讀故事闖三關，巧記六級詞彙（19）

偏見用英語怎麼說

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第一關讀故事找生詞

In Pursuit of Understanding Race

Joe had always been on a

qualitative quest

to understand his history and the

racism

that he had experienced。 The

quantitative

data that said he was part Egyptian， part Nigerian， and part Irish did not matter to him even though he did not know which race to put on

questionnaires

。 And he never took advantage of

quotas

， which would have allowed him to go to the best schools。 He was

in hot pursuit

of his own answer and there were no

quaint

solutions。

He felt most

queer

， however， when he visited the

Pyramids

。 He could not identify with the Egyptians， their mummies， or their

quays

along the River Nile。 And when he danced with an African

quilt

around his shoulders near a

quartz

mine in Nigeria he also did not feel that he had

quenched

his thirst for understanding himself。 Knowing that the time for his

query

was running short he took another

quarterly

vacation from his job to visit Ireland。

“So your

pursuit

of understanding has led you here at last， Lad？”Said the man sitting next to him in an Irish bar with tennis

rackets

on the wall while drinking a

quart

of beer。 “You can‘t

quantify

where you come from。 It’s in your heart！ And there should be a

purity

to it all that makes you

quiver

when you finally understand it！”

As Joe left Ireland he knew that the man at the Irish bar had spoken true words of wisdom。 He had no home country。 He was just himself and that should be enough。 Finally at peace Joe headed home。 His

quest

was over。

弄清自己是誰

喬總是

從質量上追求

理解他的歷史和他所經歷的

種族主義

。

從

資料的

數量上

來看，他部分是埃及人、部分是奈及利亞人、部分是愛爾蘭人，但這對他來說沒有多大關係，儘管他不知道在

問卷

上該填哪個民族。他從來都不利用

配額

，儘管這樣可以讓他上最好的學校。他只是

窮追不捨地尋找

自己的答案，但是卻沒有

奇特而有趣

的解決辦法。

但是，當他參觀

金字塔

的時候，他感到

很奇怪

。他不能認同埃及人、他們的木乃伊或者他們在尼羅河沿岸的

碼頭

。當他肩上披著一塊非洲

被單

在奈及利亞一個

石英

礦附近跳舞時，他同樣感覺不到能

撲滅

他想了解自己的渴望。由於知道

質疑

的時間所剩不多了，他又放下工作請了

一個季

假訪問了愛爾蘭。

“這麼說你對了解身世的

追求

終於使你來到這裡，小夥子？”在一家愛爾蘭酒吧坐在他身旁的一個人說，他喝著一

夸脫

啤酒，網球

拍

掛在牆上。“你無法

確定

你是哪裡人，答案就在你心裡！你身上應該有一種純潔性，當你終於弄明白的時候，這種

純潔性

會使你

顫抖

。”

離開愛爾蘭的時候，喬知道酒吧裡的人說的話真是充滿智慧。他沒有國家，他就是他，這就夠了。他的心情終於平靜下來，他踏上了回家的路。他的

追求

終於結束了。

第二關背單詞

purity

n。純淨，純潔，純正

pursuit

n。1。追求，尋求

2。追趕，追逐

3。［常pl。］（花時間和精力的）事，嗜好，消遣

in hot pursuit

窮追不捨

pyramid

n。1。金字塔

2。金字塔形結構

3。錐狀物，稜錐狀的一堆東西

quaint

a。奇特而有趣的，古色古香的

qualitative

a。（性）質的，質量的，定性的

quantify

vt。確定……的數量，量化

quantitative

a。（數）量的，定量的

quart

n。夸脫

quarterly

a。季度的，每季一次的

ad。按季度，一季一次

n。季刊

quartz

n。石英

quay

n。碼頭

queer

a。1。奇怪的，異常的

2。不舒服的，眩暈的

quench

vt。止（渴），撲滅（火焰）

query

n。問題，疑問，詢問

v。1。對……表示疑問

2。問，詢問

quest

n。尋求，搜尋，追求

questionnaire

n。（作統計或調查用的）問卷，徵求意見表

quilt

n。被子，被單

quiver

vi。顫抖，發抖，抖動

n。顫抖，抖動，顫聲

quota

n。定額，限額，配額

racism

n。1。種族歧視，種族偏見

2。種族主義

racket

n。1。喧嚷，吵鬧

2。敲詐，勒索，詐騙

3。（網球等的）球拍

第三關瘋狂朗讀故事，透過句子加強記憶，會背最佳。

In Pursuit of Understanding Race

Joe had always been on a

qualitative quest

to understand his history and the

racism

that he had experienced。 The

quantitative

data that said he was part Egyptian， part Nigerian， and part Irish did not matter to him even though he did not know which race to put on

questionnaires

。 And he never took advantage of

quotas

， which would have allowed him to go to the best schools。 He was

in hot pursuit

of his own answer and there were no

quaint

solutions。

He felt most

queer

， however， when he visited the

Pyramids

。 He could not identify with the Egyptians， their mummies， or their

quays

along the River Nile。 And when he danced with an African

quilt

around his shoulders near a

quartz

mine in Nigeria he also did not feel that he had

quenched

his thirst for understanding himself。 Knowing that the time for his

query

was running short he took another

quarterly

vacation from his job to visit Ireland。

“So your

pursuit

of understanding has led you here at last， Lad？”Said the man sitting next to him in an Irish bar with tennis

rackets

on the wall while drinking a

quart

of beer。 “You can‘t

quantify

where you come from。 It’s in your heart！ And there should be a

purity

to it all that makes you

quiver

when you finally understand it！”

As Joe left Ireland he knew that the man at the Irish bar had spoken true words of wisdom。 He had no home country。 He was just himself and that should be enough。 Finally at peace Joe headed home。 His

quest

was over。