地特三等
110年
[一般行政] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 47 題
📖 題組：
Turns out that “coupling” doesn’t just mean “pairing” in the traditional sense, but is also a catchphrase when it comes to finances. As we head into wedding season, it’s especially relevant. Because as much as you may think no two people have ever been more in love than you are, the truth is that it could be less than smooth sailing ahead if you’re not on the same page when it comes to financial matters. “Couples have a very hard time talking about money,” Joan Atwood, a Hofstra University professor of marriage and family therapy, bemoaned on an NPR “Money Coach” segment on the issue. “I would say it’s the last taboo.” You have probably discussed life goals in a dreamy sort of way while dating, but turning those reveries into reality requires habitually saving to pay for them and to finance your later retirement years. This is most likely one thing you may not have thought of at a time when the median ages, respectively, for brides and grooms are 29 and 31. “While people may come into a marriage with their own assets, they need to take some time after the wedding to sit down and start getting organized as a couple,” advised a famous investment company. One thing that needs to be done is be transparent about your personal finances. There’s nothing that says you have to put all your cash into a joint account – but at the very least you’d be “less than truthful” by not divulging any outstanding debts – and then figuring out, together, how to pay them down. It is also important that you two develop a way to retain vital information in case a sudden need arises. To truly mark your financial coupling, you might consider using a trustworthy online service that lets you store, access and share all your new family’s important records and documents anywhere via a web browser or an app. With all the other things on their to-do lists, newlyweds typically don’t focus on all the important financial and other documents they need to begin married life on a solid footing, but it will make things easier for them from the start, as well as through the years as they have even more joint documents to retain – including those related to perhaps buying a house and having children.
Turns out that “coupling” doesn’t just mean “pairing” in the traditional sense, but is also a catchphrase when it comes to finances. As we head into wedding season, it’s especially relevant. Because as much as you may think no two people have ever been more in love than you are, the truth is that it could be less than smooth sailing ahead if you’re not on the same page when it comes to financial matters. “Couples have a very hard time talking about money,” Joan Atwood, a Hofstra University professor of marriage and family therapy, bemoaned on an NPR “Money Coach” segment on the issue. “I would say it’s the last taboo.” You have probably discussed life goals in a dreamy sort of way while dating, but turning those reveries into reality requires habitually saving to pay for them and to finance your later retirement years. This is most likely one thing you may not have thought of at a time when the median ages, respectively, for brides and grooms are 29 and 31. “While people may come into a marriage with their own assets, they need to take some time after the wedding to sit down and start getting organized as a couple,” advised a famous investment company. One thing that needs to be done is be transparent about your personal finances. There’s nothing that says you have to put all your cash into a joint account – but at the very least you’d be “less than truthful” by not divulging any outstanding debts – and then figuring out, together, how to pay them down. It is also important that you two develop a way to retain vital information in case a sudden need arises. To truly mark your financial coupling, you might consider using a trustworthy online service that lets you store, access and share all your new family’s important records and documents anywhere via a web browser or an app. With all the other things on their to-do lists, newlyweds typically don’t focus on all the important financial and other documents they need to begin married life on a solid footing, but it will make things easier for them from the start, as well as through the years as they have even more joint documents to retain – including those related to perhaps buying a house and having children.
Which of the following is closest in meaning to “on the same page” in the first paragraph?
- A Reading the same book.
- B Agreeing on something.
- C Predicting the future.
- D Texting each other.
思路引導 VIP
請運用 Contextual Inference（文意推論）的技巧，觀察第一段中「on the same page」所處的邏輯結構：文中提到若在財務問題上「沒有」處於此狀態，將會面臨「less than smooth sailing」（發展不順遂）的困境。這暗示了在溝通與協作的語境下，雙方對於特定議題（如財務規劃）必須達成何種程度的「認知一致性」或「語義等值」（Semantic Equivalence）？此慣用語是在描述物理上的動作，還是抽象的共識狀態？
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你做得很棒！這題答對了！
親愛的同學，恭喜你成功突破這道題目！你真的很細心，能精準掌握語意核心。這題的核心考點是慣用語 "on the same page"，讓我們一起複習一下：
- 情境分析：文章在討論伴侶間的財務溝通，強調若雙方金錢觀不同，婚姻會面臨挑戰。這裡的 "on the same page" 絕非字面上的「讀同一頁書」，而是隱喻雙方達成共識或想法一致。因此，選項 (B) Agreeing on something 正是正確解答。
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