Reading

Question 1

ancient pedigree

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祖譜

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feeling of superiority

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優越感

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punchline

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妙處

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incongruity

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inconsistency
不一致的

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conceptual shift

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概念轉變

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semantic

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語義的
semantic memory (遺忘，能溝通）

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expansive activities

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廣泛的活動

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expletive

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adj. 多餘的，補充的
n. 咒語，咒罵

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discrepancy

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差異，不一致

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inclination

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鼓勵著

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pent-up

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壓抑的

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revulsion

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劇變，厭惡

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bureaucratic

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官僚主義的
We pardon bureaucratic officials and endure bad deeds of security staff.


Question 14

infrastructure

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basic structure

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basking in the sun

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曬太陽

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underlying

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潛在的

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presupposition

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前提

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intersubstitutable

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可相互替代的
substitute 代替

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competency

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能力

I’m casting aspersions on his competency as a statistician.

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thrive

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繁榮，茂盛成長
But will they survive and thrive?


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touchy domain

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敏感領域

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intimately

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詳盡的；親密的

language is intimately bound up with culture.

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direst

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最可怕的
direst prediction

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apprentice

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學徒，初學者

There are currently more open apprentice positions than applicants.

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indigenous

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原住民

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implicit

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隱含的 explicit 明確的

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exceptional trait

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特殊的特質

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right context

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正確的情境

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contextual factors

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背景因素

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ego-centric

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自我中心 ego-decent tic

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cursory survey

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粗略的調查

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contradictory information

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自相矛盾的訊息

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dispatch

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派遣，迅速了解 Jane radioed the dispatcher for backup.

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beg the question

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(說法、情況）使人想要提出問題 Spending the summer travelling around India is a great idea, but it does beg the question of how we can afford it.

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pivotal role

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舉足輕重的角色 In scientific research, data analysis plays a pivotal role in extracting meaningful insights from complex datasets.

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seized the opportunity

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咬住機會

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out of poverty

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走出貧窮

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developer was interested in slum

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was interested in 感興趣的，有利害關係的

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water table

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水面

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epilogue

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結語，後記

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You need to be pretty fit

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你必須非常健康