學測考點
dangerous
「危險的」
- dangerous attempt
- dangerous acts
- more dangerous than the disease
學測原句
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 4 段So, Shackleton made a dangerous attempt to get help: With five crew members, he sailed 800 miles over 16 days across freezing, stormy seas to South Georgia Island.於是 Shackleton 做了一次危險的嘗試去求援:他帶著五名船員,花了 16 天航行 800 英里,穿越冰冷、風暴不斷的海面,抵達 South Georgia Island。
- attempt:「嘗試」,冒號後面說明嘗試的內容
- over 16 days:「花了 16 天」,over 表示在這段期間
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 1 段A stunt person is a man or a woman who performs dangerous acts, usually in the television or movie industry.特技演員是執行危險動作的男性或女性,通常在電視或電影業工作。
- stunt person:「特技演員」
- act:這裡是名詞,「動作」
- industry:「產業」
- 109 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段There would be a real chance of running aground and damaging the ship and the cargo, some of which might be dangerous if released into a water-based ecosystem.船真的有可能擱淺,損壞船隻與貨物,其中一些貨物若釋放到水域生態系,可能很危險。
- a real chance of V-ing:「真的有可能…」
- run aground:「擱淺」
- some of which might be dangerous if released:which 指 cargo
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段The city declared a state of emergency and began aerial spraying of a pesticide to kill the mosquitoes, even though residents argued that the pesticide could be more dangerous than the disease.該市宣布進入緊急狀態,並開始以飛機噴灑殺蟲劑來殺蚊子,儘管居民主張這種殺蟲劑可能比疾病更危險。
- declare a state of emergency:「宣布進入緊急狀態」
- aerial spraying:「空中噴灑」
- even though:「儘管」
- argue that…:這裡是「主張…」,不是「爭吵」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 2 段If something dangerous needed to be done for a scene, the producers would hire anyone crazy or desperate enough to do it.如果場景需要做危險的事,製片人會雇用任何瘋狂或絕望到願意去做的人。
- would hire:表示過去的習慣
- desperate:「絕望的」,不顧一切的
- adj + enough to V:「夠…而能…」,crazy or desperate enough to do it
- producer:「製片人」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 2 段In the early days of the film industry, actors themselves shot acrobatic acts and dangerous scenes, until they began to get injured.在電影業早期,演員自己拍攝特技動作和危險場面,直到他們開始受傷為止。
- acrobatic acts:「特技動作」,acrobat 是「雜技演員」
- shoot:這裡是「拍攝」
- until they began to get injured:「直到他們開始受傷」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 3 段Beginning around 1910, audiences developed a taste for serial action movies, which called for the use of dedicated stunt people to perform in dangerous scenes.大約從 1910 年起,觀眾開始喜歡連續動作片,這類電影需要專職的特技演員來演危險場景。
- beginning around 1910:「大約從 1910 年開始」
- develop a taste for…:「養成對…的喜好」
- call for…:「需要…」,call 是「叫」,for 是「為了」,為了某樣東西而叫喚,就是「要求、需要」
- dedicated:「專職的」
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