阅读26+的秘诀
大家好，我是Jacob （常春藤盟校宾州大学英语教学硕士），SK2TOEFL团队实力养成班顾
问，也专精在TOEFL机经(JJ)汇总整理，所以也可以叫我J2.
台湾同学受到国高中的训（ㄘㄨㄟ）练（ㄘㄢˊ）下，普遍阅读都不错，但是想要破百或
有些学校要求105+, 那阅读可不能只有25分，要26+才有更大机会达到目标分数。要怎么
26+呢？我的观察，底下是关键。
简单来说，就是“光是单字量够，看懂所有字，了解句子本身意思是不够的。”要了解单
字隐含的意思是什么，才能真正看懂句子/段落。举以下段落当例子：
The jack pine tree of Canada has several qualities that seem to equip it for
a life with fire. As in many conifer trees, the branches nearer the ground
tend to die off as the tree grows taller, not least because they find
themselves without light.In the jack pine, however, these dead branches
simply fall off.If the dead branches were allowed to [persist], they
would provide a “ladder” for the fire from the ground to the top.
重点在于第四句的persist, 如果不懂意思，可能就无法理解了。
persist这个字我们高中(还是国中？)就认得了，是坚持的意思，不过诚如我不断跟同学
提醒的，现在开始不要只有记得单字的中文翻译，要用英英解释去理解它。
The Britannica Dictionary 定义：
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/persist
[no object]
1:
continue to do something or to try to do something even though it is
difficult or other people want you to stop
She had turned him down for a date before, but heersistednd asked her
again.
The reporterersistedith his questioning.
If youersistith this behavior, you will be punished.
Must youersistn making that noise?
2:
continue to occur or exist beyond the usual, expected, or normal time
If the painersists, see a doctor.
Doubts about the defendant's story haveersistedor some time now.
Rumorsersisthat they are dating.
同学们可以顺便复习“借由句子前后、以及字典单字解释及例句”这两部分，来判断这里
persist比较符合哪个解释？
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If the dead branches were allowed to [persist], they would provide a “ladder
” for the fire from the ground to the top.
应该是不是比较符合2 : continue to occur or exist beyond the usual,
expected, or normal time, 甚至可以更精准的说，就是to continue to exist beyond
the expected time.
但光是这样，没有配合context(上下文)，应该还是很难懂意思。这里要搭配上句，In
the jack pine, however, these dead branches simply fall off. Jack pine死掉
的树枝会掉到地上。所以这里的If the dead branches were allowed to [persist], 其
实就是指如果这些死掉的树枝“没有掉落的话”，那这些树枝就是很像给火爬的梯子，会
让火势一直从地上蔓延到树顶。
这个，就是我说的阅读26+的关键。很多同学最后分数上不去，都是卡在这里，单字都看
得懂，句子“本身”意思也懂，但无法理解最“本质”的意思。类似的例子还有很多很多
，下回继续分享！
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