First the electroencephalograph (which is simply a device for recording the electrical activity of the brain by attaching electrodes to the scalp) shows that while there is a change in the pattern of activity during sleep,
第一點，腦電圖記錄儀（不過是一種把電極接到頭皮上記錄腦電活動的儀器）顯示，人在睡眠時大腦活動的方式有變化，
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 19 The stuff of dreams
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 簡單地，樸素地;（引出概括或解釋）不過，僅僅;簡直;<非正>實在;
?? sim一次 + ply 折疊 →折一次 → ad.簡單地；樸素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
這架時鐘純屬擺設，它再也不走了。
近義：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反義：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
n. 裝置，設備;方法;策略;手段;
?? de(dis-=apart)+vice(see)→發明物；圖案；策略
"Players use a haptic device such as a joystick to control the game."
游戲者用游戲桿之類的觸覺設備玩游戲。
近義：motto, apparatus, appliance, implement, jigger, artefact
adj. 用電的，與電有關的，電學的;令人激動的，緊張的，驚人的;
?? electric電+ al...的 → 電的，電氣科學的
"electrical labour-saving devices around the home"
節省勞力的各種家用電器
近義：powered, electric
n. 活動;活躍，敏捷;活動力;教育活動;
?? act行動，做+ivity狀態→活動
"The streets were noisy and full of activity."
街上熙熙攘攘，車水馬龍。
近義：motion, action, job, occupation, profession
反義：idleness, inaction, inertia, laziness, leisure, otioseness
n. 第一，最初;頭等;一號，;[樂]高音部;
adv. 最早，最初;首次;寧愿;優先;
adj. 第一流的;最初的，最早的;基本的，概要的;高音的;
num. 第一;
?? 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上，訓練
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的論文《論自戀》中首次提到了這個概念.
近義：initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary
反義：hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost