學測考點
be able to do something
「能夠…」
- are able to come up with
- are able to keep a safe distance
- may be able to limit the spread
- not be able to climb out
- able to accomplish task
- were able to bring our culture along
學測原句
- 113 學測|混合題|第 3 段By working collectively, the ants are able to improve the efficiency of their network and adapt to their ever-changing environment.透過集體運作,螞蟻能提升網絡的效率,並適應不斷變化的環境。
- adapt to…:「適應…」
- ever-changing:「不斷變化的」,ever 是「一直」
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段But baby elephants, not used to negotiating rough ground, may easily fall into the trenches and get hurt; and once injured, they might not be able to climb out.但小象不習慣走崎嶇的地面,很容易掉進溝裡受傷;一旦受傷,可能就爬不出來。
- negotiate:這裡是「通過、越過(困難的地形)」,不是「談判」
- rough ground:「崎嶇的地面」
- not used to V-ing:「不習慣…」
- once injured:省略 they are
- climb out:「爬出來」
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段Once the pests detect the chemical fog in the room, they’ll hide themselves in walls or other hideaways, where you’ll never be able to treat them effectively.一旦害蟲察覺到房間裡的化學煙霧,就會躲進牆壁或其他藏身處,在那裡你永遠無法有效處理牠們。
- chemical fog:「化學煙霧」
- hideaway:「藏身處」
- where 指 walls or other hideaways
- treat:這裡是「處理、施藥」
- 107 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段All the obstacles of reality can be set aside and you are able to accomplish tasks that you could never manage in waking reality.現實中的所有障礙都可以擱置一旁,你能完成在清醒現實中永遠無法做到的任務。
- set aside:「擱置」
- could never manage:這裡 manage 是「設法做到」
- waking reality:「清醒時的現實」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 5 段Dognition helps people understand their dogs in ways that they have never been able to do.Dognition 幫助人們用前所未有的方式了解自己的狗。
- in ways that they have never been able to do:ways 後面接 that 子句,「以他們從未能做到的方式」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段Thus, it seems the snake is able to endure certain degrees of dehydration in between rains.因此,這種蛇似乎能在兩次下雨之間,忍受一定程度的脫水。
- it seems (that)…:「似乎…」
- certain degrees of…:「一定程度的…」
- in between rains:「兩次雨之間」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 4 段Referring to the relocation of Taiwu Elementary School and Taiwu Village following Typhoon Morakot in August 2009, Camake said, “We could not take the forest or our houses in the mountains with us; but we were able to bring our culture along.談到 2009 年八月莫拉克颱風後泰武國小與泰武村的遷移,Camake 說:「我們沒辦法把森林或山上的房子一起帶走,但我們能把文化帶在身邊。
- referring to…:分詞構句,「提到…」
- relocation:「遷移」
- following:這裡是介系詞,「在…之後」
- take A with us:「把 A 帶走」
- bring…along:「一起帶著」
- 113 學測|混合題|第 2 段By doing so, the flock members are able to keep a safe distance between themselves, and thus avoid crashing into each other while they flee from the predator.這樣一來,群體成員就能彼此保持安全距離,避免在逃離掠食者時互相撞上。
- by doing so:「這樣做」
- keep a safe distance:「保持安全距離」
- crash into…:「撞上…」
- flee from…:「逃離…」,flee 的三態是 flee-fled-fled
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 4 段By sharing knowledge and information, the different sectors are able to come up with improved processing and handling, through which creation of various innovative products was made possible.透過分享知識與資訊,不同的領域想出了改良後的加工與處理方式,讓各種創新產品得以誕生。
- come up with…:「想出…」
- processing and handling:「加工與處理」
- through which…:which 指 improved processing and handling
- make… possible:「使…成為可能」
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段Additionally, by having branches that do not touch those of their neighbors, trees may be able to limit the spread of leaf-eating insects, and potentially also the transmission of diseases from tree to tree.此外,藉由讓樹枝不碰到鄰樹的樹枝,樹木也許能限制食葉昆蟲的擴散,還可能限制疾病在樹與樹之間傳播。
- by having…:「藉由擁有…」
- those of their neighbors:those 指 the branches
- leaf-eating insects:「食葉昆蟲」
- transmission:「傳播」,transmit 是「傳送」
- from tree to tree:「一棵傳一棵」,名詞不加冠詞
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段The economic crisis may have also played a role: Homeowners who were not able to pay their bank loans were forced to abandon their properties, sometimes leaving behind swimming pools that made excellent mosquito breeding grounds.經濟危機可能也有影響:付不出銀行貸款的屋主被迫放棄房產,有時留下游泳池,成了絕佳的蚊子滋生地。
- play a role:「扮演一個角色、有影響」
- be forced to V:「被迫…」
- property:這裡是「房產」
- leaving behind…:分詞構句,表示結果
- breeding ground:「滋生地」
- excellent:「極好的」
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