Author: xue
Date: 8/7/2025
**Word Root Study – Day 8** **✅ Root Study Plan Day 8** **📌 Today's Goal** **🧠 I. Root Explanation + High-Frequency Words** **1️⃣ chrono— time(time)** 🌟 Tip: chrono appears in many words related to time order. **2️⃣ lum / luc— light(light)** 🌟 Tip: luc/lum usually relates to brightness and light. **3️⃣ aud— hear(listen)** 🌟 Tip: aud is often associated with sound and hearing. **🧩 II. Prefix + Suffix Combinations for Understanding** **📌 super-(above, beyond)** - **supermarket** → super(super) + market(market) = supermarket - **superhuman** → super(super) + human(human) = superhuman - **superstructure** → super(above) + structure(structure) = superstructure **📌 post-(after)** - **postwar** → post(after) + war(war) = postwar - **postgraduate** → post(after) + graduate(graduate) = postgraduate - **postpone** → post(after) + pone(place) = postpone **📌 -ence(nature, state)** - **existence** → exist(to exist) + ence(state) = existence - **difference** → differ(to differ) + ence(nature) = difference - **preference** → prefer(to prefer) + ence(nature) = preference **📌 -age(action, result)** - **marriage** → marry(to marry) + age(result of action) = marriage - **package** → pack(to pack) + age(result) = package - **usage** → use(to use) + age(result) = usage **🧪 Three, today's mini-test** 1. synchronize: what do syn- and chrono- mean respectively? 2. translucent and luminous both relate to light, but what are their differences? 3. auditorium: why is it related to 'listening'? 4. superhuman and posthuman: what do they mean respectively? 5. Create a new word ending in -age and explain its meaning. **🧵 Four, Application Exercises (Optional)** Please use **chrono** and **aud** each to form one sentence, for example: - The meeting was scheduled in chronological order. (The meeting was scheduled in chronological order.) - The audience applauded loudly. (The audience applauded loudly.) **📦 Preview for Tomorrow (Day 9)** #用AI突破英语 #AI和学习 #自学