學測考點
population
「人口」(the world population continues to grow、the increasing population in Texas)
population
「(生物的)數量、族群」
- the pigeon population
- a population of yellow-bellied
- the declining populations
- greatly reduced in population
學測原句
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段As the world population continues to grow, shortages of fresh water will occur more often and the need for additional water supplies will become critical.隨著世界人口持續成長,淡水短缺會更常發生,對額外水源的需求也會變得迫切。
- as:這裡是「隨著」
- shortage:「短缺」,short 的名詞
- critical:這裡是「迫切的、關鍵的」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇The increasing population in Texas raised the risk of contracting the disease.德州人口增加提高了感染該疾病的風險。
- raise the risk of V-ing:「提高…的風險」
- contract the disease:「染上疾病」
- 115 學測|篇章結構|第 2 段People smile more when they are from countries that are high in individualism and low in population.來自個人主義強、人口少的國家的人,笑得比較多。
- be high in… / low in…:「…程度高 / 低」
- 112 學測|篇章結構|第 5 段Once thought to be extremely rare, synesthesia is now found to affect about one to four percent of the population.共感覺曾被認為極為罕見,現在發現約影響百分之一到四的人口。
- once thought to be…:過去分詞構句,「曾被認為是…」
- extremely rare:「極為罕見的」
- population:這裡是「人口、一般大眾」
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段These tropical glaciers serve as a major source of water supply to one-sixth of the world's population.這些熱帶冰河是全球六分之一人口主要的供水來源。
- serve as…:「作為…」
- major source of water supply:「主要的供水來源」
- one-sixth:「六分之一」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇To find out if sea snakes are greatly reduced in population.為了查明海蛇的數量是否大幅減少。
- find out:「查明」
- population:這裡是「(生物的)數量」
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段In the Indian state of Assam, growing numbers of tea farms are destroying the Asian elephant’s habitats and endangering their population.在印度 Assam 邦,越來越多茶園正在破壞亞洲象的棲地,危及牠們的族群。
- growing numbers of…:「越來越多的…」
- endanger:「使陷入危險」,en-(使)+ danger
- population:這裡是「族群數量」
- 背景:阿薩姆邦(Assam)位於印度東北部,是著名的茶產區。
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段The city council originally proposed reducing the pigeon population by gathering the birds and shooting them.市議會原本提議以捕捉鳥群再射殺的方式來減少鴿子數量。
- city council:「市議會」
- propose V-ing:「提議…」
- population:這裡是「數量」
- gather:「聚集」
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段In 2016, the city council decided to put its 85,000 pigeon population on a birth control pill to block the formation of eggs in birds.2016 年,市議會決定讓 8 萬 5 千隻鴿子服用避孕藥,阻止鳥類形成卵。
- put someone on a pill:「讓某人服用藥丸」
- block:「阻止」
- formation:「形成」,form 的名詞
- egg:「卵、蛋」
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段It was predicted that there would be a decrease of 20 percent in the pigeon population in the first year and between 70 and 80 percent in four or five years.預期鴿子數量第一年會減少 20%,四到五年內會減少 70% 到 80%。
- predict:「預測」
- there would be a decrease of 20 percent:「會減少 20%」
- between 70 and 80 percent:「70% 到 80% 之間」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇The increasing population in Saudi Arabia has resulted in shortages of fresh water.沙烏地阿拉伯人口增加,導致淡水短缺。
- result in…:「導致…」
- shortage:「短缺」
- fresh water:「淡水」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段The severity of tropical diseases is also a matter of whether governments are capable—and willing—to defend their populations against infections.熱帶疾病的嚴重程度,也取決於政府是否有能力、並且願意保護人民免於感染。
- severity:「嚴重程度」,severe 的名詞
- a matter of…:「…的問題」
- capable—and willing—to V:原句搭配不齊,標準用法是 be capable of V-ing 和 be willing to V
- defend A against B:「保護 A 免受 B」
- population:這裡指「人民」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 4 段At present, desalinating seawater is the only viable way to provide water to growing populations in rural areas of the Middle East and North Africa.目前,淡化海水是為中東與北非農村成長中人口供水唯一可行的方法。
- at present:「目前」
- provide water to…:「供水給…」
- growing populations:「成長中的人口」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇The sea snakes’ population distribution is closely related to rainfall.海蛇的族群分布與降雨密切相關。
- be closely related to…:「與…密切相關」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段Scientists believe that dehydration at sea may explain the declining populations of sea snakes in some parts of the world.科學家認為,海上脫水可能解釋了世界部分地區海蛇數量減少的現象。
- dehydration:「脫水」,dehydrate 的名詞
- declining:「減少中的」
- 105 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The results of this survey are not reliable because the people it questioned were not a typical or representative sample of the entire population that was studied.這份調查的結果不可靠,因為受訪者不是被研究的整體人口的典型或具代表性的樣本。
- question:這裡是動詞,「詢問」
- population:統計上指「母體」,也就是被研究的全體對象
- entire:「整體的」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段An international team of researchers focused on a population of yellow-bellied sea snakes living near Costa Rica, where rain often does not fall for up to seven months out of the year.國際研究團隊聚焦於哥斯大黎加附近的一群黃腹海蛇,當地一年常有長達七個月不下雨。
- focus on…:「聚焦於…」
- yellow-bellied:「黃腹的」
- where…:補充說明哥斯大黎加
- up to seven months out of the year:「一年中多達七個月」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段The report states that 40% of all children across the region are currently not receiving an education, which is a result of two consequences of violence: structural damage to schools and the displacement of populations, also called “forced migration.”報告指出,該地區所有兒童中有 40% 目前沒有接受教育,這是暴力的兩個後果造成的:學校結構受損,以及人口遭迫遷(也稱為「強迫遷移」)。
- state:這裡是動詞,「指出」
- receive an education:「接受教育」
- structural damage:「結構損壞」
- displacement:「迫遷」,displace 是「迫使離開」
- forced migration:「強迫遷移」
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