學測考點
shame pole
「恥辱柱」(the shame pole、shame poles)
學測原句
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段While many of these poles can still be found in various locations on the west coast of North America, there is one pole that can now only be found in a museum—the shame pole.雖然這些柱子有許多仍可在北美西岸各地看到,有一種柱子現在只能在博物館看到,那就是羞辱柱。
- various locations:「各個地點」
- the west coast:「西岸」
- there is one pole that…:「有一種柱子…」,shame pole 是同位語
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段Traditionally, shame poles were carved for a chief to embarrass and ridicule another who had done something wrong.傳統上,羞辱柱是酋長為了讓做錯事的另一個人難堪、嘲笑他而雕刻的。
- embarrass:「使難堪」
- another:這裡指另一位酋長
- had done something wrong:過去完成式,在雕刻之前做的錯事
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