Jack: 30 Do you know what happened to us?
答案:(C) That's nothing
Jack聽完John忘記帶開罐器的糗事後,用 That's nothing(那沒什麼)帶出「我還有更誇張的經歷」,呼應接下來要講的羊闖進帳篷偷吃食物的故事;That's great/You deserve it/That's terrible 都不符合這種先輕描淡寫、再鋪陳更精彩故事的語氣。
本題大考中心未公布逐題答對率,以下不談數據,只談觀念。
John 剛講完自己的糗事,你會直覺覺得 Jack 應該表示同情,於是挑了 That’s terrible。但 Jack 接下來要做的不是安慰,是比慘。
這一格的證據全在後面。John 說 I remember when we went camping last summer. We forgot to take a can-opener along!(我記得去年夏天我們去露營,忘了帶開罐器!)空格是 Jack 的回應,而他緊接著說 Do you know what happened to us? A goat came in our tent at night and ate most of our food!(你知道我們發生什麼事嗎?一隻羊晚上跑進帳篷,把我們大部分的食物都吃了!)——他要講的是一件更誇張的事。用來引出「我的更慘」的說法就是 That’s nothing.(那算什麼。)這也是對話題的通用解法:先看下一句要做什麼,再回頭決定這一句。
That’s terrible(那太糟了):是同情對方,接不上「我還有更誇張的」。That’s great(那很棒):忘了帶開罐器不是好事,語意不通。You deserve it(你活該):責備對方,語氣完全不對,兩人是在互相分享糗事。
That’s nothing.(那算什麼)、take sth along(隨身帶著)、a can-opener(開罐器)、What happened to sb?(某人發生了什麼事)、come in(進來)、eat up(吃光)。
John: What was the weather like while you were camping? Jack: 26 It rained for a few days towards the end of our holiday, but mostly it was fine. We weren't able to visit the Rainbow Waterfalls as we planned, but…
John: 27
Jack: Well, apart from that, we did everything we wanted to—hiking, fishing and swimming. We even managed to visit an aboriginal village in the forest.
John: 28 did you get so far? Jack: We rode bicycles there. We also went to the beach several times. John: Did you take your bikes with you? Jack: No, we rented some at the nearby village.
John: Where did you stay 29 ? Jack: Oh, in a lovely valley, about three miles north of the National Park.
John: I remember when we went camping last summer. We forgot to take a can-opener along! Jack: 30 Do you know what happened to us? A goat came in our tent at night and ate most of our food!