學測考點
get its name from…
「名稱來自…」(got its name from the pineapple farms)
make a name for oneself
「成名」(made a name for himself)
學測原句
- 115 學測|混合題|第 8 段This restaurant got its name from the pineapple farms that once populated the area.這家餐廳的名字來自這一帶曾經遍布的鳳梨田。
- get one's name from…:「名字來自…」
- populate:「遍布」,字根 popul- 是「人」(population 人口),本來是「住滿人」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段Skilled at drawing, he soon made a name for himself making illustrations for novels, sheet music, magazines, and children’s books.他擅長繪畫,很快就以替小說、樂譜、雜誌和童書畫插圖而成名。
- skilled at…:「擅長…」
- make a name for oneself:「成名」
- sheet music:「樂譜」
- 114 學測|文意選填|第 2 段The 10 bells vary in size, each bearing a name.這 10 口鐘大小不一,每口都有一個名字。
- vary in size:「大小不同」,vary 是 variety 的動詞
- bear:「帶有」,本義是「承載」,bear a name=帶著一個名字
- each bearing a name:補充說明「每口各有一個名字」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 1 篇It was given a French name because it was first produced in France.它有個法文名字,是因為它最早在法國生產。
- 112 學測|篇章結構|第 1 段Have you ever thought of “coloring” the names of the days of the week?你有沒有想過替一週七天的名稱「上色」?
- have you ever thought of…:「你有沒有想過…」,of 後面接 V-ing
- coloring:這裡當動詞,「上色」
- the days of the week:「一週的每一天」
- 109 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段The name comes from the sound the sandals make when they slap the walking feet.這個名稱來自涼鞋拍打走路的腳時發出的聲音。
- the sound the sandals make:省略關係代名詞
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 1 篇The White House has had several names.白宮曾經有過好幾個名字。
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 2 段The name most frequently associated with the paperclip invention is Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor.最常和迴紋針發明一起被提到的名字,是挪威發明家 Johan Vaaler。
- be associated with…:「與…有關聯」,這裡是「和…一起被提到」
- Norwegian:「挪威的」
- 115 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段The small portions were designed to merely "touch the heart," as the name literally means, and as such were first enjoyed as snacks.小份量的設計原本只是要「點到心頭」(這正是「點心」兩字的字面意思),所以一開始是當作小吃享用。
- portion:「一份的份量」
- be designed to V:「被設計來…」
- merely:「只是」,比 only 正式
- as the name literally means:「正如名字的字面意思」,literal「字面的」
- as such:「因此、作為這樣的食物」,承接前面說的小份量設計
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901.西奧多·羅斯福總統在 1901 年正式賦予白宮現在的名稱。
- give A B:「給 A 一個 B」,這裡是「賦予白宮現在的名稱」
- current:「目前的」
- 104 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段The most familiar aspect of Tai Chi Chuan is the hand form, which is a series of slow-flowing movements with poetic names like "dragons stirring up the wind" and "wave hands like clouds."太極拳最為人熟悉的部分是拳式,它是一連串緩慢流動的動作,名稱富有詩意,例如「龍攪風」和「雲手」。
- hand form:「拳式」
- a series of…:「一連串…」
- slow-flowing:「緩慢流動的」
- stir up:「攪動」
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