學測原句
- 115 學測|篇章結構|第 1 段In the West, for example, portraits of men and women before the 1700s typically depicted them with a serious, unsmiling expression.例如在西方,1700 年代以前的男女肖像畫,通常把他們畫成嚴肅、不帶笑容的表情。
- portrait:「肖像畫」
- depict:「描繪」
- the 1700s:「1700 年代」
- unsmiling:「不笑的」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段Dried fish heads and spines are exported to West Africa, where they are used as the base of a protein-rich soup.曬乾的魚頭和魚脊骨被出口到西非,在那裡當作富含蛋白質湯品的基底。
- spine:「脊椎骨」
- export:「出口」,ex-(出)+ port(運送)
- where…:指 West Africa
- base:「基底」
- 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
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇West Nile and methods to fight it.West Nile 和對抗它的方法。
- 104 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›To prevent the spread of the Ebola virus from West Africa to the rest of the world, many airports have begun Ebola screenings for passengers from the infected areas.為了防止伊波拉病毒從西非擴散到世界其他地方,許多機場已開始對來自疫區的旅客進行伊波拉篩檢。
- prevent the spread of…:「防止…擴散」
- 115 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段The history of dim sum stretches back to the early days of the Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes connecting the East and the West.點心的歷史可追溯到絲路初期;絲路是連接東西方的古老貿易路線網。
- stretch back to…:「追溯到…」,stretch 是「拉長」,歷史往回拉長到…;也可說 date back to
- , an ancient network of…:同位語,說明 the Silk Road 是什麼
- trade route:「貿易路線」
- 背景:絲路(the Silk Road)是古代連接中國與中亞、歐洲的貿易路線,因中國絲綢是主要商品而得名。
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇West Nile and governmental efficiency.West Nile 和政府的效率。
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇West Nile and its relation to tropical diseases.West Nile 和熱帶疾病的關係。
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(題目) 第 2 篇What did Dallas County do to fight off West Nile?達拉斯郡做了什麼來對抗 West Nile?
- fight off:「擊退、對抗」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇West Nile and the conditions its virus thrives in.West Nile 和它的病毒滋長的環境條件。
- thrive:「滋長、繁盛」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(題目) 第 2 篇Which of the following statements is true about West Nile?下列何者關於 West Nile 是正確的?
- 試題固定問法:選敘述正確的;true about…「關於…是正確的」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段That is what made the major outbreaks of West Nile in the U.S. in the summer of 2012 so scary.這就是讓 2012 年夏天美國 West Nile 病的大爆發如此可怕的原因。
- that is what made…:「這就是讓…的原因」,what 引導名詞子句
- so scary:make A + 形容詞,「使 A 變得…」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段The situation was particularly bad in Dallas, Texas, where the West Nile virus killed 10 people and sickened more than 200.德州達拉斯的情況特別糟,West Nile 病毒在那裡造成十人死亡、兩百多人生病。
- kill 10 people:「使十人死亡」
- sicken:「使生病」,sick + en
- where…:非限定用法,補充說明 Dallas
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段West Nile is a tropical disease that begins in birds, which pass it on to mosquitoes that then go on to infect human beings with a bite.West Nile 病是一種熱帶疾病,起源於鳥類,鳥再傳給蚊子,蚊子叮咬後再感染人類。
- pass it on to…:「把它傳給…」
- bite:這裡是名詞「叮咬」
- which pass it on to mosquitoes that then go on to infect…:which 指 birds,that 指 mosquitoes
- go on to V:「接著做…」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段Most people who contract West Nile do not experience any symptoms at all, but, if they do, symptoms typically develop between 3 to 14 days after a mosquito bite.大多數感染 West Nile 病的人完全沒有症狀,但若有症狀,通常在被蚊子叮咬後三到十四天出現。
- contract:這裡是「染上(疾病)」
- experience:這裡是動詞,「經歷」
- most people who contract…:most 後面不加 of,因為不是特指某群人
- develop:這裡是「出現(症狀)」;原句的 between 3 to 14 days 應為 between 3 and 14 days
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段Dallas County was not doing some of the key things to slow the spread of West Nile, such as testing dead birds and setting mosquito traps to test for the presence of the disease.達拉斯郡沒有做一些減緩 West Nile 病傳播的關鍵工作,例如檢驗死鳥,以及設置捕蚊器來檢測疾病的存在。
- slow the spread:「減緩傳播」
- key:這裡是「關鍵的」
- such as…:「例如…」
- set mosquito traps:「設置捕蚊器」
- presence:「存在」,present(在場的)的名詞
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