學測考點
tried to do something
「試著、設法…」(tried to trace her ancestors)
tried
「試吃」
- haven't tried them
- finally tried one last week
- tried all kinds of vegan burgers
tried out
「試驗」(tried out things)
學測原句
- 112 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›In order to draw her family tree, Mary tried to trace her ancestors back to their arrival in North America.為了畫出自己的家族樹,Mary 試著把她的祖先追溯到他們抵達北美的時候。
- family tree:「族譜」,家族像樹一樣分枝
- trace A back to B:「把 A 追溯到 B」
- arrival:「抵達」,arrive 的名詞
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 2 段These people were not trained to perform stunts, so they often tried out things for the first time during the actual shooting.這些人沒受過特技訓練,所以常在實際拍攝時第一次嘗試。
- be trained to V:「受訓去…」
- try out:「試驗」
- actual shooting:「實際拍攝」
- for the first time:「第一次」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段He first tried cotton, but it proved too soft and could not withstand repeated openings and closures.他先試了棉布,但事實證明它太軟,經不起反覆開合。
- prove + 形容詞:「證明是…」,prove too soft 是「結果發現太軟」
- withstand:「經得起」,stand 是「站」,站著頂住壓力
- repeated:「反覆的」
- closure:「閉合」,close 的名詞
- 112 學測|混合題|第 1 段I haven’t tried them.我沒吃過。
- try:這裡是「試吃」
- haven't tried:現在完成式否定,「到目前為止沒試過」
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Sullivan, while surveying a campground, felt that a cloud was coming after him, and tried all he could to run—but it got him anyway.Sullivan 在勘查露營地時,覺得有一朵雲正追著他來,他盡全力奔跑,但還是被擊中。
- survey:這裡是動詞,「勘查」
- come after:「追趕」
- try all he could to V:「盡全力…」
- got him anyway:「還是擊中了他」,get 在這裡是「擊中」
- 112 學測|混合題|第 2 段I finally tried one last week.我上週終於試吃了一個。
- try:這裡是「試吃」
- 112 學測|混合題|第 4 段I’ve tried all kinds of vegan “burgers,” and GreenBurgers are closer to what I’m looking for.我試過各式各樣的純素「漢堡」,GreenBurger 更接近我想要的。
- all kinds of…:「各式各樣的…」
- vegan "burgers":引號表示這些不是真的肉漢堡
- closer to what I'm looking for:「更接近我在找的」
- 112 學測|混合題|第 1 段I tried one when I was a prep cook for Next Level Burgers…tasted awful, just like mashed peas gone to rot.我在 Next Level Burgers 當備料廚師時吃過一個……味道糟透了,就像腐爛的豌豆泥。
- prep cook:「備料廚師」,prep 是 preparation 的縮寫
- taste awful:「味道糟透了」
- mashed peas:「豌豆泥」
- gone to rot:「腐爛了」,過去分詞修飾 peas
- 背景:Next Level Burgers 是這位網友工作過的漢堡店名稱。
- 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」
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