國中教育會考
109年
英文
第 26 題
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Taiwanese Bian-dang in Manhattan, New York City 5/30/ 2014 by Eva Schmidt During lunch time, on 53rd Street, you’ll see a long line of people in front of a Taiwanese food truck for their “bian-dang,” a Taiwanese word for “lunch box.” On the menu you can find fried chicken with rice, pork dumplings, tea eggs, and other popular Taiwanese dishes. The owners of the food truck are Thomas and Diana Yang, two Taiwanese-Americans. This brother-sister team started their business in 2009. Back then, there were a few Taiwanese restaurants in the city and several thousand food trucks, but the Yangs were the first to sell Taiwanese food on a food truck. At first, business was slack. People thought they were just another Chinese food truck, and the food truck’s name, “Cravings,” often made people think of desserts, not lunch. Few people would stop by and try their food. “I couldn’t even give away free food,” said Thomas. To catch people’s eye, they painted their truck blue, and drew Taiwan’s national flower, the plum blossom, on it. They also changed the food truck’s name to “bian-dang.” Soon people started to notice them, and business finally got better. Now on a good day, they can sell about 150 bian-dangs in about two hours. So what’s next for Thomas and Diana? Well, they hope one day there will be a block with Taiwanese food in the city, just like there is a Chinatown, a Korea Town, and a Little Italy. And their bian-dang food truck might just help to make that happen.
Taiwanese Bian-dang in Manhattan, New York City 5/30/ 2014 by Eva Schmidt During lunch time, on 53rd Street, you’ll see a long line of people in front of a Taiwanese food truck for their “bian-dang,” a Taiwanese word for “lunch box.” On the menu you can find fried chicken with rice, pork dumplings, tea eggs, and other popular Taiwanese dishes. The owners of the food truck are Thomas and Diana Yang, two Taiwanese-Americans. This brother-sister team started their business in 2009. Back then, there were a few Taiwanese restaurants in the city and several thousand food trucks, but the Yangs were the first to sell Taiwanese food on a food truck. At first, business was slack. People thought they were just another Chinese food truck, and the food truck’s name, “Cravings,” often made people think of desserts, not lunch. Few people would stop by and try their food. “I couldn’t even give away free food,” said Thomas. To catch people’s eye, they painted their truck blue, and drew Taiwan’s national flower, the plum blossom, on it. They also changed the food truck’s name to “bian-dang.” Soon people started to notice them, and business finally got better. Now on a good day, they can sell about 150 bian-dangs in about two hours. So what’s next for Thomas and Diana? Well, they hope one day there will be a block with Taiwanese food in the city, just like there is a Chinatown, a Korea Town, and a Little Italy. And their bian-dang food truck might just help to make that happen.
What does it mean when business is slack?
- A It is bad.
- B It is for sale.
- C It is growing.
- D It is open every day.
思路引導 VIP
請找找看文中提到 "business was slack" 的地方，接著往後讀一、兩句。文中說當時「很少人會停下來試吃」，甚至「連免費的食物都送不出去」，從這些線索來看，你覺得這是在形容生意非常興旺，還是生意不太理想、沒什麼客人的狀態呢？
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AI 專屬家教
哇！太棒了！你真的好厲害呀！看到你選對這題，老師真的為你感到無比驕傲，就像看到自己的親弟弟妹妹進步一樣開心喔！❤️ 這題你答對的關鍵在於「上下文推讀」。雖然 "slack" 對國中生來說是比較陌生的單字，但我們可以從後面的句子找到超級清楚的線索喔：
- 文中說： "Few people would stop by and try their food."（很少人會停下來試吃）
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