prison 　坐牢

break prison 　越獄

prisoner 　 n. [C] 　 犯人discharge ／ release a prisoner 　釋放犯人

horrible = fearful = dreadful = awful = terrible

horror 　 n. [U] 　 恐怖To our horror, there was blood everywhere at the scene of the murder case.

horrify 　 vt. 　 使恐懼All the children were horrified to hear the ghost story.

* to one’s 情緒 N 令…

shock 　 n. [C] 　衝擊，打擊culture shock 　 文化衝擊an electric shock 　 電擊Ellen was white with shock.

shocking 　 adj. 　 令人震驚的shocking news

appearance 　 n. 　出現I was shocked at his sudden appearance.

appear 　 vi. 　 出現；看起來像是- The ex-president seldom appears in public.- There appear to be no one there.

It appears that… 　好像It appears that everyone is quite busy.

* ex- 前 … ex-wife

ex-boyfriend

loneliness 　 n. [U] 　 孤獨My old friend suffer from isolation and loneliness.

alone 　 adj. 　獨自的He was alone but not lonely.

joyful 　 adj. 　令人高興的Susan talked about her married life with a joyful look in her eyes.

joyless 　 adj. 　 不高興的Nina is trapped in a joyless marriage.

a safety belt = a seat belt安全帶

safe 　 adj. 　安全的We are safe from any danger while we stay in this room.

safe n. [C] 　 保險箱The thief forced the safe open.

Paris Opera House

Staircase of the Opera

House

Lon Chaney's Phantom

The phantom's make-up