學測考點
alarm
「鬧鐘」:alarm clock 就是鬧鐘(the alarm rings even when it's not set)
學測原句
- 106 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The alarm rings even when it's not set to go off.鬧鐘即使沒設定也會響。
- 這句和上一句是同一題,空格在上一句;這句說明鬧鐘亂響,就是運作不正常
- go off:「(鬧鐘)響起」
- set:這裡是「設定」
- 114 學測|篇章結構|第 3 段Guests may enjoy facilities such as free Wi-Fi, mobile charging, and even a soundless alarm system that raises the sleeping guests into a seated position while gradually brightening the lights.客人可以享用免費 Wi-Fi、行動裝置充電,甚至還有無聲鬧鐘系統,會在燈光漸漸變亮的同時,把熟睡的客人升到坐姿。
- facilities:「設施」,這裡用複數
- soundless:「無聲的」,sound + less(沒有)
- raise A into B:「把 A 抬到 B」,raise 是及物動詞,後面要接受詞
- seated position:「坐姿」
- brighten:「變亮」,bright + en(使…)
- 113 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段British workers thus relied on a human alarm clock known as a "knocker-up."因此英國工人仰賴一種人形鬧鐘,稱為「敲窗人」(knocker-up)。
- rely on…:「仰賴…」
- known as…:「被稱為…」
- knocker-up:knock 是「敲」,up 是「起來」,就是敲到你起床的人
- 背景:knocker-up 是英國工業革命時期的職業,受雇敲窗把工人叫起床;在某些地方一直到 1970 年代仍有。
- 113 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段But how did people get to work on time before alarm clocks were widely used?但在鬧鐘普及之前,人們是怎麼準時上班的?
- get to work:「去上班」
- on time:「準時」(in time 是「及時」)
- widely used:「被廣泛使用」
- 113 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段They could have used alarm clocks because adjustable alarms had been invented by the mid-19th century.他們本來可以使用鬧鐘,因為可調整時間的鬧鐘在 19 世紀中葉前就已經發明了。
- could have + 過去分詞:「本來可以…(但沒有)」
- adjustable:「可調整的」,adjust + able
- had been invented:過去完成式,「在那之前就已經發明」
- by the mid-19th century:「到 19 世紀中葉為止」
- 113 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段Today, beeping alarm clocks and smartphones that play morning music are surely simpler and more convenient.如今,嗶嗶響的鬧鐘和會播放晨間音樂的智慧型手機,肯定更簡單也更方便。
- beeping:「嗶嗶響的」,beep 是擬聲字
- that play morning music:修飾 smartphones
- 113 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段The modern worker rolls out of bed, groans, and turns off an alarm clock before reluctantly getting up for the day's work.現代上班族懶洋洋地翻身下床,呻吟一聲,關掉鬧鐘,才不情願地起身去上班。
- roll out of bed:「懶洋洋地下床」,字面是滾下床,形容不想動、勉強爬起來
- groan:「呻吟 / 哀嘆」
- turn off:「關掉」
- reluctantly:「不情願地」,reluctant 是「不情願的」
- the day's work:「一天的工作」
- 113 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段While the practice continued in some parts of the country until the 1970s, it declined as alarm clocks became more widespread and affordable.雖然這種做法在國內某些地方一直延續到 1970 年代,但隨著鬧鐘越來越普及、越來越買得起,它就逐漸衰退了。
- while:這裡表讓步,「雖然」
- practice:這裡是「做法 / 習慣」
- decline:「衰退」
- widespread:「普及的」,wide + spread
- 113 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Equipped with sticks or pea shooters, the human alarms would tour the streets, tap on windows, or blast them with dried peas, trying to wake paying customers in time for work.這些人形鬧鐘帶著長棍或豆子吹管,會在街上巡走,敲窗戶,或用乾豌豆轟打窗戶,設法在上班前叫醒付錢的顧客。
- equipped with…:「配備著…」
- pea shooter:「豆子吹管」,pea 是「豌豆」,用嘴吹豆子打窗
- would + 原形動詞:表示過去的習慣,「總是會…」
- tour:這裡當動詞,「巡走」
- blast A with B:「用 B 猛擊 A」,them 指 windows
- paying customers:「付費的顧客」
- in time for…:「趕上…」
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