《与“思维、认知”相关的词根》的笔记：mentthink, mind; 表示“思考、心智critjudge; 表示“判断sensfeel; 表示“感觉到”ratreckon, reasion; 表示“断定、理由、理性gnoknow; 表示“知道in-表示“否定或者在里面com-表示“共同、一起、全部dia-表示“穿越，在两者之间词根ment：想，思考▶副词形式：mentally▶形容词形式：mental▶短语：mental illness / disorder：精神疾病prepare / stay healthy physically and mentally：身心上都要有所准备/ 保持身心健康听力文本和阅读例：But for many years her husband suffered from mental illness and he killed himself in 1963.多年来她的丈夫都遭受精神疾病的折磨，最终在1963年自杀了。
▶名词形式：mentalitymention, commentmention：提及，说起的事情就是自己脑袋里想到的内容What did the men mention in the newspaper?▶not to mention：更不用说例：Old folk and children are all against the proposal, not to mention the youth.comment：评论▶前缀com-：一起，共同，完全也含有“共同、完全”意思的前缀：co-, col-,com-▶释意com-（完全）+ ment （思考）→完全想清楚了再去评论→评论词根crit：判断critical：批评的▶考点：作者的态度What is author's attitude towards...表示态度的词：▶indifferent：冷漠的in-（否定）+ different（不同的）→没什么不同的→冷漠的▶positive / negative：一对反义词前者：积极的；后者：消极的例：There are both positive and negative aspects of allowing students to choose their lecturers.让学生自己选择讲师，既有积极的一面，也有消极的一面。
▶optimistic / pessimistic：也是一对反义词前者：乐观的；后者：悲观的▶critic：专门批评别人的人，批评家▶criticize：“批评”这个行为▶criticism：名词形式例：He wrote an article to criticize the Greek poet and got a lot ofcriticisms from critics.他写了一篇文章来抨击希腊诗人，结果受到了很多批评家的批评。
crisis：医学术语，表示“病情急转期”→危机，存亡之际例：He has argued that ANWR's oil would help ease California's electricity crisis and provide a major boost to the country's energy independence.他认为ANWR公司的石油有助于缓和加利福利亚的电能危机，并且极大地促进国家的能源独立词根sens：来源于拉丁文，"feel"表示“感觉、感知”sense：感觉《第六感》：The Sixth Sense▶make sense：表示“合理的，讲得通的例：It would make sense to give the fish enough time to recover, grow tofull sizes and reproduce.▶搭配：common sense：常识a sense of belonging / well-being：归属感/ 幸福感sensible, sensitive：含有“感觉”的意思sensible：合理的，明智的sens（感觉）+ -ible（可…的）→可以感觉到的→合理的、明智的例：My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a sensible我的家长，老师还有其他成年人都表扬我做出了如此明智的选择。
sensitive：敏感的▶常见考法：be sensitive to：对……敏感例：The woman is sensitive to weather changes.这名女士对天气变化非常敏感。
▶反义词：insensitive前缀in-：表示“否定indirect, independentrational：理性的词根rat：表示“理由、理性”最初的含义：计算例：It is vital we find rational ways of fishing, before every ocean becomesa dead sea.rate：比率interest rate / inflation rate / death ratebirth rate / crime rate▶at any rate：无论如何例：At any rate, the medical supplies will reach you within a week.无论如何，医疗配备都会在一个星期以内到达你那里。
▶ratio：比重ration：配给conscious：清醒的▶反义词：unconscious例：After going without air for several minutes, Herbert was unconsciousfor 2.5 months and has undergone therapy ever since.在缺氧几分钟后，赫伯特就昏迷了两个半月，而且从此以后就不断接受治疗。
▶conscience：良心My conscience is clean. 问心无愧。
词根gno：表示“知道”ignore：忽略前缀i-：否定i-（否定）+ gnore（知道）→不知道→忽略▶neglect：表示“不经意或者不小心、懒惰造成的疏忽”▶ignore：一种主观性，表示“故意不理”例：She saw him coming but ignored him.她看到他过来了，却故意不睬他diagnose：诊断dia-（穿过）+ gnose（知道）→透过现象看本质→诊断例：He was wrongly diagnosed.他被误诊了。
mental, mentally, mentality, comment, mentioncritcritical, critic, criticizem criticism, crisissenssense, sensible, sensitive, insensitiveratrational, rate, ration, ratiognoignore, diagnosein-indifferent, insensitive, indirect, independentcom-commentdia-diagnose, diagnosispositive, negative, optimistic, pessimistic, conscious unconscious, conscience, neglect《与“数字”相关的词根》的笔记：siststand; 表示“站立”sol表示“单独的”，也可以表示“太阳”uni-表示“一个”bi-表示“二”twi-表示“二”tri-表示“三”deca-表示“十”con-表示“一起、完全”per-表示“完全、彻底”或者“远离”词根sist：站立insist：坚持in（在里面）+ sist（站立）→站在里面→坚持▶宾语从句：动词原形表示虚拟语气例：I'm sorry you feel that way, but my mom insists that he come.很抱歉你那么想，但是我妈妈坚持要他来。
▶搭配：insist on：坚持，坚决要求例：Many patients insist on having watches with them in hospital, eventhough they have no schedules to keep.很多病人都坚持要求在医院期间有人照顾他们，即使没有固定的时间表。
▶形容词形式：insistentpersist：坚持per（彻底）+ sist（站立）→始终屹立→坚持、继续▶搭配：persist in例：She persists in her search for the truth.她坚持要寻找真相。
▶形容词形式：persistentconsist：组成con（一起）+ sist（站立）→站在一起→组成consistent：一致的resist：抵抗re（反向的）+ sist（站立）→站在相反的立场上→抵抗，反抗▶动词要使用-ing的形式例：Although a teenager, Fred could resist being told what to do andwhat not to do.虽然还是个青少年，但是弗雷德已经能够抵制别人告诉他该做什么，不该做什么。
▶形容词形式：resistant搭配：resistant to：有抵抗力的，抵制的例：Elderly people are not always resistant to change.老年人并不总是抵制变革的。
▶assist：协助，始终有人站在旁边帮助你assistant：帮忙的人considerate和considerable▶considerate：考虑周到的，体贴的例：It is very considerate of him to wait.他能在这里等，真是太体贴人了▶considerable：相当大或者相当多的例：It will have considerable side effects if taken in large doses.如果大剂量的服用，会产生很大的副作用。
▶unity：统一uni（单一的）+ ty→统一▶unite：联合，联手uni（单一的）+ te→联合United States：美利坚合众国▶unique：uni（单一的）+ que→唯一的，独一无二的例：Unlike your fingerprints, which are unique to you and cannot be givento someone else for their use, your personal data, can be used, if theyfell into the wrong hands.指纹是独一无二的，不可能被别人使用，但是你的个人信息却不同，如果落入坏人手里，很有可能会被滥用。