alone / lonely 易混淆字
alone 是「一個人」,只說沒有別人;lonely 是「孤單、寂寞」,說心裡的感覺。
113 學測|文意選填
On a hilltop overlooking the 2011-tsunami hit Otsuchi Town in northeastern Japan, there is a white phone booth standing all alone in the wind.
在俯瞰日本東北部、2011 年遭海嘯襲擊的 Otsuchi Town 的山丘頂上,有一座白色電話亭,孤零零地立在風中。(獨自站在風中)
- overlook:「俯瞰」,over(上方)+ look,從高處往下看
- 2011-tsunami hit:「遭 2011 年海嘯襲擊的」,hit 是過去分詞,修飾 Otsuchi Town
- phone booth:「電話亭」
- 背景:2011 年 3 月 11 日東日本大地震引發海嘯,岩手縣大槌町受災嚴重;這座白色電話亭就是「風之電話」。
111 學測|混合題
Escaping from the war zone, he wandered alone for a week in a rainforest before being rescued and taken to a center for displaced children in the capital, Kinshasa.
逃離戰區後,他在雨林獨自流浪了一週,才被救起,並被帶到首都 Kinshasa 一個收容流離失所兒童的中心。(獨自一人徘徊了一個星期)
- escaping from…:分詞構句,「逃離…之後」
- war zone:「戰區」
- wander:「流浪」
- before being rescued and taken…:「在被救起並被帶到…之前」
105 學測|綜合測驗
In the year 1990 alone, the growth in trade in services was as high as 19%.
光是 1990 年這一年,服務貿易的成長就高達 19%。(放在名詞後面:光是 1990 年)
- alone:放在名詞後面,「單單」
- as high as…:「高達…」
- growth in…:「…的成長」
113 學測|文意選填
The lonely "wind phone" serves to connect family members to their departed loved ones who died in the tsunami that claimed 18,000 lives.
這座孤單的「風之電話」,是要讓家屬和在海嘯中喪生的摯愛亡者連結起來;那場海嘯奪走了 18,000 條人命。(孤單的「風之電話」)
- serve to V:「功能是…」
- connect A to B:「把 A 和 B 連結起來」
- loved ones:「摯愛的人」
- claim lives:「奪走性命」,claim 本義是「主張擁有」,災難把生命「拿走」
怎麼判斷
- alone 是「一個人、身邊沒有別人」,不一定難過。例:She likes to travel alone.(她喜歡一個人旅行)
- lonely 是「孤單、寂寞」,強調心裡缺少陪伴的感覺,身邊有人也可能覺得孤單。例:He felt lonely in the big city.(他在大城市裡覺得孤單)
- alone 也可以放在名詞後面,意思是「光是…就…」,如 in 1990 alone(光是 1990 年)。
自我檢測
113 學測|文意選填
1. On a hilltop overlooking the 2011-tsunami hit Otsuchi Town in northeastern Japan, there is a white phone booth standing all ____ in the wind.
113 學測|文意選填
2. The ____ "wind phone" serves to connect family members to their departed loved ones who died in the tsunami that claimed 18,000 lives.
111 學測|混合題
3. Escaping from the war zone, he wandered ____ for a week in a rainforest before being rescued and taken to a center for displaced children in the capital, Kinshasa.
