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Questions 46-50 Feather cloaks are the most spectacular of all objects of native Hawaiian manufacture. In the highly stratified society of the islands before their discovery by Captain James Cook in 1788, the cloaks were visual symbols of power and prestige, worn only by ranking male chiefs on state occasions and in battle. They were never very numerous, but powerful chiefs often acquired several through inheritance or as battle prizes. Although the feathers were gathered by the common people to defray part of their taxes and women were permitted to clean and sort them, only men of high rank, surrounded by sacred taboos, were allowed to make the cloaks. The manufacturing process involved tying small bunches of red, yellow, green, or black feathers with olona fiber. Large cloaks like the royal robe worn by Kamehameha I, the first king of all the islands, required some half-million feathers. Today these cloaks are ethnological treasures, but to the early ship captain they were little more than seemingly plentiful curiosities that the Hawaiians highly valued but gave away or traded for such trifles as iron knives. In turn, the Europeans traded these curiosities. This practice began with Cook’s officers, who traded the cloak in Leningrad in exchange for provisions. In 1825, Lord Byron, commander of the British ship Blonde, predicted that “the splendid war-cloak” would soon be more easily found in Europe than in Hawaii. Brigham found only five in Hawaii when he made his featherwork survey in 1899. Today twenty of the fifty known cloaks are still in the British Isles.
【題組】 46.The early ship captains who visited Hawaii were _______.
(A) aware of the historical and cultural significance of the feather cloaks
(B) convinced of the usefulness of the feather cloaks
(C) inclined to overestimate the availability of the feather cloaks
(D) curious about what the native thought of the feather cloaks

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113上岸！感謝阿摩♡ 大二下 (2018/03/15)
Today these cloaks are ethnological treasures, but to the early ship captain they were little more than seemingly plentiful curiosities that the Hawaiians highly valued but gave away or traded for such trifles a.....看完整詳解
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李大同 國二上 (2018/06/09)

我動用經濟學理解力，少數部落的價格概念，其實因為市場小，價格不透明。會發生彈珠或步槍買下Manhaton這樣的案例。而此處卻是歐洲人也同樣的搞錯了。

...(Cook's officer) traded the cloak in Leningrad in exchange of provisions.

庫克船長的船上軍官，再Leningrad把大衣(羽毛頭冠)拿來換補極品


這樣就能懂得歐洲人的疑惑

Ｃ ...overestimate the availability......

高估其供應量

plentiful curiosities 大量的異國珍寶

此處是可數名詞，不是好奇心  curiosity

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whale66622（11 高三上 (2021/06/12)

provisions 補給品


Questions 46-50 Feather cloaks are the ..-阿摩線上測驗