一、 題目
A:Are you (1)有空的?
B:(2)你打算做什麼呢?
A:(3)我想要 buy some clothes. Can you
(4)一起來?
B:Sure, I would like to buy some (5)文具
, too.
A:Great! Let’s go now.
B:My son needs a (6)放大鏡, a (7)顯微鏡
and a (8)望遠鏡.
A:(9)你這一說,我倒想起來了, my
daughter needs a (10)羅盤, a (11)粗字的
pen, a (12)細字的 pen and a (13)手提電
腦.
B:I got a (14)預感 that my daughter will
need a laptop soon.
A:Children are real (15)負債(n.).
B:Yes, they are. But they are our (16)責
任 which we can’t (17)逃避(責任).
A:I wish to be rich, so I can buy
everything!
B:I (18)欣賞、佩服 Rockefeller who
(19)奉獻(提示:因為他已過世,和「現
在」無關,所以用純粹的過去式)
more than 75% of his (20)資產 to
(21)窮苦之人(提示:the+形容詞=集體
多數) and to (22)教育.
A:Yes! His (23)一句話, 〞It’s a
(24)羞愧 to die rich!〞 also influenced
(25)比爾蓋茲, who (26)已經貢獻(提示
:從過去到現在,所以用「現在完成式
」) more than (27)三分之一 of his
(28)財富(金錢).
B:Their (29)生命 (30)發光發熱!
二、 答案
(1)available (2)What are you up to (3)I
would like to (4)come along (5)stationery
(註:stationary:靜止的,例如室內腳踏車
:stationary bike) (6)magnifying glass
(7)microscope (8)telescope(註:雙眼的望遠
鏡則是binoculars) (9)That reminds me
(10)compass (11)bold (12)fine (13)laptop
(14)premonition (15)liabilities
(16)responsibilities (17)shirk(片語:shirk
responsibility逃避責任,assume responsibility
則是「承擔責任」) (18)admire
(19)contributed (20)assets (21)the poor
(22)education (23)phrase (24)shame (25)Bill
Gates (26)has contributed (27)one-third
(28)wealth (29)lives (30)glow
三、 中文(請將以下口譯為英文3-4遍)
A:你有空嗎?
B:幹嘛?
A:我想買幾件衣服,要不要一起去?
B:好啊,我也想買些衣服。
A:太好了,一起走吧!
B:我兒子要一個放大鏡、顯微鏡,還有望
遠鏡。
A:對了,我想起來了,我女兒要買一個羅
盤、一枝粗筆、一枝細字筆,還有一個
手提電腦。
B:我有預感,我女兒很快也要買手提電腦
了。
A:孩子真是討債鬼。
B:是啊,不過他們也是我們應該承擔的責
任。
A:我真想發財,這樣就可以買好多東西了
!
B:但是我很尊崇洛克菲洛,因為他把他全
部資產的75%以上,都捐出去幫助窮人和
作為教育之用!
A:是的,他說的一句話:「擁鉅富而終是
恥辱。」影響了比爾蓋茲,所以比爾蓋
茲已經捐了全部財產的三分之ㄧ了!
B:這樣的生命才真的發光發熱!