這些你熟悉的英文單詞 還有很多別的意思

經常有很多“烤鴨”們在做雅思閱讀題時抱怨:為什麼題目和原文所有的詞我都認識,就是讀不明白什麼意思?

原以為只要殺下心來背了單詞,閱讀就不成問題,卻還是在看到題目後一頭霧水。

殊不知,在閱讀詞彙中,有許多看起來非常“歲月靜好”的小詞。你信心滿滿以為非常瞭解它的釋義,甚至不屑一顧。但就是這樣的純良無害,卻在不經意間扭轉了整個句子的意思,溫柔地給你致命一擊。

英語詞彙裡雖然有非常多的“一詞多義”,但有些詞彙,只要稍加聯想,再配合上下文,就能“猜”準意思。像是lesson,大家都知道名詞是課程,用作動詞作“教訓”,也就是——給你上一課,很好聯想。

knowledge名詞是知識,動詞用作“理解、知道”,也算貼切。但是有些詞彙的不同意思,真是看過之後讓你有種完全“八杆子打不著”的感覺,而且極具迷惑性,讓人防不勝防。像這樣的“白蓮花”,詞彙界也是一抓一把。現在就跟著北京環球教育尹星鈺老師,在閱讀考點裡,好好撕開這些熟詞的真、面、目!

這些你熟悉的英文單詞 還有很多別的意思

1.as

首推as,是因為它表面看來實在“太簡單”,但很多同學都會忽略as居然還有because“因為”的意思。

真題題目:Although English was then overtaken by German,it developed again in the 19th century as a direct result of the ______.

真題原文:However, in the 19th century scientific English again enjoyed substantial lexical growth as the industrial revolution created the need for new technical vocabulary.(C5T2P3)

這題中,as 就並不是“像,或作為”而是與as a result of 同義,用作“因為”。

as a result of -----------as

除此之外,as還常考“雖然”的意思

e.g. Tired as they were, they walked on. 這裡如果翻譯成“正如他們這麼累”那意思就很瞎了。

2.demanding

demand認識,是要求、需求。demanding呢,有要求的,需求的。

那看下這道判斷題,T/F/NG

題目:A is more demanding than B.

原文:A is more difficult than B.

答案居然是T!沒想到吧。demanding就是difficult,嚴苛的。

真題原文:Making a rapid emotional assessment of the events of the moment is an extremely demanding job for the brain,

配對選項為One of the brain's most difficult tasks is to respond instantly to whatever is happening.

difficult tasks ---------------demanding job (C5T2P2)

再有,

題目:Prior to the suggestopedia class, students are made aware that the language experience will be demanding.

原文:Through meeting with the staff and satisfied students they develop the expectation that learning will be easy and pleasant. (C7T1P3)

所以瞭解demanding(difficult)就是對應easy的話,很快選F。

3.注意still 是有“靜止”的意思。

所以真題裡Pictures were still, only reality moved。詞彙不行,句子來補。後半部move對應still。(C6T3P1)

4.subject

常以“科目”示人,有些基礎不錯的同學,還知道它有“主題”“主語”的意思。但是,在雅思閱讀裡,subject最常見的意思是people!

真題原文:The noise was quite disruptive at first, but after about four minutes the subjects were doing just as well on their tasks as control subjects who were not exposed to noise. (C7T4P3)

因為雅思閱讀裡,經常會有講實驗文章。在其中subject指“實驗對象”。所以今後再看到做實驗類的文章,直接把subject看作people就好了。

5.term

學生黨看到一定很親切:“學期”肯定不會錯。殊不知term在雅思學術文章裡,最常見的是“專業詞彙”。

真題:the term used to describe hidden costs.

6.refer to as

除了term有專業詞彙的意思,refer to as 也表示“…的專業術語是…”。

這裡要注意區別 refer to “參考,查閱,涉及”和refer to as… “…稱作”,而且後者往往後面常接專業術語名詞。

e.g.1 真題原文:That is mainly because the costs of all this damage are what economists refer to as "externalities"。

e.g.2 真題題目:Plants which do not respond to light levels are referred to as_______.

真題原文:Plants which flower after a period of vegetative growth, regardless of photoperiod, are known as day-neutral plants. (C5T4P3)

refer to as ------------are known as

7.appreciate

“感謝+欣賞”該夠了吧,什麼?還有“理解”?!

e.g.1 真題原文:If you visit the Canadian Arctic, you immediately appreciate the problems faced by people for whom this is home. (C6T2P3)

e.g.2 But now she appreciates she had the chance to be bilingual.

這兩處就都是understand,comprehend “理解,領會”的意思。

以上這些熟詞看起來很簡單,它內裡邊邊角角的意思經常被忽略,卻常作為雅思閱讀的詞彙考點。在閱讀內容認為沒有生詞的情況下,許多“烤鴨”們還是讀不懂什麼意思,甚至完全搞錯,給定位和理解都造成很大困難。今天帶大家查缺補漏,掃清知識盲點,希望在今後的學習中,多多注意熟詞生義的積累。


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