2016年文憑試英文閱讀 Part A (2016 DSE Eng pp1 Part A)

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1. People have searched for an effective way of improving the good fortune in their lives for many centuries.
   人們在多個世紀以來一直在尋找提高生活中好運的有效方法。
2. Lucky charms, such as keeping a rabbit's foot, have been found in virtually all civilizations throughout recorded history.
   幸運符，如兔子的腳，被發現在幾乎所有有記錄的文明中。
3. Superstition represents people's attempts to control their destiny by warding off bad luck while enhancing the good.
   迷信代表了人們試圖通過驅趕厄運來控制他們的命運，同時增強好運。
4. Superstition is based on outdated and incorrect thinking.
   迷信基於過時的和不正確的思維。
5. It comes from a time when people thought that luck was a strange force that could only be controlled by magical rituals and bizarre behaviours.
   它源於一個時代，當時人們認為運氣是一種奇怪的力量，只能通過魔法儀式和奇異行為來控制。
6. Several researchers have tested these age-old beliefs and found them wanting.
   幾位研究者檢驗了這些古老的信仰，發現它們是缺乏根據的。
7. Ten years ago, I started to examine why some people consitstently encounter chance opportunities whereas others do not.
   十年前，我開始研究為什麼有些人持續地遇到機會，而其他人卻無法。
8. It was staring everyone straight in the face...
   這一切就擺在每個人面前……
9. Personality tests revealed that unlucky people are generally much more tense and anxious than lucky people, and research shown that anxiety disrupt people's ability to notice the unexpected.
   人格測試顯示，不幸的人通常比幸運的人更加緊張和焦慮，而研究表明，焦慮會干擾人們注意意外事件的能力。
10. Another important principle revolved around the way in which lucky and unlucky people dealt with the ill fortune in their lives.
    另一個重要的原則圍繞着幸運和不幸的人如何應對生活中的厄運。
11. The silver medalists focus on the notion that if they had performed slightly better, then they would have perhaps won a gold medal.
    銀牌得主專注於這樣一個觀念：如果他們稍微表現得更好，那麼他們也許會贏得金牌。
12. This is “counterfactual” thinking and it is often associated with perceptions of luck.
    這是「反事實」思維，這通常與對運氣的感知相關聯。
13. It demonstrates that much of the good and bad fortune we encounter is a result of our thoughts and behaviour.
    這表明，我們所遭遇的許多好運和壞運都是我們的思想和行為的結果。
14. Perhaps the most important of all, it is about using science and scepticism to increase the level of luck, happiness and sucess in people's lives.
    也許最重要的是，這是關於利用科學和懷疑論來提高人們生活中的運氣、幸福和成功。
    

怎樣應用？

我覺得在以上幾句句子裏，我比較推介大家學習一下第8，第11和14句：

• 我喜歡第8句“It was staring everyone straight in the face...”的畫面，它的意思是說「擺在大家面前」，顯然易見的意思，但他字面的意思反而是「它就盯着大家看」，感覺很有趣，用起來也很有個性！例如：
• • This mode of operation is not sustainable and it is staring everyone straight in the face. （這個營運模式沒有可持繼性，而這事實也擺在大家眼前。)
• 至於第11句，focus on the notion that就是專注於這樣一個觀念。我認為，我們在作文中，也能經常應用得到，例如：
• • He focuses on the notion that studying is only to make his parents happy, no wonder it feels that meaningless to him. （他專注於學習就是為了令父母開心的一個觀念，難怪學習對他來說一點意義都沒有。）
• 第14句Perhaps the most important of all,就是「也許最重要的是」，我覺得很適合在文章結尾道出某個經歷的學習重點，例如：
• Perhaps the most important of all is to communicate politely and sincerely when we disagree.（也許最重要的是，我們在意見不合的時候，有禮貌與誠懇地溝通。)

好！到你了！鼓勵大家用以上的單詞和句式留言給我，我都會看的！

恭喜大家已經完成了2016年DSE英文閱讀卷Part A中比較困難的單詞和句子～

如果你還有氣力，去看看2017的部份吧：

2017年文憑試英文閱讀 Part A (2017 DSE Eng pp1 Part A)(1)

2017年文憑試英文閱讀 Part A (2017 DSE Eng pp1 Part A)(2)

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