pray / prey 易混淆字
pray 是「祈禱」，prey 是「獵物」。兩個字唸起來一樣。
111 學測｜篇章結構
Some people also visit the cemetery to clean up the family graves and pray for their ancestors.
有些人也會去墓園打掃家族的墳墓，為祖先祈禱。（為祖先祈禱）
- cemetery：「墓園」
- clean up：「打掃」，up 在這裡是「到底、到完」，清到完全乾淨
108 學測｜閱讀測驗
Those who have positive feelings about their stuck songs prefer to just “let them be,” while those with negative feelings turn to more behavioral responses, which include coping strategies such as singing, talking, or even praying.
對卡在腦中的歌有正面感受的人，偏好「順其自然」，而有負面感受的人，則轉向更多行為上的回應，包括唱歌、說話，甚至祈禱等應對策略。（祈禱）
- let them be：「讓它們去吧」
- turn to…：「轉向…」
- behavioral responses：「行為上的回應」，指實際去做的行動，如下文的唱歌、說話、祈禱
- coping strategies：「應對策略」
106 學測｜閱讀測驗
Many of his works—depictions of children at play and in school, farm girls attending to their work, hunters and their prey—have become classic images of nineteenth-century American life.
他的許多作品描繪孩子玩耍與上學、農家女孩做事、獵人與獵物，已成為十九世紀美國生活的經典畫面。（獵人和獵物）
- depiction：「描繪」，depict 的名詞
- attend to…：「專心處理…」
- prey：「獵物」，不可數
- depictions of…：「對…的描繪」，破折號後面這一串是在說明前面的 many of his works
怎麼判斷
- pray 是「祈禱」，常見 pray for …（為…祈禱）。
- prey 當名詞是「獵物」，當動詞是「捕食」，常見 prey on …。例：Lions prey on zebras.（獅子捕食斑馬）
- 兩個字唸法一樣，要看句子判斷。
自我檢測
111 學測｜篇章結構
1. Some people also visit the cemetery to clean up the family graves and ＿＿＿＿ for their ancestors.
106 學測｜閱讀測驗
2. Many of his works—depictions of children at play and in school, farm girls attending to their work, hunters and their ＿＿＿＿—have become classic images of nineteenth-century American life.
108 學測｜閱讀測驗
3. Those who have positive feelings about their stuck songs prefer to just “let them be,” while those with negative feelings turn to more behavioral responses, which include coping strategies such as singing, talking, or even ＿＿＿＿.