12%- Secular Americans
Secular　　　俗人
Secularism 　世俗主義者、現世主義、政教分離
Pew 　　　 教堂裡的長凳
Atheist 　　　(they don’t believe…)
Agnostic 不可知論者　(no matter it exists or not, they just don’t care…)
Modestly
Unaffiliated
Affiliated They are some how affiliated.
Values 價值觀
To be generational in nature 本質上
Cohorts 一群人、同伴
Coming of age 成熟、發達、成年
Commitment 　託付、委任
Respondent
Baby boom
Baby boomers
Identify with 參與、與…打成一片
Constant 持續的 constantly studying for the test
Indicating 指出
Decline (much better than reject and refuse)
Preference What’s your preference, a or b?
Classified
Generation Y
Subculture

關於牙…
Buck teeth
Fangs
A gap between your teeth
牙套
矯正
補牙 to have a tooth filled, to stop a tooth ivory
洗牙

orangutan 紅毛猩猩
natural habitat 棲息地
macaque 彌猴
Lemurs of Madagascar 狐猴
Galapagos Islands 加拉比哥群島
Evolution 進化論
Evolved　

Antarctica 南極洲
Arctic北極洲
commodity price 物價指數
inflation 通貨膨漲
deflation
inherit
family business
cable car　（平常）
gandola (滑雪)

sever
sever political relationship 斷交
doing/did survey
right before…
concede 割讓
give precedence to somebody 禮讓
aristocracy 貴族政治
Republican GOD (GRAND OLD PARTY)

franchisee vicious circle 惡性循環

Gavain's recommandation:
Cat Stevens- Father and Son
Linkin Park- Hands held high
Pearl Jam- Last kiss

Foods:
sacred 神聖的、宗教上的
a pack of .... 一群
domestic market
overseas/international/global market

2007 Rugby World Cup -UK lose, South Africa win:
Rugby
Apartheid -meaning separate-ness in Afrikaans, cognate to English apart and hood. 種族隔離政策
racial segregation
Africans V.S. Dutch : 南非通用的布爾語(亦稱南非荷蘭語，難怪會通)
There are more than 200 African words in common with Dutch. Therefore, if you can speak Africans, then there won't be any problem to communicate with Dutch.
political propaganda 宣傳
war propaganda
religious propaganda
aboriginals
parachute
troop 軍隊
paratroopers

關於荷蘭
freckles 雀斑
formosa
forts

其它:
airtime : This song gets a lot of airtime.
light up the mood/atmosphere (make people happy):She has light up the atmosphere
ergonomically
environmental aesthetics
reject/refuse :reject an offer
subject to....
gourmet (法) 美食家、美食主義者
veggie wrap/chicken wrap (do not use roll, that's Chinglish)
iced frapp
frappucino
valet parking 代客泊車
grill/souvlaki
beach/summer gear
garments 衣服
custom logos
customization
as of....
minute as of....

話家常:
distant cousin (relative) 遠親
developed country 已開發國家
developing country 開發中國家
undeveloped country 未開發國家
calligraphy 書法
oil crisis 石油危機

談到投資:
plunge 猛跌、驟降
Price started a downward plunge. 價格開始猛跌
Pegged to
Fixed currency
Floating currency
De-evaluation 貶值
Evaluation 升值

談到中國:
Christian
Christianity
Catholic
Catholicism
Atheist 無神論
Coffin
Cremate
Urn
Funeral parlour 殯儀館
Multiple re-entry visa/permit
Single entry visa/permit
Simplified character
Traditional character
Literacy rate
Literate
Illiterate
Cultural revolution 文革 (除了中國，法國也有… 但還有其它國家有嗎?)
Auspicious day 黃道吉日

談到運動:
Playoffs 季後賽、錦標賽
PE class = gym class
Parlor = parlour 英式客廳、接待室

其它:
African savannah 非洲大草原
Open house 預售屋
Display house
Vital friend 不可或缺的朋友 (天下-大人的朋友學)
Cheer for someone/team/country
Reality
Poverty gap
Korf ball 合球
Back to back
In a row
UN for Taiwan (or it should be Taiwan for the UN?)