4U U4-1
U4-1
(1.1)
A ____ (classic; typical/classical <=> modern) game
____(is turned/ is turning) 40 years old this year.
(1.2)
Pac-Man ___ (is created/was
created/creating) in 1980 by Toru Iwatani, of the Japanese video game company (中譯=>_____ 公司/陪伴) Namco.
(1.3)
In the game, players
____(earn/earns) points ___(with/by) guiding (: leading/directing/showing)
Pac-Man ____ (through/thorough/though/tough/thought) a maze ____ (,while/while) he eats (: dines)
dots.
(1.4)
The small yellow figure (: stature身形) also
____ (must/have to) avoid (: keep away from) his enemies (=> rivals/opponents/competitors) : colorful ghosts ___ (who were naming/who were named) Blinky,
Pinky, Inky, and Clyde.
(2.1)
In 1980, most video ____(decade/arcade) games ____ (violent/
are violent/ were violent) and ____(attracted/appealed/appeared) to
boys and men.
(2.2) Namco ____(came out/came up/showed up/emerged/appeared/published) with Pac-Man
___(into/as) a game that girls and women ___ (can/could) enjoy (themselves), ____
(too/either).
(2.3)Pac-Man’s shape (: form) ____ (inspired/was
inspiring/was inspired) by a pizza
____
(that/x) was missing a slice and
looked ____ (like/alike) a mouth.
cf.
A is like B.
A and B looks much alike.
A re-se-mb-les B
cf.
put together
assemble
combine
合併
cf.
mix A with B
stir(red) A with B
blend A with B
mingle A with B
將A與B混合一起
(2.4) Pac-Man’s shape (: form) was also ___
(based/basing) on
the written (書面的) Japanese
____(character品格/personality個性/temperament氣質/temperature溫度/disposition 性情) for “mouth,”
(口) but
Iwatani (段1, 行3) made (: created/produced) it ___(around prep. & adv./round adj.) and cute (:
lovely).
(2.5) Pack-Man’s name came from (: was
stemmed from) the Japanese word
paku-paku: the ____ (nose/sound) of a mouth opening and closing.
(2.6) People loved (: took to/enjoyed) the
fun of solving (: figuring out)
Pac-Man’s maze.
(2.7) The game was a huge or massive ____
(hit受歡迎的人事物/hat/hut農舍), and it still is today!
Key words and phrases
1. figure (1) _______ (: stature) (2) 數字 (3) 人物 n.
figure out / find out / work out / solve v. 解決
cf.
status 地位
identity: 身分; 辨識
stature: 身形 figure 體格
statue: 雕像
sculpture: 雕刻
2. avoid: keep away from/stay away from/keep off
traffic jam/congestion
3. violent
violet
violate/break <=> keep /follow/abide by/obey/observe traffic rules
force n.
force sb. to V
cf.
執法
The police are enforcing traffic laws to keep the order on the road.
power n.
Knowledge is power.
might (1) n. power
(2) 助動詞
violence: force
4. appeal to = attract
appear: show up/turn up/come up/emerge
emerge
vanish: disappear
attack: strike/hit
cf.
attach A to B 將A 繫上B
banish 驅逐 expel
cf.
prescribe 開處方箋
proscribe 驅逐;
禁止 ban/banned/banned
prohibit/prohibited/prohibited
fobid/forbade/forbidden
5. character (1) ______ (2) 人物 (3) 品格
6. solve the problem : figure out/work out/find out the solutions to the problem
cf. 以下 while 當作連接詞時 的位置
...while...
= While..., ...
= While + 進行式子句, ...
While (: As/Though/Although/Despite the fact that) ..., ...
..., while (: , but/, yet/, whereas/ ; ) ... 然而
Others:
while as a noun
(1) once in a while
at times
sometimes
from time to time
now and then
on occasion
occasionally
(2) for a while
for a period of time
p. 21 Exercise
v.
(A) appeal to (B) solve (C) avoid (D) figure out (E) violate (AB) inspire (AC) design/devise
1. There's bad traffic (: traffic jam/traffic congestion) on the highway. Let's take a different (: various/diverse/multiple) road so that (: in order that) we can ____it.
2.
n.
(A) violet (B) character (C) arcade (D) decade
(E) dozen (AB) maze (AC) desert (AD) dessert
(AE) style (BC) design (BD) plate (BE) figure
1. Cameron could see the ____(: stature) of the man in the dark room, but didn't know who it was.
2. Few people know (: are aware of) the meaning of the _____ 鄧, but it is a common (: usual) family name in Taiwan.
3. Evan always orders _____, while Stephanie only ever gets coffee to enjoy a relaxing moment in a restaurant.
.., but...
..., yet...
...; ...
..., whereas...
4. Max broke a ____ while he was washing (: doing) the dishes.
5. In 1980, most video _____ games were violent and attracted boys and men. Namco thought of Pac-Man as a game that girls and women could enjoy, to.
(BE)(B)(AD)(BD) (C)
cf.
"assemble" or "resemble"
The girl looks like her mother.
Both of them look much alike.
They resemble each other.
The girl is like her mother.
(assemble or resemble)
put together
combine
assemble
Let's put the pieces of a jigsaw together.
Let's do a 1,000-piece of jigsaw together.
Others:
1. mystery
2. a jigsaw puzzle
3. an enigma
adj.
(A) violent (B) inspired (C) inspiring
1. Madeline won't (: will not) let (: have/make) her kids (: children) watch ____ movies because they have so much death and killing in them.
2. Pac-Man's shape (: form) was ____ (: created through innovation) by a pizza that was missing a slice (: a piece) and resembled (: look like) a mouth.
AB
prep.
(A) through (B) with (C) on (D) by
1. Martin was almost hit (: bumped) ____ a car while he was walking home from work.
2. The design of the dress is based ____ a popular clothing style from the 1960s.
3. Robert's new boss (: employer) guided him _____ his difficult (: hard/formidable) first days at the company.
4. The teacher asked the students to come up _____ interesting ways (: methods/approaches/manners) of decorating (: furnishing) their new classroom.
DCAB
cf. ornament/decoration n. 裝飾品
v.
decorate A with B
furnish A with B
