學測原句
- 115 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段When all members in a group know what's going on with each other, it is less likely that they will fight.當群體裡每個成員都知道彼此的近況時,就比較不容易打架。
- know what's going on with someone:「知道某人的近況」
- it is less likely that…:「比較不可能…」
- 114 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段If you have ever been sick to your stomach on a rocking boat or a bumpy car ride, you know the discomfort of motion sickness.如果你曾在搖晃的船上或顛簸的車程中覺得反胃,就會知道暈動症的不適。
- be sick to one's stomach:「反胃 / 想吐」
- rocking:「搖晃的」,rock 當動詞是「搖」(rocking chair 是搖椅)
- bumpy:「顛簸的」,bump 是「碰撞」
- discomfort:「不適」,dis-(不)+ comfort(舒適)
- motion sickness:「暈動症」,暈車、暈船等的統稱
- 113 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Do you know what time the next bus is due?你知道下一班公車預計幾點到嗎?
- next bus:「下一班公車」
- do you know what time…:間接問句,what time 後面用肯定句語序
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段But few people know that in the past, control of Zanzibar meant access to unimaginable wealth.但很少人知道,過去控制 Zanzibar,就等於能取得難以想像的財富。
- control of…:「對…的控制」
- mean:「意味著」
- access to…:「取得…的管道」
- unimaginable:「無法想像的」,un-(不)+ imagine + able
- 111 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 4 段In order to know exactly how zebrafish retina is regenerated, the team looked at the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a chemical messenger in the brain that reduces the activity of neurons.為了確切知道斑馬魚的視網膜如何再生,研究團隊研究了神經傳導物質 γ-胺基丁酸(GABA),這是一種腦中的化學信使,會降低神經元的活動。
- in order to V:「為了…」
- gamma-aminobutyric acid:「γ-胺基丁酸」
- chemical messenger:「化學信使」
- reduce the activity of…:「降低…的活動」
- 107 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段The term "lucid" means clear; lucid dreamers know that they are dreaming and what they are dreaming of.「lucid」一詞的意思是清晰;清醒夢者知道自己在做夢,也知道自己夢到什麼。
- term:「用語」
- lucid:「清楚的」;分號後面是在解釋 lucid 的意思
- what they are dreaming of:dream of 是「夢到」,of 留在後面
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段Now with the children performing the pieces, parents are beginning to ask, ‘Why do we not know how to sing these ballads?’現在孩子們演唱這些曲子,父母開始問:『為什麼我們不會唱這些民謠?』
- now with the children performing…:with + 受詞 + 分詞,表示伴隨狀況
- piece:這裡是「曲子」
- why do we not know how to…:「我們為什麼不知道如何…」
- 114 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Your brain doesn't know whether you are stationary or moving when these parts send conflicting information: One part of your balance-sensing system detects that your body is moving, but the other parts don't.當這些部位傳來互相矛盾的資訊時,大腦就分不清你是靜止還是在移動:平衡感應系統的某一部分察覺到身體在動,其他部分卻沒有。
- stationary:「靜止的」,station 本義是站著的地方,所以 stationary 就是站著不動
- conflicting:「互相衝突的」,conflict 是「衝突」
- the other parts don't:don't 後面省略 detect that your body is moving
- balance-sensing:「感應平衡的」
- 112 學測|文意選填|第 3 段For the average person, however, water remains a very good option for keeping hydrated—if you know how to drink it.不過對一般人來說,只要知道怎麼喝,水仍然是保持水分充足的很好選擇。
- the average person:「一般人」
- keep hydrated:「保持水分充足」,hydrate 是「補水」
- if you know how to drink it:how to V 是「怎麼做…」
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段The organization believes that people may be motivated to buy elephant-friendly brands when they know more about the risk tea can pose to these endangered animals.這個組織相信,當人們更了解茶可能對這些瀕臨絕種的動物造成什麼風險時,可能會被激勵去買對大象友善的品牌。
- be motivated to V:「被激勵去…」
- pose a risk to…:「對…構成風險」
- the risk (that) tea can pose:省略關係代名詞
- 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
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