學測考點
be hired to do something / as…
「被雇來做…」(are hired to shop in stores、was soon hired as an illustrator)
學測原句
- 113 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段Mystery shoppers are paid consumers who are hired to shop in stores and collect data.神祕客是受雇到店裡購物並蒐集資料、領有報酬的消費者。
- mystery shopper:「神祕客」,假扮一般顧客去檢查店家服務的人
- paid:「有領酬勞的」
- be hired to V:「被雇來做…」,hire 是「雇用」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Showing great talent in painting, Moran was soon hired as an illustrator at Scribner’s Monthly, and later appointed chief illustrator by age 34.Moran 展現出極高的繪畫天分,很快受雇為《Scribner’s Monthly》的插畫家,最遲在 34 歲時已獲任命為首席插畫家。
- showing…:分詞構句,表示原因
- talent:「天分」
- appoint:「任命」
- chief:「首席的」
- by age 34:「到 34 歲時」
- 背景:Scribner’s Monthly 是 19 世紀美國的圖文雜誌。
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