學測考點
life
「生命」
- risk your life
- claimed the life of his mother
- life was saved by a creative invention
- the circle of life
life
「生活」
- a familiar part of life in Paris
- the everyday life of the Indian people
- the traditional way of life
- in real life
學測原句
- 115 學測|混合題|第 1 段The historic village exhibits the traditional way of life of the tribe there.這座歷史悠久的村落展現了當地部落的傳統生活方式。
- historic:「有歷史意義的」,historical:「與歷史有關的」,兩字意思不同
- exhibit:「展現」
- 114 學測|文意選填|第 3 段Over centuries, the bells have become a familiar part of life in Paris, where they are known as "the cathedral's voice."數百年來,這些鐘已成為巴黎生活中熟悉的一部分,在當地被稱為「大教堂的聲音」。
- over centuries:「歷經數百年」
- where they are known as…:where 指 Paris,等於 and in Paris they are known as…
- be known as…:「被稱為…」(be known for 才是「以…聞名」)
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段But Oddsson’s life was saved by a creative invention: transplanting codfish skins onto human bodies.但 Oddsson 的性命,是被一項創新的發明救回來的:把鱈魚皮移植到人體上。
- creative invention:「創新的發明」
- transplant A onto B:「把 A 移植到 B 上」
- codfish:「鱈魚」,常縮寫為 cod
- 112 學測|混合題|第 5 段So why risk your life?那為什麼要拿自己的命冒險?
- risk one's life:「拿性命冒險」,risk 在這裡是動詞
- 111 學測|混合題|第 5 段When he was nine, the country’s civil war claimed the life of his mother and left him homeless.他九歲時,國內的內戰奪走了母親的性命,也讓他無家可歸。
- claim the life of…:「奪走…的性命」,claim 本義是「主張擁有」,災難把生命「拿走」
- leave him homeless:「使他無家可歸」
- 110 學測|文意選填|第 3 段For the sake of your health, it is time to make regular exercise a part of your life.為了你的健康,是時候讓規律運動成為生活的一部分了。
- for the sake of…:「為了…」
- it is time to V:「是時候…了」
- 109 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段Moisture and oxygen promote oxidation and therefore limit its shelf life.濕氣和氧氣會促進氧化,因此縮短它的保存期限。
- shelf life:「保存期限」,放在架上能維持多久
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段Pumping this super-salty water back into the ocean can harm local aquatic life.把這種超鹹的水抽回海洋,可能傷害當地的水中生物。
- pump A back into B:「把 A 抽回 B」
- super-salty:「超級鹹的」
- pumping this super-salty water back into the ocean:動名詞片語當主詞
- 106 學測|文意選填|第 1 段Onions were considered to be symbols of eternal life.洋蔥被視為永生的象徵。
- be considered to be…:「被視為…」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇He devoted himself to photography all his life.他一輩子都投身於攝影。
- devote oneself to…:「全心投入…」
- 115 學測|文意選填|第 3 段In our early 20s, our brain starts shrinking, which gradually slows cognition and increases dementia risk in later life.我們二十出頭時,大腦就開始縮小,這會逐漸減緩認知功能,並增加晚年罹患失智症的風險。
- in one's early 20s:「二十出頭」
- in later life:「晚年」
- shrink:「縮小」;, which 指前面整件事
- 115 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›To the newly-crowned winner of the piano competition, music is his life’s passion, which he has devoted himself to whole-heartedly.對這位剛奪得鋼琴大賽冠軍的人來說,音樂是他一生的熱情所在,他全心全意投入其中。
- newly-crowned:「剛加冕的」,這裡指剛贏得冠軍
- devote oneself to…:「全心投入…」,which 指 passion
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 1 篇Hawaiian dancers used it to represent the circle of life.夏威夷舞者用它來象徵生命的循環。
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段Often considered as representing the circle of life, hoops featured prominently in the ritual dances of Native Americans.圈圈常被視為代表生命的循環,在美洲原住民的儀式舞蹈中很顯眼。
- often considered as…:過去分詞構句,「常被視為…」
- represent:「代表」
- the circle of life:「生命的循環」
- feature prominently:「占有顯著地位」
- Native Americans:「美洲原住民」
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 4 段“Morgan taught me that there’s more to life in many ways than what I saw before,” said Hartman.「Morgan 教會我,生命在很多方面比我以前所見的更豐富,」Hartman 說。
- there's more to life than…:「生命的內涵比…更多」
- in many ways:「在許多方面」
- said Hartman:引述句,主詞和動詞倒裝
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段Over the course of an 80-year life span, the odds of being hit by lightning are 1 in 3,000, not to mention the probability of being struck seven different times.在 80 年的壽命中,被閃電擊中的機率是三千分之一,更別說被擊中七次的機率了。
- over the course of…:「在…的過程中」
- life span:「壽命」
- 1 in 3,000:「三千分之一」
- not to mention…:「更不用說…」
- be struck:「被擊中」
- 109 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The townspeople built a monument in memory of the brave teacher who sacrificed her life to save her students from a burning bus.鎮民建了一座紀念碑,紀念那位為了救學生脫離燃燒的公車而犧牲生命的勇敢老師。
- in memory of…:「為紀念…」
- sacrifice:「犧牲」
- save A from B:「救 A 脫離 B」
- 107 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›For example, they have quite different beliefs about what marriage means in their life.例如,他們對婚姻在生活中的意義,信念相當不同。
- quite different:「相當不同」
- for example:「例如」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段The mother’s fear of loss especially makes sense since the infant/toddler years of life are fragile ones.母親對失去孩子的恐懼特別合理,因為嬰幼兒時期的生命很脆弱。
- make sense:「合理」
- infant/toddler years:「嬰兒與學步期」,toddler 是「剛學走路的幼兒」
- fear of loss:「失去的恐懼」
- 107 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段You can be an everyday Jane Doe or John Smith while awake but a superhero while sleeping, regardless of who you are in real life.清醒時你可以是平凡的 Jane Doe 或 John Smith,睡著時卻是超級英雄,不管你在現實中是誰。
- Jane Doe / John Smith:英文裡指「普通人」的假名,像中文的「張三李四」
- regardless of…:「不管…」
- everyday:「平凡的、日常的」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段Sea life can get sucked into desalination plants, killing small ocean creatures like baby fish and plankton, upsetting the food chain.海洋生物可能被吸進海水淡化廠,殺死小魚和浮游生物等小型海洋生物,擾亂食物鏈。
- suck:「吸」,be sucked into…:「被吸入…」
- upset:這裡是動詞,「擾亂」
- killing…, upsetting…:兩個分詞構句,表示結果
- food chain:「食物鏈」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段An extremely mild winter allowed more mosquitoes than usual to survive, while the unusually high temperatures in that scorching summer further increased their number by speeding up their life cycle.極為溫和的冬天讓比平常更多的蚊子存活下來,而那個酷熱夏天的異常高溫,又加快了牠們的生命週期,進一步增加了數量。
- extremely mild:「極為溫和的」
- allow A to V:「讓 A 能夠…」
- scorching:「酷熱的」,scorch 是「烤焦」
- more mosquitoes than usual:「比平常更多的蚊子」
- by speeding up…:「藉由加快…」
- life cycle:「生命週期」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇His pictures vividly portrayed the life of nineteenth-century Americans.他的畫生動描繪了十九世紀美國人的生活。
- portray:「描繪」
- nineteenth-century:「十九世紀的」,複合形容詞
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗(題目) 第 4 篇According to the passage, why was tea NOT a common drink of everyday life in the seventeenth century?根據文章,為什麼茶在十七世紀不是日常生活中常見的飲料?
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段Before long, a small meal at the end of the afternoon, involving tea and sandwiches, had become part of the British way of life.不久,下午將盡時,以茶和三明治為內容的一頓小餐,就成了英國生活方式的一部分。
- before long:「不久」
- involving…:「包含…」
- way of life:「生活方式」
- had become:過去完成式,到某個時間點已成為
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段Many of his works—depictions of children at play and in school, farm girls attending to their work, hunters and their prey—have become classic images of nineteenth-century American life.他的許多作品描繪孩子玩耍與上學、農家女孩做事、獵人與獵物,已成為十九世紀美國生活的經典畫面。
- depiction:「描繪」,depict 的名詞
- attend to…:「專心處理…」
- prey:「獵物」,不可數
- depictions of…:同位語,說明 many of his works
- 106 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段Using empirical data from laboratory experiments as well as observations of a mid-sized Japanese bank in real life, researchers find that weather conditions indeed influence a worker's focus.研究人員運用實驗室實驗的實證數據,以及對一家日本中型銀行的真實觀察,發現天氣狀況確實會影響員工的專注。
- empirical data:「實證數據」
- A as well as B:「A 和 B」
- indeed:「確實」
- focus:這裡是名詞,「專注」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段But it was art that remained at the center of his life.但藝術一直是他生活的核心。
- it was art that…:強調句型,強調 art
- remain:「保持」
- at the center of…:「在…的中心」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇During World War II, he documented the everyday life of the Indian people.第二次世界大戰期間,他記錄了印度人民的日常生活。
- during World War II:「第二次世界大戰期間」
- document:這裡是動詞,「記錄」
- everyday life:「日常生活」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 6 段Cartier-Bresson’s approach to photography remained much the same throughout his life.Cartier-Bresson 對攝影的態度,一生大致沒變。
- approach to…:「對…的態度、做法」
- remain much the same:「大致維持不變」
- throughout his life:「一生」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 4 段He then wandered around the world with his camera, using a handheld camera to catch images from fleeting moments of everyday life.之後他帶著相機環遊世界,用手持相機捕捉日常生活中轉瞬即逝的畫面。
- wander:「漫遊」
- catch:這裡是「捕捉」
- 104 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段These movements, forming an exercise system, allow one to effortlessly experience the vital life force, or the Qi energy, in one's body.這些動作構成一套運動體系,讓人毫不費力地體驗身體裡重要的生命力,也就是氣。
- forming…:分詞片語,補充說明 movements
- effortlessly:「毫不費力地」,effort + less + ly
- life force:「生命力」
- Qi:「氣」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 5 段Cartier-Bresson’s subsequent work to document Gandhi’s death and its immediate impact on the country became one of Life Magazine’s most prized photo essays.Cartier-Bresson 後來記錄甘地之死及其對國家立即影響的作品,成為《生活》雜誌最受珍視的攝影專題之一。
- subsequent:「後來的」
- document:這裡是動詞,「記錄」
- immediate impact:「立即的影響」
- prized:「受珍視的」
- photo essay:「攝影專題」
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