學測考點
living on…
「靠…維生」(living almost entirely on the meat, blood, and milk of their herds)
學測原句
- 111 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段The Maasai are a semi-nomadic group in Kenya and northern Tanzania, wandering in bands and living almost entirely on the meat, blood, and milk of their herds.馬賽人是肯亞和坦尚尼亞北部的半遊牧族群,成群漫遊,幾乎完全靠牲畜的肉、血和奶維生。
- semi-nomadic:「半遊牧的」,semi-(半)+ nomadic
- wander in bands:「成群漫遊」
- live on…:「靠…維生」
- herd:「牲畜群」
- almost entirely:「幾乎完全」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段The defenders, living in the castles, were familiar with the stair pattern and could retreat up them very swiftly; while the attackers were much more likely to stumble and fall, particularly in the dimly lit confines of the staircase.住在城堡裡的守軍熟悉階梯的規律,可以很快往上撤退;攻擊者則更容易絆倒跌落,尤其是在樓梯間光線昏暗的狹窄空間裡。
- defender:「守軍」,defend + -er
- swiftly:「迅速地」,比 quickly 書面
- dimly lit:「光線昏暗的」,lit 是 light 的過去分詞
- confines:「狹窄的空間」
- 114 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段With their plan disrupted by the rain, the two dozen participants squeezed into the living room.計畫被雨打亂,二十四位參與者擠進了客廳。
- with + 受詞 + 過去分詞:「在…被…的情況下」,with their plan disrupted=計畫被打亂
- disrupt:「打亂」,和 interrupt「打斷」意思相近
- two dozen:「兩打、24 個」
- squeeze:「擠」
- 113 學測|文意選填|第 3 段News about the phone gradually spread, and the booth has become a bridge between the living and the dead.關於這座電話的消息逐漸傳開,電話亭成了生者與死者之間的橋樑。
- the living and the dead:「生者與死者」,the + 形容詞表示一群人
- a bridge between A and B:「A 與 B 之間的橋樑」
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段In 1761, while living in England, Franklin heard a performer playing musical glasses.1761 年,富蘭克林住在英國時,聽到一位表演者在演奏音樂玻璃杯。
- while living in England:省略 he was
- musical glasses:「音樂玻璃杯」,用手指摩擦杯緣發出聲音的樂器
- 109 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇People living near the tracks complain about deer snorts.住在軌道附近的人抱怨鹿的鼻息聲。
- people living near the tracks:現在分詞,修飾 people
- complain about…:「抱怨…」
- snort:「噴鼻息聲」
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 3 段Another account claims that David Jung, a Chinese immigrant living in Los Angeles, created the fortune cookie in 1918.另一種說法聲稱,住在洛杉磯的華人移民 David Jung 在 1918 年創造了幸運籤餅。
- account:這裡是「說法、敘述」
- claim that…:「聲稱…」
- immigrant:「移民」,指進入一個國家的人
- 106 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段Unfortunately, shoes are not always readily available for people living in poverty, let alone shoes that are the right size.不幸的是,生活貧困的人不一定能輕易拿到鞋子,更別說尺寸合腳的鞋子。
- readily available:「容易取得的」,readily=「輕易地」
- let alone…:「更不用說…」,前面是否定的意思,所以後面的更難
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段An international team of researchers focused on a population of yellow-bellied sea snakes living near Costa Rica, where rain often does not fall for up to seven months out of the year.國際研究團隊聚焦於哥斯大黎加附近的一群黃腹海蛇,當地一年常有長達七個月不下雨。
- focus on…:「聚焦於…」
- yellow-bellied:「黃腹的」
- where…:補充說明哥斯大黎加
- up to seven months out of the year:「一年中多達七個月」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段In certain cases, communities have relied on school buildings to function as shelters for the displaced, with up to nine families living in a single classroom in former schools across Iraq.在某些情況下,社區依靠學校建築當作流離失所者的避難所,在伊拉克各地的前學校裡,一間教室多達九戶家庭同住。
- rely on…:「依靠…」
- function as…:「作為…」
- the displaced:「流離失所的人」
- up to…:「多達…」
- former:「以前的」
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