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第 6 題
📖 題組：
Andre and Edouard Michelin, two French brothers, began their careers by establishing a rubber manufacturing. Because of an incredible _6_ of events, these two brothers ended up producing two products that are still available today: Michelin tires, and the Michelin Guide to restaurants and hotels. In the year 1900, France had less than three thousand automobiles. The Michelins created the first Michelin Guide in order to encourage more people to drive. The Michelins realized that more and more people were buying the guide for the dining information, and in 1926 they started to _7_ stars. There was only a one-star rating initially, but in 1931, the three-star rating was implemented. Today, restaurants work very hard to win these stars. One star is given to very good restaurants that always prepare food of excellent quality. Two stars mean the restaurant serves excellent cuisine of outstanding quality. Three stars, which are very hard to receive, mean the food is _8_ and unique, using only the best ingredients. Usually, restaurants that receive any stars in the Guide are quite expensive, so the book has another group called Bib Gourmand that describes _9_ places to eat. In this way, customers don’t have to spend too much money. The Michelin Guide now has twenty-eight editions, covering more than twenty-five nations. With ten three-star restaurants, it's no surprise that Paris is the city with the most. Additionally, there are eighty Bib Gourmand restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau _10_ . People around the world can choose the restaurants based on their budgets.
Andre and Edouard Michelin, two French brothers, began their careers by establishing a rubber manufacturing. Because of an incredible _6_ of events, these two brothers ended up producing two products that are still available today: Michelin tires, and the Michelin Guide to restaurants and hotels. In the year 1900, France had less than three thousand automobiles. The Michelins created the first Michelin Guide in order to encourage more people to drive. The Michelins realized that more and more people were buying the guide for the dining information, and in 1926 they started to _7_ stars. There was only a one-star rating initially, but in 1931, the three-star rating was implemented. Today, restaurants work very hard to win these stars. One star is given to very good restaurants that always prepare food of excellent quality. Two stars mean the restaurant serves excellent cuisine of outstanding quality. Three stars, which are very hard to receive, mean the food is _8_ and unique, using only the best ingredients. Usually, restaurants that receive any stars in the Guide are quite expensive, so the book has another group called Bib Gourmand that describes _9_ places to eat. In this way, customers don’t have to spend too much money. The Michelin Guide now has twenty-eight editions, covering more than twenty-five nations. With ten three-star restaurants, it's no surprise that Paris is the city with the most. Additionally, there are eighty Bib Gourmand restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau _10_ . People around the world can choose the restaurants based on their budgets.
6.
- A spray
- B ration
- C parcel
- D chain
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格前後的字詞：「an incredible ____ of events」。這裡要表達這對兄弟經歷了「一個接著一個、環環相扣的事件」，最後才意外創造出這兩種產品。想一想，在日常生活中，有什麼物品的形狀或物理特性，是「一環扣著一環、相連不斷」的呢？
一連串事件的表達
💡 理解「a chain of events」等表示連續性的固定搭配詞組。
🔗 a chain of events 的邏輯結構
- 1 起始事件 — 兩兄弟原本從事橡膠製造業
- 2 一連串巧合 — a chain of events 發生
- 3 跨界產出 — 同時生產輪胎與美食指南
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🔄 延伸學習：延伸學習：a series of 或 a sequence of 亦可用於描述一系列事件。
