青青河畔草

青青河畔草,綿綿思遠道。遠道不可思,宿昔夢見之。夢見在我傍,忽覺在他鄉。他鄉各異縣,展轉不相見。
Tue Feb 3

inquisitiveness

The six-year old is about the best example that can be found of  that type of  inquisitiveness that causes irritated adults to exclaim ,Curiosity killed the cat.

六歲,約有最好的例子,可以找到這種類型的好奇愛打聽,導致惱火成年人,叫喊好奇死亡的貓。

irritated(形) 惱怒的; 生氣的 irritate(動) 使惱怒; 使過敏; 使煩躁; 使難受; 引起惱怒; 引起不愉快

To him, the world is a fascinating place to be explored thoroughly, and it is constantly expanding  through new experiences, which bring many eager questions from members of any group of first graders, as each one tries to figure out his place within the family, the school, and the community.

他說,世界是一個迷人,才會徹底探討,並正在不斷擴大的新經驗,這使許多迫切問題從成員的任何組的第一個年級,每一個試圖弄清楚他是在家庭

、學校和社區。

There are adults who find it quite annoying to be presented with such inquisitiveness.

有成年人,他們覺得很煩,提出這種好奇愛打聽。

But this is no purposeless prying, no idle curiosity! It is that quality, characteristic of the successful adult, inherent in the good citizen—-intellectual curiosity.

但這並不是目的窺,沒有閑置好奇! 它是這種性質,特點是成功的成人、固有的良好公民——知識好奇。

idle(形) 懶惰的, 停頓的, 閒散的 (動) 無所事事; 閒逛; 閑混; 空轉; 虛度; 使空轉; 使空閒

According to this passage, inquisitiveness is (A)an annoying quality (B) only found in the six year olds (C) killing the cat (D) characteristic of the successful adult

根據這一段話,好奇愛打聽是(a)一項擾民質量(b)隻有在找到的六歲的人(c)殺害該貓(d)的特點的成功成人

The author’s attitude in this passage toward children is one of (A)despair (B) confidence (C) sharp criticism (D)indifference

撰文人的態度在這段話對兒童是一個的(a)絕望(b)信任(c)尖銳的批評(d)視若無睹

Curiosity killed the cat as used in this passage probably means to suggest that an inquisitive person is likely to (A)succeed (B) suffer injury or harm(C) raise many

eager questions (D) become a good citizen

好奇心死亡的貓,用在這段話可能意味著,建議一種好奇人相當可能(a)成功(b)受到傷害或損害(c)提高許多迫切問題(d)成為一個很好的公民

A word that could meaningfully replace prying as used in this passage is (A)exploring (B) expanding (C) support (D) fascination

一個字,可以有效地取代窺,用在這段話是(a)探索(b)擴大(c)支助(d)魅力

meaningfully

(副) 意味深長地; 有意圖地; 有意義地

In writing this passage, the author’s purpose is (A)to defend inquisitiveness of the child (B) to criticize such inquisitiveness (C) to discuss the pros and cons of curiosity (D) to report the result of a study on curiosity

在寫這段話,撰文人的目的是(a)為捍衛好奇愛打聽的兒童(b)批評這一種好奇愛打聽(c)討論的優點和缺點的好奇(d)報告的研究結果在好奇

pros and cons

正反雙方pro

(名) 贊成者; 贊成票; 贊成的論點#專家, 內行