學測考點
space
可數「空間」
- dark space
- small spaces
- private space
space
不可數「太空」
- outer space
- space travel
- space motion sickness
學測原句
- 115 學測|文意選填|第 5 段A dark space with little distraction is ideal for napping.昏暗、沒什麼干擾的空間最適合小睡。
- little distraction:「幾乎沒有干擾」,little 是「幾乎沒有」(a little 才是「一些」)
- distraction:「讓人分心的事」
- be ideal for…:「最適合…」
- 114 學測|混合題|第 6 段My childhood memory of a polar bear pacing back and forth in a very small space in a zoo keeps haunting me.我童年時看到動物園裡的北極熊在狹小空間裡來回踱步,那段記憶一直縈繞在我心頭。
- pace:「踱步」
- back and forth:「來回地」
- polar bear:「北極熊」,polar 是「極地的」
- haunt:「縈繞不去」,haunted house 是鬧鬼的房子,鬼魂纏著人,記憶也像鬼一樣纏著你
- keep + V-ing:「一直…」
- 113 學測|文意選填|第 2 段Feeling that he needed a private space to help him navigate through the sorrow, Sasaki positioned a booth where he could "speak" to the dead relative.Sasaki 覺得自己需要一個私密的空間,幫助他走過悲傷,於是設置了一座電話亭,讓他能和過世的親人「說話」。
- feeling that…:分詞構句,表示原因
- navigate through…:「摸索著度過」,navigate 本義是「航行」,在悲傷裡找路走出來
- position:這裡當動詞,「安置」
- where he could…:where 指 booth
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Moreover, the effect is often accompanied by space motion sickness, headaches, and nausea.此外,這種效應常伴隨太空暈動症、頭痛和噁心。
- be accompanied by…:「伴隨…」
- motion sickness:「暈動症」,暈車暈船那一類
- 107 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Peter likes books with wide margins, which provide him with enough space to write notes.Peter 喜歡頁邊空白很寬的書,這樣他有足夠的空間寫筆記。
- which provide him with…:「提供他…」,provide A with B
- 114 學測|篇章結構|第 4 段And, if you're worried about feeling claustrophobic in small spaces, you'd better think twice before making a reservation.而且,如果你擔心在狹小空間裡會有幽閉恐懼,訂房前最好三思。
- claustrophobic:「幽閉恐懼的」,名詞是 claustrophobia「幽閉恐懼症」;-phobic 結尾就是「怕…的」
- had better V:「最好…」
- think twice:「三思」
- make a reservation:「訂位 / 訂房」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 4 段In the early 1960s, the product received a huge boost in popularity when NASA began using it in a lot of equipment that went into space along with astronauts.1960 年代初,NASA 開始把它用在許多隨太空人上太空的設備上,這項產品的人氣因此大幅提升。
- boost:「推升」,a huge boost in popularity 是「人氣大增」
- go into space:「進入太空」
- along with…:「與…一起」
- 背景:NASA 是美國國家航空暨太空總署。
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段Other scientists suggest that plants, like animals, compete for resources—nutrients, water, space, and light.其他科學家則認為,植物和動物一樣,會競爭資源,也就是養分、水、空間與光線。
- suggest that…:「提出…看法」
- compete for…:「爭奪…」,competition 是名詞
- resources—nutrients, water, space, and light:破折號後面的列舉說明爭奪哪些資源
- nutrient:「養分」,nutrition 是「營養」
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段However, with the absence of gravity in the outer space, our body fluids redistribute, shifting toward the upper body and the head.然而,在外太空沒有重力的情況下,體液會重新分布,往上半身和頭部移動。
- absence:「缺少」,absent 是「缺席的」
- outer space:「外太空」
- redistribute:「重新分布」,re-(再)+ distribute(分配)
- shifting toward…:分詞構句,「往…移動」
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Our bodies have evolved to exist within Earth's gravity (1 g), not in the weightlessness of space (0 g) or the microgravity of Mars (0.3 g).我們的身體已演化成適應地球的重力(1 g),而不是太空的無重力(0 g)或火星的微重力(0.3 g)。
- evolve:「演化」
- exist within…:「在…之中生存」
- not in…:「而不是在…」
- weightlessness:「無重力狀態」,weight + less + ness
- microgravity:「微重力」,micro-(微小)+ gravity
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段In order to protect their branches from breakage, trees maintain "shyness gaps"—spaces large enough to prevent them from touching their neighbors.為了保護樹枝不折斷,樹木會維持「羞避縫隙」,也就是大到足以避免碰到鄰樹的空間。
- in order to V:「為了…」
- breakage:「折斷」,break + age
- "shyness gaps" 後面的破折號是同位語,解釋前面的詞
- prevent A from V-ing:「避免 A 做…」,A 指 them
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段In the earlier days of space travel, scientists tried to overcome the force of gravity so that a rocket could shoot free of Earth's pull in order to land humans on the moon.在太空旅行的早期,科學家試圖克服重力,讓火箭能脫離地球的拉力,好把人類送上月球。
- the force of gravity:「重力」
- shoot free of…:「衝出…而脫離」,shoot 本義是「射」
- pull:這裡是名詞,「拉力」
- so that…:「以便…」
- in order to land humans on the moon:land 當動詞是「使登陸」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段According to studies, some lullabies provide advice, like the Babylonian lullaby, and quite a few others offer the space to sing the unsung, say the unsayable.研究指出,有些搖籃曲像巴比倫那首一樣提供忠告,也有不少讓人得以唱出平時未唱、說出難以啟齒的心事。
- according to studies:「根據研究」
- quite a few:「相當多」,不是「很少」
- offer the space to sing the unsung, say the unsayable:the unsung=「沒被唱過的」,the unsayable=「說不出口的」,the + 形容詞 代表一類事物
- advice:「建議」,不可數
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