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• 112 學測｜文意選填｜第 3 段
  The secret is: Never wait until the body is telling you you're thirsty, since there must already have been significant changes in your body for it to eventually alert your consciousness.
  祕訣是：絕不要等到身體告訴你口渴了才喝，因為身體一定已經出現明顯變化，才會最後警示你的意識。
  • never wait until…：「絕不等到…」
  • significant：「明顯的」
  • there must already have been…：must have + 過去分詞，「一定已經有…」
  • alert：這裡當動詞，「警示」
• 110 學測｜綜合測驗 第 3 篇｜第 2 段
  Having already shrunk by 85% to a mere 0.5 square kilometers, Papua's glaciers will completely disappear within a decade, researchers have predicted.
  研究人員預測，Papua 的冰河已經縮小了 85%，只剩 0.5 平方公里，十年內將完全消失。
  • having already shrunk…：完成式分詞構句，「已經縮小」
  • shrink：「縮小」
  • a mere：「僅僅」
  • within a decade：「十年內」
  • predict：「預測」
• 115 學測｜閱讀測驗 第 2 篇｜第 2 段
  In the Old Testament, reference is made to spiral staircases in the Temple of Solomon, suggesting that they were already in use by around 1,000 BC.
  《舊約聖經》提到所羅門聖殿裡有螺旋梯，顯示大約西元前 1000 年就已經在使用了。
  • reference is made to…：「提到…」，等於 … is mentioned
  • , suggesting that…：「這顯示…」
  • in use：「使用中」
  • BC：「西元前」
  • 背景：《舊約聖經》（the Old Testament）是基督教聖經的前半部；所羅門聖殿是古代以色列國王所羅門在耶路撒冷建的聖殿。
• 114 學測｜詞彙題看這一題 ›
  As the years have passed by, many of my childhood memories are already blurring; I can no longer recall clearly what happened back then.
  隨著歲月流逝，我童年的許多記憶已經變得模糊，我再也無法清楚回想當時發生的事。
  • as the years have passed by：「隨著歲月流逝」
  • recall：「回想」，re-（回）+ call（叫），把記憶叫回來
• 112 學測｜閱讀測驗 第 3 篇｜第 2 段
  Traders from Asia had already visited the islands 900 years before the arrival of its first permanent settlers from the African mainland (around 1000 AD).
  亞洲商人早在第一批來自非洲大陸的永久定居者（約西元 1000 年）到來的 900 年前，就已拜訪過這些島嶼。
  • had already visited：過去完成式，表示更早以前就發生
  • 900 years before…：「在…的 900 年前」
  • permanent settlers：「永久定居者」
  • around 1000 AD：「約西元 1000 年」
• 109 學測｜綜合測驗 第 2 篇｜第 2 段
  Scientists already knew earlier that wind and splashes of rainwater can move bacteria and other germs from leaf to leaf.
  科學家早就知道，風和飛濺的雨水能把細菌和其他病菌從一片葉子帶到另一片葉子。
  • splash：這裡是名詞，「飛濺」
  • from leaf to leaf：「一片傳一片」，名詞不加冠詞

• 108 學測｜綜合測驗 第 2 篇｜第 4 段
  Due to its low cost, this innovative material is already being used by many leading fashion companies to make their products.
  由於成本低，這種創新材料已被許多領先的時尚公司用來製作產品。
  • due to…：「由於…」
  • leading：「領先的」
  • is already being used：現在進行式被動
• 107 學測｜閱讀測驗 第 4 篇｜第 2 段
  In addition, the songs are seemingly trying to work some magic—as if, by singing, the mother is saying, “Sadness has already touched this house; no need to come by again.”
  此外，這些歌似乎是想施一點魔法，彷彿母親藉由唱歌在說：「悲傷已經碰過這個家，不需要再來了。」
  • in addition：「此外」
  • seemingly：「似乎」
  • work some magic：「施展魔法」
  • as if：「彷彿」
  • by singing：「藉由唱歌」
  • touch：這裡是「碰觸、侵擾」
  • no need to V：「不需要…」，前面省略 there is
• 105 學測｜閱讀測驗 第 3 篇｜第 4 段
  With more than 13 million children already driven from classrooms by conflict, it is no exaggeration to say that the educational prospects of a generation of children are in the balance.
  已有超過 1,300 萬名兒童因衝突被趕出教室，說一個世代孩子的教育前景岌岌可危，並不誇張。
  • with…already driven…：with + 受詞 + p.p.
  • no exaggeration to say…：「說…並不誇張」
  • in the balance：「懸而未決、岌岌可危」，balance 是「天平」，放在天平上還沒往哪邊倒，所以是「懸而未決」，in balance（沒有 the）則是「平衡、均衡」

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