Senior Level

Lesson 25

REWRITING
Both Chris and Pat went to Guangzhou for a study trip. Chris did not like it at all while
Pat had a wonderful time. Below are the letters they wrote to their aunt. Letter 2 has
some missing words. Read Letter 1 and then fill in the blanks in Letter 2 to make it
opposite in meaning. You should make sure your answers are grammatically correct.
Use only ONE word for each blank. One has been done for you as an example.

Letter 1
Dear Auntie Ellen,

There was a study trip to a secondary school in Guangzhou organized by our school last
week. It was really a waste of time. It was difficult to get to the school. The road was
very rough and the air-conditioning of the bus malfunctioned. Worse still, we arrived
late!

When we arrived, the school representatives took us to look around the school. We
found that the hall was gloomy and the classrooms were cramped. Also, there was not
much room for students to play sports. I don’t think students there would enjoy their
school life.

After that, the school representatives invited us to have lunch with them. That’s a great
idea as we were so hungry at the time. Unfortunately, the quality of the food left much
to be desired. The hygiene of the canteen was far from satisfactory too.

None of us liked this study trip and we decided not to take part in any study trip
thereafter.

Chris
Letter 2
Dear Auntie Ellen,

The study trip to a primary school in Shenzhen last week was absolutely (1) worthwhile.
Getting to the school was (2) ________________. The bus ran (3) ________________
on the road and the air-conditioning of the bus functioned (4) ________________.
(5) ________________ still, we arrived (6) ________________ time.

As soon as we arrived, the school representatives took us to look around the school. We
found that the hall was (7) ________________ and the classrooms were full of
(8) ________________. Also, the sports ground was very (9) ________________. I
think students there would (10) ________________ their school life so much.

After that, the school representatives invited us to have lunch with them. That’s not a
(11) ________________ idea as we were so (12) ________________ at the time.
Anyway, the quality of the food was what we (13) ________________. Also, the
hygiene of the canteen was (14) ________________.

We (15) ________________ liked this trip and (16) ________________ definitely take
part in study trips like this again.

Pat

ANSWERS
1. worthwhile (值得花時間的)
Article 1 的對應部份是 a waste of time (浪費時間)。答案要求將整個片語的意
思意譯為一個語意相同的形容詞。
2. convenient (方便) / easy (簡易)
Article 1 的對應部份是 difficult (困難)。
3. smoothly (平滑地)
Article 1 的對應部份是 rough (高低不平的)。答案要求與原文的語境一致，所
以考生需要把詞性轉換為副詞配合語境。由 The road was very rough 變為 The
bus ran smoothly.
4. well
Article 1 的對應部份是 malfunctioned (機能故障)。機能故障的相反是運作良
 好，故將 malfunctioned 的相反意思意譯為 functioned well.
5. Better (更好)
Article 1 的對應部份是 Worse still (更糟的是)，其相反就是 Better still (更好的
是)。轉換時要留意比較式形容詞需一致。
6. on
Article 1 的對應部份是 late (遲到) 。on time 是準時，與 late (遲到)意思相反。
7. bright
Article 1 的對應部份是 gloomy (陰暗的)。
8. space (空間)
Article 1 的對應部份是 cramped (狹窄)。 Article 1 的 cramped 是形容詞，而
Article 2 的答案位置並不能以形容詞填補，考生需要轉換詞性去配合文章，full
of space (充滿空間) 與 cramped 相對。
9. spacious
Article 1 的對應部份是 not much room (不太多空間)。與第八題一樣，需轉換
詞性去配合文章。
10. enjoy
Article 1 的對應部份是 don’t think students would enjoy (並不認為學生會享受)
11. good/great
Article 1 的對應部份是 great，但留意 Article 2 的“not”已帶出 negative
meaning (負面意思)。
12. full (飽)
Article 1 的對應部份是 hungry (餓)
13. desired (渴求)
Article 1 的對應部份是 left much to be desired (並不是我們所渴求的)。Leave
much to be desired 是 bad 的委婉說法，意即「不夠好」 ，e.g. The performance of
this athlete leaves much to be desired. 這運動員的表現並不是我們所渴求的。
14. satisfactory
Article 1 的對應部份是 far from satisfactory (強差人意)。
15. all
Article 1 的對應部份是 none of us。We all (我們皆會) 跟 none of us (我們皆不)
的意思相對。我們要注意這兒需配合詞性，達到語意一致。
16. will/would
Article 1 的對應部份是 decide not to (決定不會)。這兒只能填上一個意思相反
的英文字，故 will 或 would 這兩個助動詞才是最合適的答案。