學測考點
no matter what / how…
「不管…」(no matter what I did、no matter how busy you are)
in a matter of…
「在…的時間內」(in a matter of weeks)
a matter of…
「…的問題」(a matter of whether governments are capable)
學測原句
- 113 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The roasting heat and high humidity made me feel hot and sticky, no matter what I did to cool off.酷熱的高溫加上高濕度,讓我不管怎麼降溫都覺得又熱又黏。
- roasting heat:「酷熱」,roast 是「烤」,熱得像被烤
- sticky:「黏的」,stick 是「黏」
- no matter what…:「不管…」
- cool off:「降溫」
- 110 學測|文意選填|第 3 段So, no matter how busy you are, try to make time for exercise every day, like a 15-minute walk with your dog.所以,不管你多忙,都要試著每天抽出時間運動,像是和你的狗散步 15 分鐘。
- no matter how busy you are:「不管你多忙」
- make time for…:「抽出時間做…」
- a 15-minute walk:「15 分鐘的散步」,15-minute 當形容詞時 minute 不加 s
- 111 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段When part of their heart is removed, they can grow it back in a matter of weeks.心臟的一部分被切除時,牠們幾週內就能長回來。
- remove:「移除」
- grow back:「長回來」
- in a matter of weeks:「在幾週內」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段The severity of tropical diseases is also a matter of whether governments are capable—and willing—to defend their populations against infections.熱帶疾病的嚴重程度,也取決於政府是否有能力、並且願意保護人民免於感染。
- severity:「嚴重程度」,severe 的名詞
- a matter of…:「…的問題」
- capable—and willing—to V:原句搭配不齊,標準用法是 be capable of V-ing 和 be willing to V
- defend A against B:「保護 A 免受 B」
- population:這裡指「人民」
- 108 學測|文意選填|第 2 段Because of his poor memory, he had the privilege of hearing everyone's private matters.因為記憶不好,他有幸聽到每個人的私事。
- private matters:「私事」
- because of…:「因為…」
- 107 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段Matter of Trust is helping organize the collection of this unneeded hair and fur through thousands of salons, pet groomers, and ranchers.Matter of Trust 正透過數千家美髮沙龍、寵物美容師與牧場主人,協助統籌收集這些廢棄毛髮。
- organize the collection:「組織蒐集」
- salon:「美髮沙龍」
- pet groomer:「寵物美容師」
- rancher:「牧場主人」,ranch 是「牧場」
- help organize:help 後面可省略 to
- 107 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Since its founding in 1998, Matter of Trust has collected donations of human hair and animal fur to clean up after the thousands of oil spills that happen each year.自 1998 年成立以來,Matter of Trust 蒐集捐贈的人類頭髮與動物毛髮,用來清理每年數千起漏油事件。
- since its founding in 1998:「自 1998 年成立以來」,founding 是 found(創立)的名詞;後面用現在完成式 has collected
- fur:這裡是動物的「毛」,不是「毛皮」
- clean up:「清理」
- 107 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Matter of Trust, a nonprofit organization, has an innovative solution for removing the large-scale oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, using the ultimate renewable resource: human hair, of which there is an unlimited supply.非營利組織 Matter of Trust 想出一個創新的方法來清除 2010 年墨西哥灣的大規模漏油,使用的是終極的再生資源:人類的頭髮,而且頭髮的供應是無限的。
- nonprofit organization:「非營利組織」
- large-scale oil spill:「大規模漏油」,spill 是「溢出」
- renewable resource:「再生資源」
- of which there is an unlimited supply:of which 指 human hair,「頭髮的供應是無限的」
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