學測考點
make a fortune
「賺大錢」(made a fortune as a textile manufacturer)
學測原句
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段Cartier-Bresson’s family was wealthy—his father made a fortune as a textile manufacturer—but Cartier-Bresson later joked that due to his parents’ frugal ways, it often seemed as though his family was poor.Cartier-Bresson 的家庭很富有,他的父親做紡織製造商賺了一大筆錢,但 Cartier-Bresson 後來開玩笑說,由於父母很節儉,他家常看起來像是很窮。
- make a fortune:「賺大錢」
- joke:「開玩笑」
- due to…:「由於…」
- it seemed as though…:「看起來彷彿…」
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 1 段There are several competing stories about the origin of the fortune cookie.關於幸運籤餅的起源,有好幾種互相競爭的說法。
- competing:「互相競爭的」
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 4 段Such fortune cookies became common in Chinese restaurants in the U.S. after World War II.這種幸運籤餅在第二次世界大戰後,成為美國中餐館裡常見的東西。
- become common:「變得常見」
- World War II:「第二次世界大戰」,讀作 World War Two
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 4 段The fortune cookie was based on a Japanese snack, but Hagiwara sweetened the recipe to appeal to American tastes.幸運籤餅是根據一種日本點心做的,但 Hagiwara 把配方改甜,以迎合美國人的口味。
- be based on…:「根據…」
- sweeten:「使變甜」,sweet + en
- recipe:「食譜、配方」
- appeal to…:「吸引…」,這裡的 to 是介系詞
- taste:這裡是「口味」
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 3 段Another account claims that David Jung, a Chinese immigrant living in Los Angeles, created the fortune cookie in 1918.另一種說法聲稱,住在洛杉磯的華人移民 David Jung 在 1918 年創造了幸運籤餅。
- account:這裡是「說法、敘述」
- claim that…:「聲稱…」
- immigrant:「移民」,指進入一個國家的人
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 4 段Within a few years, Chinese restaurant owners in San Francisco had copied the recipe and replaced the thank-you notes with fortune notes.幾年之內,舊金山的中餐館老闆就模仿了這個配方,並把感謝字條換成籤語字條。
- within a few years:「幾年內」
- copy:「模仿」
- replace A with B:「用 B 取代 A」
- had copied and (had) replaced:兩個動作並列,都用過去完成式,表示在過去某個時間點之前已完成
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 2 段This story may sound highly credible, but there seems to be no solid evidence that it inspired the creation of the treats we know of today as fortune cookies.這個故事聽起來可能很可信,但似乎沒有確切證據顯示,它啟發了我們今天所知的幸運籤餅這種點心的創造。
- credible:「可信的」,cred 是「相信」,和 credit「信用」同源
- solid evidence:「確切的證據」
- there seems to be no…:「似乎沒有…」
- inspire:「啟發」
- treat:這裡是「點心」
- the treats (that) we know of today as…:「我們今天稱為…的點心」,省略關係代名詞 that
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 4 段However, the more generally accepted story is that the fortune cookie first appeared in either 1907 or 1914 in San Francisco, created by a Japanese immigrant, Makoto Hagiwara.然而,更普遍被接受的說法是,幸運籤餅最早出現在 1907 或 1914 年的舊金山,由日本移民 Makoto Hagiwara 創造。
- the more generally accepted story:「更普遍被接受的說法」
- either…or…:「不是…就是…」
- created by…:過去分詞,修飾 fortune cookie
- Makoto Hagiwara:人名,不用背
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 1 段Fortune cookies, commonly served after meals at Chinese restaurants in the U.S., are characterized by a fortune, which is written on a small piece of paper tucked inside the cookie.幸運籤餅通常在美國的中式餐廳飯後供應,特色是有一張寫著籤語的小紙條塞在餅乾裡。
- fortune:這裡是「籤語、運勢」
- fortune cookie:「幸運籤餅」
- be characterized by…:「以…為特色」
- commonly served:「通常被供應」
- tuck:「塞進」,tucked inside=「塞在裡面」
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