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【題組】
As my friend was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset, he saw another man in the distance. As he went nearer, he noticed that the local native kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he kept throwing things out into the ocean.
As my friend approached closer, he noticed that the man was picking up starfish that had been washed up on the beach and, one at a time, he was throwing them back into the water.
My friend was puzzled. He approached the man and said, “Good evening, friend. I was wondering what you are doing.” “I’m throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it’s low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don’t throw them back into the sea, they’ll die soon.”
“I understand,” my friend replied, “but there must be thousands of starfish on this beach. You can’t possibly get to all of them. There are too many. And don’t you realize this is happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can’t you see that you can’t possibly make a difference?”
The local native smiled, bent down and picked up yet another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied, “Made a difference to that one!” 【題組】50.What is the author’s intended message?
(A) Do not try to please everyone.
(B) Do not dream impossible dreams.
(C) Do not make any effort to change the beautiful world.
(D) Do not give up doing a good deed, no matter how small it is.
intended 想要;打算[+to-v][+v-ing][+(that)][O2];打算使……(成為);(為……而)準備[H][(+for/as)][O2] message 口信,信息;消息,音信,電文,通訊[+to-v][+that][(+for)];差使[(+for)] deed 行為,行動;功業;功績 please 令人高興,討人喜歡;討好;願意;喜歡[Q] ================== 50.【題組】50.What is the author’s intended message? (A) Do not try to please everyone. (B) Do not dream impossible dreams. (C) Do not make any effort to change the beautiful world. (D) Do not give up doing a good deed, no matter how small it is. 答案:D 50.【題組】50.作者想要傳達的信息是什麼? (A)不要試圖取悅所有人。 (B)不要...
intended 想要;打算[+to-v][+v-ing][+(that)][O2];打算使……(成為);(為……而)準備[H][(+for/as)][O2] message 口信,信息;消息,音信,電文,通訊[+to-v][+that][(+for)];差使[(+for)] deed 行為,行動;功業;功績 please 令人高興,討人喜歡;討好;願意;喜歡[Q] ================== 50.【題組】50.What is the author’s intended message? (A) Do not try to please everyone. (B) Do not dream impossible dreams. (C) Do not make any effort to change the beautiful world. (D) Do not give up doing a good deed, no matter how small it is. 答案:D 50.【題組】50.作者想要傳達的信息是什麼? (A)不要試圖取悅所有人。 (B)不要做不可能的夢。 (C)不做任何努力去改變這個美麗的世界。 (D)不要放棄做一件好事,不管它有多小。 答案:D
Can’t you see that you can’t possibly make a difference?” The local native smiled, bent down and picked up yet another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied, “Made a difference to that one!”難道你看不出你不可能有所作為嗎?”當地人笑了,彎下腰又撿起一隻海星,當他把它扔回大海時,他回答說:“讓那隻海星與眾不同!” ==>作者的朋友認為這麼做(把海星扔回海裡)是浪費時間的事,但當地的人卻不這麼認為,堅持繼續做下去