學測考點
painting
「畫作」
- landscape paintings
- oil paintings
- vivid paintings
- vivid paintings of England
painting
動詞「畫、繪製」(began painting by age 15)
學測原句
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Moran began painting by age 15, inspired by the landscape paintings of the British master J.M.W. Turner.Moran 最遲在十五歲時就已開始作畫,受到英國大師 J.M.W. Turner 風景畫的啟發。
- by age 15:「到 15 歲時」
- inspired by…:「受…啟發」,inspire 是「啟發」
- landscape painting:「風景畫」
- 背景:J.M.W. Turner(1775–1851)是英國風景畫大師,以光影與氣氛的描繪聞名。
- 115 學測|篇章結構|第 1 段Paintings with white-toothed smiles emerged after the 1700s, with the gradual rise of a culture that valued perception and responsiveness.露出白牙微笑的畫作在 1700 年代之後才出現,當時一種重視感受與回應他人的文化逐漸興起。
- emerge:「出現」,字面是從水裡浮出來
- with the gradual rise of…:「隨著…逐漸興起」
- perception:「感受」
- responsiveness:「對別人有回應」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇Why Moran started painting Yellowstone.為什麼 Moran 開始畫黃石公園。
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇He achieved international fame with his vivid paintings of England.他以描繪英國的生動畫作贏得國際聲譽。
- achieve fame:「獲得名聲」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 7 段In 1968, he began to turn away from photography and returned to his passion for drawing and painting.1968 年,他開始遠離攝影,回到對繪畫的熱情。
- turn away from…:「轉離…」
- passion for…:「對…的熱情」
- drawing and painting:「素描與繪畫」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇Color photos were not common when Moran started painting Yellowstone.Moran 開始畫黃石時,彩色照片並不普遍。
- common:「普遍的」
- color photos:「彩色照片」
- were not common when…:「…的時候還不普遍」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇Moran had visited Yellowstone before he started painting its landscapes.Moran 在開始畫黃石的風景畫之前,就去過黃石。
- had visited:過去完成式,比 started 更早
- painting its landscapes:畫它的風景
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇Watercolor was the most popular form of landscape painting in the 19th century.水彩是十九世紀最受歡迎的風景畫形式。
- landscape painting:「風景畫」
- the most popular…:最高級
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Showing great talent in painting, Moran was soon hired as an illustrator at Scribner’s Monthly, and later appointed chief illustrator by age 34.Moran 展現出極高的繪畫天分,很快受雇為《Scribner’s Monthly》的插畫家,最遲在 34 歲時已獲任命為首席插畫家。
- showing…:分詞構句,表示原因
- talent:「天分」
- appoint:「任命」
- chief:「首席的」
- by age 34:「到 34 歲時」
- 背景:Scribner’s Monthly 是 19 世紀美國的圖文雜誌。
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段His vivid paintings brought the splendor of the extraordinary landscapes before the eyes of American people, thus setting the stage for the regions to be widely recognized and officially established as national parks.他生動的畫作,把這些非凡風景的壯麗帶到美國人眼前,因而為這些地區被廣泛認識、並正式設立為國家公園鋪好了路。
- extraordinary:「非凡的」,extra-(超出)+ ordinary(普通)
- bring A before the eyes of…:「把 A 呈現在…眼前」
- set the stage for…:「為…鋪路」,舞台搭好,事情才能上演
- recognize:「認可」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇His paintings constantly reflected his desire to escape from society.他的畫作不斷反映出他想逃離社會的渴望。
- reflect:「反映」
- desire to V:「…的渴望」
- escape from…:「逃離…」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇He is better known for his watercolors than his illustrations and oil paintings.比起插畫和油畫,他的水彩畫更為人知。
- be better known for A than B:「以 A 比以 B 更為人知」
- illustration:「插畫」
- oil painting:「油畫」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段A man of multiple talents, Homer excelled equally in the arts of illustration, oil painting, and watercolor.Homer 是多才多藝的人,在插畫、油畫與水彩三方面同樣出色。
- multiple:「多種的」
- talent:「才能」
- excel in…:「擅長…」
- equally:「同樣地」
- 106 學測|文意選填|第 2 段Onions are depicted in many paintings discovered inside pyramids and tombs that span the history of ancient Egypt.許多在金字塔與墓穴中發現的畫都描繪了洋蔥,這些畫橫跨古埃及歷史。
- depict:「描繪」
- tomb:「墓穴」,b 不發音
- discovered inside…:過去分詞,修飾 paintings
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段He then moved to New York City, where he worked as a freelance illustrator with Harper’s Weekly, a popular magazine of the time, and began painting.他接著搬到紐約市,在當時一份熱門雜誌《哈潑週刊》擔任自由插畫家,並開始繪畫。
- of the time:「當時的」
- popular:「熱門的」
- where he worked…and began painting:where 子句的兩個動詞用 and 連接
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