學測考點
point out…
「指出…」(psychologists now point out、point out that as trees often grow close together)
point to…
「指向、表示…」(point to shorter naps、may point to an injury)
at that point
「到那時」(at that point)
see the point
「看出意義」(see the point)
學測原句
- 115 學測|篇章結構|第 2 段As many psychologists now point out, this simple gesture is in fact far more complicated than it may appear.正如許多心理學家現在所指出的,這個簡單的動作其實比表面上看起來複雜得多。
- point out:「指出」
- far more… than…:far 用來加強比較
- appear:「看起來」,這裡不是「出現」
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段Some researchers point out that as trees often grow close together, treetops can easily collide and break when swayed by the wind.有些研究者指出,樹木常常長得很近,樹梢被風吹動時,很容易互相碰撞而折斷。
- point out:「指出」
- close together:「靠得很近」
- treetop:「樹梢」,tree + top
- collide:「碰撞」
- sway:「搖擺」
- swayed by the wind:「被風吹得搖擺」,省略 when they are
- 115 學測|文意選填|第 4 段Some studies recommend napping for 20 to 40 minutes, while others point to shorter naps, such as 15 to 20 minutes.有些研究建議小睡 20 到 40 分鐘,另一些則主張更短的小睡,例如 15 到 20 分鐘。
- some…, while others…:「有些…,另有些…」
- recommend + V-ing:「建議做…」
- point to:「指向」,這裡是「主張」
- 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
- 112 學測|文意選填|第 3 段At that point, it might be well past the best moment to take in fluid.到那個時候,可能已經遠遠超過補充水分的最佳時機了。
- at that point:「到那時」
- well past…:「遠遠超過…」,well 加強語氣
- take in:「攝取」
- fluid:「水分 / 液體」
- 112 學測|混合題|第 1 段I just don’t see the point.我就是看不出有什麼意義。
- see the point:「看出意義、看出重點」
- I just don't see the point:「我就是不懂這有什麼意義」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段In the oldest surviving maps, south is at the top, and north points down.在現存最古老的地圖裡,南方在上面,北方朝下。
- surviving:「留存下來的」
- point down:「朝下」
- 113 學測|混合題|第 3 段However, since these trails can easily be broken by wind or rain, the ants have to find new paths to get around the broken points and reestablish the network.然而,由於這些路徑很容易被風雨破壞,螞蟻必須找出新的路徑繞過斷點,重建網絡。
- get around…:「繞過…」
- broken points:「斷點」
- reestablish:「重建」,re-(再)+ establish
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段With the crisis now in its fifth year, basic public services, including education, inside Syria have been stretched to breaking point.隨著危機進入第五年,敘利亞境內包括教育在內的基本公共服務,已被拉到瀕臨崩潰的地步。
- with the crisis now in its fifth year:with + 受詞 + 補語,表示伴隨狀況
- public services:「公共服務」
- be stretched to breaking point:像被拉到快斷掉,比喻「負荷到極限」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇To point out the challenges of the modern lifestyle.為了指出現代生活方式的挑戰。
- point out:「指出」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段In many old castles in Europe, visitors often find a fantastic spiral staircase, which provides a captivating focal point as it winds up the building.在歐洲許多古堡裡,遊客常會看到一座漂亮的螺旋梯,它盤旋而上,成為吸引目光的視覺焦點。
- spiral staircase:「螺旋梯」
- focal point:「焦點」,focus 的形容詞是 focal
- captivating:「迷人的」,captive 是「被俘虜的」,captivate 就是把人的注意力「抓住」
- wind:這裡念 /waɪnd/,是「蜿蜒」(也有「纏繞」的意思),過去式 wound,不是名詞「風」
- 112 學測|篇章結構|第 5 段Researchers further point out that in most people synesthesia is active only during the first months of their infancy, while this ability remains forever in certain individuals.研究者進一步指出,大多數人的共感覺只在嬰兒期最初幾個月有作用,但某些人終身保有這種能力。
- infancy:「嬰兒期」,infant 是「嬰兒」
- active:「有作用的」
- while:這裡表對比,「然而」
- certain individuals:「某些人」
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段On the whole, documents were not required for travel to seaports, which were considered open trading points, but documents were required to travel inland from seaports.整體而言,前往海港不需要文件,海港被視為開放的貿易據點,但從海港往內陸旅行就需要文件。
- on the whole:「整體而言」
- trading point:「貿易據點」
- inland:「往內陸」
- were considered…:「被視為…」
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