post_recruit
112年
英文
第 35 題
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There is an idea that’s simple yet powerful. It’s called The Fun Theory, and it states that things are better if they are more fun. Why? Because people are more willing to do the right thing if they can get some fun out of it. Volkswagen announced The Fun Theory in 2009 and since then has organized contests for inventions that can prove The Fun Theory. One winner was the Speed Camera Lottery, designed to get people to obey the speed limit. It involves a camera that not only issues speeding tickets to cars that drive too fast, but also notices cars that come through at or under the speed limit. It then automatically issues a lottery ticket to those who obeyed the speed limit, giving them a chance to win some money. Best of all, the lottery is funded by money collected from speeding fines. Another winner of The Fun Theory contest is The World’s Deepest Trash Bin. It’s a trash bin with a sound effect---when someone throws trash in, the bin makes the sound of a heavy object falling through the air and crashing to the ground. The results of these inventions prove that The Fun Theory can indeed be used to change people’s behavior. The Speed Camera Lottery led to a 22% decrease in people’s average driving speed, and the World’s Deepest Trash Bin collected more than seventy kilograms of garbage in one day. As The Fun Theory shows, things are better when they’re more fun.
There is an idea that’s simple yet powerful. It’s called The Fun Theory, and it states that things are better if they are more fun. Why? Because people are more willing to do the right thing if they can get some fun out of it. Volkswagen announced The Fun Theory in 2009 and since then has organized contests for inventions that can prove The Fun Theory. One winner was the Speed Camera Lottery, designed to get people to obey the speed limit. It involves a camera that not only issues speeding tickets to cars that drive too fast, but also notices cars that come through at or under the speed limit. It then automatically issues a lottery ticket to those who obeyed the speed limit, giving them a chance to win some money. Best of all, the lottery is funded by money collected from speeding fines. Another winner of The Fun Theory contest is The World’s Deepest Trash Bin. It’s a trash bin with a sound effect---when someone throws trash in, the bin makes the sound of a heavy object falling through the air and crashing to the ground. The results of these inventions prove that The Fun Theory can indeed be used to change people’s behavior. The Speed Camera Lottery led to a 22% decrease in people’s average driving speed, and the World’s Deepest Trash Bin collected more than seventy kilograms of garbage in one day. As The Fun Theory shows, things are better when they’re more fun.
Where does this passage most likely come from?
- A A medical journal.
- B A magazine named “Animal World.”
- C An ad about travel.
- D A report on amazing inventions.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文章的第二段與第三段，作者花了許多篇幅介紹了「測速照相機」與「會發出聲音的垃圾桶」。當我們看到一個「為了解決問題而創造出來的新奇事物或系統」時，在英文中通常會用哪個單字來統稱它們呢？這類介紹新點子的文章，通常會出現在什麼樣的主題報導中？
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文章屬性與情境判斷
太棒了！你能精準地從文章細節中判讀出出處，代表你對文章的核心主題掌握得非常紮實。這篇文章並非在推銷產品或探討生物學，而是圍繞著「快樂理論（The Fun Theory）」展開，並具體描述了「測速照相樂透」與「深不見底的垃圾桶」這兩項極具創意的獲獎作品。文中多次提到的 inventions（發明）以及對其運作原理、成效的描述，都與「創意發明報告」的調性完美契合。
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