學測考點
trace…back to…
「把…追溯到…」,常用被動 be traced back to…(trace her ancestors back to their arrival、can be traced back to a common ancestor)
ancestor
「祖先」,c 讀 s(their ancestors、a common ancestor)
學測原句
- 104 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段Despite their great variety, however, most domesticated apples can be traced back to a common ancestor, the wild apple of Central Asia, Malus sieversii.然而,儘管品種繁多,大多數馴化的蘋果都可追溯到同一個祖先:中亞的野蘋果 Malus sieversii。
- despite:「儘管」,後面接名詞
- domesticated:「馴化的、栽培的」
- be traced back to…:「被追溯到…」
- ancestor:「祖先」,c 讀 s
- Malus sieversii:學名,不用背
- 111 學測|篇章結構|第 2 段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。
- cemetery:「墓園」
- clean up:「打掃」,up 在這裡是「到底、到完」,清到完全乾淨
- pray for…:「為…祈禱」
- 111 學測|篇章結構|第 3 段Obon concludes with another bonfire, okuribi, lighting up the sky to see the ancestors' spirits off.盂蘭盆節以另一堆營火「送火」(okuribi)作結,火光照亮天空,送祖先的靈魂離開。
- okuribi:日文「送火」
- lighting up the sky:分詞構句,「照亮天空」
- see someone off:「送某人離開」
- spirit:「靈魂」
- 111 學測|篇章結構|第 3 段Paper lanterns and offerings are sent floating down rivers to accompany the ancestors back to their resting place.紙燈籠和供品被放到河上漂流而下,陪伴祖先回到安息之處。
- paper lantern:「紙燈籠」
- sent floating down rivers:「被送去順著河漂流」
- resting place:「安息之處」
詞彙題
選一個答案,會告訴你對不對、為什麼。
In order to draw her family tree, Mary tried to trace her ______ back to their arrival in North America.In order to draw her family tree, Mary tried to trace her ancestors back to their arrival in North America.
112 學測|詞彙題 第 3 題
想把學測單字一次整理好、邊背邊做筆記?
