學測考點
Never + 祈使句
「絕不要…」(Never wait until)
學測原句
- 112 學測|文意選填|第 3 段The secret is: Never wait until the body is telling you you're thirsty, since there must already have been significant changes in your body for it to eventually alert your consciousness.祕訣是:絕不要等到身體告訴你口渴了才喝,因為身體一定已經出現明顯變化,才會最後警示你的意識。
- never wait until…:「絕不等到…」
- significant:「明顯的」
- there must already have been…:must have + 過去分詞,「一定已經有…」
- alert:這裡當動詞,「警示」
- 113 學測|文意選填|第 1 段People come to speak to those they have lost, to say the words they never got to say on that fateful day.人們前來對失去的親人說話,說出那天他們來不及說的話。
- those they have lost:「他們失去的人」
- get to V:「有機會做…」,never got to say 是一直沒機會說
- fateful:「決定命運的」,fate 是「命運」
- 108 學測|文意選填|第 2 段They also believed the secrets in their families would never be revealed.他們也相信自己家裡的祕密永遠不會被洩漏。
- reveal:「洩漏」
- would never be revealed:過去式的未來,「永遠不會被洩漏」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived in it.雖然華盛頓總統監督了這棟房子的興建,但他從未住過。
- oversee:「監督」,over(在上)+ see(看);oversaw 是過去式
- never lived in it:it 指 the house
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 5 段Dognition helps people understand their dogs in ways that they have never been able to do.Dognition 幫助人們用前所未有的方式了解自己的狗。
- in ways that they have never been able to do:ways 後面接 that 子句,「以他們從未能做到的方式」
- 105 學測|文意選填|第 2 段Though he never went to college, he can talk about plants and trees like an expert.雖然他從沒上過大學,卻能像專家一樣談論植物與樹木。
- like an expert:「像專家一樣」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇He never waited for a decisive moment to shoot photos.他從不等待決定性的瞬間才按快門。
- decisive moment:「決定性瞬間」
- shoot photos:「拍照」,shoot 在這裡是「拍攝」
- 108 學測|文意選填|第 2 段But there is one thing he would never forget: showing up for dinner on time.但有一件事他永遠不會忘:準時出席晚餐。
- show up:「出現」
- on time:「準時」;冒號後面說明是哪一件事
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段Once the pests detect the chemical fog in the room, they’ll hide themselves in walls or other hideaways, where you’ll never be able to treat them effectively.一旦害蟲察覺到房間裡的化學煙霧,就會躲進牆壁或其他藏身處,在那裡你永遠無法有效處理牠們。
- chemical fog:「化學煙霧」
- hideaway:「藏身處」
- where 指 walls or other hideaways
- treat:這裡是「處理、施藥」
- 107 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Few people will trust you if you continue making hollow promises and never make efforts to keep them.如果你一直做空洞的承諾,又從不努力兌現,很少人會相信你。
- few people will…:few 是「幾乎沒有」,否定意味
- make efforts to V:「努力去做…」
- keep a promise:「遵守承諾」
- 107 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段All the obstacles of reality can be set aside and you are able to accomplish tasks that you could never manage in waking reality.現實中的所有障礙都可以擱置一旁,你能完成在清醒現實中永遠無法做到的任務。
- set aside:「擱置」
- could never manage:這裡 manage 是「設法做到」
- waking reality:「清醒時的現實」
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 3 段After the war, a giant paperclip statue was erected in Oslo to honor Vaaler—even though his design was never actually manufactured.戰後,奧斯陸豎立了一座巨大的迴紋針雕像來紀念 Vaaler,雖然他的設計從未真正被製造。
- statue:「雕像」,tue 讀 chu
- erect:「豎立」
- honor:「紀念、向…致敬」
- even though:「雖然」
- manufacture:「製造」
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