學測考點
muscle
「肌肉」:中間的 c 不發音(caused by shortened facial muscles)
學測原句
- 109 學測|文意選填|第 2 段Though often associated with beauty, most dimples are actually a genetic flaw caused by shortened facial muscles.雖然常讓人聯想到美麗,大多數酒窩其實是由臉部肌肉縮短造成的遺傳缺陷。
- though often associated with…:省略 they are
- genetic flaw:「遺傳缺陷」
- shortened facial muscles:「縮短的臉部肌肉」
- 113 學測|篇章結構|第 2 段When people have sprained a muscle or tendon, they are usually advised not to go right back to exercising until the pain goes away.人們拉傷肌肉或肌腱時,通常會被建議不要馬上回去運動,要等疼痛消失。
- sprain:「扭傷」
- be advised not to V:「被建議不要…」
- go back to V-ing:「回去做…」,to 是介系詞
- go away:「消失」
- 110 學測|文意選填|第 2 段In fact, if it is, it may point to an injury or muscle strain.事實上,如果會痛,可能表示有受傷或肌肉拉傷。
- point to…:「指向…、表示…」
- muscle strain:「肌肉拉傷」
- if it is:if it is painful 的省略
- 113 學測|篇章結構|第 3 段Their consensus, however, is that unless the injury involves something as serious as a broken bone or a ripped muscle, moderate exercise can actually speed healing.不過他們的共識是:除非傷勢嚴重到像骨折或肌肉撕裂,否則適度運動其實能加速癒合。
- consensus:「共識」,大家意見一致
- involve:「牽涉到」
- ripped:「撕裂的」,rip 是「撕」
- speed:這裡當動詞,「加速」
- 110 學測|文意選填|第 2 段According to fitness trainers, physically demanding exercises may make you breathe heavily and your muscles may ache temporarily, but exercise should not be painful.健身教練指出,耗費體力的運動可能讓你大口喘氣、肌肉暫時痠痛,但運動不應造成疼痛。
- physically demanding:「體力要求高的」
- breathe heavily:「大口喘氣」
- ache:「痠痛」
- painful:這裡是「造成疼痛的」
- 109 學測|文意選填|第 2 段When a person smiles, the shorter-than-normal muscle pulls up the facial skin, which in turn creates a small indentation—or dimple—in the skin.人微笑時,比正常短的肌肉會把臉部皮膚往上拉,進而在皮膚上形成小凹陷,也就是酒窩。
- shorter-than-normal:「比正常短的」
- pull up:「往上拉」
- in turn:「進而」
- indentation—or dimple:or 在這裡是「也就是」
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