week 16（40-42）

My Old Kentucky Home

"My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!" is an anti-slavery ballad originally written by Stephen Foster, probably composed in 1852. It was published as in January 1853 by Firth, Pond, & Co. of New York. 

Foster likely composed the song after having been inspired by the narrative of popular anti-slavery novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin", while likely referencing imagery witnessed on his visits to the Bardstown, Kentucky farm called Federal Hill.

 In Foster's sketchbook, the song was originally entitled "Poor Uncle Tom, Good-Night!", but was altered by Foster as "My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!" Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist, wrote in his 1855 autobiography My Bondage and My Freedom that the song "awakens sympathies for the slave, in which antislavery principles take root, grow, and flourish".

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair

"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" is a parlor song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864). It was published by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York in 1854. Foster wrote the song with his estranged wife Jane McDowell in mind. The lyrics allude to a permanent separation.

Manifest destiny

In the 19th century, manifest destiny was a widely held belief in the United States that its settlers were destined to expand across North America. There are three basic themes to manifest destiny:

     ·   The special virtues of the American people and their institutions

     ·   The mission of the United States to redeem and remake the west in the image of agrarian America

     ·   An irresistible destiny to accomplish this essential duty

Historian Frederick Merk says this concept was born out of "a sense of mission to redeem the Old World by high example ... generated by the potentialities of a new earth for building a new heaven".

                                       

No Strings Attached

"No Strings Attached " is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Elizabeth Meriwether. Starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher, the film is about two friends who decide to make a pact to have "no strings attached" casual sex without falling in love with each other. 

                                                       

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember is a 1957 DeLuxe Color film starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, directed by Leo McCarey, and filmed in CinemaScope. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film is considered one of the most romantic movies of all time, according to the American Film Institute. The film was a remake of McCarey's 1939 film Love Affair, starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.

                                                  

Jane Eyre

"Jane Eyre" is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer Bell." The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.

                                                 

➤e- : out

ex: （1）emeritus adj. : previously in the stated job or position

         ⇨Murphy is professor emeritus of international relations at Wellesley College.

      （2）evolution n. :  the way in which living things change and develop over millions of years

         ⇨In the course of evolution, some birds have lost the power of flight.

      （3）exile n. / v. :　to send or keep someone away from his or her own country or home

　　 ⇨He spent many years in exile.

      （4）evaporate v. :  to cause a liquid to change to a gas

         ⇨The sun soon evaporated the morning dew.

➤mor- : dead

ex:（1）morgue n. : a building, or a room in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept to be examined or until buried

        ⇨A trigger for an explosive device was reportedly found on his body at the morgue.

      （2）mortician n. : an undertaker

       ⇨The mortician will take care of all of the arrangements for the funeral.

  

➤malevolent（adj.）: causing or wanting to cause harm or evil

ex: Her stare was malevolent.

➤benevolent（adj.）: kind and helpful

ex: The old woman had a benevolent feeling towards all cats.