大家好,我是J2.
定义通常会在专有名词出现后,但有时候写的很隐晦,并不会每次都是
“Sometimes animals adopt a behavior called X. X means Y” 那么直接。表现方法
很多种,但可以预期的就是专有名词出现后,下一句讲到的极可能就是定义或是补充说明
。
例如:
TPO32-3 Plant Colonization Paragraph 1:
Colonization is one way in which plants can change the ecology of a site.
Colonization is a process with two components: invasion and survival. The
rate at which a site is colonized by plants depends on both the rate at which
individual organisms (seeds, spores, immature or mature individuals) arrive
at the site and their success at becoming established and surviving. (下略)
第二句有带出两个新资讯:invasion and survival, 理论上来说应该要继续“定义解释
”这两个字,也应该就是这段接下来要讲的资讯。
确实下一句讲的其实就是invasion and survival的定义, “the rate at which
individual organisms (seeds, spores, immature or mature individuals) arrive
at the site” 其实就是invasion; 后面的 “their success at becoming
established and surviving” 就是survival的定义/补充。很隐晦?对吧?但是是很常
见的阅读写法喔!
顺带一提这篇是在顾问时间带的文章,很有趣的是刚好当天的同学都不知道invasion这个
字(该打屁股因为上课讲过QQ),总之如果知道invasion这个字(入侵)的话,应该看到下
一句the rate at which individual organisms (seeds, spores, immature or mature
individuals) arrive at the site 自然就会连结起来这就是invasion补充了。
但不知道也没关系,因为我们有托福的预期心理,反正记得不管怎样,专有名词/新资讯
的出现,下一句就“极有可能”是定义/补充,所以看不懂invasion没关系,就记得the
rate at which individual organisms (seeds, spores, immature or mature
individuals) arrive at the site 这个资讯,说不定有的同学可能透过这句话,隐隐约
约想起来invasion什么意思(假设这个字不熟的情况下)。
总结:
有的时候托福专有名词定义很隐晦,不会很直接告诉你X means Y, 但可以有个预期心理
就是专有名词出现后,接下来就是会给定义,掌握这样的预期心理,就算当下没有连结起
来,建议就直接当成该专有名词的定义/补充来解读喔。
Till next time,
J2