學測考點
begin
不及物「開始」(celebration often begins with mukaebi、begins in birds)
to begin with
「首先」(to begin with, you need to find out、to begin with, these staircases were quite narrow)
學測原句
- 111 學測|篇章結構|第 2 段Celebration often begins with mukaebi (welcoming fire), during which people make a small bonfire in front of their house to guide spirits upon their return back home.慶祝活動通常從迎火(mukaebi)開始,人們在家門前點一小堆營火,引導靈魂回家。
- mukaebi:日文「迎火」
- during which:「在這期間」
- upon their return:「一回來時」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段West Nile is a tropical disease that begins in birds, which pass it on to mosquitoes that then go on to infect human beings with a bite.West Nile 病是一種熱帶疾病,起源於鳥類,鳥再傳給蚊子,蚊子叮咬後再感染人類。
- pass it on to…:「把它傳給…」
- bite:這裡是名詞「叮咬」
- which pass it on to mosquitoes that then go on to infect…:which 指 birds,that 指 mosquitoes
- go on to V:「接著做…」
- 115 學測|文意選填|第 4 段To begin with, you need to find out the ideal length of a nap.首先,你得找出小睡的理想長度。
- to begin with:「首先」
- find out:「查出」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段To begin with, these staircases were quite narrow, so attackers would have to ascend one at a time, making it impossible to launch a mass attack.首先,這些樓梯相當窄,攻擊者只能一次一個往上爬,不可能發動大規模攻擊。
- ascend:「往上爬」,相反是 descend「往下」
- one at a time:「一次一個」
- launch:「發動」,原意是「發射」,launch an attack 就是把攻擊「發射」出去
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段She begins behaving like a male.牠開始表現得像雄魚。
- behave like…:「表現得像…」
- 106 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段You begin to notice a bit of pain on your eyelid each time you blink.你開始注意到每次眨眼時,眼皮有一點痛。
- begin to V:「開始…」
- each time + 子句:「每次…」,each time 當連接詞
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段This is when the largest female in the group begins to change in appearance.這時,群體中最大的雌魚開始改變外觀。
- this is when…:「這就是…的時候」
- appearance:「外觀」
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段She begins to grow larger in size, and after a week, she starts changing color, from yellow to blue.牠開始長得更大,一週後開始從黃色變成藍色。
- grow larger in size:「體型變大」
- from yellow to blue:「從黃色變成藍色」
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