學測考點
the turn of the seasons
「季節的轉換」(the turn of the seasons)
學測原句
- 108 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段Some see it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons from winter to spring; others, however, believe that it stems from the adoption of a new calendar.有些人認為這是和季節從冬天轉到春天有關的慶祝活動;然而另一些人相信,它源自新曆法的採用。
- some…others…:「有些…另一些…」
- turn of the seasons:「季節的轉換」
- stem from…:「源自…」,stem 是「莖」,從莖長出來
- calendar:「曆法」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇If captured in the wet season, sea snakes drank a lot of fresh water.如果在雨季被捕獲,海蛇會喝很多淡水。
- if captured:省略 they were
- wet season:「雨季」
- a lot of…:「很多…」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段But during the dry season when there is no rain, snakes presumably have nothing to drink.但在沒下雨的乾季,蛇大概沒有東西可喝。
- dry season:「乾季」
- presumably:「大概」,presume 是「推測」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段Finally, as predicted, snakes captured during the dry season contained significantly less body water than those scooped up in the rainy season.最後,如預期的,乾季捕獲的蛇,身體水分明顯少於雨季撈到的蛇。
- as predicted:「如預期」
- capture:「捕獲」
- significantly:「明顯地」
- contain:「含有」
- scoop up:「撈起」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段They found that during the dry season about half of the snakes accepted fresh water offered to them, while nearly none did during the wet season.他們發現,在乾季,約有一半的蛇接受提供給牠們的淡水,而在雨季幾乎沒有蛇接受。
- accept:「接受」
- offered to them:過去分詞,修飾 fresh water
- while:這裡是「而」,表示對比
- nearly none:「幾乎沒有」
- wet season:「雨季」
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