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