Obviously, it is the recording industry that wants to 27 piracy.
答案:(A) fight
fight piracy(打擊盜版)為固定搭配,符合唱片業想要打擊盜版的語意;kill/win/shut 均不能與 piracy 自然搭配。
piracy 你認得是「盜版」,但要用哪一個動詞去對付它?中文說「打擊盜版」,英文是不是也用 fight,多數人不太確定。
四個選項是四個不同的動詞,可見這一格考的是語意與搭配。fight 除了「打架」,更常用的是「對抗、打擊」一個抽象的壞東西:fight piracy(打擊盜版)、fight crime(打擊犯罪)、fight poverty(對抗貧窮)、fight a disease(對抗疾病)。受詞是問題而不是人的時候,fight 走的就是這個意思。另外這一句是強調句型 it is the recording industry that wants to fight piracy,接在 It is 後面被強調的是主詞 the recording industry(唱片業),作者要說的是「想打擊盜版的是唱片業」,與前一句歌迷未必這麼想形成對照,句型的完整說明見第 24 題。
kill:殺死有生命的東西,盜版是一種行為,不是生物。win:贏得比賽或獎項,受詞是 the game、the prize 這一類;要說打贏這場仗得寫成 win the fight against piracy。shut:關上門窗或關閉店家,與 piracy 搭不起來。
fight piracy(打擊盜版)、fight crime(打擊犯罪)、fight against(對抗……)、win a prize(贏得獎項)、shut down(關閉、歇業)、the recording industry(唱片業)。
Many entertainment celebrities, on April 5, 2002, attended an anti-piracy demonstration in Taipei. The purpose of the rally was to ask fans to respect the copyright and to stop buying 26 CDs. Although the intellectual property right is to be protected by law, the fans may think otherwise.
Obviously, it is the recording industry that wants to 27 piracy. Celebrities in the rally probably have no idea about how much a CD of their music albums costs. After signing million-dollar contracts with recording companies, singers devote most of their time 28 their music perfect while companies are busy commercializing their products.
It is the fans that support the kingdoms of the recording companies; 29, the industry never gives its feedback to the fans—by lowering the prices of CDs. It is an easy arithmetic 30. When one can buy a CD of pop music for NT$50 anywhere on the streets, why does he or she want to spend NT$300 or more for the same one?