學測考點
gesture
「手勢、舉動」(a gesture that many people engage in、traffic director's gestures)
學測原句
- 115 學測|篇章結構|第 1 段Smiling is a gesture that many people engage in dozens of times a day without thought.微笑是許多人一天不假思索就會做上幾十次的動作。
- engage in…:「從事」,engage 是「投入」
- dozens of…:「幾十個」,dozen 是十二個,dozens 就是很多個十二
- without thought:「不假思索」
- 114 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段Thus, he proposed a signaling system based on the railway movable-arm signal: Arms extending horizontally commanded drivers to stop, whereas arms lowered to a 45-degree angle told drivers to move on, resembling a traffic director’s gestures.因此,他提出一套以鐵路活動臂號誌為基礎的信號系統:手臂水平伸出,命令駕駛停車;手臂降到 45 度角,則告訴駕駛可以前進,就像交通指揮員的手勢。
- based on…:「以…為基礎」
- movable:「可活動的」,move + able
- extend:「伸出」
- horizontally:「水平地」,horizon 是「地平線」
- command A to V:「命令 A 做…」
- whereas:「然而」,表對比
- lowered to…:過去分詞,「降到…」
- move on:「繼續前進」
- resemble:「像」,是及物動詞,後面不加 to
- traffic director:「交通指揮員」
- 背景:鐵路活動臂號誌(movable-arm signal)是早期鐵路用機械手臂指示火車停車或前進的信號。
- 115 學測|篇章結構|第 2 段As many psychologists now point out, this simple gesture is in fact far more complicated than it may appear.正如許多心理學家現在所指出的,這個簡單的動作其實比表面上看起來複雜得多。
- point out:「指出」
- far more… than…:far 用來加強比較
- appear:「看起來」,這裡不是「出現」
詞彙題
選一個答案,會告訴你對不對、為什麼。
It is essential for us to maintain constant ______ with our friends to ensure that we have someone to talk to in times of need.It is essential for us to maintain constant contact with our friends to ensure that we have someone to talk to in times of need.
108 學測|詞彙題 第 14 題
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