學測原句
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇The town was filled with darkened holes.小鎮裡到處都是黑漆漆的洞。
- be filled with…:「充滿…」
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段Franklin ran an iron rod through a hole in the top of each hemisphere so that they could nest together from largest to smallest.富蘭克林用一根鐵棒穿過每個半球頂端的洞,讓它們能從最大到最小套疊在一起。
- iron rod:「鐵棒」
- run A through B:「讓 A 穿過 B」
- nest together:「疊套在一起」
- from largest to smallest:「從最大到最小」
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 2 段Although the pin was an inexpensive tool and was easily removable, it would leave holes in the paper.雖然別針是便宜的工具,也很容易取下,但它會在紙上留下洞。
- inexpensive:「不貴的」
- easily removable:「容易取下的」,remove 是「移除」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段Before Moran arrived, Yellowstone in the popular imagination was a harsh, wild place with hot water and steam coming out of hellish holes in the ground.在 Moran 到來之前,大眾想像中的黃石,是一個嚴酷荒蠻的地方,熱水和蒸氣從地面上如地獄般的洞裡冒出來。
- in the popular imagination:「在大眾的想像中」
- harsh:「嚴酷的」
- with + 受詞 + V-ing:with hot water and steam coming out…,「熱水和蒸氣正冒出來」
- hellish:「地獄般的」,hell 是「地獄」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段They came from northwest England, the blackened heart of the Industrial Revolution: Its main street was “a dark, unattractive hole” and the river running through it was a string of dirty water.他們來自英格蘭西北部,也就是工業革命那片被燻黑的心臟地帶:那裡的大街是「又暗又難看的洞」,流經的河流則是一條髒水。
- blackened:「被燻黑的」,black + en
- heart:這裡是「中心地帶」
- running through it:分詞,修飾 river
- a string of…:「一長串 / 一長條」
- 背景:工業革命(Industrial Revolution)約從 18 世紀中葉開始,英格蘭西北部是紡織與煤炭工業中心,空氣和河川汙染嚴重。
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